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Reviews of The New French Partridge

3 out of 5
The New French Partridge
NEWPORT PAGNELL ROAD, HORTON, Northampton, ENG

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 34 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 141 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Tim

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staying for business Nobody else staying so no evening meal that in could see People dining. Went out a drive to nearest Indian restaurant. It was good . Comfortable rooms and spacious. A lot of spiders and moths in bathroom Think due to bing out in country side. They get every where apart from that nice sleep
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Charming property but run down. We stayed in The Grange room. Plenty of space and furnished with an interesting collection of furniture including a bug bed, but with a pretty ordinary mattess. Unfortunately the shower was broken. Credit to the very nice host, he did let us know and offered us an alternate room if we wanted. The dining room looked great, and set up for a busy night. Oddly we were one of only 2 groups staying and the place just felt "empty". Nice little village and lots of parking.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Mr Colin W

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to stay with loads of character
We would have preferred to have been warned that the place had changed hands and was due for changes.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

Geoff

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
French partridge
Hotel was dated but ok, the restaurant was closed & we weren’t told when we called the day before. The windows in the room wouldn’t close so was very draughty. Lots of the hotel seemed to be done on the cheap I wouldn’t book this hotel again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

Linda

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great parking and room size. Many things in the room were broken (roman blind rolled up and balancing on the top of the window sill, bottom draw in the chest of draws completely broken and put in back to front, light fittings in bathroom broken). The furniture throughout the hotel was not "boutique" standard but rather cheap. I had a bedroom with a bath only and no method of washing my hair (no shower attachment or jug). I did request one and it was happily provided) The walls/doors were so thin that each morning I could hear my neighbour showering. I don't mean some background water noise, I mean every intimate detail of the showering process! Very odd to have the coffee and hot chocolate ordered served in a large glass, which was so hot that you then could not pick it up to drink! Weird place that I can't bring myself to return to.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worth a stay
Friendly staff loads of character Food basic but tasty
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Fine building - staff were ill and service was unexciting.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Leslie

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Property has potential but when we were there, no chef was on duty and so no evening meal was available although a simple breakfast was OK. They have a well-appointed main dining room but without a chef it was not in use.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Could moan but would never do so
Great room food fair . No draught at bar Paid 42 the rooms are mostly huge. Recommend. Very clean
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

It was okay
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from French Partridge on 28 Nov 2018
Thank you for your review and for choosing our hotel. We are happy that you enjoyed your stay and we are looking forward to having you again as a guest in our hotel.

6/10 Okay

Lynn, Taipei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Firstly, ‘A’ for effort! The room was a good size with separate toilet and bathroom... all good there. However, the mattress was really poor - probably quite old as it was saggy and uncomfortable. Our room faced the road - so traffic noise inevitable. Then... we paid for breakfast in the room rate... which needed up being ‘continential’ and free first morning no bread or anything was offered - so it was a very very small selection of cereal, yoghurt croissants (individually wrapped - so not fresh). The second morning we were offered eggs - I specifically asked for scrambled not fried - but fried turned up... the effort was there and it was politely presented. But not as would be expected for a place of this standard.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from French Partridge on 28 Nov 2018
We appreciate you taking the time to provide us with feedback about your stay. We are very sorry to hear that several things throughout your stay did not meet your expectations. Please note that your concerns have been passed on to our management. We do hope you give us another chance as we will definitely improve our services.

4/10 Poor

Clive

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Welcomed by a man who wearing a beanie hat who didn't really seem to know how things worked and was told that the restaurant was closed for maintenance and choice of scampi or egg, ham and chips.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just a ok stay
Was in the area for business and stayed here. Large rooms but could here next door talking loudly till 2 am so not good sleep. The facility’s in the room were good. Coffee, tea, biscuits etc and and nice large tv. The only problem was with the shower. The shower head was broken and also the knob to turn it hot and cold was broken off so could only have shower at temp that it was broken off at. The menu was too expensive for us to eat there as we were on a budget and also told that they did not have any chicken. So for me did not like anything else on menu. Decided to eat out of hotel but as it’s in middle of farm land had a bit of journey to get to a village. Breakfast was good and a variety to have. Over all just a ok stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from French Partridge on 1 Nov 2018
We appreciate you taking the time to provide us with feedback about your stay. We are very sorry to hear that few things did not meet your expectations. Please note that your concerns have been passed on to our management. We do hope you give us another chance as we will definitely improve our services.

