The Ardingly Inn

Booked for 3 nights. Realised afterwards that I’d wanted 4, and messaged the hotel but never received a response after 2 days. Arrived to stay in a twin room and was given a double, with the only option being an additional camp bed !! The hotel Confirmed they had received the request for a twin but had “run out” ? Was advised we could book an Airbnb over the road as well, at our expense obviously !! Not impressed, so we were able to book an alternative hotel for 4 nights.

Room was spacious and well decorated, included a long mirror which can so often not be included. Bed was super comfortable and it was a great location to the venues we were attending locally. Lovely greeting on arrival and tasty well cooked breakfast in the morning. Not so great was the lack of any USB points and water in the room, but was provided the water on request and graciously our greeter let us borrow their own charger for a few hours. ♥ The shower hot and cold water was wrongly plumbed in so they were reversed to what's shown on the tap - a relief when realised this and could finally shower :) Not sure that this is bad, but there doesn't seem to be any staff available on site overnight, and only the chef there in the morning for breakfast. Whilst the room met our expectations there can be some simple easy improvements made, like some hooks behind the bathroom to hang towels when showering or by the sink. Or more significant changes like widen the shower cubicle (which is tight fit) by extending it towards the unused gap by the toilet. I understand its under new management so it'd be good to see some improvements made to a venue with such a lot of promise.

dining facilities were closed at all times, Breakfast was self service with no cooked food and no tea or coffee available and no staff available to assist. Definitely the worst hotel I've ever stayed at.

We give the cleanliness of the room and bathroom a zero! The bed itself was dirty, the carpet had stains on it, the walls of the bathroom were streaky and needed washing down and we didn't use the shower as the grouting between the tiles was black! We had paid for breakfast but on the second morning, there was no one to be seen and the breakfast room was locked so we left hungry (there was another couple waiting to get into the breakfast room and they too went without)! The pub itself looks nice enough from the outside but inside, it's brightly lit (so not cosy) and no atmosphere.

We were three old friends having lunch together on a cold February day. We were made most welcome and couldn’t fault the food. One of us had the rump steak and chips, steak perfectly cooked and two of us had the sausage and onion sandwich, delicious! We all really enjoyed and will return.

Supported their supper club evening with friends from the village on Thursday. The food was very good indeed and a value for money menu. It's so good to now have a Public House serving such good restaurant quality food in our village. Will definitely go again