Exterior
Check availability

Reviews of The Ivy House

3 out of 5
The Ivy House
London Road, Chalfont St Giles, England

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 51 out of 110 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 110 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 110 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 110 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 110 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bar was quaint and seemed popular. The accommodation was appauling. We did not stay! The room was cramped, badly stained carpet, far too hot (November!) which explaines the huge black dirty tower fan next to the bed. The ensuite had a wash bowl encrusted with years of green limescale over the whole bowl. The shower head constantly poured water and was left to drain laid over the drain in the tray. We were warned not to trip over the shoes strewn in the corridor!! Do not stay here.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Connor

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
..
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

J J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnight stay
Very nice room over a lovely pub. Had a good dinner there followed by an excelled breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Excellent service together with outstanding food. Room was slightly cramped but overall good value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Cara

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Country Pub 2 Nighter
Lovely pub in the countryside, on a main road but traffic eased about 11pm, i stayed in the captains room which at 5ft 9in there was a bit of ducking to be done, the manager advised they are slowly (due to cv19) refurbishing the rooms, mine was due one but was certainly comfortable. What sold it for me was the food and atmosphere, friendly staff and much nicer for a single person business traveller than a big faceless hotel group.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing
Perfect
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Robert

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Dean, Isle of wight

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff where very pleasant, great food and a nice room. Good value for money!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best Breakfast I've had at a hotel in the long time. Staff great and it's a pub as well. What more could you want.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

George

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Faults for an overpriced room.
At £90 for a winter Sunday disappointing. Mould in shower cubicle. Electric plugs behind furniture. Good bed.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice room, staff were very pleasant, and the food is very good.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect place to stay either on your own or as a couple on a short break
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Anita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend break
Very lovely stay, good service, excellent breakfast and evening meals. Our room was very comfortable if a little hot at night. Bathroom facilities were small but clean and with a good shower. Popular pub with a good atmosphere.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Vernon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place
Just had a 1 night stay bar staff and greeting very friendly a pleasant meal a lovely room and bed for the night finished with a super breakfast and a look around at all the lovely nic nacs collected and on display
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Ivy House is a quaint old style place to stay. The staff were very pleasant and polite.The room we had ( Captains) was adequate in size although I would prefer a little more room in the shower, as it was a bit on the small size. I only mention this as I’m not a big man.(12 stone,5ft 7ins ) Bed was comfortable and bedding clean. Breakfast was excellent, just right amount of food, not over facing, and well presented. Endless coffee. Brilliant for my wife. Pricing was on the top side, but you are staying just outside London, which is probably to be expected. Our stay overall was very pleasant and would stay again. Richard and Diane October 2019
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cramped , noisy , hot .
Very cramped room in urgent need of refurbishment . No air conditioning and shower that needs replacing. Very very noisy due to proximity of road ... windows open due temperature
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quirky decor . Very homely. Excellent food and lovely staff. Really enjoyed it thanks
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, and the food was really good. Overall i was pleased with the value for money for my two night stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Everything was lovely except that inside the room was baking
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Derrick

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Needs refurbishment
Food good / service good / room very poor The rooms desperately need refurbishment, the bathroom and shower was very bad
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Vanessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quaint
Quaint pub/ inn located in the beautiful foot of the Chilterns. Rooms are small but clean, overall the place gives off a warm, friendly feeling.Dinner was excellent, one of the best fish pies I've ever had.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It's a lovely old building. Both restaurant and room are decorated very well.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly Staff, Food excellent but bathroom very tired with mould on tiles in shower
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

damian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff were superb.Friendly and helpful Food was excellent We just felt the en-suite needed some TLC. The basin was cracked and grouting in the shower was grubby. However we would certainly not hesitate to stay there again
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room, with everything needed for a nights stay. Could hear the music from the bar downstairs but not too intrusive. Good breakfast. Evening meal at the the restaurant was great. A nice quick and easy check in and out. I would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly, helpful staff. Quirky old building, full of character.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will come back
Good Food, comfy bed and good amenities made this a good stay. Room was cosy and shower was OK. Would definitely stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Ann, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel lovely breakfast
This was a nice friendly hotel. The bed comfortable and bathroom clean and nice. However, the live band was very loud till midnight on both the nights we stayed, plus the noise of the road kept me awake for most of the night. It would've been nice to have bottled water in the room rather than tap in a bottle. Taste not very good. Nice people and nice breakfast and restaurant was handy on arrival, but once again band too loud.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

