Rose & Crown Hotel

OMG where do I start, worst place I have ever stayed in. Place was filthy, room had paper hanging off walls, water stained ceiling, and sink in ensuite had been bodged to replace damage. Glasses and cutlery dirty, breakfast uncooked and cold. Staff not particularly friendly. Booked for 3 nights, left after 2, absolutely disgusted.

First, the good points: the staff were helpful, friendly and accomodating. The sheets and towels were clean. But oh my, the place desperately needs a deep clean and spruce up - it was quite depressing. The carpets were grubby, the crockery and cutlery was dirty, the juice glasses at breakfast were covered in a film of grease and the whole place smells of old food. The menu is quite limited and while the pie I had was OK, all of our food had been nuked and had dried-up edges from overcooking. One meal looked as if if had been dropped from a height onto the plate! And by no means cheap either when you compare the food to other, better, places nearby. I don't know if the place is just too far gone and expensive to refurb; it's a sizeable building which must cost a fortune to maintain and would be eye-wateringly expensive to gut and smarten up. But it just had an air of desperation about it, and I couldn't imagine wanting to go back under any circumstances. I feel sorry writing this as the staff try their best so I hope it gets some investment. It's literally in the heart of the dales and could be so much better.

What a shame! Lovely area and village only to be spoilt by this pub. It has a commanding position over the lovely village and should be so so much better. Friendly lady and gent behind the bar - but ordered a soup and sandwich and unfortunately paid £11 odd for basically a tin of Heinz tomato soup and some stale white bread sandwich. As I finished mine - some bloke was shouting in the kitchen swearing and cursing about something! Everyone in the bar could hear it. Come on - at least make your own soup!!!! The pub is letting the village down really. Shame .

Great traditional pub with a warm welcome. Locals were very friendly. Wendy was great fun and we loved Will. Looking forward to coming back to Bainbridge. The Cheshire girls x

Popped in for a quick drink as staying nearby Asked if they had non alcohol beer and we were sneered at by a guy behind the bar He had no clue and we couldn’t wait to leave the place What a shame as the surrounding area is lovely and this pub could be so much more

Food was excellent staff were very helpful lovely place can't wait to g9 back thank you all bed was very comfortable breakfast was brilliant as well so you can't fall it beer was lovely locals were friendly and helpful with things to do in the area

Stopped off for some food while passing through leyburn. Ordered the roast beef sunday lunch which was £15. Beef i'm sure was packet beef in gravy and was cold. The sole yorkshire pudding was a frozen one as im sure was the carrots and broccoli too. The mas was also nothing to shout about. Actually all reminded me of a frozen meal for one from a supermarket.

We stayed at the Rose & Crown for an overnight stop, on our way back to Bristol from a weeks holiday in Scotland. The hotel has been there since 1455, lots of history, we found it to be a very cosy and quaint. Real wood fires making the snug cosy and warm. Manager and staff were lovely and friendly nothing too much trouble. Food was excellent as was the service. Our room was comfortable the four poster bed was so comfortable I didn’t want to get out of it. Breakfast was good great choice. Will definitely book to stay here again.

We booked dinner a week ago as it was within walking distance of our hotel. When we got to the pub all the signs were still out saying they served dinner every day. But it was shut. Never bothered to let us know. So beware. Our hotel said they had a bad reputation and recommended the pubs in Askrigg where we had a good meal.