The Cross Keys Hotel, Saffron Walden - pub details
Address: 32 High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1AX [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 8465) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Audley End (1.9 miles), Newport - Essex (3.4 miles), Great Chesterford (3.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV
- Pool table
- Food served
- Accommodation available
Pub suggested by cp on 23 Jun 2004
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> Current user rating: 4.8/10 (rated by 9 users)
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user reviews of the Cross Keys Hotel, Saffron Walden
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| My wife and I booked into this pub for a couple of nights in spring 2009. We left shortly after seeing the room as it was disgusting. The beds were broken and covered in stains, the carpet was threadbare, the windows didn't close properly and the kettle, which lived on the floor, was covered in grease. The linen seemed to be clean but that really was it. The final nail in the coffin however was the shared bathroom. It would have been impossible to leave cleaner than when you entered. Not fit for human habitation at all. When we handed the key back and explained that we weren't happy with the room we were told 'That's why it's only £55 a night'. There's no price on basic cleanliness so I found the comment rather dismissive. It is surprising to read other comments of similar experiences 5 years before our visit. I find it almost unbelievable that nothing had changed in such a long time. Not recommended. StLovell - 5 Apr 2011 13:23 |
| Spectacularly run-of-the-mill pub for such a spectacularly stunning building. Nice, in that it retains the atmosphere of a pub at least (unlike, for example, the Eight Bells - I'd hate to see this place go that way), but this pub could be much much better with a location and a building like this (14th century). Instead it feels like a cheap town-centre sports pub - with a bar that's too cramped for a town centre sports pub. Greshon - 6 Apr 2008 21:43 |
| agreed with comment from reviewer that stated that "bar staff tend to serve people they know". i tried to order lunch for 4 people on Sunday, but after being passed over six or so times, quite blatantly, i had to ask to be served. having arrived at 11:45 we could not be served before 12:50, though some of the local seem to be eating they carvery already. very odd and quite shameful really. we walked out. landlord is amiable enough but that's not enough jerome123 - 9 Apr 2006 14:34 |
| I visited the pub on the 11th July and as soon as I walked in I had an African woman persuading me to part with £15 odd pound for her own personal charity, where she came from I do not know and whether this is a regular activity on her part I also don't know. However I shook her hand listened to her sob story and gave her a pound. One of your previous contributors is exactly right I stayed here for a night in the so called Cromwell suite for £55 quid and on closer inspection of the room, despite its impressive sounding name it is certainly over-priced. The bathroom floor was filthy, the shower door was in two bits (one admittedly still attached to the wall) the ceiling in the bathroom had damp all in one corner and the ceiling was peeling, the bathroom bin had not been emptied. Generally the room was tatty and cheaply furnished which is a real shame as the pub itself is a classic and I have wanted to stay in it for a long while so was disappointed with the state of the main room, however the young guy who booked me in told me it is going to be refurbished, highly needed I would suggest. Otherwise the staff were competent and I had a reasonable meal of steak and salad. anonymous - 21 Jul 2005 16:09 |
| Very lively at the weekends. Serves food, reasonable beers - nothing special. Bar is too narrow though so you get hung out to dry sometimes by the bar staff who tend to serve people they know. leftwinguk - 21 Jun 2005 12:00 |
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