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Reviews of The Cromwell Arms

4 out of 5
The Cromwell Arms
23 Mainstone, Romsey, England

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 156 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 64 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 238 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Generally very clean bedrooms and well sized. Nice touches like a mini bar with complimentary water and fresh milk plus a bottle of Fullers beer!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ewen

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Mrs Lynne

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not good enough
The whole room would benefit from a deep clean particularly bathroom but found black hairs in the bedroom and a hairball on the bed throw and the bed carried several yellow stains! However by far the biggest complaint is lack of hot water which remained lukewarm throughout the 2 days despite reporting it on the 1st morning and met with the comment nobody else has complained. Water should be 50c at taps and this never met that temperature as you could run it for several minutes while holding your hand under the water quite easily which wouldn't be the case if it was the correct safe temperature. Food was OK but pricey and plentiful.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Sunday

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Learn
Are you a delivery man? Just dropping off a package in the rudest tone ever! I was travelling for work and
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Marcus

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

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Very Nice Comfortable Stay. 4 Nights. Staff Could do with organising Better Plus they Need A Uniform to tell them from The Customers
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great food in the restaurant. The town of Romsey is historic and fun to explore.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is a nice quiet country inn, very close to town. Friendly staff, very nice room and the food was good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Doug

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Rob

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stylish boutique rooms
Great boutique style hotel rooms attached to a pub. Hi standard of rooms/finish with lots of nice touches (complimentary tea, espresso machine, G&T & water in room). Great base for Romsey & surrounds
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place in all aspects
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elayne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice, comfortable, and clean room. Handy car park and nice outdoor area. Friendly staff, good breakfast, and great location being only a short stroll into the little town. Would stay there again if we are the area.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good ,dog friendly place to stay
Glorious weather, good place to stay. Dog friendly . Rooms need air con Extremely hot even with fan provided
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
We had a lovely stay at the hotel, the rooms were very up to date and the general decor was lovely. Our room was quite hot however a dyson fan and air conditioning unit were in our room when we arrived. The food was okay, but did not match the quality of the hotel. We will return again when we are in the area next, however will choose to go out for dinner rather than dine in.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katharine

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous Hotel
One of the best hotels we have ever stayed in, staff are excellent so friendly, nothing is too much trouble. We had fish and chips in the restaurant and it was superb. We would definitely return to this hotel
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Emma on 28 Aug 2023
Hi Peter, Thank you for leaving us such a lovely review, I am so glad to hear you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to welcoming you back someday. Kind Regards, Emma

2/10 Terrible

Ian

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good.
Staff was outstanding. Rooms were comfortable and fairly roomy. Breakfast was very good as well.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Amy

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was very warm, despite being given two fans- these rooms are stifling. Book a room round the back by the car park and not by the front near the road. They say pet friendly and used to give dog bowls/biscuits but there was nothing in our room. We have stayed many times as our family live in Romsey and sadly it has gone downhill since Sean left. The courtyard/garden area that you walk past when you go to the room- laundry drying on display, staff smoking, cardboard/ rubbish stacked up for guests to see- not very appealing! Room was not as clean as it could be- we spilt some water on the floor and when we wiped, the cloth was really dirty which tells us that the floor needs a good clean. Bathroom tiles are showing signs of mould/water residue and need attention. Staff not very welcoming like the used to be (you can walk past the reception several times without a hello, or any interaction. Breakfast again mediocre- the wait time has always been extensive. When there was only another table for breakfast? It is such a shame that this isn’t amazing like it used to be as it is right on the river test and Romsey itself and all it has to offer is amazing. I do hope they make a few improvements here.
Response from Emma on 18 Aug 2023
Hi Amy, I'm so sorry to hear your stay with us hasn't been as good as your previous stays. We provide doggy welcome packs to all dogs staying with us providing they have been added onto the booking. I have just looked on your booking and their were no mention of you bringing your dogs. The 15 dog charge covers the cleaning cost and the doggie welcome pack. If you don't have your dogs with you at the time of check in and get them from the car after you have received your key we don't know that they have arrived. If you had mentioned this once you had got to your room we would have happily have added the dogs to your booking and provided you with your welcome pack. The housekeepers hang out their cloth's in the garden on their airer when the weather is nice so they don't need to be tumble dried, this is the only place we have sunlight out the back which is why this location is used, we haven't had complaints before about this. After all the rain we have had they were taking full advantage of getting their washing dried outside.The space right at the back is our staffing area and is used for staff to take their breaks. I will have a chat with the team and see if we can reposition where they sit so they are more out of sight. I do apologise that their was rubbish outside, again I will speak to the team to ensure this doesn't happen again. The Cosy rooms are on the warm side. We have air conditioning units in the room and Dyson fans, if you find the rooms too warm, water and ice are available on request to top up the air conditioning units. We strongly suggest our Comfy rooms or indulgence rooms for any guests who struggle with the heat, this procedure has been in place even when Sean was here. We hope to see you again, please phone me direct to ensure you are booked in to one of the cooler rooms. Kind Regards, Emma

