£119—Lake District inn stay near Windermere w/prosecco (2024)

Michelle

9 Apr, 2024 - Blandford Forum, UK

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Lovely hotel in a quiet area 10 minutes from Windermere. Everything about the hotel is very good quality including the rooms, food and staff service. This is one of our favourite places to stay in this part of the Lake District.

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Breakfast were fantastic

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Additional charges incurred on booking

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Lots of stairs. Breakfast on first day was cold and overcooked. The service very, very slow. Today's breakfast was good. They put greenery on the breakfast a complete waste of money. Smokehouse food too expensive.

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Lovely hotel especially the staff who were excellent but the FOOD!!!! This was absolutely amazing and easily one of the best evening meals ever and probably the best hotel breakfast I have ECER HAD! Just go it’s brilliant!

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Keep up the amazing food - it is your USP!

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A great stay great breakfast ....can heartily recommend

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Need another travelzoo voucher

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This is our third trip to the wild boar and we’ve enjoyed each visit. (room 32/33)

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We were disappointed in the evening menu, there was no special menu and we we WE found the main menu very limited. We normally like to support where we stay but sorry to say this time we went out on our second night. Breakfast was excellent with a great choice and the staff were lovey. All in all we had a great stay.

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Great stay celebrating my birthday

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A beautiful inn full of character. Also enjoyed a delicious breakfast the next morning

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Amazing alternative afternoon tea- great food generally in the restaurant. Great drinks too, particularly real ale and wine. Lovely touches for the children - refillable drinks bottles to use throughout the stay, a good children's menu.Friendly and helpful staff.A cosy, country ambience.

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The room we were in perhaps now needs updating a little in terms of decor, fittings and furnishings. However we peeked through into other rooms that were of a higher standard so I assume that only certain rooms are included in the £99 deal.

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Breakfast

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Overall very disappointing, mould in bathroom, peeling paint, food smell in corridors, room not serviced after first nights stay, when brought to the attention at reception advised no housekeeping staff on site to rectify.

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A really enjoyable few days .perfect location with lots of places close by to visit . They have a lovely wood at the rear of the hotel that is most enjoyable and tranquil to walk through . Our room was really nice with a 4 poster bed. Very comfortable and relaxing room . Spacious bathroom . Immaculately clean . The food was an amazing . We had an afternoon tea - truly delicious . Evening meal and breakfast was equally of a very high standard and choices . Staff a so friendly and helpful making our stay a really splendid experience , relaxing and chilled .

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All staff are very professional and friendly and welcoming . Thank you

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This place is a hidden gem. They go over and above on every level, food, service, facilities. The 75 acre woodland trail with outside gym is an amazing extra that just makes this place an absolute must see!

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Enjoyed our stay breakfast was excellent, all staff exceptionally helpful

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Would happily return

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Brilliant

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Beautiful home from home hotel

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Overall a quaint old pub. Everything you would expect ,cosy log fires Own brewed beers. Relaxing setting. Lovely walks in their own woods. The breakfast is usually top notch food. However today one of our wild boar breakfast was cold. They did offer to re cook but we didn’t have the time to wait. Had a lovely croissant instead

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Lovely welcome on arrival. Food was good for dinner.

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Rooms 34 and 37 could do you abit of care on the furniture. I'm guessing because we were on a deal we got the worse rooms but could definitely do with some TLC

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Lovely hotel in beautiful tranquil surroundings. Very good service everywhere and amazing breakfast (£25) with unusual choices including home smoked kippers. Our room was small and the bathroom was tiny (room 24) good job we’re slim as space for toilet between wall and bath very narrow. Shower over bath with curtain. Would have preferred just a shower and more space. Other rooms we have stayed in are superb by contrast. Would avoid this room in future.

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Roaring fires

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Tired room, budget toilet roll. Lack of veg with evening dinner, ribeye very average. Breakfast just ok, bacon hard and not cooked to order. For the price that you demand, the food should be of better quality. Ambience of the hotel lacking in atmosphere. One toilet for females in not enough when you consider the number of covers you do most nights.

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Food in restaurant was very very good

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Took a week to book. Had to repeatedly chase to get any response from the hotel. No rely to emails or on the phone. The room was tired, damp and wet on walls near bed, damp/mould in bathroom. Stains over the desk and table in room. Used tissues next to bed on arrival. Noisy room on corridor, right next to entrance to hotel. Lights not working properly. Lightbulbs out. AND I’d paid additional for an upgraded room. Very disappointing. I have this feedback upon checking out and was just told ‘I will pass that on’.

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Fabulous stay. Great room (we paid extra for a luxury room and it was huge), lovely food, and exceptional staff.

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Highly recommend staying in this lovely, cosy hotel with good good and great staff.

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Very pleasant stay will definitely return

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Great experience as always and food great quality.

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Drinks and food expensive though and £30 per night for a dog! Also would benefit from sports channels as its location is a little remote.

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The room was not up to standard

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Excellent value package

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Meals and food is quality but expensive

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Disappointing dinner on the evening we stayed. Everything else was excellent, as always.

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We upgraded to the feature rooms for an extra £30 each per night.

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Nice hotel , log fires, warm welcome , friendly staff,

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If you’re a meat eater then this is the hotel for you. Vegetarians not really catered for .

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Lovely atmosphere. We both felt well looked after, and like we’d had a treat!

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Nice staff top class food.

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This is my best Travel Zoo experience. This hotel ticks every box for me. Just love it!

