6/10 Okay
Sharon
18 Sept 2025
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mediocre stay for such a historic place
We booked the pied bull for our wedding anniversary.
Clearly noted on the booking,their website shows amazing rooms with claw foot baths and exquisite food.
We arrived nothing even mentioned more interested in making sure they had the debit payment and waiver about wonky steps covered. I understand they might not be interested in iur specual occasion but it was important enough to us to note it on our booking messages.
Room was mediocre at best ( for a superior double we expected more) no bath ( apparently these were different rooms) it smelt of damp but we put this down to the age of the property.
However the noise from the street was horrendous for our room,whenever they emptied bottle's or got barrel deliveries it was like it was right by our window and everyone walking past at all hours of the night could be heard as if they were in the room.
The menu we looked at online was not what we were given and so the meals we thought we would choose weren't available.
If you have mobility issues be aware there are steps to all rooms and some up 3-4 flights if stairs.
Only saving grace were the bar and serving staff who were lovely but when trying to engage about the history of the place and other old buildings nearby they didn't seem interested and seemed to zone out and not engage in the enthusiasm at all.
Sharon
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025