The Maypole at Wellow

Third time of visiting the restaurant and Yet Again, most items on the menu are sold out. I wont be patronising the place again came out for a meal with friends and sat eating a plate of chips. The third time no menu choice. Don't bother if you want a variety or chips. Badly managed stocking I hasten to add we weren't the only table that was let down by not having a choice Disappointed

First the good points. We were going to be late so they took our order for food over phone to do when we arrived. Food was good and plentiful. Room spotlessly clean. Lots of plugs, hanging facilities adequate for clothes. Bathroom clean if a bit small but great shower. Breakfast good but had to serve ourselves and no offer of cooked breakfast other than hot sausages and boiled eggs. Also not very organised or clear where everything was but once I found it all it was good. Nice direction of fruit, yoghurts, cheese, bread etc. This is second time we stayed and last time we were in seperate rooms in car park area. But this time we were in main building. Up flight if narrow steers. Unbelievably HOT room. Fan provided but still so hot. Breakfast room hot- only one window open. Totally oppressive. Avoid Room 4- above kitchen so too hot. Beds comfy, seperate duvets provided. Towels big and fluffy. Staff were lovely. Coped well with my GF issues. So nothing really to complain abt but too hot-and no it wasn’t a baking hot day so God knows wat it was like in recent heatwave.

We did not stay in the hotel but visited for a meal on Saturday night while staying locally. I emailed prior to visiting due to diet requirements, and this was responded to promptly by the chef. We was provided with a separate menu with great gf options. Both had fish and chips one gf, and it was amazing! Great food and service!

A really super stay. The staff are wonderful. Room was very clean accessible and comfortable. Had a great nights sleep, lovely bed and spotless bed linen. Plenty of convenient parking. Food was great. I will certainly look to stay again if I’m in the area.

They may be focused more on their staying guests than people visiting for just food. We visited with a group of friends for a Birthday meal. The restaurant was cold and empty which was a red flag for a Saturday night. They seated 8 of us on a table that was meant for 6 by putting a chair at either end of the table. This was weird as there was plenty of larger tables available so why would you squash us all together? Thinking the restaurant would start to fill up, we seated. No the restaurant never filled up. The week before Id emailed asking if I could have a jacket potato for when I got there, with my steak. I had no reply but seeing has they served Jacket potatoes on their lunch menu it shouldnt have been a problem. Nope, no potatoes, only chips but they did manage boiled rice. I asked for salad instead of peas and just got salad leaves! The steak wasnt seasoned very well and tasted funny. I only had half of it. The cost of the sirloin was £28 and my husband had a massive mixed grill and it was £17! how do they work that out? The service was terrible. The meals didnt come out at the same time, the brisket was dry as though it had been left under a heat lamp, we were waiting for cutlery to start eating our mains for ages. To say the restaurant was empty, why wasnt the service spot on? where were the staff? We were never asked if we wanted a dessert either, we just gave up and went to the pub across the square. Loads more atmosphere. Never again!

Located in the heart of a tiny village, a short and easy drive to Sherwood forest - this was a good choice. Their website and online booking are both "rustic/basic" and we almost didn't trust it. The parking area is small. You can tell that the owners take pride in what they do and for a historic building, it's in good shape and pretty clean. We were ready for a peaceful night and that's what we got. We had an upstairs room that had limited windows for any breeze (it was quite warm weather) but there were two fans which we appreciated. It was roomy with a big bathroom but very little space for luggage or hanging up clothes.......it was nice to have a big bed, but the pillows were tiny, lumpy and way past their prime. Except for the pub across the way, there isn't anywhere else to get lunch/dinner, so we opted to eat there and the food was better than we hoped (had a really good chicken Caesar salad) and reasonably priced. The bar area downstairs sounded like a fun party, but we weren't in the mood so we enjoyed listening to the fun and laughter....The breakfast spread was very good, we lingered a little longer than planned since we had so many choices. If ever travel in this area again, we would stay there again!