John Ray
John Ray, Manor Street, Braintree, CM7 3YG, United Kingdom- Statue
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Charming 16th-Century Inn with Free Wi-Fi and Characterful Bars
Historical Charm: Immerse yourself in the rich history of this 16th-century inn located in Braintree town centre. Enjoy the cozy ambiance of the characterful bars complete with crackling log fires.
Modern Comforts: Experience a seamless blend of history and modernity with free Wi-Fi, TV, and tea/coffee facilities in all bedrooms. Relax in the comfort of your own private bathroom during your stay.
Convenient Location: Just a 15-minute walk from Braintree Train Station and a short 25-minute drive from Stansted Airport, the White Hart Hotel is perfectly situated for both leisure and business travelers.
Experience the perfect harmony of history and modern comfort at the White Hart Hotel - book now for an unforgettable stay!
Check-in from
02:00 PM
Check-out by
11:00 AM
Parking
FREE
Children
Allowed
Pets
Not allowed
Sleeps
Up to 2 guests
2 adults · 1 children
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide)
Room details
3 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 2 guests
2 adults · 1 children
Beds
2 Twin bed (90-130 cm wide)
Room details
3 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Twin bed (90-130 cm wide)
Room details
3 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 3 guests
2 adults · 2 children
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide), Sofa bed (Variable Size)
Room details
3 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 4 guests
2 adults · 3 children
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide), Sofa bed (Variable Size)
Room details
3 sqm
In-room amenities
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The room was larger than expected for the price and in very good condition. The cooked breakfast was excellent, and the staff were helpful.
Car park was a little tight, but adequate.
The location of the property is ideal for the town centre, obviously there is going to be some noise at times. The staff were extremely helpful at all times & really friendly. The breakfast menu and food is very good and can certainly recommend.
I couldn’t accept the room I was allocated as it was just run down, basic and scruffy, it was upgraded to a superior which acceptable but was simply the same as a Premier Inn The property in general is pretty run down and in need of refurb but if you’re not too bothered by that then..
Location & Parking
Internet signal strength not great. No air conditioning. Electronic key cards for entering rooms would be better than the key & large room number tag. Continental breakfast could do with having a selection of cheeses & meats.
Everything about the place itself was lovely and the staff are brialliant. Rooms are clean and tidy, just let down by noise
The only thing which let this down was the noise in the courtyard area from various wedding parties returning and continueing their chats/drinking below the bedrooms. This was not monitored by staff and was only actions after complains at 2am
Our stay at White Hart was perfect. The location is in the town centre of Braintree giving easy access to local shops etc with Freeport Shopping Village being a short car journey away. On site parking is free. We enjoyed Dinner, Bed & Breakfast at really good value. Staff communicated well both before and during our visit. Our room itself was immaculate. Thank you to the team at Greene King Inns 😃
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The room was relatively clean. The beds were very comfy & I really liked the shower. The room was spacious, especially considering the two of us (girls) needed to get ready for an event. Everything we needed was in the room, including an iron & ironing board. Breakfast was great, with lots of variety. We had a good stay at this hotel & I'd recommend it. The location is good & there are lots of shops around, as well a a large supermarket close by for convenience.
I didn't know that there was no lift to assist with taking our luggage to the room on the first floor. We had to cross the outside courtyard to get to the section of the hotel that led to the stairwell going to our room & lug our luggage up a few flights to get there. We weren't told that there was a route to our room that didn't require us to go outside & we weren't told to sign into the digital car park registration system for guests who drive so that you don't get a ticket.
Lovely beds and breakfast
Very noisy from pub
The room was clean, the food was good, some staff members were great, we slept well.
Parking was tight, check-in was bad we had to find someone after standing there for what seemed an age. A staff member totally ignored us. The shower was dripping, we didn't hear it when the door was shut to the bathroom & we kept the shower door shut so water wasn't all over the floor. Room 30. We were there for one night.
Good location, friendly staff, clean and nice selection of drinks and food
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Clean, great location. Good food, drinks. Friendly staff
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Very convenient to the town Staff were lovely
Bedroom furniture tired Had to ask for a chair in the bedroom Housekeeping left a bag of rubbish in the room and didn’t service the room properly
beautiful place, friendly staff.
Very clean friendly helpful staff
Nothing everything was great
Nothing comes to mind
The room dirty shower couldn’t stop shower dripping all night.
Charmigt barhotell.
Missförstånd mellan hotell och bar gjorde att barpersonalen väckte oss två gånger mitt i natten för att få betalt för den middag vi redan hade betalat. Hotellet bad om ursäkt men skadan var delvis redan skedd.
Extremely welcoming staff, quiet and well sized rooms, ability to open window, fan, comfortable beds, power shower with plentiful hot water, clean
The sausages at breakfast
Very friendly staff very good location. Lovely food
Supplies in room not sufficient and could have done with a tray for the cups to protect the wooden surfaces. No outdoor area for non smokers as when the weather is nice would like to sit outside.
Excellent breakfasts. Cleaning staff were very good and helpful.
