The Fleece at Ruleholme

On arrival reception told us there was no hot food until the evening, we had hoped to have lunch but they could only manage a bacon sandwich, very disappointing given they’d been closed for two weeks and their excuse was that they weren’t ready. The room was well appointed and clean, it was very cold and we had to ask the reception to turn on the heating, this we had to do again when we got back from dinner as again the room was very cold. There was only one food menu for the hotel and when l questioned this l was made to feel take it or leave it, the menu was also limited, we had family members join us for dinner and sadly we had to settle for “fish and chips” one of our six diners had the hake and said this was good, the staff gave us polite smiles but the feeling was they didnt want to be there. The hotel fires weren’t lit and the atmosphere cold, not welcoming. The staff chatted among themselves and one of the receptionists came from the kitchen eating, another stopped to speak to a guest with a cold drink she was drinking, sloppy. The whole atmosphere was one of indifference, time in my opinion to raise the standards and maybe have the owners drop in without notice. Overall a nice hotel but not good enough.

Excellent hotel Excellent hotel. Room was clean and quiet and comfortable. Bathroom was also excellent and the hotel food was also excellent. Very pleased to have chosen and stayed here.

We have stayed before and loved it! We were a little disappointed this time with a couple of things, but nothing major

Looks great, friendly staff & comfortable room. Food was good too.

Great over night stay will use again when I am in the area

Beautifully furnished, very clean, excellent food, staff so friendly and helpfull, overall excellent value, highly recommended, only negative was noise and vibration in bedroom due to music ?! in the function room below, on this occasion way above normal levels