10/10 Excellent

Tanya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value, quirky Bed and Breakfast. Try it!
A really decent stay at a fair B&B price. It's actually a really lovely old building, with some handsome features. Decent places in the area are hard to find, and many of the places we've tried are soulless corporate bed sheds. The French Partridge is a pleasant antidote to that, and the staff are really friendly and thoughtful. This is not luxe boutique (be fair, the prices clearly reflect this) but it is a good value, really pleasant and quirky place. Really large room, good bathroom inc. slipper bath and separate shower, excellent breakfast, free parking. I've seen this place listed for ages, but was put off by some negative comments. I'm glad I've finally given them a chance. Looks brilliantly set up for business meetings too.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from French Partridge on 1 Nov 2018
Thank you for your review and for choosing our hotel. We are happy that you enjoyed your stay and we are looking forward to having you again as a guest in our hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from French Partridge on 1 Nov 2018
Thank you for your review and for choosing our hotel. We are happy that you enjoyed your stay and we are looking forward to having you again as a guest in our hotel.

10/10 Excellent

stephie, newton Abbot

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel
A beautiful hotel with large, comfortable rooms. I would definitely stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from French Partridge on 23 Sept 2018
Thank you for choosing to stay with us and we are glad to hear that your stay with us was a memorable one! We look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel in the near future.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Needs some serious TLC.
All looking in need of some TLC. Especially exterior. Starnge bar area..no atmosphere and no draft beers...a liitle pricey too. Do not book a taxi via the hotel to local resturants as was charged a £20 set charge for a 3 mile ride into Denton. The charge back was only £10! Choise nit to eat at hotel as lacking atmosphere. There are some nice pub resturants a few mins drive in Denton and Yardley Hastings. Stayed here for race meet at Silverstone but will def be looking to stay elsewhere next time. Staff freindly though ..... shame as with a bit of TLC would be a nice place. Whoever owns this establishment needs to seriously think what to do as i'm certain repeat bookings are low if not non existant. Room was clean and comfortable (St Mary's) but noisy with creaky floor boards (old building so somewhat expected). When flushing toilet the wall shaked like hell! .... great shower though. Never used outdoor area.....looked uncared for. Will not be returning for our next visit to Silverstone.....sorry.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from French Partridge on 13 Sept 2018
Dear Guest. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback about your stay at our hotel.We are glad that you found our location convenient.Sorry to hear that several things throughout your stay did not meet your expectations. Please note that your concerns have been passed on to our owner. We do hope you give us another chance as we will definitely improve our services.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Needs some serious TLC.
All looking in need of some TLC. Especially exterior. Starnge bar area..no atmosphere and no draft beers...a liitle pricey too. Do not book a taxi via the hotel to local resturants as was charged a £20 set charge for a 3 mile ride into Denton. The charge back was only £10! Choise nit to eat at hotel as lacking atmosphere. There are some nice pub resturants a few mins drive in Denton and Yardley Hastings. Stayed here for race meet at Silverstone but will def be looking to stay elsewhere next time. Staff freindly though ..... shame as with a bit of TLC would be a nice place. Whoever owns this establishment needs to seriously think what to do as i'm certain repeat bookings are low if not non existant. Room was clean and comfortable (St Mary's) but noisy with creaky floor boards (old building so somewhat expected). When flushing toilet the wall shaked like hell! .... great shower though. Never used outdoor area.....looked uncared for. Will not be returning for our next visit to Silverstone.....sorry.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from French Partridge on 13 Sept 2018
Dear Guest. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback about your stay at our hotel.We are glad that you found our location convenient.Sorry to hear that several things throughout your stay did not meet your expectations. Please note that your concerns have been passed on to our owner. We do hope you give us another chance as we will definitely improve our services.

