Bridge St, Halstead, CO9 1HU, United Kingdom
#5 of 7 hotels in Halstead
Guests' ChoiceBased on 1197 hotel reviews
7.2Cleanliness
7.6
Comfort
7.7
Location
8.5
Facilities
7.2
Staff
8.8
Value for money
7.8
Free Wifi
7.6
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End of dialog contentReviewed: June 23, 2024
Marshall
United KingdomToilet v small
Olde world
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: June 20, 2024
Leonard
United Kingdomsome parts could do will an update
staff friendly ,polite and very helpful. food very good and value for money.
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: June 16, 2024
Jessica
United KingdomWe returned from a wedding quite late, no lights were left on so quite hard to find our room. Breakfast service the next morning was very slow
Clean, good location, parking on site
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: June 13, 2024
Howard
United KingdomUneven room floor was a bit disconcerting to begin with.
Comfortable, quirky room. Good food and service
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: June 10, 2024
Thomas
United KingdomThe room was absolutely fine to sleep in after a wedding at a local venue so didn’t get to spend much time in there. Breakfast was extremely good value for money and very large for the price. The staff were able to look after my bags while I was at the wedding and parking was easy and just behind the pub and clearly labelled when coming from London.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: June 5, 2024
Clive
United KingdomBathroom very compact.
Staff friendly and breakfast very good. Good value.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: June 3, 2024
Michele
United KingdomCouldn’t turn off rad in bathroom so room very hot. Lack of working plug sockets . Only one could be used for our charger , some of the sockets looked dangerous as loose iron unusable
Staff were friendly ,Breakfast was very good , location was great as we were visiting for a family wedding
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: May 28, 2024
William
United KingdomA bit run down
Proximity to town and the staff
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: May 22, 2024
Leigh
United KingdomMacerator toilet, couldn’t close the window
Old and traditional
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: May 22, 2024
Maureen
United KingdomRoom was very tired. Furniture was very old and a bit tatty. Toilet seat was broken and tv didnt work.
Breakfast was amazing. 8
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: May 18, 2024
Lilian
United KingdomStairs to rooms is very steep. Difficult with bags etc. Plumbing is clearly quite old. A few odd noises! However this should be expected in a building of this age
Breakfast was good. As standard for this type of accommodation. Staff pleasant and accomodating.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: May 13, 2024
Victoria
United KingdomHit my head a few times on the low ceilings, breakfast was good but frozen avocados weren’t quite thawed on serving.
Great location, clean room. Very friendly staff.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: May 11, 2024
Y
United KingdomThe room was tired & could do with a refurbishment
The staff were lovely & very helpful
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: May 9, 2024
Richard
United KingdomRooms quite small however understandable with it being an old building.
Great breakfast. Staff were excellent. Nice pub.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: April 25, 2024
Joanne
AustraliaWas dated and the toilet took a lot of attempts to flush but staff were fast to sort this out for us
Location was good loved the fact that the pub has been there for hundreds of years
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 24, 2024
Jarrold
United KingdomNo comments
Old style pub and fire places
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 22, 2024
John
United KingdomShower cubicle was mouldy.
Staff were friendly and helpful.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 11, 2024
Jacqueline
United KingdomStairs
It was ok staff were friendly
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 10, 2024
Richard
United KingdomThe toom was small and tired. The shower was very small and the sink was tiny.
The reception was good and the staff were very friendly and efficient.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 9, 2024
Peter
United KingdomBathroom was a little tired with black marks in the sealant around the bath and trim missing from floor areas. Car park is useful but has a very limited number of spaces.
Nice room and a good breakfast cooked to order. Perfect location for the town center. Friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 9, 2024
Malcolm
United KingdomReception was slow on arrival. The problem was simple - too few staff, all of whom seemed to be very hard working. No comfortable chair in bedroom. Lighting variable, and insufficient around the TV area. There were no wardrobe or drawers. There were two double electricity sockets in the bedroom, but only one socket in each actually worked, leaving insufficient sockets for recharging items. It left me wondering how safe the electrics were. Light over the mirror in the bathroom didn't work. For breakfast it was a very basic menu, with no fish option, and only instant coffee was available/offered. The restaurant offered a fairly basic pub menu, with a few 'specials' in the evening. The biggest problem was that the number of dishes available was extremely limited, and I got to my fourth or fifth choice before I hit lucky. Apparently they had had a very busy day (it was a bank holiday Monday), but one would have thought that they would have stocked up appropriately. I gave the restaurant a miss on my second evening, and went to a very pleasant Thai restaurant in the main street. Parking was available, but barely adequate for the number of guests (restaurant and residents) - no alternative practical parking, as far as I could see, was easily available.
The staff were very pleasant and helpful, but sometimes too few of them. The room was clean and reasonably comfortable. The en-suite bathroom was clean, and had a bathtub with shower over (my preference). Breakfast was very reasonable, but nothing stood out as special.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 9, 2024
Christine
United KingdomLoved it all
We loved the hotel, the decor was great, such an old place with lots of original features, will be staying again with no hesatation when we are that way again soon
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 9, 2024
Helen
United KingdomThe black mould round the bath
The staff were amazing, so kind and so helpful. Nothing was too much trouble
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 8, 2024
Christine
United KingdomEvening bar music too loud. No escape from the loud party under my room. Parking for local pickup very awkward. People not knowing local shops or buses or places of historic interest. Need some filter coffee in the morning.
The building beautiful. The location. Staff were friendly and responded to requests as best they could. One little lady Kuoi, helped me with case and trip up stairs to room. Meal evening very good.
Stayed in April 2024
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