The Kestrel Vintage Inn, Wetherby Road,, Harrogate, HG5 8LY, United Kingdom
#7 of 22 hotels in Harrogate
Guests' ChoiceBased on 1416 hotel reviews
8.8Cleanliness
9.3
Comfort
9.2
Location
9.0
Facilities
9.1
Staff
9.5
Value for money
8.9
Free WiFi
6.2
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End of dialog contentReviewed: 20 February 2024
Salter
United KingdomGood
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 15 February 2024
Smith
United KingdomNothing we didn't like really
Room was comfortable Food was great and staff were very good.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 15 February 2024
Alison
United KingdomLovely warm rooms, breakfast was excellent. Plenty of tea/coffee facilities in the room. Friendly staff. Nice venue to visit local towns
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 14 February 2024
Daley
United KingdomRoom floors a bit noisy but not end of world.
Nice food lovely little place.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 14 February 2024
Isabel
United KingdomWe had a family room and a double, both were great. We had dinner and breakfast in the pub, both were really good meals and they were very accomodating of our young children. We were originally planning to stay more central but it was great to have meals, drinks and stay in one place and free parking.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 13 February 2024
Karen
United KingdomNice atmosphere and the beautiful room
Beautiful room exceptionally clean and staff very helpful . Excellent value for money .
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 13 February 2024
Holly
United KingdomThe floorboards were very creaky. If people went to bed late/ woke earlier in the other rooms or above (we were in room 5) it did keep us awake unfortunately
Lovely decor and friendly staff
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 11 February 2024
Dorothy
United Kingdomnothing
Clean comfortable bedrooms. The Kestrej had all the charm of an old world pub with all the modern facilities. The staff were friendly, the food good. We would definitely go back.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 9 February 2024
Susan
United KingdomIdeal location for our visit. The Kestrel was very clean and comfortable, and the breakfast was very good.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 29 January 2024
Richard
United KingdomRoad noise.
Big room, comfy bed and great shower. Fabulous breakfast.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 23 January 2024
Richard
United KingdomKitchen shut too early … food average
Pleasant staff
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 19 January 2024
David
United KingdomNothing
Room spacious, comfortable and well equipped. Bar/restaurant convivial and good. Staff very helpful and pleasant.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 19 January 2024
David
United KingdomNext to a busy main road, but good sound proofing, so not an issue
Fab staff, warm welcome, lovely room with a great TV. Excellent fresh cooked food
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 15 January 2024
Anne
United KingdomBeautiful old farmhouse. Really welcoming and warm
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 12 January 2024
Dennis
United KingdomGood resturant
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 10 January 2024
Mark
United KingdomWi-Fi was poor in the public areas and non existent in the bedroom Tv needs to be updated to SMART tv.
Great ambience - breakfasts - hearty healthy Service friendly and professional Comfortable bed - spacious bedroom and very good shower. Parking - late night entrance- open fires
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 10 January 2024
Deryl
United KingdomOne member of staff refused to put points on my reward card because I had paid for my stay on arrival and forgotten to show reward card.
Loved the atmosphere and friendly staff ...food was really good too.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 5 January 2024
Lynne
United Kingdom2nd time we have have stayed at this lovely pub. Only thing which we don't like is the noise which seems to come up from the pub and the creeky floors upstairs. Also when one of the staff was asked what gins were available she just pointed to the shelf, would have been useful if she could have told us which ones.
Rooms, pub, decor, atmosphere breakfast.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 31 December 2023
Donna
United KingdomSqueaky floorboards
Location
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 30 December 2023
Deborah
United KingdomPerfect location to travel to Knaresborough and Harrogate and easy to get a taxi.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 30 December 2023
David
United KingdomDue to the character of the building, sometimes the floorboards creak excessively. Yiu do get used to it.
Setting, quality of the staff, food and service.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 30 December 2023
Suzanne
United KingdomThe staff were amazing
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 29 December 2023
Libby
United KingdomCleanliness - dusty lights. Could hear other guests between the walls.
Rooms spacious and modern. Bar area lovely country decoration. Really good breakfast.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 28 December 2023
Sally
United KingdomPillows were not great but that might be personal preference.
Stayed here after a visit to Stockeld Park which is about a 5 min drive away. Very handy for Harrogate too which is about a 10 min drive. Absolutely lovely family room exactly as in the photos. Plenty of space for 2 adults and 2 children, very clean and nice decor. The staff were friendly. We ate at the restaurant in the evening and the food was good with a nice atmosphere, log fire etc. Breakfast was delicious. We would recommend staying here.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 26 December 2023
Tyler
United KingdomThere wasn't anything wrong with our stay?
We really liked the cleanliness of the room and the views out of the room were really nice and scenic. The room was very beautifully decorated and very cosy. It was definitely a really good place to stay over Christmas as it felt incredibly homely. As a side note, we also had Christmas dinner there and it was lovely!
Stayed in December 2023
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