8/10 Good

David

You Can't Argue At this Price
I've seen a lot of negative reviews on here, and my experience does not tally. Yes, the decor might be a little tired, and it's a fair way out of town, but the beds are comfortable and I got several good nights sleep over two stays in two weeks. It's small and quiet and being at the cheap end of the market attracts a lot of weekday contractors/workers like myself. The place is also a restaurant so don't expect a massively well stocked bar. I ate one night and the steak was marvellous, if a bit pricey compared with the competition around. I bought breakfast for each morning and the bacon and sausage are rather good - none of your mass produced rubbish here. Service can be a bit slow/sporadic, but it helps to catch the staff's eye early on and then you remain at the head of the queue. The wi-fi is a series of "domestic" routers since this is a n olf farmhouse so the walls are quite thick and the signal doesn't travel far. For the negative reviews on here - find the one with the strongest signal and use that! They are on the floor rather than tucked up into ceilings to make the most of the range - a small price to pay. Whilst the various fittings and fixtures might be bit worn - being polite if this is boutique then the look is shabby-chic, but contrary to what others have said I always found the place well cleaned and tidy on arrival and everything worked.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from French Partridge on 13 Sept 2018
Thank you for choosing to stay with us and we are glad to hear that your stay with us was a good one! We look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel in the near future.Thank you for taking time to review our property.

8/10 Good

MANDY, Exeter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Boutique hotel
A friendly welcome. Room spacious and well furnished. Dinner menu limited but steak was delicious. Perhaps a warming on portion size would have been handy. Certainly won't go hungry!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from French Partridge on 13 Sept 2018
Thank you for choosing to stay with us and we are glad to hear that your stay with us was a memorable one! We look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel in the near future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel very close to the stock car track where we were attending an all weekend meeting
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from French Partridge on 13 Sept 2018
Thank you for choosing to stay with us and we are glad to hear that your stay with us was a memorable one! We look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel in the near future

10/10 Excellent

ruth, Bristol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice hotel close to Silverstone
Friendly helpful staff. Breakfasts excellent. All food cooked to order. Excellent WiFi reception.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from French Partridge on 13 Sept 2018
Thank you for choosing to stay with us and we are glad to hear that your stay with us was a memorable one! We look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel in the near future

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing stay at hotel. Staff are friendly. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel very old but very comfortable and clean. Staff very helpful and we really enjoyed our stay
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from French Partridge on 28 Jun 2018
Thank you for your review and for choosing our hotel. We are happy that you enjoyed your stay and we are looking forward to having you again as a guest in our hotel.

8/10 Good

Robert, las Vegas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A night at the Partridge.
Interesting old building from the 16th century. It was furnished well and clean. There is no air conditioning, which is probably not needed, except for a couple of months. There wasn't a lounge for us to sit in to get good wifi. Breakfast was good and the server, (spelling?) Hiyo was fabulous!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from French Partridge on 28 Jun 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. We are very pleased to hear that our staff made your stay pleasant. Looking forward to seeing you again soon.

6/10 Okay

Nicola

Sorry, wouldn't stay again, over priced 3* at best
The property was very pretty, however in much need of a refurbishment. Due to the age of the property, it was very noisy, we could hear every creak through out the night and did not sleep well. Breakfast was a fairly poor selection. Ham, cheese. 2 dried cereals and a bowl of past its sell by date fruit. Warm fruit juices. Over priced at £110 per night.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from French Partridge on 28 Jun 2018
Thank you for your review. All the comments are essential to us about good and bad services. We will ensure your feedback will be taken seriously.

6/10 Okay

James

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok, states free Wi-Fi bu does not work if you are in the top floor, bit disappointing as had a lot to catch up with but generally ok place.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Garth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Highly recommended for a night.
The staff were friendly and helpful. The breakfast was excellent. The car park is large with plenty of space. The room was spacious with plenty of facilities. The price was highly competitive. We would undoubtedly return if in the same area. The bar needs work. Some draught beers should be installed, for example. There is no menu so you don't know what's available or the prices. The nearest pub is quite a walk away, so with not much effort and some publicity this could be a really attractive business.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Comfortable stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All round good stay
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Patrice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
too many "buts"...
I have mixed opinions on this one... too many ups and downs. it looks amazing but there was no central heating. They did bring immediately a portable heater. The menu looks very good but... quality could have been a bit better. Very good English breakfast -overall- but ... there are many small details such as the Wifi routers laying in the floor. Would I come back? certainly! because overall it is lovely and nice staff. but....
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

