The Shoulder at Hardstoft

Fine for a one night stopover. Very clean and good freshly cooked food in the evening.

Room on the small side and unlined thin curtains let in light. Just attach blackout linings!

Loved the room it was bright spacious and comfortable . Bed was very comfy too . Bathroom was small but adequate for our needs very clean indeed. Sunday roast was excellent .

No breakfast available .

Friendly staff, great selection of drinks at the bar, lovely atmosphere and vibe overall. Cosy room, great value for money!

The staff were friendly. There was plenty of coffee and milk etc and plenty of towels.

I couldn't find a hairdryer anywhere

Excellent country pub in Derbyshire in a great location. The staff were fantastic throughout our 3 night stay, and the food was really good. 3 of us stayed in the family suite which is perfect for a long weekend.

Local to what we needed

TV did not work, shower had no pressure

Da tempo sognavo di passare una notte in un pub! Camera da 3, carina e spaziosa. Anche il bagno grande e pulito. Il personale del locale assolutamente TOP, gentile e premuroso!

Non andava la luce di fianco al letto, ma stando una sola notte, non abbiamo detto nulla e non ha influito sul giudizio generale.

Great food , great location and great staff

Unfortunately we didn’t have long enough there we arrived late and left early due to prior commitments. Really lovely place to stay would highly recommend.

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they dont do breakfast. great location for our needs

no room service, the rooms where so hot, no air con or fan

The house was spotlessly clean and ideal for meeting with family.

Driving out onto the main road is a bit tricky. Perhaps a mirror on the other side of the road might be helpful.

Nice evening meal on site

Did not have breakfast

Grouting in shower a bit tired .

Everything

Brilliant welcome from Demi., lovely lunch. As we arrived early our room preparation was prioritised so that we could check in after lunch. Room was large and only lacked a hair dryer to make it better. Evening meal was equally good, and the fuss and care for our little dog was wonderful Ideal place for an overnight stay. The Shoulder don’t provide breakfast, but Clay Cross provide two options, 10 minutes away,, of which Poppy's Cafe was the one we chose- great.

Pub was excellent location as we attend a function there.

Nice pub

Very friendly

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Very welcoming & friendly staff

The distance from Chesterfield

No breakfast available

The pillows were extremely hard and made it difficult to have a comfortable nights sleep

The friendliness of the staff. I couldn’t check in as I was at a wedding but they made it very easy for me to gain access to my room. It was clean and comfortable. And like a mini apartment. I was very happy with it.

No one was around to check out, and for me to say thank you too

Called for lunch, sat in the sun beautiful day. Ordered pie of the day which was steak & ale. Got to be the best pub food I have had. I am quite particular on eating pie, this was beautiful served with fresh vegetables. Plate was hot the meal was hot. Service was excellent cannot fault the place at all. Will definitely return

Location

1 insect in the room

Adeen and Isaac were very friendly and professional. Limited menu due to day we went for a meal regarding deliveries however food was lovely. Thank you Chef. Issac friendly and working very hard in the hot temperatures on the grounds around the pub, restaurant and accommodation. Will visit again Thank you

Lovely food, my sea bass was excellent. Would recommend. Burger tasty and really good value at £12.95 including a pint on a Tuesday. James gave us a warm welcome.

The pub was really lovely with great staff and a perfect location. We booked dinner and had a truly first class meal with good local produce, the cost, while not cheap, it was excellent value for the quality. If only the pub served breakfast as I'm sure it would have been to the same high standard. The bed was very comfortable

Due to the exceptionally hot weather the room was VERY hot at night making sleeping uncomfortable. Not really enough ventilation, only 1 out of 3 windows can open not helped by the room facing south and west getting all afternoon and evening sun.

Good evening meal perfect staff good

Beds

So welcoming and room and location fabulous

Food was absolutely amazing, best Sunday dinner I’ve ever had in my life . Chef is very handsome.(Isaac was the best)

The food was delicious and service excellent.

The TV in the room wasn't working well.

Excellent location for visiting Hardwick Hall. Comfortable bed. Clean.

While breakfast was not advertised, there were few places nearby that served breakfast. The dinner was fine, but limited choices. Some of the young staff were unfriendly.

No breakfast offered

This is a super over night stay hotel, dog friendly, amazing food, couldn’t have asked for more.

Floor in room was a bit uneven but it wouldn’t stop me staying again.

2nd visit, we like to stay at Shoulder as a stopover between Hampshire and Northumberland. Rooms are clean and comfortable, staff are friendly the dinners are delicious. Can't say much regarding the surroundings as it's always a brief stay

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Attentive friendly staff Food was exceptional

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Easy to book. Great location near to M1 and travelling. Accommodated late arrivals and late dinner service, Friendly.

