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Reviews of French Horn Hotel

4 out of 5
French Horn Hotel
Sonning-on-thames, Reading, England

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 70 out of 129 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 44 out of 129 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 129 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 129 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 129 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Mihail

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly welcome and the traditional architecture is amazing. Great chef as well. We loved the lobster and the foie gras.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Martyn

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service
Very nice.
Very nice atmosphere and friendly staff, very comfy bed, very clean, make sure you turn on the shower 5-10 mins before you want one, hot water takes ages and no glasses/ Tumblers.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Nicholas

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

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very welcoming team of caring professionals. Fabulous food and ambiance. Certainly will return.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel in a beautiful setting by the river. Amazing food in the restaurant. Plenty of choices for food options nearby. Attentive and friendly staff
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rehan

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Stuart

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay at the French horn. It has old work charm and the staff are excellent, friendly without being in your face. The feel of the place is lovely and right on the river. A sympathetic make over would be beneficial building on the charm and character of the place. The rooms were spotless, comfortable and spacious. I cannot rate the staff too highly they were excellent. The food is very good although expensive and the silver service faultless. The only real downside is the road alongside the property but we were not disturbed by it and was quiet at night. Overall I will stay sgain
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

steven

Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
A stay of two halves
Well my stay started off very promising, hotel reception called in advance of my check-in to see if I wanted dinner (always nice to get this call), on my arrival was informed I had been upgraded to a junior suite (again nice). I was shown to my room, it was very cold but I can live with that as I had only booked a few hours before arriving and wouldn't expect them to heat an empty room. I slept reasonably well but when I awoke early to shower & shave I was greeted with only cold water, It's an old building I thought so lets just let the water run a little..5 minutes still ice cold water..10 minutes again still ice cold this made for a very bad start to the day. I went to check out as I had already lost 15 minutes to my day by faffing about with the water I wanted to get going ASAP. I mentioned that there had been no hot water and was amazed at the response I got "well it is an old building" I will spare you the rest of this short conversation. My advice is do not stay here if you need to have a shower that is not ice cold!!!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Darran

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stunning location. Great service. Quiet rooms with great views. In the morning, just walk down the beautiful lawn, jump in the river and go for a swim.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great setting. Hospitality friendly and helpful. Breakfast was wonderful. Highly recommend without reservations.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff and owners very friendly and great service enjoyed the breakfast lovely view from the room
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

James

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional hotel.
A traditional upmarket hotel. Quite old fashioned in the decor and feels rather grand of the last. Food is expensive but a pleasant enough hotel. Beautiful location not a lot around. Wouldn’t recommend for children.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Gillian

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very comfortable old style Hotel with character and charm. Food excellent, staff charming and helpful. Too hot for me though in general areas.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Reinhard

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
hot room
The room was a loft room and extremely hot. The bar was heated by an open fire, although the outside temperature was 25 degrees
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property grounds are beautiful and adjoining the river.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Going back in time.
Different. To normal hotels.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The receptionist who is there in the afternoons and evenings is incredibly friendly. The other one, who is there in the mornings, is not, and is unpleasant to deal with.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife loves it. Traditional, friendly. Excellent dinner. breakfast 8 minutes on last day - meant short warm up for race at Henley.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business trip
The service, the setting, the location, the food, all were nothing short of excellent. I was there on a business trip which looks like additional visits in the future. I will most definitely be booking this hotel again, can't recommend enough.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic service
Lovely setting. Hotel bedrooms are a bit old fashioned but the service and attention from staff was second to none. Will definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
lovely location and friendly staff drinks prices too high
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic service in a lovely location.
From the moment I walked through the front door I was made to feel incredibly welcome and the staff went out of their way to ensure that our needs were fully catered for. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our overnight stay in one of the Riverside Cottages and the breakfast was excellent. We hope to come back one day.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Mrs, Devon

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel needs new towels and sheets - both were awful - full of holes and shredded, as was the bathrobe. The balcony outside room 7 was littered with cigarette butts and cobwebs and needs a good wash and clean up. Disappointing as certainly not worth the price although the location was attractive.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is lovely and the staff are exceptionally attentive, creating a lovely experience.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Eileen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were looking for a unique location for a special birthday and this hotel had it. Location beautiful, standard of service excellent, restaurant had menu that was impressive. Food very well cooked. Cottage room we stayed in had everything we needed.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just wish our itinerary allowed for a couple of nights
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic stay as always
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

N

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was very traditional, but not in an out-dated sense. Overall a very pleasing and comfortable stay. The staff we very welcoming and attentive.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Jonathan, Spain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Characterful and loveable
If you are looking for a characterful property in an exceptional location with fantastic food and exceptional service then this is the place for you. If you don´t like quirky, whine about the cost of a meal, and want antiseptic efficiency then don´t stay here. It´s not perfect but it has so much character that you can forgive its faults. If you have a soul.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Luxury
Wonderful hotel, the service and staff were very attentive, beautiful hotel and the food was pretty amazing too!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great stay.
Amazing staff. Increadable steak and kildney pudding! Fantastic breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Delightful hotel by the Thames.
Great service and easy check-in. Nice location by the river. Very tasty breakfast and the option of alfresco dining. I would certainly stay again. I imagine they're very busy in the summer.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019