Clare S.
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We first stayed At the Sign of the Angel in 1994 and have subsequently stayed approximately 9 times, the last prior to this visit being in 2016, not long after the new owners took over from the Levy family, who ran the Sign of the A for many decades.
We were really looking forward to a 4 night stay having lived in the
US for the last 17yrs and yearning for a quintessential English country inn experience. The Sign of A is a beautiful, quirky, historical building, however there is no excuse for our room not being serviced after our second night nor only being partially serviced after 3rd night. Toilet & handbasin was not cleaned at all, neither of 2 bins/trash cans emptied. Empty water bottles left on bedside table and sheets not replaced despite specifically requesting the same.
The breakfasts on all 4 mornings were good and freshly prepared, although they did run out of fruit salad on morning 3! - update, no fresh fruit on morning 4, apparently waiting for delivery…
We ate in restaurant on first and second night-food was just ok, belly pork was a tad dry, overly salty. Bubble & squeak was stale, dry and pretty flavorless. My frangipane tart (slice from larger tart) was dry too-I really don’t think they have enough through-put on Monday/Tuesday, food appeared to be made a couple of days prior and reheated. Husband’s fish & chips was good, although chips (more like wedges) a little undercooked. He found same with belly pork when he tried on second night. We, not surprisingly, decided to eat elsewhere on 3rd and 4th evenings!
Overall, our stay was ‘ok’ however the housekeeping staff really, really need to pay a lot more attention to detail-as is evident from photos!
Sadly, I don’t think we will be returning after this last experience.