The Old Talbot Hotel Milton Keynes

It was okay. My trip was fine on the whole. I stay in accommodation away from home often and as I write this on 25th January this rating was my ninth night away from home since 2.1.24. I was disappointed to realise that breakfast was from 10.30am as I had to work the next day and had an earlier start. I was offered a packet of biscuits and a quakers porridge pot but unfortunately I cannot abide porridge. They did offer to make me some pain au chocolat that evening but I declined. So my experience of a ‘cold breakfast from 7am’ was not realised unfortunately; a slight inconvenience as I tend to have a backup plan. The room itself was nicely appointed. It did have a coffee machine in the room, however there were no coffee pods provided. When I arrived I did use the kettle to make a brew (from my own supplies) but found the kettle had water in - I know someone possibly vacated that room that morning, however I prefer not to be reminded of that fact if I can avoid it. There was also toilet paper in the toilet - again, not a massive deal but it might be nice if it were flushed ahead of a new arrival. There were toilettries in the room, 2 lots of body milk and 2 lots of conditioner. I’m used to staying away from home so I don’t tend to be reliant on these things. There was kitchen roll ‘hung’ on the inside of the glazed panel in the door which I suppose served a purpose… The bed was mega comfy, the room was warm enough (and controllable), the TV was great and the food in the bar was superb. 👌

No breakfast is available at this property. The ******* website has breakfast available. Very disappointing to discover in the morning that the pub is locked with nothing available . Very expensive rooms if you can’t even get breakfast. This is not a hotel or B&B just a nice room with lots of road noise.

I stayed for two nights and the room was lovely. The staff at the pub were amazing, so helpful and accommodating.

The Fire Alarm went of just after 6 am. I checked the other 4 rooms no sign of fire, my colleague phoned the emergency number, which went to voicemail he left a massage but no one got back to him the Alarm was going off continuously so we thought we better not get in the shower. We had 3 rooms and all 7 of us went for our day at Silverstone without a shower, no one from the Hotel got in touch 😡.

This an excellent pub and place to stay. I've just returned from a four night stay. I found the small one bedroom annex perfect for my needs. Large comfortable bed, tea & coffee, fan and large bathroom. It exceeded my expectations. The pub was great, and I found the selection of beers disappointing. I personally prefer local or craft styles. Here, it was just the general beers you see everywhere. However, the beers they did have well kept and priced right. Sunday cavery was excellent. I over heard thr chef say they often do well over 150 plates, so that speaks volume. There's also a large beer garden which was amazingly kept. I would definitely recommend the pub and the accommodation and will probably return next year.

I had a lovely evening in the company of some Australian friends who were also staying there. The place looked very promising as we walked into the bar area yo meet them. However, we had to look for staff to "check us in". We were brought across the car park to some obviously new accommodation and was very impressed with the standard of it. I found the bed a bit on the short side, but was extremely comfortable and we had a great nights sleep. The bathroom had a lovely shower, but the toilet seat wasn't the original one and was an in correct size. The biggest disappointment was the the food in the restaurant and was not anywhere near what I would have expected. My duck was tough and poorly presented and my partners chicken and mash was very unappetising and when asked was everything okay, I did comment on it. Our friends had a shared platter and it certainly did not look very appealing. I was hoping the breakfast might redeem itself, but the sausages were tough and given the cost of it, plus having to pay extra for tea and coffee made it a disappointment. £65.00 fir four very average cooked breakfasts was overpriced Overall, the place was lovely, the staff friendly, but not sure they took on board what we said. We have stayed many times in similar sort of places and this has the potential to be up there with the best of them, but they need to get the food side of the venue addressed. We had a lovely evening with our friends and the food, although disappointing, didn't detract from our evening with them.