The Olde Bell, BW Signature Collection by Best Western

We had the most fantastic birthday stay at The Olde Bell in Hurley and I truly cannot speak highly enough of the experience. A huge thank you to Lucy, Leah and Loretta for arranging such a wonderful stay for me and my husband. It was an absolute treat, and I’m so grateful for all the effort that went into making my birthday feel so special. We also want to say a big thank you to Pranav, Osmar and Usama, who looked after us during our stay - your service was exceptional and so genuinely warm. Our apartment was spotless, beautifully presented, and incredibly comfortable. Waking up to the sound of birds singing was simply magical. Every detail felt thoughtful and relaxing. The food was outstanding - we both had steaks followed by desserts, and everything was cooked to perfection. Breakfast was just as impressive; the Eggs Royale were phenomenal! We loved absolutely everything about our stay and would highly recommend The Olde Bell to anyone looking for a special getaway. We can’t wait to return.

Lovely location in Hurley. Beautiful village and just walk straight down to the river and enjoy a really stunning walk to Henley on Thames, around 10km each way. Fairly nice stay but something just not quite right. I don't want to put people off The Olde Bell as it really isn't bad but just little things mean it just isn't quite 'great' either. Nice friendly and polite staff but they should probably train check in guys with what to communicate as part of check in (standard stuff, rules, breakfast times etc) Nice room, although can see minors areas beginning to need a bit of TLC too. Room not cleaned very well (pics below) and although this doesn't really matter, our room wasn't turned up at all throughout our stay. Which again, doesn't really matter but just doesn't quite feel great. Breakfast is what you'd expect and done to a great standard with lots of selection. Binning the coffee machine and serve drinks would be the best improvement here. All in all, pretty and would stay again. Just minor details stopping the Olde Bell being great.

I always enjoy staying here when traveling to the outskirts of London, Maidenhead, or Marlow. The staff are extremely friendly and caring, which makes a real difference. Breakfast is very good, with both a buffet and menu options, and the dinner choices are excellent as well. There is a large private car park, which is very convenient. The rooms are spacious and very comfortable—perhaps a little dated, but still cozy and well maintained. Highly recommended!

Have stayed before this time free upgrade to a luxury room in main building |Room was lovely very in keeping with style and age of building with a roll top bathtub separate shower cubicle and very spacious. Extremely comfortable bed one little suggestion a blanket kept in the wardrobe for bed as it was cold but a plug in radiator in room. Food excellent and all staff excellent especially Dominic and Martin |Lovely atmosphere within the hotel and lots of lovely walking locally. We find this hotel very good value compared with similar in the area and very dog friendly |Very good choice at breakfast and especially loved the granola

I,ve just enjoyed three days/two nights,via travel zoo,at this lovely period pub,where the staff,and food were 👍 great particularly the breakfast. The pub is ideally situated between Harlow, Marlow, and close to Windsor. More drawer space in the bedroom would have got 5 🌟 stars,Particular mention to Ozzie for his service, and Martin for his knowledge, interest in guests, and all things local attractions and road traffic updates.see you again .Thanks

We have just enjoyed a 2 night stay here and everything was superb! Staff were very polite a credit to you. Room was lovely and a wonderful cosy atmosphere in lounge/bar area. We will definitely stay here again when next in area. Thank you for Prosecco!

Most amazing welcome and gorgeous breakfast. Wonderful choice on menu. Highly recommend. ||Hotel set in beautiful village of Hurley on Thames. Great location for easy run to Heathrow Airport.||All in all a wonderful experience.||James

I took a group of 20 for a special event for the evening. Staff were fine but the food was not good. I ordered chicken which was dry, not sure what the potato concoction was called but was tasteless and the whole meal was semi cold. I know it is difficult catering for a group at the same time but my son used to run a hotel in Bournemouth and I often took a group of 60 there. (I run a social group). His chef somehow managed to serve food piping hot whether it was dinner or breakfast. Shame because the hotel looked lovely.

Arriving for dinner with a colleague with no res, we were directed to a small table next to a draughty window in the far corner of the almost empty dining area on a cold night. No choice of tables offered. The menu is a fairly robust sounding British gastro pub menu but with very upmarket prices (£17-20) for mains. The food had the potential to be satisfying and my pork was quite tasty but was served in such tiny portions that it firmly crossed the line to meh. Even the side dish of carrots and swede (£3.50) was tiny and bland - about 2 tablespoons and served almost cold. For dessert I opted for the poached pear and gingerbread. A half pear that was sliced and arranged on the plate, and just reminded me of tinned pears in syrup, accompanied by a mini rectangular piece of brown but completely flavourless cake. The propped up and fanned out pear on the tiny finger of cake with 3 blobs of some sort of sauce was just silly and it was completely bland and uninteresting...Just give me some decent home made hot pudding with enough to leave a customer satisfied. The overly arranged food with tiny portions doesn't work for me and just seems at odds with the descriptions of the dishes on the menu which sound hearty and satisfying and ends up being just mean. Does small portions and arranged food alone equate to gourmet dining? I think not. When we were ready to leave, we became invisible to the wait staff, stuck as we were in the corner. After several attempts we put our coats on and walked up to pay to finally get their attention. Left hungry and irritated and just wanted to leave. So overall not a good dining experience, ham fisted service and high prices with relatively poor value quotient.

Spent more than two days at The Olde Bell Hotel for a team event. The main part of the hotel was build in 1135 AD. Amazing and the place is rich with history including meetings between Churchill and Eisenhower. As with any old buildings, it was a little cold...who am I kidding...a lot cold but charming. Food is OK but they have Guiness on tap so...it's OK. Service was great. Probably would have been better if it wasn't so cold.

This Inn is a gem of a find, spent the afternoon soon after checking in with a cycle into marlow and back along the river. Later that evening we dined at the Olde Bell Inns award winning restaurant (our three course meal was included in our package). This was really something special. Had some brilliant rabbit sausage rolls to start, a lovely main of chicken breast with stewed lentils and wild mushrooms before finishing it all off with a valrhona chocolate tart served with salted caramel ice cream. Superb! The breakfast the following morning was also something to write home about. Try the banana bread, and home made muffins! Would thoroughly recommend!

England's oldest inn has been serving fantastic food for hundreds of years. Although, it has been years since I have been there, I can't imagine that they would let their standards down.

Came here last night. It's an old-style pub, very clean and appealingly fitted out with wooden tables and beams running across the ceiling. There are separate bar and dining areas. I rang to book, and was told I could have 6.30pm or 8.30pm; I went for the former. We were greeted upon arrival by a friendly restaurant staff, who told us that they were fully booked. However the room did not fill up when we were there. Service was brisk, and the wine very fairly priced. We started with the broccoli soup (boring), and the ham hock terrine (dry). We then ordered the sirloin, medium rare. It is no exaggeration to say that it was the worst bit of beef ever served to me. It was raw, and had clearly only just been 'shown' the pan, it was sinewy, and generally inedible. I spat out my first morsel because of the fat and gristle. We moaned about it; and to be fair to the staff, they immediately accepted the complaint and we ordered the chicken breast instead. They also spoke to the chef, and reported back that he agreed with everything we said, and he apparently was unhappy with his beef supplier, and had been thinking about changing them. Well, why have the beef on the menu then? The chicken was very very good; moist, well seasoned and flavoursome. The chips however, were overdone and oily. We finished with the chocolate and hazelnut fondant (couldn't find the hazelnut but good nonetheless), and the sticky toffee pudding (just a sponge cake). So a rollercoaster of standards here, but based upon the excellent way that the staff dealt with the problem, I would definitely go back. Maybe I just won't order the beef.