The Hardinge Arms

We have visited this pub a few times when staying nearby. We always found the people friendly and, as you would expect they have a decent selection of drinks. We especially enjoy the quiz night on Sundays. We are not great but still participate. Some of the locals are very Knowledgable though.

The Hardinge Arms is a traditional rural pub with rooms that I found a very pleasant place to spend the night before heading to nearby Donington Park. The room was a little on the small side but had reasonable space for the two single beds and also had a very useful fridge (handy to keep a packed lunch fresh overnight!) and was perfectly clean. The bathroom and shower were clean also, and as the rooms are in outbuildings some do allow for parking outside them (handy if you're a bit precious of your car!) Dinner at the hotel was traditional pub food, reasonably priced and very tasty. The cooked breakfast in the morning was also very nice

I was staying over for a business trip. I left booking to the last minute so unfortunately not a lot of choice. As I entered the pub, a drunk man fell into me. I ordered a chicken curry and went to my room. I came back and the food was delivered (staff member was lovely). The curry tasted awful and was very watery. The poppadum was dripping in fat. Naan was dry and tiny. I didn’t eat the meal and went to my room. It was dirty; there was toilet roll in the toilet. The shower head didn’t stand up. The room was very dated and felt dirty. There were flies buzzing about too. The TV didn’t work with the remote. And at 10pm a stench of some awful food smell just filled the room which made me feel sick. I put my head under the duvet and went to sleep as soon as I could so I could get out of there quickly in the morning!!

Overpriced worst Sunday lunch! Went once and will never return - ever! £15.99 - we were expecting a nice big plate of traditional Sunday comfort food. Oh hell no!!!! 3 mingy (2 for the kids) very small roast potatoes so over cooked and hard, with any palatable potatoes inside 👀 they felt like stones. Roast potatoes are part of the joy of a Sunday lunch! Well, not here…at…all! Lots of boiled new potatoes served, but I’ve never been served boiled new potatoes in my life. Very small Yorkshire pudding The beef was overdone and no questions asked how we like it cooked There seemed to be quite a few dogs in there too. One or 2 but not 5+ Yuk! 🤮 Unsanitary and unhygienic. Wine selection - very cheap wines.. And to top it off, we went with three children all under 10 and we waited for 40 minutes to be served and the restaurant was not full… what the heck! Children started to get restless (as expected) even us as adults were like …”what are they doing in that kitchen?” The chicken - served as a breast of chicken with no skin on - for those who had chicken looked grey, dry and unpalatable … The gravy was decent though and vegetable portions too but the rest Simply a disaster and we will never frequent there again for good. Avoid if you like and enjoy a PROPER Sunday roast and don’t want to walk out like a skeleton having to wait so long! Avoid!