The Anvil

Fantastic stay in a very picturesque inn. Staff were all super friendly, parking was plentiful, and the food/drink selection was great! Highly recommend

I arrived early and so parking was not an issue. The rooms are quirky and mine had quite low ceilings, luckily i am quite short. The shower was a fitment on the bath and required the user to hold it in one hand as there was no pole. The menu is not standard and offers an interesting variety of options. There was no wifi in my room and when I enquired, I was informed that if I persisted it might work but it had been poor since January.

A beautiful thatched inn at a location that puts you in reach of so many imteredting places. The building, a former blacksmigh's shop, is bwtween 400 and 450 years old which makes it quirky and full of character. Sadly it would not be possible to make it accessible for those with disabilities. But the food is great, the atmosphere is wonderful and the staff are friendly. I was particularly impressed by their bar manager, Kora. Nothing was too much trouble gor her. I would thoroughly recommend the Anvil and I hope to stay there again someday.

This was a lovely place to stay. However, and I hope the hotel will not take this the wrong way, as they were lovely, the food needs attention.

We stayed at The Anvil Inn for two nights and found it to be a hotel with plenty of character and a welcoming atmosphere. The building is charming, the dining area is attractive, and the staff we met during our stay were friendly. Unfortunately, our room let the experience down. There was mould around the shower seal, peeling paint in the bathroom, and even the plant in the room had several dead and yellowing leaves. Individually these are minor issues, but together they suggested that routine maintenance and attention to detail had been overlooked. The biggest disappointment came at check-out. We had paid in full through Hotels.com before arriving, but the owner insisted that payment was still outstanding and attempted to charge us again. Resolving the issue took over an hour. I appreciate that Hotels.com payments may not always appear immediately in the hotel’s system, but the payment had already been processed by the hotel’s own staff at check-in. Had I not kept my booking confirmation and challenged the request, I could easily have paid twice. It’s a shame because the hotel has real charm and potential. With better maintenance and a more reliable process for confirming prepaid bookings before requesting payment again, it would provide a much better guest experience.