Dartmoor Halfway Inn Reviews Summary

Setting & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Beautiful setting. Very quiet & peaceful."
• "The lovely well kept surroundings."
• "Surrounded by picturesque countryside."
• "Lovely views of the hills behind with lambs. River behind."
• "The site is lovely, not too far to drive to anywhere, but feels secluded."
• "Nice quiet site."
• "The accommodation is really quiet and peaceful, the breakfast is delicious."

Cons:

• "Very noisy late at night people playing music laughing and talking until 2 in the morning."
• "Too close to the main road, so constant sound of traffic was a problem when sleeping."
• "We didn’t expect the road behind us to be so noisy, very loud road so couldn’t really relax as we would have liked."
• "A lot of traffic noise being so close to a main road."
• "It was very loud at night when the traffic would go by as our tent was right next to the main road."
• "The campsite is next to a fairly busy road which you can hear."
• "Noisy road, even quite late at night."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "Staff all very friendly and food plentiful and delicious."
• "All members of staff that we interacted with were really helpful and welcoming."
• "Our waitress was delightful. She was attentive, personable, pretty and asked us throughout the evening if we were happy with our food."
• "Staff were fantastic, very welcoming, friendly and accommodating."
• "The staff were very welcoming and friendly and check in at the bar was efficient."
• "The staff upon check in were great, really informative and friendly."
• "The staff are very friendly, attentive and great with kids."

Cons:

• "Cleaning was hit and miss with no cleaning over the weekend at peak times."
• "When I came to pay we did tell the young waitress that we were not happy but she just produced a card machine."
• "The staff weren't very welcoming either and we weren't asked how our meal was, probably due to being so busy, which unfortunately wasn't very warm."
• "Appalling service. Stood waiting to be seated for 10 minutes next to the ‘please wait to be seated’ sign whilst the staff just stood and had a chat."
• "Service was very slow."
• "Hospitality and customer service skills zero."
• "Staff training evidently needed."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Excellent choice of drinks in the room and fresh milk delivered in the morning."
• "Pub dog friendly which is a great bonus."
• "Good pub food and service."
• "The food was lovely too and all decently priced."
• "Food came out quickly and was delicious and reasonably priced."
• "Really scrumptious food. Had a roast dinner and was really generous portions."
• "Pub food was good & staff lovely, definitely worth a visit."