6/10 Okay

Anthony

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sergio

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
The food was good but the time it took to get our wine at dinner and the sweet menus was terrible The room Green drake was the hottest we have ever stayed in and you could not cool it enough with fans that were provided .they were too noisy to have on over night The people in room above so noisy from 11pm till 2am and we think they also had a dog you could hear then again at 5am We were not asked at check out how our stay was so i did not bother to say anything as they were not interested enough to find out
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Emma on 18 Aug 2023
Hi Stephen, I'm sorry to hear your stay wasn't what you were hoping for. Unfortunately, our Cosy rooms are on the warm side. We do provide air conditioning units in these particular rooms and ice and water is available upon request at reception, we also provide Dyson fans. As the room is on the roadside we do provide earplugs to ensure you get a good night's sleep. I'm sorry nobody asked how you found your stay. Feedback is always greatly appreciated so we can continue to improve as a business so thank you for your comments. If you would like to come back I would strongly suggest our Comfy or Indulgence rooms, these are situated at the back of the hotel, the windows fully open and if they face the field so they are nice quiet rooms. Kind Regards, Emma

10/10 Excellent

graham victor

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy parking . Great staff. Good food with an excellent included breakfast . The Boutique style rooms were of a really good standard
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good and bad
The room was clean and comfortable. A fridge with milk and water being restocked daily and a coffee station with ample coffee and tea supplied . I wish to thank the room cleaners for doing a superb job . The only thing that let the stay down was the quality of staff at the breakfast or dining in the pub . We were made to feel extremely unwelcome and the food was appalling. We went for dinner at another Fullers pub in Romsey and the staff and food there was top notch , so it must just be a problem at Cromwell arms .
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

MR Anthony J.C.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We enjoyed our birthday stay but we’re scammed while there. Nationwide got in touch by email because we were unable to answer the messages they were sending to our home. Tried repeatedly to phone out from our room to 0800 number but refused every time. Luckily I located Nationwide in Romsey was available to us, so we called into there & solved our problem no thanks to your hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Clive

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clear room with tea and coffee machine, friendly staff. Breakfast choice fantastic cooked to order. Will definitely return.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rich

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Leigh

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

10/10 Excellent

E

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnight with dog prior to ferry from Southampton
Excellent overnight stay. Staff were very friendly. Room was comfortable even though it was very hot. The fan was most welcome. The breakfast was as good as any 5 star hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to Stay and close to Monttisfont
What a lovely place to stay! Nice and clean comfortable beds and nicely equipped with tea and coffee facilities and milk in the fridge!! Warm welcome at the reception. Menu choice was a little limited, but the quality and quantity of the meals was excellent. Breakfast menu was a little disappointing as a plain cereal choice (e.g., corn flakes Weetabix) was not available and everything else, except porridge, included coconut to which I am not partial.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Gerard T

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

10/10 Excellent

Natalie B

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

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

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

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous property, very friendly staff and a great evening meal. I’ll definitely be back
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Andrew

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

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended
Lovely room but on a noisy corridor. No gluten free sausage or toast either morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Emma on 27 Feb 2023
Hi Steve, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. Unfortunately, regular and vegetarian sausages are the only ones on our breakfast menu at the moment.Gluten free bread is available on request, If you had requested some and we were unable to provide this then the gluten free bread would have ran out on this particular morning. Apologies for this again. We are very pleased to hear you found your room was lovely. We look forward to welcoming you back in the future.

8/10 Good

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sheila

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bed in our room was so comfortable. Quality tea and coffee provided in the room. Lots of lovely hot water in the en-suite. Dining was good with excellent service. There were ample car parking spaces.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Emma on 27 Feb 2023
Hi Sheila, Thank you so much for your detailed review. We are so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Lesley

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