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Reviews of The Blue Boar

3 out of 5
The Blue Boar
Temple Grafton, Alcester, England

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 133 out of 334 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 140 out of 334 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 39 out of 334 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 334 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 334 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Karolina

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
The carpet was dirty, the room was freezing cold. Arrived after 10pm and the heating was turned off and the windows were wide open. No mat in the bathroom, no handtowels, only 2 big towels on the bed.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great little country pub! Excellent food and comfortable rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

William

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

10/10 Excellent

joan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
excellent place to stay oldy worldy food great staff amazing value for money
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent.
Very good pub/hotel. Very well priced too. Excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, great coffee, excellent food, lovely atmosphere and music selection outstanding! Two room suite well laid out for our group. Modern bathroom!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brenda, Dunkirk

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful and welcoming. We arrived late at night and it was so beautiful all lit up! Perfect combination of modern amenities and an old historic building. Ivy and flowers all over the building and patio. Near all the Shakespeare sites. Delicious breakfast. Friendly staff. Wish we could have stayed longer. Highly recommend.

10/10 Excellent

Clare

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

John

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

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Catherine

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great country inn
Lovely country inn with masses of character. Beer garden a great place to sit in the sun and the food was excellent. Really close to Stratford park and ride to get into town. Very friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Andrea

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really lovely b&b. Room was clean and well furnished. Staff were really lovely. Only feedback is for a vegan/Vegetarian full english option. Was really disappointed with no veggie sausages and my alternative of beans on toast was looking a little sad as I was only given one piece of toast and the same small size portion of beans as the full english. Other than that would stay again :)
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Wayne

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok for a overnight stay
Lovely country pub got a warm welcome from the staff.Food was lovely but a tad expensive if your on a budget.Breakfast was very greasy & swimming in oil toast arrived after i had finished my meal which let down the overall experience of my stay.It wont be on my list off regular stays.The room was ok but nothing special i could hear the occupants of the room next door talking when in the bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Blue Boar team on 29 Jun 2023
Dear Sir, thank you for your note and the score. So sorry for your experience ,but this is very unusual. our rooms are exceptional but have to admit, not sound proof.If you find anything that in not you taste, please let us know and fix it ,re -make it next time, however breakfasts are very popular and nicely prepared here.hope to see you soon and can offer you 10/10

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stop over
Room, bedding, towels and bathroom all very clean. I came into contact with 5 members of staff and saw some inter act with other customers and it is clear to a person they are committed to put customer satisfaction first, very impressed. It doesn't try to be something its not, a great pub with clean and tidy well equipped rooms, staff superb.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Charming place to stay. Great room and bathroom. Staff were lovely. Stayed two nights.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended
Very nice rooms and the restaurant was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Davd

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Ruth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything needed without unnecessary frill so good value for money
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a lovely enjoyable overnight stay here. A well provided en-suite room well serviced and a lovely meal beautifully cooked and presented by super staff. A lovely place.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

John

Travelled with family
Disliked: Room comfort
Disappointing stay.
When i arrived there was no directions of where to check in, i asked the bar staff and he abruptly told me to wait my turn, i then said i was only asking where to check in, he then whispered something, i can only imagine was about me to the other customer who was clearly a regular. The room as clean and had all the necessary amenities. But had an emergency light in which the charging led lit the whole room up for the entire night., therefore neither me or my daughter got a good nights sleep. Breakfast was awkward as we were standing around waiting for someone to seat us, the serving staff were doing their best to serve the everyone at the same time, but it took a long time to get my breakfast. Overall, very disappointed at my stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Ana Maria

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

STEPHEN

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Crispin Mclaughlin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Service was very informal maybe I’m old fashioned but don’t want to be called mate was a bad start Stop serving food at 9pm Music downstairs and was jazz Thread bare carpet on rear stairs Very steep entrance to rooms Carpet dirt in hallway Items stored in hallway during stay Tv tiny
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Blue boar
Staff and owners very nice a very relaxing stay
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Magdalena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic country pub and hotel with excellent size rooms. I got an upgrade to a family suite, which was a nice touch, as I love plenty of space. Delicious cooked breakfast in friendly times was a cherry on a cake.

