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Reviews of The Devonport

3 out of 5
The Devonport
16-18 The Front, Middleton One Row, Darlington, England

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 45 out of 113 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 48 out of 113 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 113 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 113 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 113 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Josh

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stunning accommodation
Superb accommodation, very comfortable room, and extremely friendly and welcoming staff. Lovely continental breakfast. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jim

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
As always exceptional.
This hotel is truly exceptional. The quality of the rooms are very very good. I stay in hotels approximately 100-120 nights each year, and this is my favourite of all of them. Can’t say any more than that.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Russell

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Service with a smile
The Devonport is a very friendly, efficiently run gastro pub and restaurant with boutique rooms. All the staff were very friendly and the service was excellent. Covid precautions were all in place. The food quality was excellent and reasonably priced. The bedrooms were spacious, comfortable, clean and stylish with all the amenities you would need. I would definitely recommend the Devonport for both dining and for their accommodation. I look forward to returning.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quality
Clean, tidy and very comfortable Friendly staff And good food served in the pub
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Debs, Bath

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Warm, friendly welcome and lovely rooms. A restorative retreat in a very pretty spot.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room and service, extremely clean and breakfast was really good. Very enjoyable stay
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rooms are modern, clean and spacious Staff are friendly and approachable. Restaurant food was tasty with generous portion sizes
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Delightful!
This place is a little gem. My parents lived in the village for years, so I've known the hotel/bar/restaurant for a long time and must say, that the new owners have really put a lot of effort into updating it into a very beautiful place. The staff are so friendly and very efficient and the food is absolutely delicious! Looking forward to a return visit.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Go Stay Here - You Will Love It
Immaculately clean and I mean sparkling throughout the pub/restaurant and rooms. Very friendly and professional staff who are attentive but not overbearing. The room and bathroom very comfortable and fresh shortbread biscuits on the tea tray a lovely touch. We had some of the best fish and chips ever here too. Breakfast was very good and set us up for our working day. Overall, a fantastic stay and we will definitely return next time we are in the area - cannot recommend highly enough
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
5*
Lovely place to stay and great food.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jim

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
n absolute gem.
An absolutely superb small hotel. I do 150 nights a year in hotels and this is as good as it gets.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
David's review
As I travel a lot on business, it is refreshing to stay in a "personal" type of hotel. Stunning room, great breakfast, and lovely Bar/Restaurant, complete with a log fire and personal service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended
Wonderful location, peaceful and picturesque. Tasteful renovation with elegant comfortable furnishings.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good food, excellent staff. Booked other rooms for the future.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good food, lovely room and plenty of hot water!
Short tourist trip for 3 adult family mbrs. Hotel has recently been refurbished and is comfortable and beautifully decorated. Breakfast and dinner were excellent. Staff were lovely, friendly and efficient. It didn't matter how many people were eating - and it was very busy at times - there was always enough staff - well done management. We would certainly go back especially as we didn't have time to explore the local walks or the other restaurants owned by the family..
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable and relaxing 3 nights in this beautifully renovated hotel/pub. Beautiful bedroom and breakfast and evening meals excellent. Will stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Could be a nice hotel when refurbished.
Arrived to find a For Sale sign on wall and all doors locked. Phoned a mobile number and were let in. The hotel is closed due to change of hands and is being refurbished. There was no record of our booking through Expedia! Slept well as two single beds made a super-king and bed was comfy and it was very quiet and nice and warm. Enjoyed the pub quiz on the Sunday evening when the bar was packed. Looking forward to seeing what the hotel will be like when we go again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

4/10 Poor

Peter

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Stay
Great overnight stay. Staff excellent. Friendly and efficient. Breakfast was best ever 5* plus.

8/10 Good

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel, great value for money, clean
Lovely hotel, great rrom with a king size bed, lovely restaurant, very nice staff, a really friendly place, the only small negative was that the bathrooms was in need of refurbishment, but it was functional

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice hotel quite
A lovery setting very quite the breakfast and food was amazining very very impressive very old building excellent

10/10 Excellent

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was a great overnight stop with very good food.

10/10 Excellent

Michael, Gloucester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent value
Very friendly staff at check-in and in the restaurant.Food and beer good quality and reasonably priced. Enjoyed the quiz-night!

