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Reviews of The Kicking Dickey

2.5 out of 5
The Kicking Dickey
4 Ongar Road, Dunmow, England

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 71 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 65 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 186 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff and great price
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Susan

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff were very nice and friendly. Food and service excellent. Room was basic but ok. No hooks or anywhere to hang clothes, mattress a bit worn and bit uncomfortable but ok for the price. Good value for one night.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Did exactly what we needed. Easy check in and check out, right next to stansted airport. Staff friendly and helpful. We ate in the restaurant and food was great!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
10/10 brilliant service
We turned up late on a business trip and I’ve got to say this is the friendliest pub we have ever stayed at … after a long day the welcoming was fantastic and although food had finished they allowed us to order takeout and provided us with plates etc .. wow … simply amazing
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a friendly little pub located very close to stansted airport :)
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ruth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good sized room for a stay nr Stansted Airport. Clean and bright. Good pub food too....
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good find
Great place to stay, really handy for Stanstead airport, and a nice friendly pub next door with decent food. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

PAUL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely accommodation for Stansted
We stayed one night prior to an early flight from Stansted the next morning. The room was lovely & cosy with TV & kettle. The en-suite was more than adequate. The pub itself was very welcoming for a nice beer. The food looked pretty good too.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Joanne

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Was welcomed and shown to our room as soon as we arrived and was told about dinner options. The bedroom was fine but the bathroom could have been cleaner. For the price it was ok.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ka Wing

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Venus

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stay for one night before flight near the airport also last minute is very affordable price worh complimentary drinks! so Good value for your money.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent only stayed the one night management very friendly and made us feel welcome as soon as we walked in the door Everything we needed was in the room
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jackie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic and comfortable 😌
When I got to the venue there was a wedding function on. Felt a little awkward walking through to the bar however the lady was very helpful. She immediately took me to my room and showed me the way around the back entrance to the car park. The room was soon heated up once I worked how to turn on the radiator and was cosy. Basic room just what was needed. Comfortable bed. I didn't have any other interaction with anyone but would definitely use this venue again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little place to stay
Great place to stay - clean, comfortable room, easy parking and really good, freshly cooked pub food. Room was just behind pub, with side access, so easy to get to room from car park. Surprisingly quiet! Staff were lovely, a really nice atmosphere in the pub. There was absolutely nothing to complain about!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Kieran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Riki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Overnight Stay
Booked it as it was close to the airport so super convenient. Room was lovely, bed was comfy. Couldn't have faltered it for what I needed it for. Check In and check out was super easy. Would happily book there again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Brian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A local Pub
This is very much a local pub and a Karaoke night was in full swing when I arrived on a Sunday evening. That said, my room around the back of the pub was very quiet and I couldn't hear any noise. My single room was small but had everything I needed and was fine for a one night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly Recommended
What a great little place to stay the night! Great little town so close to Stansted. Great room, great food, nothing was too much trouble for Nicola.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
The room was fine, the surrounds were NOT.
I really hate giving a bad review, but unfortunately in this instance, I feel I have to. I just wanted a cheap room for an early morning flight from Stansted. The Kicking Dickey is a 15 minute (at most) cab ride from the airport, so it seemed ideal. I was initially concerned about trying to sleep in a pub, but the rooms are actually not a part of the pub, and located at the back. Upon arrival, all looked great. I was escorted through the pub to the room, which was basic, but bright and clean and also had a drinks station. Perfect! Shower gels were also supplied and the water was nice and hot. All looked on track for a 5/5. Well, that was until I attempted to go to sleep at around 23:00. First it was either pub goers exiting, or staff finishing up, but there were loud conversations and odd shouting/laughing going on for maybe an hour. That was annoying, but died down. No worries. But what followed was far worse, horrendous snoring that was coming from above me. This was honestly the worst snoring I have ever heard and it was actually so loud, that I heard another person yell something like, "shut up". This was amongst other noises like random sighs/coughs/yelps/groans. The cherry on top would be the constant wooshing sound made either maybe the pool or a washing machine? Who knows at this point.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

joanne, Hull

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value
Friendly reception, well supplied room, great value
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Its the small things but so good to have enough milk to make more than a two of cups of coffee and best of all some proper cutlery for those guests that may want or even need to have a take away meal in their room. Just shows a bit of thoughtfulness, thank you. Jon
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
lovely room, plenty of tea and coffee, even cold drinks, great value for money, decent shower, a bit of pub noise until 11pm but only to be expected, would definitely recommend
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Kier

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

alison

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice little pub, well situated for business travel or to the airport.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

wendy

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Warm welcome, very comfortable room with loads of tea, coffee etc. Good location.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place to stay,great food
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff and a comfortable room.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
L
Great hospitality,very clean and great food
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Keith

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
A clean room but uncomfortable
You get what you pay for. A budget place to stay with a worn mattress and noise easily heard from other rooms
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Jonas

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for a one night stay. Very simple but not expensive and the pub itself is definitely a visit worth!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

NEIL

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Leonard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property well kept bedroom excellent very clean really pleasing stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Darran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stop over lovely Pub nothing not to like
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Maqbool

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

deborah

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A happy overnight stay
Beautiful pub, lovely room clean and comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Holly

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Such a lovely stay here. The rooms are very clean and decorated well. Super comfy bed! Great stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Laura

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Think all the room needs is a revamp, bed was comfortable with cleaning sheets and towels, but room needs a deep clean especially the ensuite for £60 a night and no breakfast I think it’s over priced for what you get
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022