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Lovely friendly place and very cosy and comfortable rooms

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good staff, bathroom, comfy bed.

Just needs a freshen up especially carpets

Peaceful, lovely staff nice location

The location was good for our needs.

No Breakfast available, narrow stairs to rooms for the elderly who had travel cases to carry

Absolutely love the Wednesday night quiz - Betty the caller makes it unique friendly and funny ; it’s definitely an all inclusive evening with a food buffet provided after 10 out of 10 😊

We came for the Wednesday quiz, which was a fabulous evening. The owners along with Betty, the quiz master, were very welcoming and made sure the evening was fun. Will be back again soon.

The bathroom had a very bad smell coming from the shower waste tube, to the point it woke us up. I contacted the shoulder but never had a reply.

Nice evening meal. Pleasant location that had an ‘out in the country’ feel. Comfortable room.

No breakfast available. I don’t think that was clear when I booked.

Lovely wee pub. Entertainment a bonus! The singer was very good. Food good. Just rooms need a refresh on a few things. Decor and furniture mostly. Overall value was fair for what we got.

Decor and bed frame!!! Lol

Good bar and restaurant. Plenty of parking. Good bathroom

Bedroom was small for what was a "superior" room and not well furnished. New white linen needed. No one on premises in the morning to help with departure.

Lovely location , great decor the food was FABULOUS and reasonably priced .staff really friendly and very nice to my dog. Plenty of parking and great menu.

Food amazing

No breakfast available

The staff were very accommodating and the room was fantastic value.

Good location

Very tired room, in need of some tlc Dusty, hairs on the sheets. No breakfast option offered

Excellent value for money

Nothing , cannot fault

The room and en suite was clean The bed matteess was comfortable

The quilt was thin, not warm enough The pillows were very uncomfortable

Big car park, lovely family running the pub, super dog friendly, great beers on tap, homemade food (proper gastronomy), room was spotlessly clean, spacious and light, smart tv.

The only thing..It would be nice to be able to have breakfast as there is nothing around (walking distance). But it was advertised so we were ready.😊

Lovely place

Cobwebs in room no shower gel Man on bar very slow in serving saw us and then pottered around instead of serving us even though we were waiting the girl served us and she was lovely and polite

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the location

the room was poorly laid out, stairs very steep, no breakfast available, hardly any sockets, bed availability not accurate , bed comfort poor quality of mattress poor.

Not a great place to stay.

Room wasn't ready on arrival, arrived after 6pm. Request for 2 double beds as promised, didn't happen. Very old warn and tired accommodation. No option of breakfast. Just not what we expected.

The cottage was very homely, easy location and the pub restaurant was excellent. Great service and lovely food. Well worth a visit.

Everything was lovely the food and the room was lovely with a tv kettle etc and everywhere was very dog friendly

The bed was very uncomfortable in room 3 but that could just be me

Lovely clean warm room to stay overnight in. The pub was very homely inside with a roaring real log fire. The bar /lounge areas were clean, very nice and it was dog friendly. Lovely staff and the owner was fantastic. I stayed overnight with my 2 dogs who were made a fuss of.

Food in the restaurant was very good, and the staff were very friendly.

The rooms did not Mach the descriptions, and were very cold. We had to swap rooms as the combo boiler located in our bathroom was leaking.

Plenty of free parking, beautiful location, good looking pub/ b&b. Good friendly staff, easy access to accommodation, good sleep, quiet and comfortable.

Shower was weak. Little pressure, and either cold or very hot. Couldn't find a happy medium.

Not the best. The manager gave no eye contact,no smile, warm welcome etc. When taking our order. Given the pub only had a few customers you would hope he would want to make you feel wanted so you returned. Menu items not available unless pre ordered, not stated on their website. No steaks. Food was okay, not amazing. Wouldn't go back due to service from manager.

Stayed overnight after visiting the pub. Room was very basic and cold when we first entered. Basic tea and coffee facilities bed and storage. Bathroom ok with electric shower. On retuning to the room later it was quite warm, however once in bed a double we found the mattress to be very hard and not comfortable. We didn’t get a good nights sleep as a result . Think all rooms are up stairs which are very steep and once the pub closes you have to use the back door only. To check out you just leave the key in a box at the side of the exit door. No breakfast facilities at all and we didn’t find any where local to go either which was disappointing.

