The Throckmorton Reviews Summary

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Very clean and well presented hotel rooms."
• "Lovely clean and well equipped bedrooms which are good value and included a great cooked breakfast."
• "The quality of the room was very high: large, comfortable beds, roomy en suite, spotlessly clean and very comfortable."
• "Stayed here for one night on the way from the Midlands to Cornwall. We had a family room which was huge, spotlessly clean and super comfy."
• "Lovely clean comfortable bedroom with very very comfortable very large bed."
• "The room was cozy, well-furnished and immaculately clean with a lovely view across the rolling fields."
• "The room was excellent value King size bed was very comfy had a great night sleep."

Cons:

• "Our room faced the road so we did have some road noise to cope with, and the outside lights illuminated our room all night despite the thick curtains."
• "Only downside, room was quite noisy from kitchen extractor fan while kitchen was open."
• "Booked in for 4 nights, we could only stay 1 night because the traffic sound upset our nerves."
• "No ground floor rooms so there is quite a climb up stairs to the rooms and there is NO lift so not very disability friendly."
• "Rooms were ok even though it's on a main A road so there's quite a lot of traffic noise."
• "Room a little on the small side but spotless and nicely decorated."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food very very nice ... Plenty of meat on the roast dinners and loads of choice for a Sunday menu."
• "The food is always excellent; there's plenty of choice (but not too much) and it's always well-presented and hot."
• "Both were very tasty - the cheesecake was of a good substance, it seemed to actually be made from cream cheese for a change, and the biscuit base had just the right amount of crunch."
• "The food was piping hot and good quality."
• "Food is cooked to a high standard and well presented."
• "The food was delicious. The prawn and calamari stater were amazing."
• "Food was good quality and generous."

Cons:

• "Sunday lunchtime, roast potatoes were leathery nothing like a roast potato."
• "The stuffed breast of lamb was disgusting and inedible!! It was solid fat!!"
• "The food was seriously below standard. The first course was unrecognisable."
• "The Sunday roasts didn't live up to the reviews. Meats were ok but the roasties and vege were all undercooked."
• "Chicken burger so over cooked it was black, brioche buns toasted so much they were rock hard and triple cooked chips that were barely cooked once."
• "Vegetarian roast was bland and the gravy literally tasted like herby dish water."
• "My streak was like boot leather, fat and gristle, unable to eat it."

Service

Pros:

• "Very pleasant staff explained all we needed to know."
• "Staff very friendly and helpful."
• "The waiting staff and bar staff are pleasant and helpful."
• "The staff were extremely friendly and attentive, very handy for Stratford too."
• "Staff were friendly."
• "Great service, very friendly and attentive but not at all pushy."
• "The staff organised a table before our allotted time so that we could be seated. Friendly staff, wonderful service and amazing fresh delicious food."