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Reviews of Crab & Boar

4 out of 5
Crab & Boar
Wantage Road, Newbury, England

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

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Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 192 reviews" "
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 192 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Nicola

Traveled with partner
Good shower. Room had inadequate lighting. Food awful.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daren

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

C

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Glenn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Relaxing weekend
We had a lovely stay. The team were super friendly. Our bed was a zip and link that wasn’t overly comfortable, and it was a Shane having no dinner available on the Sunday night? Otherwise, great great stay,
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

ian

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Business traveler, Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely staff
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Florence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

S

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Real gem of a place
Fantastic hotel with stylish comfy room and even a patio. Breakfast was great. Definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Deana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay at the Crab & Boar, a quintessential English country inn. The staff is friendly, easygoing, quite helpful and even went above and beyond for us. Dave and Tammy were fantastic. The food was quite good. Prices seem reasonable. Drive to close by Newbury is a short distance. Very nice and handy Speedy Queen launderette in town. Quiet but for the occasional car whizzing by. Being from the USA and driving for the first time in the UK, the location on Wantage Road and pulling in and out was a little scary. Getting an available Uber was challenging, but the local cab service was very quick. Other than the tricky road visibility, no complaints.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place for a night away.
Lovely place for a romantic night away. Our room was nice and spacious. Bed comfortable and meals good. The only downside would be it’s right on the road so a bit noisy at night so take earplugs if you are not used to hearing traffic however it didn’t bother us too much. Staff friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linzi

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great stay for our board meeting with dinner
Great location, great food, lovely rooms and very accommodating staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Diana

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Pleasant Stay
After a day negotiating bad traffic and poor weather, this was a welcome sanctuary and both the food and the service were very good. There was an issue with a discrepancy between our Hotels.com booking and the details held by the venue. They dealt with this fairly and equitably, my advice book direct.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Property lived up to expectations, will definitely return
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great place
really enjoyed my stay, everyone was friendly and helpful, food was excellent, will definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

ian

Business traveler
4 night business stay
Nice hotel country location. Food and bar were good. Room was very comfortable and clean. Breakfast was excellent staff were professional.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

tom

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely spot, stunning building with a high end feel at a very reasonable price. Overall excellent value and well worth a visit.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Joanna

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A new dawn for the Crab and Boar
Great new owners, friendly, can’t do enough, on a rebuild of a great place to stay and restaraunt…would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

STEPHEN

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderful place to stay!
We had a fabulous stay, the hotel restaurant and bar are all excellent! We were greeted when we first arrived by the very friendly and helpful staff and that friendliness never stopped! The staff made our stay and we loved every minute!
My father basking in the sunshine and beautiful grounds!
The grounds themselves, even more beautiful than the description.
Beautiful outside area!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

john

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly comfortable hotel
Lovely room, warm welcome on arrival, really comfortable bed
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gavin

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Boutique Pub Hotel with EV charging
Lovely pub hotel. Helpful and responsive staff. Well appointed, comfortable and nicely decorated rooms. Delicious breakfasts and EV charging which for us is now a prime mover on choice of hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leigh

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was spacious and beautiful. Dinner and breakfast well worth it , value and quality
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gareth

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great weekend away
Room was beautiful and the hot tub was the perfect, much needed addition for our stay. Would definitely come back.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Justine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mr
Was amazing really friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Owen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quick stopover, perfect
Great welcome, good room. Problem with the heating quickly resolved. lovely guest ales!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great service, everything you need, nice and clean, great food. Soufflé is excellent!! Thank you :)
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Charlaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Ben

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Mohammad H

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place, food was amazing. Rooms were nice. Breakfast was OK.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Shower mixer system did not work. Ants in the bathroom. Window catch broken and occasional road noise as could not close properly
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

DIANE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Memories
Visited a number of years ago when it was the Crab. Had the opportunity to return for 2nights and loved it. Will return at some point in the future. A delightful place to visit. Good excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A little gem snuggled away in the country side. Be
Superb three day stay. Good room, great food and lovely staff. What more could you ask for.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Natalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay and would go back again
Food, service was excellent, staff so attentive and nothing was to much trouble. Room was nice but bathroom could do with a revamp
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022