The attitude of bar staff and waiters, very miserable and slow.
The room was spacious The bar had good atmosphere. Liked the way bar was divided into sections. Cosy corners
There was a smell coming from our bathroom possibly the wash basin.
WE arrived early and our room was ready.
The bar staff were too quick to close the bar.
Idea for visiting
Comfy bed, central to where we needed to be.
Shower was bodged together and leaked water out of a hole where the lever for adjusting the flow should have been. They hadn't cleaned the bathroom fully, they need to look up.
Room was comfortable and the beds were too. The location is excellent.
Just noise from the bar on one of the nights.
Great value for the price
In town centre
Room a bit noisy from pub bar
Large, clean room, comfortable bed, quiet, good value for money, good location, very clean, great breakfast
Breakfast service a bit slow
Location was great with parking.
Bar times.
The age of the building made for an interested stay. The room was suitably decorated and was very comfortable. I had an evening meal and breakfast, both of which were very enjoyable.
Nothing
The staff were excellent nothing was too much for them. Our waitress was brilliant.
The room was far too hot owing to the heatwave. The fans were useless.
The bed was comfortable. Friendly staff. Car parking. Reasonably priced.
Shower did not drain properly, and water pooled. Then black muck came up from the plug hole so not very hygienic. Air Con would have been good as the night I stayed it was a very hot night. We had the breakfast included. However, everyone had problems with the hot water flask and it took too long for the staff to refill it. Myself and my partner asked for the same traditional cooked breakfast but his came with sausages and bacon, mine just had the bacon, no sausages. We came down to breakfast around 10am but it felt like they were getting ready to close the breakfast room. There was hardly any bread left, or pastries, and tea bags ran out very quickly.
Location was where I needed to be
It was quite hard to find my room (23) - it was poorly signed and (due to the age of the building) it was a bit of a rabbit warren
The location was perfect we had dinner both nights and they were lovely as was the breakfasts
There is nothing i can think of
Location
Breakfast ,
The property is well kept, clean and tidy. Staff lovely and food great, would stay again.
Decor.
Everyday great, BUT the breakfast let this fine establishment down. The cook seems to have lost all passion 😕 with his work. He served up food, that Joe's cafe would do. Yes a let down.
Location
No Air con No fridge Poor breakfast No cold bottle beer
Staff
Lots of stairs
Free parking in a central location is a bonus. Rooms/hotel were a bit dated but fine and clean . Our room was quiet even though we overlooked the car park. Staff were pleasant. Not a bad pub either.
Little bit dated in the hotel and rooms.
What a lovely, surprise find! Honestly, I can't choose the best part - from the decor to the dining room, everything was great. Friendly, helpful staff, good food, lovely comfortable pub
Nothing
Good old pub food !
Crooked floors
Location
Shower pressure was rubbish , shower head leaked like a sieve and less than ideal room access for people with mobility issues
All the stairs and steps , should of done more research myself before booking
Interesting features Close to our destination
Decor VERY tired and scruffy in places Lots of stairs to room Very small bathroom
Character! Lovely people. A lot of things were well laid out and well thought out. It’s a nice location and I loved the proper “pub” atmosphere
Some of it is dated and needs attention. Nothing to really write home about but simple things like fittings in the otherwise comfy rooms need attention
Lovely period features, the room was beautiful with wooden beams. Bed was comfortable and location was very convenient.
A noisy location, with Friday night foot traffic outside my window til early hours. I am pretty sensitive to noise though, so others may not mind so much. Take earplugs if you are like me. My shower also wasn't working.
Good breakfast
Very poor room ,very noisy from foot traffic and road noise . Secondary glazing was broken and had not been repaired Had to move roomd after 1 night to the back of the hotel otherwise would have walked out
Convenient for us.
Nice room, friendly staff, good bar facilities
Booked and paid for two nights, neither the hotel or booking.com would allow me to cancel o e despite several attempts
Nice atmosphere and good location.
Nothing really.
Location, breakfast
TV did not work as someone stole the remote
Great pub. Nice staff. Great cook.
The property was fine. I didn’t love Braintree though.
We know the venue having been a few times before eaten and drank there so we know it's a nice place with character. We stayed overnight as we were out on the evening locally , the room was clean and exactly what we needed, Shower was superb
The TV remote did not work in the room , wrong remote for the TV which was new, we spoke eo a member of staff who could not resolve and said we will check this tomorrow . Lol ok no TV for us then , not that we are mad TV watchers but the WC was on but hey ho.
I loved the chic vibes and the layout was like a maze i lowkey loved it like i was in the backrooms or somthing lol! Also the towels were FANTASTIC! They soaked up anything! All soap suds gone! LOVELY staff who were kind.
I didnt like the box i had to put keys in to check out cause i fumbled every time and it was embarrassing cause i lost aura!
Breakfast was good value, the location for us was ideal, we are familiar with the area so knew what to expect.
I thought the decoration was a bit tired and could probably do with a spruce up, carpets in main dining room were a bit worn. I personally had difficulty with the winding stairs and could really have done with another handrail on the wall side.
