The Fairfax Arms

Location, breakfast and staff

Had only one set of towels for 2 people but was corrected after we requested for another set. Bathroom leaked and stank of urine, room too small; no where to put toiletries in bathroom

Location, staff

Room too small and no where to put toiletries

Super friendly staff and great atmosphere. Good quality breakfast and evening meal. Very clean and comfortable room. Slept well with no disturbance even though our room was above the bar.

Drinks were a little expensive. Would have liked the option to have a bar snack in the evening rather than the main meals that were some times too big for me.

The room was ideal for a family with a dog, double bedroom and separate twin room with one bathroom for £210 on a Saturday night. The room was like a motel room off the car park and was a very practical.

The food wasn’t great and the service was disorganised. The menu was a little odd, was hard to find something any of us fancied it was a strange mix of options - there was no chicken breast or steak and ale pie left by 730 when we were ordering. The chicken burger was not nice - the chicken was in a tempura batter and then in a bread bun so was very greasy. The chips were ok. Steak was cooked very well as was the duck, fish pie was ok. Breakfast was poor - poached eggs with the full breakfast rubbery with overcooked yolk to the point of inedible, continental table had very little choice. Service was good at breakfast.