The Horn of Plenty

Stayed at The Horn of Plenty for 3 nights on the Gourmet Break, we had a fabulous time, the food was very special, lovely room with a great view and the staff were brilliant and could not do enough for you. Would highly recommend this place its a real treat and the location is beautiful.

Our second visit and we thought the food had improved. A small menu but better thought out and presented. Staff as excellent as before, rooms tastefully furnished and amazing reviews. Some excellent canapes and lovely treats with our coffees greatly added to the dining experience. One minor point would be that between courses it would be ideal if staff could remove any breadcrumbs messy guests like ourselves leave all over the table (having eaten too much of the lovely bread). Finally I hope that the owners have booked the buildings in for some external decoration over the next year or so as whilst it looks fine this year, next year it may begin to look tired but that is being very picky! I would have no hesitation in recommending this hotel and restaurant to any one who likes a relaxed, quality experience. The hotel is in a beautiful setting with attentive staff and offers it's guests something a little special, well done to everyone involved with The Horn of Plenty.

We arrived early before we could check in and our room was not ready and unfortunately there was a private function so could not have lunch. However the very nice lady on reception gave a couple of options and we visited a pub she recommended which was good. The welcome we received was really good and were taken to our generous modern room with enquire bathroom. The amenities in the bathroom were excellent power shower, bath and commodities you would need. We have a package which included dinner and this was a real treat and served by friendly helpful staff. Would highly recommend a visit as you would recieve a great welcome

Had a lovely lunch visit to The Horn of Plenty This was the 1st day of their new A’laCarte menu, food was excellent, sat on their terrace on a sunny day with a wonderful view, service excellent from Sarah Highly recommend a visit or a stay (which we have done many times.

The most appalling stay ever. We booked for the very expensive Christmas Stay and it was the worst Hotel stay we have ever experienced. We wanted lunch on Christmas Eve and were told this was unavailable as the entire restaurant had been booked out by the Management with non-residents. These non-residents then took over the lounges etc -so the guests arriving for their "Christmas Stay" were all shoved into the small dining room. Christmas Day was also utterly ruined - as yet again - the restaurant was crammed to the gunnels with non-residents - who also took over the lounges again. The Christmas Day lunch was a fiasco. The food was mediocre, the delay betwen courses long. The breakfasts were not fit for purpose. Overcooked. One resident ordered porridge which was so hard she turned the bowl upside down and it stayed put! The Room was not a success. No mini bar/fridge. You could not access the dressing table as the wardrobe was right in front of it - and the two occasional chairs were only fit for children to sit in. We wrote to the owner of the hotel with a complete review of the stay - and asking for some kind of compensation. We said we would be happy to withhold any media reviews until he had a chance to reply. As yet he was not even bothered to reply let alone apologise. The moral of this story is whilst the staff are good, the location obviously superb, etc - never but never book a stay if there is a Wedding and/or event - as the priority will be on this rather than the paying in-house residents. Needless to say we will never be staying there again and never recomending it to anyone.

I took my elderly parents to the Horn of Plenty for their 75th wedding anniversary. Whilst the starters were satisfactory the actual roast was terrible. When I booked, the sample menu said the beef was ' sirloin of beef'. When we arrived there the menu said 'roast beef' which I thought was a little odd. The meal was served on cold plates and the beef was tough and stringy. The best I can say about it was that it was a small portion! Having been in the butchery trade for over 40 years it was still difficult to identify the cut. My best guess is that it was top rump, a braising cut. It was served with cauliflower cheese which was almost a puree. The potatoes were not crispy and the whole meal was heaped upon the plate, not what one would expect from a fine dining restaurant. When most of the meal was returned nobody asked if there was a problem. To make matters worse, and this was my own fault as I didn't read the bill properly, I left a tip of 20 pounds not realising a service charge had been added. Naturally the waiter did not inform me. I heartily recommend people to avoid this restaurant like a plague if you wand a decent Sunday roast.