Bay Horse Inn - B&B

Great place halfway stopover Aberdeen to Peterborough will use again. Friendly staff, amazing food. Good value.

Very friendly and accommodating.

We booked this pub/hotel for a two night stay due to going to a wedding at Hallington Mill a venue approximately 15mins drive away. Arriving on a Friday afternoon we received a lovely friendly welcome and had a evening meal on our first night. We stayed in room 7 a fantastic large bathroom which look brand new. Every member of staff we had dealings with very friendly and helpful.

Marvelous. A warm and friendly home from home.

The rooms are dated, and the en-suite is a tiny all in one unit, as you may find in a caravan. Food was good. However the big problem was the LOUD music from the bar. This continued until 3:00 in the morning, despite being phoned at 1:30 and asked to turn it off, when it was turned down slightly. It eventually stopped for 20 minutes, and then started again! This inconsiderate, unprofessional and selfish attitude is why they are getting this review. From a B&B I want a good nights sleep and a reasonable breakfast. Without this how can you recommend them?

Staff were friendly and helpful. My room was comfortable and had heating on which was nice as it had been raining & I was damp. The built in wardrobe had what looked like mould at the back. The on suite was a moulded plastic room. It was the smallest ever. My biggest complaint is my evening meal. I ordered Cauliflower curry & it was terrible. A few small bits of cauliflower, 4 mange tout & 2 green beans. It wasn’t enough veg for a side dish let alone a main. Also the veg was tough like it hadn’t been cooked. The barman was nice about it and gave me another but it was just the same. The beer was nice. The cooked breakfast very good.

The staff were very friendly, the breakfast very good. The bedroom was in need of upgrading. The “en suite” was frankly dangerous and impossible to use effectively. It was a pre formed basin, toilet and shower the size of an aeroplane toilet. To advertise the bedrooms as en suite is misleading.

Arrived early to drop off bag as had wedding prior to standard check in time however room had been empty night before so was permitted early access which was very helpful,. room comfortable and full breakfast great

What an absolutely fantastic place to rest your head for a night. The evening meal was great and the plate was only just big enough for the amount of food on it and the food was gorgeous.

Excellent overnight stay, food great, lovely breakfast, clean rooms

Fantastic experience after getting stranded for a taxi we were saved by the owners and can’t thank them enough

Very friendly and helpful staff. Great food, clean comfortable room. Very small bathroom and shower. Easy parking, nice Inn with a bar in a small village. Recommend

A picturesque inn, in a beautiful area. Staff made us feel welcomed the moment we stepped through the door. Throughout our stay, everyone was so helpful and friendly. Clean and tidy room with spacious bathroom. Meals were excellent. Chefs are first class and every meal cooked to perfection. Quality food. A hearty breakfast provided a great start to our days. Even the dog got a sausage. We thoroughly enjoyed our weekend and will definitely be back. Thank you to everyone at the Bay Horse Inn.

Been 5 times love the rooms

Nice welcome on arrival,good beer, lovely homestyle food , excellent breakfast ,room was comfy enough for my tastes ,and would book again

Excellent staff and made very welcome.

Our room at The Bay Horse was among the most luxurious rooms we have ever stayed in. It was spacious and bright with a large en-suite and had a reclining settee so we could really sit comfortably to read, drink our tea, watch TV, just look out of the windows. The staff were very friendly and made every effort to solve a minor radiator problem. Breakfast could not be faulted (it included home-made preserves) and there was a good evening menu in the bar, but as people with a modest appetite we were more than satisfied with a starter and a shared sweet. The staff were happy to provide two spoons! The inn is in West Woodburn, conveniently alongside the A68 road from Co.Durham to Scotland but there was no problem with traffic noise. The road here has a 30mph limit which makes it quiet and safe.

Having booked accommodation at a country inn, we were more than disappointed to lie wide awake in bed until 1am listening to a very loud jukebox and many rowdy drunks from directly underneath the bedroom. My phone decibel meter registered 98decibels average over tge final hour, completely unsatisfactory. This inn needs to decide if it wants to offer comfortable accommodation, OR a rowdy late night pub.

Room was very disappointing, standard doubles have a bathroom pod which is a tiny plastic room as you may get in a caravan. There is nothing in the property info or pictures on line that informs of this and was an unpleasant surprise, as was the general standard of the room and the noise of music from the bar. I am not against music in a bar but there is no sound barrier and it seemed as loud in the room as in the bar. Room was cramped and dated and generally unpleasant and not somewhere to relax so i checked out the same afternoon and went to a travelodge in Hexham even though i had paid for the evening in advance. I did not make feelings known at the time as you have to discuss over the bar and did not feel comfortable doing so.

Not a particularly good welcome. There were lots of cobwebs in all corners of the room and on the light fittings. The main window would not open and there was lots of mould around the frame. The bathroom light was a fitting consisting of 4 bulbs, only 1 was working. This room was advertised as a superior room. We went for a meal in the bar area and we were told there could be a wait as there were a couple of large parties still waiting to be served. We ordered our meals , one of which was as not available and waited. We waited 90 minutes!!!! We retired to our room and we were greeted with loud music from downstairs at 11 pm. This continued until 1 am and only stopped when my wife went down to the bar to complain. The day after we mentioned this to the owner and she said it’s usually quiet during the week, this being Thursday, she did tell us that Friday and Saturday were late opening nights and there could be loud music once more. We decided to cut our losses and leave on the Friday, 1 day early !!!!