Just a little background: The Griff House Beefeater & Premier Inn was the home of the great author, George Elliot (Mary Ann Evans), where she lived for 22 years. It was refurbished in February 2004 as a hotel and restaurant. Some of the old parts of the house remain that is possible to be seen.
We stayed in the hotel part for the full "George Elliot experience." As the Griff House is pretty much in the middle of nowhere in England, the only option for food is the Beefeater restaurant that has also been built into the historic house.
I had pretty high expectations for the steak at a restaurant that has been named "Beefeater." Unfortunately, the steak at dinner was not so good and the price was way to high. Later when I was speaking with my British friend about it, she reminded me that this is England. The service was nice though in typical polite English fashion. Breakfast in the morning was good and the kind woman even made eggs American style: scrambled with cheese and tomato. (Not that I don't like English breakfast, I was just really in the mood for scrambled eggs!) Overall, it was fun staying and eating in the home of George Elliot, but probably not the place for food! read more