The Whittling House

The Whittling House where we stayed for two nights was over-priced for what we received. The room at £180 per night was small, very hot, not very clean and well used, badly in need of refurbishment. Overall, the hotel/inn was poor value for money.

Daughter had pre booked for a birthday meal for me . Service poor throughout . Requested mocktail menu - none received . Ordered some appetisers- none received. Dinner was beautifully cooked but no serving utensils for veg . Very , very disappointed in what had been planned as a special meal . When we commented on poor service we were met with a defensive answer stating that the staff were working 17 hours . They lost out on payments for items not received and also what would normally have been a decent tip .

This was a second visit to the restaurant and was very disappointing, we had no dogs but were surrounded by them! We were not offered a seat in another area, it was obviously chosen by the waitress for her convenience as it was in a "corridor" part of the dining area on the way to the kitchen. Two courses, starter and mains were delivered at the same time. We thought that the food and service was average and wines over priced.

Excellent food....we had lamb roast and my nephew from London said it was up there with the best London retaurants....only complaint was DOGS...why do people bring thier dogs into an eating area, they alway thinks everyone is in love with thier smelly pooch