The Sun Inn at Hook Norton

The most rude staff known to man. I would strongly suggest a little walk further to the Pear Inn, far nicer staff! The main bar man was vile. Rude, unhelpful and an absolute buzz kill. Shame as we would have spent a good amount there had we decided to stay.

The staff in the pub were nice and friendly. My husband and I stayed here overnight for a trip to the local brewery, we had a bite to eat before our tour, which was very nice, we checked in around 4.30 pm, we were shown to our room which was very small, the mattress on the bed in room 2 is seriously passed its sell by date, it was really soft and you could hear and feel the springs, I really should have asked if we could change rooms, we had dinner in the evening, the pub was busy, the menu was a bit limited and by 6.30 pm there was no pie of the day left, my husband chose chicken thighs wrapped in pancetta with an onion sauce, unfortunately he found it too salty, when he mentioned it to our waitress she said she didn't like it either!! the fish and chips I had were ok, usual stuff, our starter and dessert were nice. After a poor night's sleep we went into breakfast, ( breakfast didn't start till 9.00 am) we were shown to a table and offered the menu, we were not offered any fruit or orange juice, we ordered coffee and our breakfast order arrived, my scrambled egg was salty, my husband asked for eggs on toast, the eggs and toast came separate, he was then offered some butter, I asked for some brown toast, both the toasts were only done on one side, we also had to ask for some brown sauce and some jam for the toast, these were brought to us when requested but if should be offered really, there was small cartons of orange juice in our room and were were told there was yogurt and milk etc., in a small fridge at the bottom of the stairs from the bar to help ourselves but this was not really acceptable ( how people ate continental breakfast in the room was a mystery there was no room to sit and eat) sorry but overall it was a very disappointing stay, some upgrading is seriously required.

This is a busy, vibrant pub which obviously enjoys additional business from customers visiting the local Hook Norton Brewery. We came as two couples and stayed two nights, Saturday into Monday morning. We ate all our meals there and the pub food is, on the whole great. At the weekends breakfast is served in the restaurant - it was ok. On other days (for us, the Monday) there is a pretty poor effort at a continental breakfast. The pub itself is good but sadly the accommodation is poor. I emailed the company to give them feedback and am sad to have not had a reply. The mattress in our bedroom was terrible. The springs are noisy, damaged and worn out. The rooms are tiny. There was no room to unpack our bags and the shower room was tired and tiny. In the other room the shower room only had one light working and again the shower room is tiny. It’s tatty, tired and disappointing. The carpeting in the main corridor isn’t the accommodation is truly filthy which then made me question the general cleanliness of the whole place. It’s such a shame, this could be a great country pub with amazing accommodation but sadly not. If we went back I would be tempted to try the other pub in the village (which I understand doesn’t have a kitchen) and go to the Sun for breakfast at the week end.

We stayed for one night and had an evening meal. The young male staff member who greeted us and showed us to our room was welcoming but the female staff were not very professional and their lack of communication did not provide us with a good experience. The food was okay. The room and continental breakfast were fine.

It wouldn’t take much to make this place good. The pub itself is nice and the food good. The accommodation could be better however. When we went to check-in, we arrived 20 minutes early. Instead of politely being told our room wasn’t quite ready and we would be welcome to sit outside in the afternoon sun, we were abruptly told “rooms aren’t ready until 4, come back then”. In fact, in general we didn’t find the staff particularly friendly during our stay. The room itself was fine, nothing fancy, but enough for what we needed. The bathroom was slightly odd, money had obviously been spent on it, which made it strange that some things seemed like they hadn’t been replaced, the bath panel was extremely tatty and the choice of flooring despite being grippy looked, perhaps was dirty. The main area for improvement however is the entrance/exit when the pub is closed. It wouldn’t cost much to improve this. Currently having to navigate the old mops, drying rubber mats and buckets with strange contents in, isn’t the most welcoming, neither is the makeshift cardboard doormat. We were also unable to get a WiFi signal in our room, which although wasn't an issue for us, I can see it being a major issue for other families. The breakfast was a welcome bonus and the continental selection left in the room and the downstairs fridge was generous. Eating it the room was slightly challenging especially with young children. We enjoyed our stay despite the feedback provided, which is meant to be constructive. 3.5 stars would be a fair reflection in my opinion.

The room was fantastic clean good size the beds were spotless and very comfortable good Continental breakfast we would definitely come back the grounds and garden very tidy very nice garden to sit and relax it was only 15 minutes away from diddly squat farm