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Reviews of The Royal Oak - Inn

4 out of 5
The Royal Oak - Inn
The Green, Long Whatton, Leicestershire, Loughborough, England

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 214 out of 265 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 265 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 265 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 265 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 265 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Chris, Gloucester

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unique individual rooms outside of the pub/restaurant. Lots of free parking. Amazing breakfast, hot and freshly cooked.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Reid

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
If you are going to stay here please don’t be fooled by photos of the room you think you are booking. The photos for ’Room 1’ show a room with double aspect windows, that is most definitely not the case, I’m not sure which room it is of but it certainly isn’t Room 1 (or Room 2) The room details say that it has a King Size bed, this also is untrue, it is only a double. There is also an ever pervasive smell of sewage in the bathroom which, as you may imagine, did little to enhance the enjoyment of our stay. When we discovered the issue with the room, the member of staff who checked us in said that the manager would speak to us in the morning. That did not happen. The hotel has refused to communicate with Expedia, who we booked with, but have had the audacity to ask me for a review, so here it is - TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, DO NOT BOOK Having said that, the staff that we encountered were lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ideal for a night or two business trip
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay, perfect for an overnight stop.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elena

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a delightful find. A very different establishment, with cottage like rooms, were tastefully furnished, providing the high level required at an affordable price. The well appointed restaurant offered an eclectic mix of fayre. Well cooked, well presented. Perfect. A great find which I highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant weekend stay
Staff friendly, professional. Room excellent. Did have an issue with the connection of the wi-fi but this was sorted out.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

kenneth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The whole experience. Clean and spacious rooms. Restaurant and service very good Would recommend and stay again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loving place.
Nice quiet room, big comfy bed. Food in the restaurant was very good. So fed up with chain hotels - this is a super place!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Kim

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disappointed
I was a little disappointed as room felt quite cold, and a little dated. There were radiators but no independent control to switch on. I would have expected better for the price I paid. Especially comparing to other hotels I have stayed. The staff were friendly. Breakfast was lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

MAXWEL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

graeme

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had been 3 years since I stayed at the Royal Oak and my last visit stayed there. Knew it was very nice place but my last visit showed it is now even better. Friendly staff, comfortable surroundings, excellent food, spot on!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Nicholas

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

david

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No problems at all. Eveything five star including quality of food.A very impressive English breakfast.. Must mention the young staff all of whom were very competent, friendly and added to the quality of service in a huge way.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Catching up with friends
Hotel is easy to find. Simple check in. Rooms are spacious with everything you need. Good wifi connection. Good choice of meals and very tasty and sensibly priced. Whole experience excellent would recommend highly
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A perfect stay
A wonderful place to stay. Friendly staff. Perfect location. The bed was amazingly comfortable. Everything you could want. The breakfast was excellent with a very good choice. We have already made another booking which says it all!!!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Eric

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff helpfulness excellent and cleanliness of room very good. We will be back.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Little Gem!
Stayed before, they have beautiful clean rooms well heated and comfy, restaurant and food is lovely, great breakfast too.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Ian

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic place to stay.
Really fantastic property. Friendly staff. Room was lovely, very spacious and nicely fitted out. Food in the pub was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

JOHANNA

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Po Hing Eric

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

david

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really nice place, good pub and very nice room, highly recommended. One request would be more vegetarian options on the menu, only had a burger or risotto to choose from.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Barry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jayne

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Smell of sewage
My ensuite smelled of raw sewage which permeated the whole room. I passed this on to staff twice and nothing was done about it - there were no other rooms to move me to. On check out I asked to see a manager or have some one contact me - nothing done so far. The room should never have been used in this condition. The smell was absolutley disgusting. I have emailed this information and had no reply. It is a real shame as the staff were very friendly - although not surprised when I told them about the smell.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Response from The Royal Oak Management Team on 17 Oct 2022
Hi Jayne,We are really disappointed to read that you have written this review this morning as the staff did react and do the best they could to tackle this issue throughout the weekend for you. As we were fully booked, we believed we handled this the best we possibly could without cancelling your room, which was the only other option. Our manager has already responded to your email today within 15 minutes of their start time and arranged for a maintenance man to come and investigate who will be here this afternoon to look into this as this is very unusual and nowhere near our usual standards.We would have appreciated a little more time to investigate what has happened before you posted this review online which is not 100% accurate and slightly undermines the way that we have and are continuing to fix this. A review like this can be damaging to our reputation which we have worked really hard to build.

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, nice clean room and good food. Would return if in that area again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just what we hoped for.
Comfortable, clean and excellent service. We are in the restaurant in the evening and the food was excellent and good value. Bed was comfortable and facilities thoughtfully arranged. A few more hooks (especially in the bathroom) would have been handy. Would recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

D

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing stay - forget the big chains stay here!
What a great place to stay! I have stayed here a couple of times recently for business. The rooms are out the back of the main pub part and are like a little row of cottages. Plenty of space inside with comfortable bed, desk and storage and with a large shower in the bathroom. Food is wonderful, a good choice of dishes which are fresh and well cooked. Will definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jill

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice clean room, plenty of space to work at the desk and great food
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Una

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
worth the money, staff fab, but average overall
Pub nice, staff excellent, bed a little soft and smelly plumbing in the bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Thoroughly Enjoyable Stay
We enjoyed a great stay at The Royal Oak, a lovely pub in a lovely village. The staff were all helpful & friendly and made us feel welcome. Our room was spacious & clean, while the bed was very comfy. The food was excellent, breakfast & evening meals were all tasty. We would highly recommend The Royal Oak and we will definitely call again if we are in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend
Beautiful quiet location. Chalet style rooms that gave a cottage feel. Furniture and decor of high standard and immaculately clean. The restaurant food was excellent for both dinner and breakfast. Staff welcoming and friendly. Highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Carys

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I will definitely be back
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent, breakfast opening time could be earlier.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022