ORD House Hotel

Having read the reviews today we agree with them all! It is an old house in a wood with lovely gardens. Our 2 dogs were made welcome. Inside presents better than outside, with obvious care to refurbishment in many areas. The lack of room TVs is fine if there are no classes eg Wimbledon and Euro Semi Finals! There is wifi although probably, like many rural areas, not good enough for anyone needing it for work work. There is also a laundry room for guest use. There was a good cooked breakfast, lovely fruit salad, variable bread for self service toast, and limited individual packets of cereal. Dinner was more of a challenge for us. Soup was superb the first night and poor the second. Main course salad was more of a large side salad and was over priced and not a main course, but fish pie was large and OK. Portion sizes were variable and some really quite small. The menu is limited and does not appear to change, and there are no specials. The wine selection was fine and the prices were vert good. We had booked a room with bath, which was changed to a superior ground floor floor room because of the dogs. However, we were taken to a first floor room with a shower, by the host with whom we had booked! We asked for a bath and then taken to a second floor room. This did have a bath, but it was past its sell by date, with rust around the plug hole and plaster streaks? in the bath. There was though plenty of hot water, and the bath was big and OK if you could look past the defects! Otherwise the room was fine with tea and coffee, but no biscuits! Overall, there were ups and downs. The hotel is run by a couple who must work very hard, but we did hear some tires/ irritable comments which made us feel a bit uneasy. However, life must be very difficult for everyone in hospitality with covid. For us, reading the reviews, we would say it just depends on how much weight you put on the good/unsatisfactory areas to decide what you think of Ord House.