10/10 Excellent

Darren

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

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All good - recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, good food, comfortable bed and a good room size, outside fan was slightly noisy during the night
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Roger

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Fine, but disappointing
Tried to choose something away from the big chains but overall disappointed. Convenient car park. Restaurant downstairs is clean, tidy and seemed popular although we didn't have an evening meal there. On first look, our room was nicely presented (room 12), but then we noticed lots of big, very obvious cobwebs- not 'disgusting' but also very easy to clean so not sure why they hadn't been. Teaspoons with cups didn't look particularly clean so needed washing before use. Good tea facilities - plenty of milk and sugar provided. Bed looked nice, but it turned out the mattress was very thin and we could feel every spring, so not the confiest night. Bathroom was clean and tidy and equipped with shower gel etc. We stayed over on bank holiday Thursday to Friday am so as it was a week day breakfast was 7 til 8.30- which was a touch early for us but I understand why this was. Breakfast was fine - asked if we both wanted a full english and said yes- not offered a variety of options though (e.g. type of egg/ eggs on toast etc) which would have been nice. Buffet option was just cereal. Lots of potential but not great for just under £100 for 1 night.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Kim

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Good location for Stratford and other towns. Good evening menu selection, breakfast menu a bit limited, offered cereal toast and combination of English breakfast only. Would have liked avocado on toast for example. Times for breakfast limited to 7-8.30, would have been good to have. later breakfast. Comfy beds, good shower. The room was not serviced or cleaned at all during our week long stay, so no clean towels or tea and milk, toilet roll not replenished. Avoid rooms 10 and 11, there is a locked cupboard in room 11 that has a boiler that fires up frequently throughout the night, sounds like a jet engine. It woke us in both rooms even though we wore ear plugs. Very dusty skirting boards and a couple of dead spiders that looked like they had been there for a while, bathroom and WC's not cleaned during our stay.No bulbs in table lamps so room dingy, unable to open windows slightly as they fly wide open then difficult to reach them to close. Lots of parking, not disabled friendly due to steep and multiple stairs. Friendly staff, good selection of drinks and meals in the evening reasonable prices, and ice cosy seating areas.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Nicholas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was very comfortable and well presented. The pub staff were friendly. Food and beer selection was good I had the pie one night and it was the best pie I have had in a pub. Car park was secure . I eould definately re visit
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Glyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Linzy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Clive

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

gina marie, Patchogue

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Convenient location that fits our needs for our one-night stay. Highly recommend The Blue Boar Inn great food and staff are wonderful.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disgruntled holiday maker
1st night meal was good. Waiter very friendly and helpful. Fire alarm went off twice later that night. No fire procedure. Got told someone was smoking in the room. No room count on evacuation. 2nd time it went off we were left standing outside nobody came to tell us it was ok to go back in. I am talking early hours. Still no room count. Heard the person who came say he would just turn the alarm off. Then he never re appeared. Really didn’t feel happy about that. No breakfast menu. Had to ask for a cup of tea. If you asked they said they had cornflakes. No fruit juice. Just felt they didn’t want people in for breakfast as if it was too much effort. It would be nice to see what was available without having to ask. Nobody present this morning on check out so couldn’t voice our opinion. Room was clean but very tired. Plumbing was very poor. The noise when we could flush the toilet would of woken people up if we flushed during the night. Found the fire door open 2 mornings. Worn carpet on the stairs which could be dangerous. Kettle did not switch itself off. I know the building is old but it really need some TLC. Would not stay again. This was our 1st break away in over 2 years so very disappointed. This is a true account of our stay dated October 21
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Hayley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic stay
Beautiful room very clean. Staff excellent and food was top notch. Would recommend anyone to stay here. Perfect for a stay to visit Stratford upon Avon or Warwick.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

louise

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friends trip
Fabulous family room for us three friends with two separate bedrooms. Dinner and breakfast exceptional as well as the service from everyone.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anastasia Ellen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staying over for a wedding
Lovely stay, really lovely staff and so helpful!! Nice and clean and would definitely stay again! Lovely little B and B. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Gemma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice little pub
Staff were helpful, especially the bar tender, the room I had booked didn't have a king size bed as specified but he was happy to move us to another room. Evening meal was really nice as well.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Lovely location very quaint
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021