The George

Superb

Not a bad stay, but...

Liked: Well situated, attractive interiors , outdoor patio. Pleasant furnishings.
Disliked: No comfortable chair in bedroom. In bathroom toilet roll holder poorly placed behind loo, and soap dispensers in bath too high to reach when sitting in bath. No fridges in rooms. Our evening meal was preordered at hotel’s request but we waited more than an hour for it.

Very good

Underwhelming

Disliked: Unfortunately quite under whelming.We booked here as the final stay on our Derbyshire road trip on the day of our 1st wedding anniversary. For £253 for the night we was expecting a bit of a treat, luxury stay (say in comparison to your usual stop overs in Inns) and we were excited on arrival. We were left feeling a little disappointed and a bit annoyed at the amount we had spent.We had stayed at a hotel in Castleton the night before that was over a £100 cheaper and a much better room in terms of comfort and facilities. It feels with this place the price tag is due to the location, not the quality of the room (for example 2 english tea bags and no conditioner in the bathroom for £253 seems a bit mad). We both woke up with stiff backs from how uncomfortable the bed was this morning.For the evening we had booked to eat in the pub restaurant. We ordered two Aperol Spritz that came barely orange that had been really watered down with soda water, and then waited over an hour from ordering for pie and mash. The pie was meant to be Steak and Ale, and the steak tasted good but there seemed to be no Ale and it was quite dry, there was also barely any veg with it, a tiny pot of gravy and one scoop of mash, which for nearly £20 seems insane. Understandably Saturday will be busy but we had waited 75 minutes last time my husband checked his watch , no one asked in this time if we would like anymore drinks or advised the kitchen was busy, and no one checked on our meal. We went up to bed after tea and left before breakfast as we thought the food may not be worth it and also didn't want to risk another wait for over an hour before hitting the road (reading reviews I can see this has happened to other guests).The duty manager was friendly, and she did give us a warm welcome, but generally this place, for us, was not good value for money at all and if this hadn't nt been part of a wider road trip, would have been a disappointment for our anniversary.

Very good

Apart from heat in room...

Liked: Breakfast excellent Great location
Disliked: Room on first floor very warm. Free standing Air condition unit put in day we arrived. It was so noisey could not leave on during night. On checking out receptionist told us room was excessively hot as above pizza oven. Unable to sleep due to heat.

Good

Disliked: Room was at the front of the inn and was very hot. No air conditioning

Superb

Exceptional

Liked: The food was sensational. All the staff were super friendly and helpful. The location was perfect
Disliked: We drew the short straw on room.allocation. Rooms 21 to 25 are backed onto the staff car park which is noisy