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    School House Hotel & Restaurant

    4.0 (1 review)
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    The Pear Tree At Purton

    The Pear Tree At Purton

    (4 reviews)

    £££

    This review only covers the restaurant (not the Inn) -- we had a recent work event here…read more The food was nice enough (solid three star Yelp I think), especially considering the big group of people. I am adding one star for the beautiful venue -- we sat in a little parlor, one big table, just for our group. Absolutely lovely setting, and the private setting allowed for comfortable conversation. Unfortunately they did keep us waiting too long in the lounge/common area -- at least 45 minutes after the time we'd booked. Then the way they took orders and served the dishes was odd. We had a limited menu (no problem!), 3 choices each for starter, main, and dessert. They asked each person for his or her choices. But they took our orders while we were still in the common area. So basically they just had a count, how many of each dish. When we finally went in and sat down at our table -- they started coming out with the dishes as they were prepared, asking: 'Duck liver?' and passing out the dishes to people who claimed them. Seemed a bit ... i don't know, amateurish? These are relatively minor issues, and good food in a beautiful room were more important. all in all, especially considering the rather limited selection of places around here, it's a solid choice.

    Restaurant and Hotel in Purton just about 4 miles from Swindon. A bit 'over done' in terms of decor…read morea bit pink and flowery. However, the food is excellent and the setting is very 'country house'. Lovely gardens so well worth a visit in the summer. Popular for wedding receptions.

    Holiday Inn Hotel Swindon

    Holiday Inn Hotel Swindon

    (3 reviews)

    ££

    Do you like beige? Yes? Then this is the hotel for you…read more Everything about this place is mediocre; the functionally bland rooms with their tiny en-suites, the price, the food, the location, the frustratingly slow wifi and the colour scheme. Beigeness. And that's not even a real word. The website description starts with the excitement inducing sentence: 'This welcoming hotel is less than 5-minutes drive from junction 15 of the M4 and 2 miles from central Swindon.' QED. Incidentally, waiting 90 minutes for room service is not pleasant. I actually gnawed part of my arm off due to the hunger. No doubt the restaurant was busy and it's near Christmas and blah blah blah. On the plus side the staff are nice enough and very helpful. In addition, there is a swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi and gym for all your fitness needs. Oh, it's also close to a steam museum... So, if you're the sort of person who likes to stay in cheap, clean and vapid environments for a night, don your M&S khaki trousers and drive your Toyota Corolla down the M4 for a fun-filled yawn-fest. This place achieves in providing you with everything you need but nothing you really want.

    This is an excellent hotel contrary to the snide review made in 2014.. The staff are excellent, the…read morefood is good and there is a gym, pool and sauna included. The rooms are clean and en-suite, some are a little small but perfectly acceptable. Prices reflect demand so mid week they are high due to business usage. Weekends are very reasonable. so if you want comfort, good food and recently modernised surroundings that is what you will get.

    Premier Inn - View of the 'lake' - actually the county cricket ground after flooding!

    Premier Inn

    (1 review)

    £££

    I'm going to give this 5 stars for being a great Premier Inn, not for the grade of hotel…read more It's brand new, built by the river next to the Worcester County Cricket ground, which on my visit was completely underwater, as you can see in the picture! Rooms were a good size, clean and comfortable with all the usual facilities that you would expect from a Premier Inn - en suite bathroom, large TV, hairdryer, tea & coffee facilities (no biscuits though), choice of pillows for the bed, and 30 minutes free Wi-Fi. Minimal, but all you need for a good night's sleep - in fact, they do say that they will refund your money if you don't sleep properly. I was tempted to put this to the test as I didn't really get back to sleep after being woken up by the room upstairs returning at 1.30am, but that's not the fault of the hotel so it would have been churlish of me to complain. The check-in has two automated desks similar to ATMs or airline check-ins that are very easy to use, although there was a very helpful and friendly staff member on duty as well to help guide you through the process if needed. They also reassured me that the night watchman would keep an eye on the car in the car park and wake me up if the rising flood waters, which were already covering a third of the car park, threatened to engulf it. The bar and restaurant is in the building, and the staff both at the bar and at breakfast could not have been more helpful and friendly. I didn't eat the evening meal in the bar, but the menu looked OK and reasonably priced. Had I not had a prior engagement I would have eaten here quite happily. As usual at Premier, breakfast is extra but it's worth buying one as you can eat all you want from the buffet. There was a good choice of hot food to order, including vegetarian sausages (yay!). This might be because the place is new and they're trying to make a good impression (it worked!), but I hope it lasts, as this is a very convenient location close to the city centre when visiting Worcester.

    School House Hotel & Restaurant - hotels - Updated July 2026

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