The Royal Oak Duddington

Beautiful historic pub close to Stamford. Staff were very attentive. Lovely cosy open fire fireplace in bar. I would stay here again.

Lovely rooms in a pub with a good restaurant. Don’t expect a quiet early night or a lie-in in the morning . The music from the pub can be clearly heard in the bedroom and comes on at 8.00 and isn’t switched off until 22.00 or even 23.00. The reaction of the owner when asked to turn the music down was “don’t know what you’re used to, that’s how we do things here in the pub”!

This is a very friendly and welcoming pub. The food at dinner was ok but not exceptional and the service was a bit slow but probably due to new staff being trained. Our room was a really good size but as you would expect with an older property you can hear the noise from surrounding rooms and the bar below.

An excellent stay in this decent value hotel. We were on a family road trip and the staff went out of their way to ensure our stay was as pleasant as possible . This was emphasised by a telephone call to our car 20 minutes AFTER we left on our journey home . Some important medication had been inadvertently left behind and the staff were anxious to inform us as soon as possible. We were about to quickly return and retrieve the meds . Thanks again to the team .

Recently stayed at this fabulous pub. We had fabulous experience. The owner Emma and her staff were simply brilliant. Nothing was too much trouble. Staff and other guests, locals could not have been more friendly. The food was exquisite. The evening meal and breakfast was not only good value for money but was fantastic. We were so impressed we are returning in two weeks time. If you are looking for a country pub with character, nice rooms, lovely food and staff that are prepared to go the extra mile then this is the place to visit.

Located at the edge of a beautiful unspoilt village. The only downside was in a summer with the need to have windows open the noise from the busy main road is loud. Other than that everything was perfect for a short stay. All staff were very friendly and helpful. The food we ordered for our evening meal was delicious as was my full English breakfast. My wife was very pleased with her continental breakfast. We recommend a walk through the village to the parish church and just a little further to the water mill.

Single night stay, but will certainly revisit. Room small but clean and comfortable. All food excellent. All staff were brilliant. Friendly and helpful. Located on a busy road, but the village is a delight to explore. Recommend a walk to the village church. Only the second village we have visited that had no street lighting. Nothing to spoil the feel of an earlier age.

When booking, you are told that the restaurant is closed, but you are not made aware that the whole pub is closed and there isn't a member of staff on the premises !! We did not receive instructions on how to enter the building until we had to go to the sister pub to be given the code. We received a phone call 50 mins after the check in time !! After the first night, our room was not serviced the following day, supposedly the spare key was missing, then further services did not leave bottled water in the room. When eating in the recommended sister hotel on the Monday night ( due to restaurant being closed) at 7.00pm when we ate, nearly half of the very limited menu was not available. Hopefully we were just very unlucky with all that went wrong, but one has to worry, that in the case of fire with it not being manned, all we had was instructions to go in the car park. Who would check for missing guests?

The service was very friendly and the food excellent. Some road noise but this did not significantly detract from our stay. The room was clean and comfortable and we liked the tea and coffee-making facilities.