Why did the staff take pictures of function without informing anyone it made me feel very uncomfortable the soft drinks were flat as served from 2litre fizzy drink bottles drinks lack choice and expensive

Clean , comfortable , warm room too, the radiators were hot . We all slept very well. Very good value for money. All the staff were pleasant. Very close in distance to our aunt and uncle whom we were visiting.

No breakfast facilities, but all the positive points far outweigh this inconvenience.

Lovely pub with comfortable rooms and excellent food.

Warm welcome. We had an excellent steak dinner. Room comfortable and clean. Shower lovely and hot. Location was good for us to explore Hardwick Hall the next day.

Room basic but clean and functional and fantastic value. Food was excellent.

We stayed in the cottage it was very clean and I loved the decoration of the rooms

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What a lovely pub, fantastic food and beer, lovely warm and comfortable, clean rooms. The staff were excellent, the owners very welcoming, we would definitely stay again

Nice rural location, but close enough to Nottingham for business purposes.

Maybe provide complimentary shower gel, also de-caff coffee.

In the countryside

Food poor , no breakfast , staff quite abrasive , rooms very dated

Was just ok

Rooms dated . Staff unavailable until 1100 am every morning self checkout .food not as shown on website

Hosts were very welcoming, food was excellent and great value, and the beer on offer was very nice.

Needs a little investment, change the 1960's threadbare carpets and pay a little more attention to cleaning as dust in my room had gathered in certain areas.

The friendly welcome and helpful staff throughout. The food was excellent. They do not serve breakfast so cannot comment on that.

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Location ideal for visiting family over Christmas, dog friendly & a lovely open fire

Sunday lunch visit for a family gathering. Dark and cold inside with long waits for service. Friendly team but food was very average with meats rather tough, over cooked small portions of veg and the most disappointing Yorkshire pudding I’ve ever been served. Crying out for thick piping hot onion gravy to soften them up. Sea bass was delicious but instead of presenting the meal with sauce on the side, it came covered and spoilt the dish with most of the food left uneaten. Don’t know why they didn’t light the fire and make the area more welcoming. A customer came to sit near the fire took one look grumbled and moved on. First time visit but expected much more and unfortunately, even though some family members have moved into the area this is a pub I won’t return to. Pity it’s got so much potential.

Very clean & well presented. Easy access to the pub

Welcoming atmosphere. Good food. Rooms comfortable and clean

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We were very disappointed with our Christmas Day Dinner experience. We were seated in the function room, which was cold, had a damp smell, and wasn’t decorated in any festive way. With children running around and playing, it felt more like a community hall or playroom than a venue hosting a special Christmas meal. Our table was a temporary pull-out table with no decorations, no table water, no glasses, and only cheap crackers. The food was cold when it arrived. My wife ordered the potato and leek soup, which didn’t even come with a bread roll. I ordered a glass of Prosecco, as there was no welcome drink or table drink included, and it was £9 per glass. I am not someone who complains easily, but when you are paying £80 per person for Christmas Dinner, over a thousand pounds for a group of 13 before drinks and bedrooms, you expect a warm, festive, and enjoyable experience. Instead, it felt like a budget meal in a village hall. We were so disappointed that we ended up having a Boxing Day Christmas dinner at home just to try to regain some festive spirit. We appreciate it was Christmas Day and staff and running costs are high, but this meal was not value for money on any day of the year!

Absolutely great, stayed as Britstop stopover so cant comment on rooms. We were a bit concerned having read the reviews but we were pleasantly surprised, the owners were very welcoming, very friendly and attentive, working flat out, our food was delicious, ive got so used to being disappointed by expensive but horrible food i wasnt expecting much but our meals , we had fish n chips, and salmon, we couldnt fault. They were delicious. Good atmosphere, interesting building, good beer. Yes there is a 5% ser vice charge which being a grumpy old git im normally against but on this occasion I didnt mind and we were asked unlike in Skye where they slapped 20% on and didnt ask! (I understand why people are annoyed if they were not asked but we were. Reasonable prices(well relatively, everywhere is expensive nowadays). The couple running it are doing an excellent job, obviously trying really hard. Decor is a little dated but they are obviously working through. Our dog was welcome. Had a smashing evening.

Location, atmosphere good. Food was completely inedible. Would not recommend going there to eat. Had to send main courses back. Spoilt our family Christmas meal. We were a family of 23

We went with 2 other couples a month or so ago, the meal was very nice. However today was a different story. 2 friends chose fish and chips, it was a case of hunt the fish in the batter. !!! They complained but the only reply was to give them some more chips. My partner chose a childs roast, it was not even enough for a baby!!! The sweet was reasonable but the custard was a miserly amount. The service was slow and as a previous reviewer reported a service charge was added. We're sorry but we will not be spending anymore money here.