I was impressed visually with The Sidcot Arms on arrival, it’s a lovely looking building with plenty of parking. I initially did not like the check-in process because of the man (manager?) checking us in, he wasn’t very friendly or welcoming, had an air of arrogance and was condescending but he knew his stuff, was efficient, just not overly a ‘people person’. He was being quite patronising when I was trying to book times for the restaurant. During dinner however I warmed to him, I imagine running a pub/hotel can be quite a handful.
There’s no lift, we went up and down a quaint spiral staircase; we only had overnight bags as we were only staying one night so wasn’t a big issue. Room is reminiscent of a generic hotel like Travelodge or Premier Inn but there is air conditioning which was much appreciated.
Dinner was fab, we stayed from the 11-12th July, dining the Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The two ladies running the evening food service were super friendly and fun, and hats off to the chef, the food was delicious. I had the ‘Cowboy Burger’, hubby ‘liver & bacon’ (I think), oldest son lasagna’ and youngest son ‘Somerset chicken’, we were all happy and plates demolished. The breakfast ladies were not as friendly as the evening ones but no complaints just ann observation, they were efficient.
The Sidcot Arms has some nice walks literally on their doorstep; there are flyers mapping out the routes; we didn’t have the time unfortunately but would love to return to do one.