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Superb food. Cosy but big rooms with well thought out touches to make it feel homely. Private woods are excellent. Staff very professional and friendly. I will be back!

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Had an adjoining room with a locked door and all I could hear was a man snoring next door all night. It’s a trek away from everything else. Not walkable but nice setting and loved the open fires and decor

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We had a fabulous time. Lovely atmosphere very friendly staff. Really cosy and relaxing.

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We took advantage of the Clay pigeon shooting package. It's was amazing. Great instruction from our coach. None of us had done it before but he made it really enjoyable and we can't wait to go back and do it all again. And I was so proud of myself when I managed to hit some thanks to Pete's guidance.

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Restaurant and bar area looks appealing Breakfast choiceBottle of Prosecco in room - was replaced on request as not chilled enough

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Mould along skirting boards and around window- smell of damp on opening room doorCondensation covered window in room on arrival Lack of vegetarian options in restaurant- attitude of staff regarding lack of choice was not helpful Price of meals- main meal prices already high and then vegetables etc are extra

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Excellent hard working and courteous staff as well as helpful.Paid extra for a room upgrade and with every penny.Superb breakfast.

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Staff great, dinner and breakfast excellent.

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Enjoyable but expensive stay. The travelzoo deal was £99 per room with Prosecco including breakfast which is excellent value. However be warned that the food, although delicious is not cheap . Breakfast is £25 head. Cheapest main course, chicken, was £24 and although beautifully presented the portion was not large. Vegetables were extra. It is a large sprawling hotel and to get to our rooms at the back, we had to negotiate many steps and corridors. The room was large and very clean. Fresh carafe of water and glasses. Lovely hospitality tray. Fabulous in situ range of toiletries . Our room had a bath with temperamental taps . No fan...window had to be opened to remove steam.not ideal in winter!Parking: we were fortunate but the car park was packed at 3pm. They hold clay pigeon shooting so maybe after 5 it was emptier.Staff were welcoming , extremely friendly and helpful.Lovely lounge area with roaring fires. Perfect for socialising with our family with an excellent bar.

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Met with family for a birthday meal and stay

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Lovely country hotel -log fires -walks -home brewed beer-comfortable lounge -definitely return

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We had a really nice stay. The hotel is beautiful, situated in a few acres of woodland. Every bit of food was tasty and the staff were polite and helpful.

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Nice comfortable room, food is very good. Excellent base for Windermere and Lakes with loads to do (by car).

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Lovely atmospheric hotel with a big roaring open fire , cosy and just perfect for a nights stay. Great food an friendly staff. My only negative thing was a hole in the net curtain in our room otherwise comfortable and clean.

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Very comfortable stay . The food in the restaurant was exceptional. Both dinner and breakfast. The staff were welcoming and nothing was too much trouble. Location handy for Windermere and Bowness and was very peaceful.

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Excellent

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Nearly gave up trying to book. After two previous attempts via phone and email I resorted on the third time to contacting Travelzoo. Two hours later The Wild Boar contacted me and a booking was made. Having now being there I can understand the unanswered calls and email as the reception seems to cover this plus meal payments and dealing with incoming and exiting guests along with meal bookings et al. The food, whilst obviously popular was expensive given the offering. The staff were excellent. The upgraded room was small. This is quite an old building that has been extended over undulating land so there are steps everywhere in the building, including our room. The Travelzoo offer against normal rates is very good and not far off what should be the 'everyday' charge. We were both left with the thought that we may have been given the room that we had, because of it being a vouchered stay. The room was tired as well as tiered. I wouldn't say it was unclean, my wife thought otherwise. I would agree that the carpet was in such a well worn and potentially stained state that a good vacuum may remove the carpet tufts from the backing. No window in the bathroom meant that it relied upon a silent (and possibly non-functioning) vent fan. On opening the window in the room to help clear the condensation, one didn't close properly (partially open when we arrived) and the other nearly came off it's hinges when trying to open and close it due to old and failing wooded frames. The main thing that shone in this place were the staff.

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Wonderful hotel. Fantastic breakfast and very friendly staff.

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wonderful own brews and breakfast was amazing

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amazing!!

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Perfect Attention to detail

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Lovely homely place, cosy and welcoming. Beautifully decorated rooms, excellent food and drinks!Been many times, and will always return. One of our favourite hotels. Thankyou Adam and lovely staff and hopefully see you again soon!

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Very nice mini break, especially the food

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The inside of the hotel is lovely, some work needs to be done to the exterior as it looks dirty and tatty, not like the website photos.

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Wonderful, comfortable hotel with exceptional food

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Brilliant staff,comfy rooms and great food

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We had been given a voucher for a nights stay, we phoned 4 times, on different days and different times, to be told they were experiencing high volumes of calls, the phone would then ring for a while then a voice would say "no one is answering" and we were cut off. I then emailed, requesting to reserve a particular day , 4 days later I still hadn't had a reply. I phoned again and someone answered, stating they were a week behind in answering their emails. However she found my email and told me that there was vacancies but I would have to pay extra £30 as the rooms on the voucher had already been taken. I paid the extra, and we had a nice stay.

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When we contacted the hotel there were no classic rooms left so we had to pay extra £30 for upgrade which at the time thought it will be a nice treat. Great friendly staff and lovely ambiance but very disappointing thing was we had no hot water in our room. When we mentioned this whilst checking out there were no real apology. The receptionist dismissed it very quickly saying they only found out this morning. Having no hot water really spoilt our stay. Before all this we were thinking we would definitely go back but not so sure now.