8/10 Good

Graham, Tring

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Character and creaking floorboards
If you like character and dont mind tired carpets and creaking floorboards then this hotel is for you. I really enjoyed my stay.

10/10 Excellent

Ronnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Annie B, Hampton Hill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet hotels in Idyllic village.
I wanted to stay near The Tees but visit Darlington where I grew up and found this hotel. It is very friendly and atmospheric. The breakfasts were very good but I would have liked some fresh fruit. We are there each evening and it is good pub food and very popular. Our room was fine but needed new firmer pillows. It is under new ownership and the present.manager and his staff are excellent. It is excellent value for money.

10/10 Excellent

Michaila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

richard, Milton keynes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Food was very good, room was too warm

6/10 Okay

Joe, Glasgow

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Would have to think twice about returning
Wi Fi not working, Window blinds Filthy, Curtains Don't meet in middle leaving about a foot gap, Hook on back of room door put on upside down, sani-Flo toilet (noisy) Great staff, Good food, Location

10/10 Excellent

martin, b

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely great location great atmosphere
Stayed here for a wedding and was an absolute great time

8/10 Good

Russell, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet place out of the city
A great place to stay to get away from the city. The food was excellent, room was clean, staff were friendly and helpful. The bed was a little on the soft side.

8/10 Good

Christine, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good value for money.
Friendly staff and great breakfast included in price. We had our evening meal in the bar/restaurant area - very good mel and good price. Room was large and clean, bathroom very large and clean also. Room is old but it's clean, quiet and spacious. Very good value for money. It's not flash, doesn't offer room service so if you want those things this isn't the place for you. But is a good plain, clean local hotel room with friendly staff and good food. Would stay again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Lovely location & friendly staff. Fabulous breakfast. Bedroom had nice clean linen but very dated & smelled a bit musty. In need of thorough updating of flooring & furniture.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

8/10 Good

Melanie, Cheshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing. Nice guest Ales.
Very enjoyable. Good guest Ales.

8/10 Good

janette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good food
Comfortable, appropriately priced and excellent food. Would have rated it higher but the bathroom door would not close or stay shut which is a maintenance issue that should have been picked up. Othet than that, loved it and would definately book it again.

8/10 Good

Liz, Manchester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable bed
Just a one night stop over on business. Lovely big room and very comfortable bed. Didn't have time for breakfast. In a lovely village. Would use this hotel again. Nice friendly staff. Wifi very slow though

8/10 Good

Michael, Stanley, Co. Durham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A little Gem of a place!
All staff were realy nice, pleasant and helpful. Room (2) was very clean, comfortable & surprisingly very well sound proofed! TBH, you cannot go wrong with this hotel. The pub is always lively & full of very friendly locals. The local area is very clean, quiet & scenic. AND the FREE breakfast is absolutely beautiful!! Will definately stay there again!

8/10 Good

Wolfgang

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

8/10 Good

Colin, Pretoria South Africa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect area ,very accommodating staff, good food,

8/10 Good

Craig, Essex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Excellent value Hotel, breakfast and bar food very good. Only downside terrible thin pillows !

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A little gem
This was our second visit to this hotel and although management had changed the service had not. The staff couldn't do enough and are so friendly. The food was excellent both at dinner and breakfast. We will be returning.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Only problem was no hot water for the shower.

10/10 Excellent

Anita, Stockton on Tees

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Friendly and relaxing
We wanted a relaxing night and a good meal and weren't disappointed at all. Service was excellent as was the food. The bedrooms are apparently being refurbished and although that is still a work in progress our room was clean and comfortable and offered a lovely view of open countryside.

8/10 Good

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Nice hotel which had just changed ownership
Could have done with some more electricity sockets!

8/10 Good

Joanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Jessica, Coventry

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
I was less than impressed when I turned up at around 5pm and after waiting several minutes near the hotel desk (which didn't have a bell), I had to drag my luggage through the restaurant into the bar to find someone to check me in. The room was big and quite quiet given that it's above a bar/restaurant, but the bed was very low and overall the room looked in need of some decorative attention. The breakfast was tasty, but again at check-out I had to hunt someone down from the kitchen to return my key. Not a bad stay if you want somewhere quiet near the airport, but if you want prompt service then perhaps stay somewhere else.