Bedingfeld Arms Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Has to be 5 star rating, lovely rooms and amazing staff that go out of their way for you."
• "Warming decor, and utterly charming & friendly staff."
• "The staff were really friendly and attentive and happy to help."
• "The staff were lovely, the service was exceptional."
• "Lady serving breakfast and young lad behind bar (Callum?) very helpful and friendly."
• "Staff were all super friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were extremely friendly and attentive."

Cons:

• "The waiter on table service was abrupt and rude."
• "Service was slow as busy."
• "The service questionably bad."
• "Very disappointing visit in my opinion it was over priced for a limited menu I found the gentleman on duty to be unfriendly."
• "The noise from this table lead to other table also sounding like they had to shout to talk leaving it an unpleasant experience and very off putting."
• "The service was disappointing and slow…"
• "Very poor service for lunch yesterday."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The meal was not the cheapest, but it was certainly worth it."
• "Amazing food & atmosphere."
• "Food is fantastic and reasonably priced."
• "We still maintain that this was 'the meal of the holiday'."
• "The food was off the scale good, the fish stew *chef's kiss*."
• "The food was really good especially the stone baked sour dough pizza."
• "The food was excellent, my roast beef was cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "Drinks were expensive for the quality."
• "The food was appalling."
• "Food was good apart from bones in the cod."
• "Looks the part but overpriced food for small portions, bland flavours and watery veg."
• "Evening meal: Beer-battered cod, chunky chips and peas. Cod superb but chips appalling; seemed as if they were reheated leftovers."
• "The deserts however arrived and they were quite dry and my husbands was actually burnt tasting."
• "Chickpea curry not worth the money. Only vegetarian option on Sunday ☹️."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "A lovely garden for eating and drinking and covered terrace."
• "Beautiful place, set in a lovely location."
• "The place is gorgeous."
• "Beautiful pub in a beautiful location."
• "The setting is beautiful."
• "A sun drenched garden which is delightful."
• "It's in such a lovely setting and the outdoor lawn area is simply beautiful on a warm day."

Cons:

• "No where to park."
• "Wasps! A lot of wasps!"
• "Also delivery vans pulled up outside of accommodation very early waking us up."
• "Staff smoking next to you while you eat (even if you ask them not to)."
• "Pub is decorated unusually and moreso not tastefully."
• "No check back on any course, items missing from almost every meal."
• "Was woken early by a hunting party banging around outside before 7am."

Value

Pros:

• "Whilst on the high end of the price scale for the area, I think that the price was very fair and reflective of the quality and the experience as a whole."
• "Price was for the quality very reasonable at approximately £50 per person."
• "Lovely great value 18th century coaching Inn with rooms in all price brackets."
• "Bill for 4 of us for mains and dessert was around £100 excluding drinks which was good value for the high quality."
• "The prices are excellent for the quality and amount of food you get too."
• "Food is fantastic and reasonably priced."
• "Service was very pleasant and prices reasonable, highly recommended."

Cons:

• "Confused as to how the bill doubled in the space of 6 weeks for lunch of main and pud."
• "Sorry, cannot justify price hike."
• "Could not believe £7+ for medium glass of wine...no loo roll holder in room.....food in restaurant very good ....bit expensive."
• "Prices a little on the high side."
• "Both were expensive for what they were."
• "A bit overpriced, in my opinion, for the quality/quantity."
• "1 half Diet Coke & Soda water with lime= £5!! You are kidding me- why?"

Accommodation

Pros:

• "The room itself was very clean and well presented."
• "Had a knock on the door and was upgraded to a lovely suite in the main building."
• "The room was lovely and set to a perfect temperature (underfloor heating)."
• "This was a nice place to stay with pleasant rooms and an even nicer bathroom!"
• "Absolutely lovely bed. So comfy."
• "Very nice room in a great location."
• "Room outside the main building was functional perfect for what I needed."

Cons:

• "The room did not have an iron or an ironing board."
• "The accommodation offered to the side is in need of upgrade as the curtains were odd and didn't really hang."
• "Room basic but nice. Dusty above eye level."
• "There was a mix up with the rooms and I was allocated a twin bed instead of double."
• "Just no where to hang your clothes."
• "Didn't quite understand why didn't get the room I booked from photos on its website."
• "Cold but lovely rooms."