Ellington Lodge at the Concorde

Lovely stay at the Ellington Lodge, Room was very spacious and spotless and the bed was really comfortable. Room service was excellent, just ask at reception and they will arrange this for you. Staff were very friendly and helpful and breakfast in the atmospheric Moldy Fig Restaurant was gorgeous. We had a garden room with table and chairs just outside the French doors. This is a wonderful little hotel in a woodland setting, we recommend it to all our friends.

The hotel is a little bit dated but it was clean and very quiet. Comfy bed and I slept well. You have to walk across the carpark to get to the bar and restaurant. Had a nice lunchtime sandwich and a decent breakfast. No complaints and I'd be happy to stay there again.

We booked a room here before a very early flight, part of the benefit being free parking. The room was perfectly adequate, clean and comfortable although we did find the three-quarter size bed a bit small. Part of the same operation is The Concorde Club, which we discovered is an amazing and legendary music venue. In fact they were gearing up for a big weekend of music the day we were there. The restaurant and bar is called The Moldy Fig. I had a lovely rib-eye steak and couldn't fault it. Inside the restaurant and bar are pictures of many very famous artists who have played there over the years.. from Alan Price to Stephan Grappelli. I noted that each piece of background music being played had been carefully chosen to reflect artists who have played there.. a really nice touch I also had the privilege of meeting the founder and owner of the whole shebang Mr Cole Mathieson. A charming and modest man. That certainly made my evening! We've decided that we will always be staying here before any early flights, but will book a garden room. Thanks to all the staff!

We recently stayed here for a function and had a mixed experience. Firstly, the negatives:- *No Air Con despite being advertised. Fans were not available during our stay. Room on first floor was incredibly hot. Windows covered in cobwebs outside so didn’t want to open. *Safe in room did not work. *Curtains (both nets & material) were filthy. * No pillow protectors ( mattress protector available) *Over bath shower no cubicle * Noisy toilet flush * Room key didn’t work consistently- do not keep near phone apparently! * Room /hotel extremely tired/dated/ not pristinely clean * Breakfast food poor quality. English breakfast & scrambled eggs poorly cooked. Bacon, hash brown burnt. Ran out of orange juice. * Extremely hot in the Moldy Fig for breakfast Positives:- * grounds nicely kept * staff friendly * free parking * free WiFi We didn’t like to complain whilst there as we were with friends. Wouldn’t stay again as there are other, better options available locally.

We booked a package deal, dinner bed & breakfast to see Snake Davis. Check in was friendly and prompt. We had room 3 on the ground floor, it was dated and smelt a bit musty, the net curtains could have done with a wash. However the bed and bedding was very clean as I checked it over thoroughly as I have bed bug phobia and felt at ease with the cleanliness. We popped into the mouldy fig for a sandwich, service was prompt and sandwich was of good quality. We ate in the Concorde club in the evening, the service was a bit slow but we wasn’t in a hurry. Food was reasonable and flavourful. Breakfast was served in the mouldy fig, not well organised at all, had to ask for bowls for fruit/cereal, not a good buffet selection of fruits. Had to put bread through the toaster twice to get it properly done. The cooked breakfast was very nice and well presented. Reception staff Lisa was very helpful. We would return as it’s a welcoming venue.

We have been offered a free stay due to our experience but it is not worth that. The room smelled musty. The pub restaurant also smelled and was offering tomato soup as a special on the Saturday night we were there. We paid £335 but were promptly told that we must be out of the restaurant by 7 pm due to a function, giving us 30 mins to eat food that had not been ordered. The Assistant Manager told us we would be escorted out at 7, or we could leave now. We left the hotel.