34397220
August 13, 2024
I stayed here for two nights and found it easily. The hotel part is called The Strutt Arms and the restaurant is called The Elephant and Peacock. There was plenty of parking and we were shown to our room upstairs above the bar. We stayed in room 7 which was at the back. The room was big and overlooked a car park. There was some noise from the extracted fan or generator outside, but we couldn’t hear anything from inside. The bed was very comfortable and there was a big tv on the wall. There was a kettle with tea, coffee, hot chocolate and some biscuits. In the wardrobe there was ab iron and a hairdryer. The room was nicely decorated and had a fan for when it’s hot weather. The bathroom was also a decent size and the shower was powerful. Some small toiletries and hand soap were provided. I’ve given this hotel 5 stars, but I would have given 4.5 stars if I could. The reason for this is some areas of the room were not that clean. The lamp on the table and the bedside lamps were very dusty, as was the tv. There were black hairs in the shower and toothpaste splashes on the tiles around the sink. This didn’t affect our stay, but I know some people would be upset by this. Also the kettle still had some water in it. I would expect that the kettles would be emptied and be clean for the next guest. Despite this, we loved our stay. The staff were all friendly and it was a good base for exploring Derbyshire. The cooked breakfast was lovely, there was a choice of full English breakfast, veggie breakfast or pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. On our last day we arrived at breakfast quite late and the mushrooms had ran out. We were offered onion bhajis as a supplement. We loved them with our breakfast and throughly enjoyed our stay. We will definitely visit again and have already recommended to friends and family.