Little John Hotel, Hathersage

Forgot to say that families are welcome, as are it seems pets, but check to make sure on this last point.

14 Apr 2008 20:46

Little John Hotel, Hathersage

Stayed there this weekend and all I can say is, "what a top place".

The food, excellent and just what you need to a, start long day walking, and b, replenish lost calories after said walk.

Had a full fry-up in hte morning and what appeared to half a cow in the evening, it also appears that my brother-in-law had the other half!!

Rooms are comfortable and clean and well appointed.

The bar staff are welcoming and chatty.

The beer was well looked after with at least three guest beers served on the Saturday night. The guest beers are all from micro-brewers and change on a regular basis.

There is a pub quiz on a Friday night and throughout the week there are themed meals, ie Tuesday Curry and a Pint, Wednesday Chinese and a Pint and Thursday Pie and Mash......and a Pint. All at an excellent price.

My thanks must go to Ian, for putting the two of us up at short notice, and also to his partner Stephanie for the excellent food.

I for one will be going back there, and would quite willingly make it my local in the area.

14 Apr 2008 20:45

Woodroffe Arms, Hope

Well, after reading the last post on here for this pub, all I can say is that I hope it is the last post. Went there after reading some of the reviews thinking that new owners, new brush and all that malarkly, and all that I can say is that they obviously forgot the brush; along with a few other cleaning materiels. Must admit that at 20.30 on a rainy Friday night it did look a bit promising from the outside. Go through the door though and things changed, drastically. Friday night is disco night appaerently. Well some teenager with his decks of steel playing the latest sounds around, at full tilt, for the benfit of.......no-one. Some locals there in the bar chatting passing the time but no-one paying the blind bit of notice. Food, if you are on a B+B deal is served over the road, but cannot vouch for this as after seeing the rooms, my brother-in-law decided to beat a hasty retreat.

Now then the rooms, what can I say other than shambolic. The wallpaper was peeling. That which wasn't had enough paint on that if you were to touch it then it woould probably come away from the walls. The carpets were dirty, the bathroom, dirty and tide marks around the bath itself. The room that I was given was right above said teenage DJ so the use of my ipod would not have been needed.

Needless to say we didn't stay long.

However if anyone is planning on staying in Hope then I cannot recommend the Old Hall across the road highly enough. It is clean, light, the staff are friendly and best of all it was busy. To my mind a good marker for a good pub. Cannot say about the food as we were too late for a meal, but what I saw looked appetising enough, and unfortunately there was no accommodation available, surely another good sign.

I will not say where I stayed, in this review anyway, as the place we did eventually stay is a little gem.

Once again I would not recommend the Woodroffe Arms as a place to rest your weary head.

14 Apr 2008 20:34