2/10 Terrible

Heidi, England

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
4* no way more like a 2*
Checking terrible, no information given about anything. 1st room given smelt of POO, dirty and coffee stains all over the bedside table, 2nd room given smelt better but very dirty, plug in bath didn't work so had to leave water in, shower head mouldy, shower drain mouldy and hairy, back of toilet very dirty, carpet stained, window kept open with a plank of wood, kettle had water left in and didn't look healthy, so no coffee whilst we was there, ground in dirt in all the furniture, went for a drink in the evening, served by the receptionist, JD & Coke served in a coke glass with lemon?? no offer of food and didn't look like they was serving any. Sleeping terrible kept being work up by the heat even tho radiators were not on and a generator noise every 5 mins. Breakfast...served by the receptionist again and had the same clothes on....terrible no coffee, 4 slices of ham on a plate with cling film wrapped over it,no rolls, yogurts pots in a bowl nothing to keep it cold, no fruit, so had to have a cooked breakfast, and from what we can gather cooked by the receptionist, no good at all...health alarms ringing everywhere. check out smooth, but i did get a phone call regarding bath towels, not sure what was wrong as they were left on the floor by the unemptied bath.. We have wanted to stay here for a long time,but i can honestly say worse hotel i have ever stayed in...such a shame, with some cleaning and proper management it could be beautiful.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Megan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable room and fab breakfast :)
I read some reviews and was a bit concerned but the lady who served us was very friendly and hospitable, the room was dated but clean and very comfortable and the breakfast was delicious! For the price we paid it was perfect!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't bother
Not a great hotel at all. Remote, fancy restaurant and no simple options. Wifi was awful. Last day shower didn't work electrics tripped and they couldn't get it working. Apologies but no compensation. Breakfast not available till late.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017
Thank you for your feedback. I am sorry that you did not like the restaurant menu this is our seasonal menu and well be changing the menu soon so hopefully you will like our new menu. Sorry that the staff could not get the electrics working for your shower but this was beyond our control. If you needed early breakfast we might of been able to help if you had requested.

8/10 Good

Kai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family Room
Nice big rooms, but unfortunately not enough towels and a broken kettle. The breakfast was fairly average.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
Thank you for your feedback. Sorry to hear that you did not have enough towels in your room and had a broken kettle. If you had informed reception they could of rectified this for you. apoloigse once again, and hope that you will visit us again in the near future and have a enjoyable stay.

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect and faultless in all respects
Business trip. Stayed 3 nights. Excellent food, service, location, comfort , facilities and above all friendly staff. A special well done to Diksha. Plenty of parking space too.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth it
Poor customer service. Avoid eating at the restaurant-poor quality, expensive and rude staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Geoff

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The French Partridge dissappointment
The restaurant closed for the night (Thursday) although advertised as being open 7 days a week, the room cleanliness could have been better especially under the bed. My wife also had an accident and spilled her coffee on the duvet - we immediately informed reception and apologised asking for a replacement (9.30 pm) to be told none were available and we would have to make do with blankets, duvets from other rooms also not an option as the rooms were full - there was actually only two rooms used that night but they were saving the duvets for the Friday night which was full, very disappointed.

6/10 Okay

pj, lincolshire

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Old school charmer
It's been a while - it's certainly old school and the room in the roof was just that - not easy when you are 6 foot three - all clean but it was the blast of cold air when i walk in wasn't great and WiFi and TV were flaky. Sorry not my cuppa - but thank you.

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wild Goose
A good hotel but pricey, hazard in bathroom with window latch cobwebs in window areas blinds do not fully open in bedroom, staff friendly and helpful, breakfast lacked daily

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

nice room, poor food.
would stay again as the room was nice, however I definitely would find somewhere else to eat.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel. Avoid restaurant!
Stay was clean, comfortable and stylish. The restaurant on the other hand was overpriced, lacking atmosphere, food poor and we were the only diners there. Didn't see anyone to pay them so waited til checkout when service charge had been added! Had to argue to get it removed! Avoid!

8/10 Good

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous quirky place secluded but close to drive to facilities. Lovely comfortable room

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A delightful place to stay

6/10 Okay

Dave, Gloucester

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very old building with uneven floors.
Room hadn't been cleaned on arrival, soon rectified with upgraded room. Food ok but overpriced. Tired feeling to the building. I won't be staying again. Staff were very nice.