Lovely hotel let down by restaurant

The hotel is well appointed with a selection of lounges, a bar and restaurant. The staff were friendly and relaxed. Bar prices were very reasonable for a hotel.

Our rooms were nice although our friends complained about of a lack of sockets near a mirror to dry hair. Not a problem in our room. Hotel should check all rooms that ladies can plug in a hairdryer near a mirror, and preferably have a seat.

The let down was the restaurant. The wines were shocking: we had five reds over the course of the weekend and only one, the rjoca was remotely palatable. The food was invariably delivered at different times requiring one or more of us to wait or politely waive the others on. The dinners were unbalanced in that they provided way too much meat and very little else. So, sides of vegetables were required and meat left on the plate at the end. The lamb was bland but the venison and quail as well as the pies were lovely. Dessert menu uninspired except in one instance, the blackberry and apple Alaska.

The cooked breakfast comprised woefully overcooked bacon and tasteless sausage, overdone poached eggs, whole slices of toast and, for some bizarre reason, it came with fried bread a la the 70s. We avoided the cooked breakfast the following day and we were all very happy with our choices. Unfortunately, there was too few staff so the coffee took for ever to arrive requiring four prompts.

So, stay at the hotel but eat and drink elsewhere.

No complaints about room comfort and breakfast. However having warned the hotel that we were arriving after 2100 hrs when we arrived there were no parking spaces either outside or in the hotel car park. We had to stay up untill 1130 to park legally .
There should be reserved spaces for residents particUlarly paying premium prices.
Would come again if this were assured
Tony Scouller

The Olde Bell with dogs

A lovely Olde Hotel, lovely cosy ambience, excellent food and friendly and helpful staff. This hotel is dog friendly with lovely fluffy baskets provided which were too small for our Labrador. There s a grassy area outside to take the dogs to do their business but no bins for poop bags. It was also raining whilst we were there and we have been to hotels before where there were dog towels to wipe wet muddy feet. There were wet poor prints down the corridor - perhaps avoidable? I thoroughly recommend staying here, we will go again.

Wonderful hotel

From the moment we arrived we were made welcome. Lovely staff, beautiful rooms, luxury and comfort in one place. Restaurant was fabulous and all service was impeccable

Cotswold stop off

We stayed here on our way to Wales from Suffolk as it was about halfway. We loved the old world charm combined with modern luxury. Staff were fantastic. Food amazing.The town of Malmesbury was very interesting.

Excellent choice for families or couples

We celebrated a 50 year wedding anniversary and all of the family came. We had an excellent time, grandchildren were well catered for and we had great food, and a very helpful attitude by all staff.
I thoroughly recommend this for any family celebrations.

An amazing hotel in a central location

A glass of prosecco, which we chose to have on the terrace, was just the beginning of a superb break in The Cotswolds. The staff were discreet and very helpful. Our room - a classic suite - was stunning. Soft lighting, immaculate beds, sofas, illuminated cabinets full of pretty antique ornaments and a perfect bathroom made our stay very comfortable. Dinner and breakfast, served in the dining room were delicious.
A member of staff took us to our room on arrival; there didn't appear to be a lift to the bedrooms on the upper floors.
We will definitely stay here again.