I P

Over priced stop over
Stayed just one night as a stop over. Pleasant staff - had to leave before breakfast was served. Rooms very very small and a bit tired
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Ian

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

stephen

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Noisy & hot
Noisy and hot
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Dominic

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Plenty of positives and only one real negative...
I’ll start with the negatives, or I should negative, as there was only really one - the hotel is situated next to a main road. My room was on the side of the road and it being a warm night, I had the window cracked. As a result, you could hear road noise. Because I am a regular traveller I always use earplugs at night and therefore did not hear a thing. The room I stayed in was very quaint - not the largest room but was very well decorated, had an original oak beam and had everything I needed - especially a very comfortable bed, a powerful shower, good Wi-fi and very nice coffee bags (not bog standard Nescafé granules). The breakfast was excellent (made from quality ingredients) and came with a proper Americano. I would rate this as 4/5 and would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice place but disappointing bathroom
The staff and general facilities were pleasant but the bathroom had not extractor and the small closet shower and bathroom ceiling were covered in mould.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Michaël

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel, slightly noisy
Nice small, local hotel. Excellent restaurant for breakfast and dinner (higher end wine 'n' dine). The only downside is that the road next to it produces a bit of sounds. Hopefully more isolation can be put in a next refurbishment.

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Harry Potter location
Great situation, lovely hosts and staff, food really good, close to where we were going on the following day
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Jen, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute little B&B
Lovely room in a really nice country pub. The room was really comfortable and clean, I had a great night's sleep and a tasty breakfast in the morning. I stayed in the Captain's Room, and I can't speak for the others, but I would say that if you're over about 5'6" I wouldn't choose that room, as very picturesque exposed beams are extremely low! Great night's sleep in a lovely hotel, but I'd recommend more strongly to those of a smaller stature...
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend away
Very good in pub food very good but bedroom. Bit small staff and owners were very friendly overall good time
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy punter
A really pleasant small hotel with good food. Excellent value. There are only 2 minor things I could in any way suggest could be improved on. I had some trouble getting the radiator to turn off, but it was fine in the end, and the car park emerges straight onto a major road. I shall be back in the area in a few weeks and if there is a room will book again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Nicki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Rosie, Manchester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place and amazing staff
The location is beautiful, with views over fields. There is a large car park, and it is easy to find. The pub itself is a lovely traditional room, and the bedroom was wonderful. It was perfect for my overnight stay, however I wish I could have stayed longer! The bed was very comfortable and there was a big fan which was useful during the hot night. The bathroom is lovely and clean, and the shower very hot and powerful! Most importantly, the staff were incredible and I cannot thank them enough. Shortly after my arrival my phone decided to go for a swim in the toilet, and therefore broke. Being in a new place, hundreds of miles from home, and on my own, it was tough as I needed to contact family to let them know I had arrived safe. Not only did they allow me to use their phone to ring home, one member of staff allowed me to use her personal mobile to find the location of my job interview the next day, as well as contact my boyfriend to let him know what had happened. They also provided me with a bowl of rice to dry my phone out (luckily its working now!). Breakfast in the morning was great, made to order fry up, tea and orange. If I didn't have to rush off for the interview I could have stayed longer to enjoy every bite! Overall this is a fantastic place to stay, and I would love to come back in the future.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In a League of its own plus a country mile.
I am a seasoned traveller with work and stay all over the UK, every now and then you find a gem of a place to rest your head. The Ivy is just that a Gem hidden away in the countryside. The staff are lovely and welcoming, the room was homely and spotless, the food is out of this world and well above your Gastro pub food in fact I would say High End Restaurant Quality. I went for the Lamb Shank (pic) and it just fell off the bone and could not resist a dessert and went for the Passion Fruit Cheesecake all freshly home made and simply divine. Locals friendly and chatted with me and even had a natter with the Chef James (I think) and he got my feedback on the night and what a lovely lad he was. Little bit of road noise as it is just back from a fast country road but as I sleep like a log did not bother me. So to sum up if you are looking for somewhere to stop over or just really want to impress your other half with a meal just call in. Top marks from me and I will be hoping you have a room next time I am in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017