Brunel Inn

Excellent Saturday night stay celebrating various birthdays etc. Made to feel like a VIP from start to finish. Unfortunately, we couldn't stay for lunch, but every meal we've had at The Brunel has been epic.

What a diabolical place to stay. The list of diabolical things are, and not in any particular order: Extremely uncomfortable beds. The springs can be felt however you try to sleep. Pillows need changing. Bedding is appallingly bad quality. The bathroom is a shambles. The sink plug does fit. The shower has no heat in it. The cold bath tap produces a miniscule amount of water. The walls are paper thin and you can hear everything. The door key was difficult to open the door and the manager/ owner said it was sometimes a problem ( Room 7 ) but just left me with the key and walked away. The meals are very sub standard. I had a meat pie and chips with peas and gravy. The pie was cold in the middle, the peas vaguely represented peas. The gravy was thick like jelly. Incidentally the pie gave me a upset stomach the following day. Parking is a lottery which sums up the place in general. My only tip would be AVOID AT ALL COSTS. It certainly wasn't cheap, £10 a night would be more representative of the place.

Hands down the worst roast dinner I've ever had, if anywhere in the country can make a roast anywhere near as naff as this it'd be an achievement, veg was like cheap frozen Iceland veg, gravy was some sort of weird jelly and served in a plastic takeaway tub, cauliflower cheese was just cauliflower shrapnel nuts with a burger cheese slice grilled onto it and I don't even want to talk about the meat. Not a bad pint tbh but couldn't eat the food, for the price charged you could do with sourcing some decent ingredients and someone who knows how to cook them.