Finch's Arms

Have recently returned from a three-night break at the Finches Arms Hotel and have to say our experience seems to have been a lot better than some historical ones. However, I do believe The Finches Arms has undergone a bit of a makeover a couple of years ago when the downstairs bar and restaurant and upstairs rooms underwent a full makeover and the emphasis is now towards a hotel with restaurant rather than a pub, with a few rooms, which I believe it was before. We had one of the slightly more expensive north facing rooms that give a view of Rutland Water and couldn’t really fault it. Large comfortable bed, modern décor and very modern bathroom with walk in shower unit with excellent rain forest shower head and all the usual bits you would expect except for perhaps a safe. There is no aircon, and although a fan is provided it is for this reason that I say use consideration when picking your room. The advantage of the north facing rooms is that they hardly get the sun except for a short period in the morning (which needs to be a consideration as we’ve had three heat waves this year already) and do not get as warm as some of the others. They also have larger windows that open fully, compared to some of the other rooms, such as those described on the hotel web site as “cosy”. One of these is room 10, the twin room which also comes with a view of the bins. The servicing of the room was excellent, and we found the service levels throughout Finches to be exceptionally good. As also was the food both at breakfast and in the restaurant in the evening. And if the sun is out, allowing you to use the very good courtyard garden outback, there was a couple of very well kept real ales on the bar as well.

Lovely quaint bed and breakfast stay at the Finch Arms after a family wedding reception at the Ladywood Estate. We arrived very late and enjoyed a lovely room and bathroom. Breakfast was generous and the waiting staff tried their best to accommodate as we were clearly hung over after late night. Would love to come again for a proper stay and walk around the water park. Thank you

A lovely pub with roaring fires and great food. The chips particularly were excellent. Friendly staff. A small selection of board games and a children’s menu. The marmite butter that came with the bread was yummy! Good selection of puddings too.

It has a lovely decor but the food was mixed, especially for the price. The soup for example was quite watery and tasteless. The aubergine satay likewise disappointing. Service was functional but hardly charming. As visitors to the area I'm not sure I'd recommend.

A gem of a place Wonderful one night stay as part of exploring Rutland Water and area over a weekend. Worth staying here for the fabulous food alone (amazing menu and incredibe service). Room was large, clean and comfortable. Lovely peninsula walk (5.5 or 7 mile options) right on the doorstep and a short drive to two nature / bird reserves. Would recommend and we will hopefully be back.

What a great place to stay and eat What a great place! Excellent rooms, great food and drinks. Service was perfect My only gripe was a very squeaky floor in the bedroom