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Reviews of The Rock Inn

3.5 out of 5
The Rock Inn
Haytor Vale, Newton Abbot, England

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 33 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 44 reviews" "

10/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Clive

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Super location and excellent food
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

JULIE

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

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No hesitation whatsoever in recommending.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No negatives here!
All the staff at The Rock were so helpful. In particular Sharon! We were quite a large group with many requests but each was dealt with without fuss. Our room, at the top, was spacious with a fabulous bathroom. The evening set Menu was all delicious. Great service in the restaurant. Good wine list, interesting selection.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Diane

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

10/10 Excellent

Angela

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Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Carole

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from J on 9 Jun 2023
Hi CaroleWe are sorry we had to charge you even though you did not arrive with us to stay. All reservations made through third party sites do have to be cancelled properly through those sites. We did limit the charge to just 1 night of your 2 night stay and had staff here waiting until late for your expected arrival on the day.

4/10 Poor

Jim

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great pub was th a history. Comfortable rooms. Great meals . Friendly helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nanette

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff are a credit to the hotel. Location is inside the National Park, with countless walks to hand. Food at the hotel was amazing with a great full English in the morning. Superb local beers in the bar. Cannot fault the place and we will return.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Oliver and Ellie were great !
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
lovely stay
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great food, lovely room and excellent staff. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dominik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended
Great food in the pub with nice beer garden, nice clean rooms, friendly team.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Summer trip to Dartmoor
Great location. Sunset picnic on Haytor was perfect after a drink or two in the garden. Staff were so friendly. The light menu offered on the days when the restaurant wasn’t fully open was great. Will definitely be back. Perfect for summer or winter.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The food was good particularly breakfast, Staff service was good, The room was in the attic(Freebooter) and for a 6'3" guy a bit dangerous with slanting wood beams at the end of the bed causing a few bruises. The room ventilation and window lighting was poor (2 small windows). There were two flights of narrow stairs to get to the room and no help with carrying two large suitcases
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

A

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here when we were attending a wedding nearby. The staff were friendly and very accommodating. Breakfast was delicious. The hotel just helped make a fabulous weekend even better. Will definitely visit again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tracy, St Agnes

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a lovely stay, great location and staff were all wonderful. Food was amazing too
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

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

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A NIGHT ON DARTMOOR.
A delightful one night stay excellent in every respect. Comfortable rooms, delicious food, huge gin selection ~ what more could one want ! We'll be back !
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant
If you are looking for a modern up to date state of the art establishment then this is not for you. If you are looking for bags of character great service fantastic food in a warm cosy tradition environment that is slightly frayed around the edges then look no further. We loved it and would loved to have stayed longer. It is right on the edge of Dartmoor and is absolutely wonderful. The menu is tight but boy oh boy it is excellent. Rooms are great, clean and very tidy with oodles of character. Brilliant
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Maureen

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and done very well.
Great stay - loved every minute . Food to die for . Not a lot of choice food wise but what was available was excellent. All the team very helpful and would highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable, friendly and good location
Comfortable room and friendly helpful staff and a good location to explore the National Park
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

MRS J C

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice.......but
We had a really nice stay but there were a few things that could be improved. The main body of the hotel is really looking a bit tired. I love its' period charm but the days of horse brasses, highly patterned carpets and black beams are long gone. I was also disappointed with the dinner menu as there was very little choice. In the past it used to have a very interesting offering.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Historic inn with very good food
Beautiful and historic inn with excellent food and very friendly and efficient staff . Our room was quirky and old with a well equipped bathroom but had a distinct smell of smoke which wasn’t very pleasant. Definitely stay again but would try a different room .
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Choice
Nice Inn. Food quite "up market". Covid instructions followed to the letter. Comfortable room. Parking a bit of a nightmare on a Sunday.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful rural inn
I had a fantastic stay at The Rock and would visit again. The food was very good and I'd recommend eating at the hotel every night for short visits. There's loads of hilly countryside and the moor nearby, so it's perfect as a base for walking. Note that it's extremely rural - I had no phone signal whatsoever, whilst the wifi was understably a bit flaky.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A hidden gem
A lovely country inn. Beautiful accommodation, fab food and perfectly situated to explore Dartmoor.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Woul we stay again - Yes
A 2 night stay in Troytown room Very enjoyable. Evening meal was excellent but we felt breakfast was lacking in substance for us. The room although aged was clean, comfortable and quiet. We would have liked a kettle but Covid rules said no!! Staff were excellent. Would we stay again - yes
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The food is excellent and the accomodation was of a high standard. A lovely location.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jonas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly staff and great foof
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay . What a hidden gem. We will be definitely returning.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely cottage feel. Excellent welcome and food an very quiet
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

I

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing and comfortable
A really nice, welcoming and comfortable place to stay for a few days. Next time we're in the area we'll look to stay here again. Great food too!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Oliver on 17 Jul 2019
So glad you enjoyed your stay with us. Looking forward to welcoming you back...

10/10 Excellent

Southcoaster, Southern Engand.

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Lovely romantic weekend away.
Looks and sounds like just a pub, but it is so much more. The welcome, atmosphere were excellent as were the rooms. We booked two rooms for one night with my daughter before a business meeting the next day, and we had a superb candle lit dinner. Believe me it's not just pub grub, the cooking was perfection, so was the waiter who served us. My daughter commented the next day that she felt somebody join her in bed during the night but there was nobody there. Apparently her part of the hotel is known to be haunted so what more could one ask for!

10/10 Excellent

M Farmer

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Beautiful Inn with excellent food
We had a lovely stay at the Rock Inn for one night. We were on our way to our son's wedding and wanted to get to Devon early. Our dinner was excellent, staff were friendly and the breakfast was delicious. The Inn itself has so much history and is in a stunning location.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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