We used to live near Oundle 25 years ago, and were looking around to find a restaurant where we could meet friends just before the Christmas break who were travelling from Northampton. When we arrived we were shown to our table, and from the almost hostile dismissive 'welcome should have walked out there and then. In short the service was incredibly slow and poor, I ordered the blade of beef on horseradish mash with red cabbage. When it arrived I thought they had forgotten to place the beef, but on investigation I found some. It was so small I thought I had become a vegetarian without asking! My wife 's was just the same. The mash was tepid, and hardly flavoursome. In all disgraceful. Our fr...
I’ve been frequenting the Talbot for over 12 years and the building is stunning. The location is beautiful but there are more flaws than positives of late. Staffing levels have fallen so poorly they cannot offer the service the destination requires. Went for Sunday lunch with friends yesterday. Was told there would be a 45 min wait as we had not booked, we could have a couple of drinks first, no problem. The actual wait was over 2 hours whilst the place wasn’t that busy. When the food actually arrived, my beef was so tough. It’s snapped in half and that’s not exaggeration. The owners either have to sell up or invest some money in staff numbers and training. This is the first time I’ve ever b...
We were staying at the hotel so decided to eat in. It is a nice room with a wonderful troupe l’oeil on the wall. It was quite busy with lots of business guys who were staying at the hotel, so there was a nice atmosphere. The food is solid 3 star hotel affair perfect acceptable but not top class! My wife liked her pear starter and trout main. My main of a chicken pie was slightly tasteless but all sorted by adding a slug of white wine! My only suggestion is that the kitchen stick to the description my starter of smoked mackerel pate was delicious and came with Melba toast, except it didn’t. It was served with 4 nachos. There’s no bread in nachos! I question it and was fobbed off with “I can b...
We hadn't been to the Talbot for many years, so were pleasantly surprised at the changes they have made. We had a table overlooking the small garden area, which was very nice. We both had steak, which came with a good variety of accompaniments, including a lovely coleslaw. The staff were polite. The downside is that we were there for an hour and a half for a one course meal. We did look at the dessert menu, but as we had to be somewhere else, we decided nothing was tempting enough for another long wait.
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Terrible food. Hardly any selection. £25 for a chicken burger? I don't think so. There's more to Vegan life than Linda McCartney sausages, £16 for the vegan meal sausage mash!! also would have been nice if they were cooked properly. Waiting staff failed to offer us information on the food had to get management involved. Wont be coming back to this place. Breakfast was not cooked properly and I was ill afterwards.
This hotel dates from 1626 I recall and its appeal is just that. Old and charming this is quite a grand hotel, and sits proudly in the middle of Oundle. Plenty of parking to the rear of the hotel, with good access back I to the hotel. I had a room located in an annexe and it was very nicely appointed. Breakfast was excellent in the morning.
OUNDLE PUB CRAWL (18-08-23) Pub #4 Now this was a fantastic chilled vold pint of Doom Bar we never got at the last place, great service and fantastic surroundings, an amazing place and such comfy seating, a quality place and great way to end our afternoon out, me and my dad's favourite place in oundle.
Really lovely old coaching inn with masses of interesting history. Every member of staff from housekeeping to the restaurant and reception were so nice. Very comfortable bedroom and seating areas downstairs. Meals were good. If the price is right we’ll definitely return
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Beautiful historic hotel, clean and with generally good service polite staff. The reason I’ve given only 3 stars is the meagre food portions served the fact I had finished my meal before my wife’s had arrived.
Thankyou to the chef who went the extra mile to prepare me a meal that avoided all off my numerous food intolerances during my stay at the hotel last weekend. I will be back!!!!