Really nice and clean
Nothing
Very dated needs updating and more staff
Very friendly
Dog friendly and accommodating
Previous guest so knew what to expect, all good for the price, no issues, some tired items but all working.
Greene King app was not up to date with what this hotel offered.
Location, clean, comfortable and a fair price.
Nothing.
The staff were friendly and helpful, in particularly the lady with the blonde hair on duty in the restaurant on Friday evening. She seemed to be the only staff member covering but despite being rushed off her feet she was very attentive and smiley. Generally there seemed to be a lack of bar staff too. Friday's meal in the restaurant was nice. Free car parking was good.
Basic rooms in need of TLC. Clean overall but had definitely seen better days and bare minimum in terms of furnishings. In our opinion the online photos looked better than it actually was. Room was above outdoor seating area and was noisy. I asked reception if we could move but was told the hotel was fully booked that weekend. We thought the price would be fairer if breakfast was included.
Convenient location for town
Showing age in the decoration
We wa welcome with a lively staff member and check in was quick and informative! We loved the breakfast in the myand again we was made to feel so welcome ! We had a fantastic sleep the bed are so comfortable and the stay was so nice.
The location was great, we was able to walk about and we even watched the England game that was provided
Thanking you
Not much
Decor outdated. Breakfast very poor. Bathroom poor. Toilet seat loose. Very noisy overnight.
The staff were lovely, food was decent. Well located in the centre with shops etc.
There was no TV in the room, which I thought was standard nowadays. While not the site's fault due to the weather conditions, the room was extremely hot, the window opened about 2 inches and there was no fan.
Was clean & tidy
Staff overstretched (imo, from a experienced hospitality person) over 1 hour 2 days in a row for breakfast (the hot breakfast was good when it arrived, but 1st day continental was almost finished, no tea pots, side plates, spoons, tea bags, hot water & coffee running very low. Only 1 person visible in the breakfast room to replenish items, take orders, bring orders & deal with guest requests
Location was nice and central.
Where do I start. The room was like an oven with just a small fan which was as much use as a catflap in an elephant house, I was woken up by a member of staff (cleaner perhaps, if they have cleaners !) at 6.30am regailing her life story of her new life psot partner split to someone which was arguably louder than the planes landing or taking off from Stnasted airport which is obviously on the flight path. Breakfast, wow ! Arrive to breakfast fully 24 mins before it is supposed to finish to find every table dirty and next to no food left in the continental breakfast area no hot water for tea, no clean cutlery and no plates.....ordering food took 25 minutes and then to be told it would be a half hour wait. My order of scrambled eggs and smoked salmon eventually turned up minus the buttering of the sourdough bread and the eggs cooked to death. My friend who is dairy intolerant was asked to choose from the "tablet " which basically left him nothing but a vegan option unless of course he chose extra bacon, sausages, eggs (not scrambled) so essentially, just order a full English and you are good to go...unbelievable !! Greene King doing what Greene King do best !! I will live a happy life knowing I will never darken your doors again.
Ideal Location. Simple/Easy Check-in. Quiet Area. Polite Staff.
Rooms a bit Dated. Shower sprayed more on Floor than inside the cubicle.
The location and the staff
Cold tap not working, the shower tray filled up when having a shower, dirty windows and very dated and a hot room
Everything was very comfortable and the staff were so helpful.
Nothing
God service og god morgenmad samt god lokation
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Comfortable beds and a really powerful shower, which was perfect after a hot day selling at the market. The food was good and priced well, and the restaurant itself was a nice environment with plenty of space for everyone to relax.
The windows of the room are very thin, so it's easy to overhear even the most personal of conversations going on outside, and the bar can be loud on a weekend.
The manager was very helpful Lovely food
Very comfy bed, nice cosy room and lovely staff.
Just a couple of really minor things - shower slightly damaged so you couldn't set the height of the shower head, a little noisy from the carpark in the later evening - but really not that bad and we had a lovely and comfortable stay.
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Everything
De dame van de receptie was zeer vriendelijk en behulpzaam. De frites die ons als kleine avondmaaltijd werd geserveerd was uitzonderlijk goed!
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Cleanliness
7.33/10Some facilities need repair and updating, with reports of tired decor.
Service
8.8/10Staff were consistently described as friendly, helpful, and accommodating.
Location
8.84/10The hotel is centrally located with convenient parking options.
Room Quality
7.29/10Rooms were noted as a bit run down and some were described as warm with poor shower pressure.
Amenities
7.82/10Facilities are decent but some reports of outdated features.
Value for Money
7.78/10Good value considering the location and overall experience.
Food and Beverage
8.33/10Breakfast was excellent with diverse options; however, food quality varied.
Overall Experience
7.8/10Generally positive experiences, with room for improvement noted.
Step into a 16th-century inn in Braintree town centre, with warm characterful bars and crackling log fires that evoke a bygone era.
Enjoy a convenient location just a short walk from Braintree Station with easy access for leisure and business trips.
Selected rooms accommodate families, featuring comfy setups like a sofa bed for younger guests and private bathrooms.