Bel & The Dragon at The Red Lion - Wendover Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The young lady who served us was really helpful and charming."
• "Staff are very good especially the waiter at breakfast(didn't get his name) and Catherine from housekeeping, nothing was too much trouble, all the staff made us very welcome."
• "The staff were all very friendly."
• "The staff here are great and they are very friendly."
• "Staff all friendly and attentive."
• "The staff were very helpful and friendly and we would like to thank the Manager (unfortunately didn't get his name) again for his kindness 😊."
• "Staff were very welcoming and friendly."

Cons:

• "Waited 10 minutes whilst the waitress chatted with her friend."
• "Quite a frosty welcome by the barmaid, not very friendly at all."
• "We were shown to a table and then were completely ignored by all staff."
• "Service was very average."
• "Spoke to Kelly who was very rude to me."
• "The member of staff that served our drinks seemed to want to get us out of the way fast, even though the bar wasn't busy."
• "Wish to explain that the member of staff who served us was trying her best but simply had not had enough training."

Rooms

Pros:

• "The rooms are a little small, but that shouldn't matter since we didn't spend too much time in them anyway."
• "Our room hadn't been hoovered, so we were upgraded to a lovely, superior room with a mahoosive bed!"
• "Stayed for a night with disabled mum in room 19 and 20. Rooms are comfortable and clean with little extra touches of quality, such as bottled water and biscuits."
• "Room was great, the added extras really impressed."
• "Really beautiful rooms, recently decorated."
• "Really nice pub hotel with some charming, quirky rooms and some nice touches to make you feel very comfortable."
• "The rooms had coffee, tea and biscuits included which I thought was a lovely touch."

Cons:

• "We got a small cramped room with a normal double at the front of the building over the entrance to the car park."
• "The rooms in the old coach house are getting a bit tired but that's part of the charm of staying here."
• "The rooms are a bit dated but clean."
• "The only downfall is the rooms are not sound proof at all, I could hear upstairs every move from them going to the toilet and having a bath."
• "We were also in a room that faced the road which got quite noisy as it's on the high street."
• "None of the TV channels was getting any kind of signal."
• "Our room was clean but a tad tired."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "The food and wine in the restaurant was really good."
• "We just had burgers but very good."
• "The food was perfect - big portions and everything on the plate was excellent."
• "Had a lovely meal today! Absolutely loved the atmosphere! Food was amazing the roast pork was super yummy!"
• "Dog friendly in the main bar area, lovely food."
• "Every dish was expertly cooked to perfection."
• "Breakfast is delicious (I miss it already)."

Cons:

• "I had a chicken dish, was okay, nothing special, and thought it was overpriced for what it was."
• "The menu reads well but what you are served is a different matter."
• "Drinks prices were ridiculous."
• "Quality of roast beef was appalling- couldn’t cut it and took it home for dogs … over priced and under whelming …."
• "The macaroni cheese with breadcrumb topping was dry and not creamy."
• "Another member of our party ordered the roast beef, which was fairly bland and unseasoned."
• "The beef in the Sunday lunch was tough & chewy."

Value

Pros:

• "Good value for money."
• "The double room was £85 p.n. for two which overall is still great value."
• "Tasty food backed up with very reasonable prices."
• "For the price the rooms were pretty good."
• "Fantastic place for a good price."
• "The bill at the end was also very reasonable."
• "Just spent two nights here (couple) and it was exceptional value for money."

Cons:

• "Food overpriced for what you get."
• "However, the drinks and food prices are a bit more expensive, not the staffs fault more the Fuller's group."
• "Criminally overpriced food, £17.50 for a small Chicken Kyiv which came with 2 halves of a tomato, and some fennel."
• "In the end I ended up paying £90 for a meal (£30 on the food on the day and another £60 for parking weeks later)"
• "It is slightly pricey for what you get."
• "Nearly fell off my chair when the bill arrived though! Well over £100 for 2 mediocre meals, a bottle of wine and a couple of ciders!"
• "OK'ish hotel but overpriced for what it is!"

Amenities

Pros:

• "Large free carpark through the archway."
• "Wheelchair accessible rooms are available with no area I wanted to go not being accessible."
• "Our room seemed out of range of the Wi-Fi but but it worked fine in the bar area however."
• "A fairytale place to stay."
• "By far the best pub around."
• "Lovely old coaching house with a story about Cromwell to add to your stay."
• "A very convenient pub for walking in the Chilterns."

Cons:

• "Having to eat whilst head banging 90's trance garbage is pumped out full blast by a so called DJ."
• "The main road is also busy from about 7-7:30am, so bear that in mind."
• "The hotel in itself is lovely, one thing to know if you are visiting the pub is that the parking is NOT FREE if you do not enter your registration in to the parking machine located inside."
• "They didn't have a specific cooked vegan breakfast which was a shame."
• "There seems to be some really loud plumbing at certain times early in the morning, possibly other rooms using the hot water, which will definitely wake you up."
• "However, what was genuinely quite upsetting was finding a large caterpillar in my trio of pork main dish."
• "Breakfast was a bit of a let down, juice from concentrate and soft granola I personally expect a bit more when paying over £100 for a room."