The George

On arrival we were very pleased to find a large car park, with plenty of parking available, we were greeted by James, whom was very informative, friendly and efficient, we didn’t go straight to the room as we wanted to visit the Oliver Cromwell museum before it closed, so we didn’t go into our room until a few hours later. Room 20, a large bedroom with a bathroom with a shower over the bath, it was lovely, in fact on checking out I had to ask if it was a normal double or had we secretly been upgraded to a superior, a normal double! It had everything we need, my only niggle was only 2 milks but that was easily remedied by just asking for more, so pretty much a perfect room. We had dinner at the hotel, no need to book, very accommodating, friendly staff and lovely food. Husband had the prawns for starter then fish and chips and I had the squid and then steak, all cooked to perfection. We do have a blue light card so our meal with 3 drinks came to £57, which was, in our opinion, extremely reasonable. I think it was Debbie whom was serving that night, as I say, so friendly. A very comfy bed for a good night sleep and then breakfast, which was a help yourself continental and then a breakfast menu to chose from, if you had chosen the full breakfast, all made to order and again, amazing, and then after eating all that they have fresh danish/croissants that must have come from a bakery and not just out of a packet as they were huge and looked fabulous (and tasted mighty fine). On checking out we were greeted by Marion, and she said it was fine to continue parking whilst we had a quick wander around the town, and recommended historical places to visit before we left, which we did to my husbands enjoyment, he does love history. We had a wonderful spur of the moment visit, and if you have spent time reading to this point and still can’t decide whether to stay… do it, if you like old, interesting buildings, that serve great food, with people that are happy in their job.. this is definitely one place to stay.

Great company for lunch Standard service Average food I wanted to take my in-laws out for lunch as we all live locally. Chose this venue as it the only venue left around with a traditional British menu. Some of my guest are quite conservative in their tastes. The service was ok pretty standard polite & efficient. The food was very average. We had everything from steak to katsu chicken along with starters. It was ok but nothing special. If you’re local or staying at the hotel it’ll satisfy you but nothing special. The building is listed so there is only so much they can do in terms of upgrade but a lick of paint and cleaning the windows may help. Sadly I won’t be returning for food.

We had three lovely nights at the hotel the Staff were all extremely good especially Alex and his mate at the bar, breakfast was perfect every morning and the evening meals either inside or outside perfect and good value for money , the hotel is exceptional clean throughout, my only negative is more to my mobility issues room 10 bathroom was tight for space, We can’t wait to visit again. Thanks Dennis Karen Barney the Dog