The Admiral Hornblower

Fancied a stay near Rutland Water before walking the circumference and settled on the Hornblower. A really nice place bang in the heart of Oakham with great links to the surrounding area. The room was really comfortable and the bed tremendous. The pub offers a lovely choice of food and we didn't need to venture too far from the place in order to be well served for our stay. Thoroughly recommended.

Accommodation itself was basic but serviceable. Comfort was disappointing given there was no hot water or heating. And with this being an outside courtyard room it was particularly cold. Breakfast was ok but not special. Service mediocre.

Exemplary service and friendliness

Really enjoyed our stay, lovely friendly staff and the food was very nice. My only negative was that we were staying in rooms accessed by crossing the gravel car park. The gravel was slippery in the ice and needed a bit of sand and their was no outside lighting. Other than that, lovely and will definitely come again.

The matress was smaller than the bedframe and very uncomfortable.

Staff are fantastic- as I suffer from chronic back problems I feel that the mattress needed changing I couldn’t fault the staff - breakfast choices were great

Stayed over for business - wonderful character to the pub with the outbuilding transformed to accommodation , however the heating was at its maximum and I had a very uncomfortable night with the windows having to be opened. Not usually a fan of Greene King establishments , however the beer wasn’t too bad , my only issue was the food . The starter of garlic mushrooms on focaccia was tasteless , a hint of garlic but no seasoning The beer battered fish and chips was huge but the tartar sauce again needed some punch to it. Breakfast seemed bland also with the highlight being the toast

Hotel was nice , the food is lovely and the staff are too. my only gripe was in my room, room 3 the aerial didnt fit the tv so nothing to watch when i went to my room. I stated in the same room in January 23 and it was the same. I spoke to night manager, who looked at it. and couldnt fix it. he mentioned taking something off my bill and then said he would look to see if he had another room but he didnt come back to me.

The accommodation was very pleasant enough. Very small room, no drawer space, could not access wi-if and parking was extremely limited. I booked and paid in advance for a room with breakfast but the service was appalling. We ordered two cooked breakfasts at 8.30 am. We received tea and coffee but after waiting 50 minutes we had still not received and had to leave as we were going to my brother’s funeral and had to meet other members of my family at 9.30 am. I am not in the habit of complaining but I had a very long and harrowing day ahead and a seven hour drive home afterwards so a good breakfast was essential. On checking out the waiter said he would sort it out with the manager. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to discuss it further and my husband was extremely annoyed. I emailed the hotel with this complaint the following day but so far have received no response at all.