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Reviews of The Running Horses

4 out of 5
The Running Horses
Old London Road, Mickleham, Dorking, England

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 81 out of 122 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 122 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 122 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 122 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 122 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

fran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great atmosphere in the pub
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent however as productive feedback; The welcome note in the room advises that you need to request milk for the room and to request a breakfast booking with the staff however. Most guests may read this whilst ready for bed by which time it’s too late to speak to staff or they may have to redress to go and ask. I would highly recommend that these questions are asked whilst being welcomed / checked in.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Diana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly, clean and really beautiful
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charlotte

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great pub, lovely food and accommodation. Thanks for the early breakfast too
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brad

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pretty pub, great location for hiking!
We stayed at the Running Horses as looking for a base to hike locally Saturday and Sunday. The pub has a lovely terrace which along with the bar and bedrooms are dog friendly. Our room was well maintained, comfortable and quiet. We had dinner and breakfast both tasty with good service. We enjoyed our stay and would visit again as a great location for Box Hill hikes and surrounding walks.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Funeral
Very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

jit

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place for a country pub feel. Good solid restaurant attached that does themed nights
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandeep

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I love this place….
This place is awesome! From the moment we arrived we just knew it was the start of a great weekend… gorgeous building and surrounding areas, superb food and drink selection (you have to try their Old Fashioned cocktail, even my wife who would swear at the mention of whiskey was blown away - I had several cough cough)… our accommodation was perfect, exactly what we thought it would be. Very clean and spacious - it was a treat! The service and staff are top-notch… clearly they all care about what they do and what it means for this place - honestly, everyone was on-point, friendly and caring… we will definitely be coming back one day!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ruth

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dorothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
What a stunning property and area! I loved my stay and will definitely be back. The friendly and helpful staff were all wonderful and the grounds are breathtaking! I loved staying here! Lorraine
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Georgina

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Noisy rooms, not worth the price
Booked a room that said courtyard but all 3 sash-windows were directly on the street with a lot of noise coming through from the road. Bus stops directly outside of these so kept having to shut curtains and lighting in room was quite dark also. Floor creaky, lots of noise from pub below. Really wasn’t a comfortable stay at all and decided to just leave a day early and go stay somewhere else. Breakfast wasn’t amazing and overpriced for what you got. 1 sausage and 1 rasher of bacon seemed very stingy for a full English breakfast that you have to pay for as an extra. I won’t be staying again
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Craig

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Pauline, Tennant creek

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was beautiful, the staff had no idea. The restaurant staff argued with us and had no information about the food on the menu. We ate in the restaurant once (with our invited guests) and decided we would have breakfast lunch and dinner elsewhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Megan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little overnight stay
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here - the service is great and the pub is a great little place for a drink plus plenty of lovely walks around including box hill if you fancy the steep climb! We also can’t recommend the food highly enough. We stayed New Year’s Eve and dined in the restaurant which was amazing. Our standard double room, whilst a little on the small side, was fine for a night, incredibly comfortable and the bathroom was lovely with the roll top bath. And a Nespresso machine in the room :)
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Annabel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fab stay
Amazing stay. Beautiful room, lovely staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

NORA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful property, excellent staff
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Pauline

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A three night stay!
I stayed at the Running Horses with two friends ...we each had our own room. I found the bed very comfortable and the room was clean and pleasant. I was surprised that the room however wasn't refreshed on a daily basis which was something I have never expereinced before. I wasn't that concerned about this but would have appreciated fresh water / clean glasses and mugs. The staff were all lovely and very friendly and the food was of excellent quality. Unfortunately, due to the age of the building it wasn't that soundproof and one night was particularly noisy at midnight with people returning to their rooms. However, we did overall have a wonderful stay and loved the atmosphere of the Running Horses which is clearly also a very much a locals pub too!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was made to feel very welcome. Which was so nice when travelling on your own. The food was fantastic and I was so grateful for my special breakfast. 😀
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Gabrielle

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Liz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything about it was great except I had booked a room with a roll top bath. On arrival I was told the 2 rooms with baths had extended their stay and knocked my booking into a room with a shower. Very disappointing as I had specifically spoken to the manager about my requirements. They could have let me know in advance and I would have booked elsewhere. The manager was nice and did his best to recompense us with champagne!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Miss

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
We recently stayed at here for a business trip. All the staff were welcoming and friendly, amazing food and the comfiest beds after a long day of work!!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Elena

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a lovely pub, the evening meal was lovely, the setting is a quintessential English village, with fantastic Box Hill on its doorstep. Room was newly decorated and Richard was so helpful
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

L

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended
Lovely pub,!lovely room and stay, very nice evening menu and what we had was excellent. Only slight gripe was the breakfast disappointment- very slow, full English should be a staple item but no bacon on site - you would think someone would know that when it ran out the day before! Offered to give extra sausage but didn’t, and beans missed off. Other than that would stay again as very comfortable stay and welcome was great.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fab stay
Fab stay at the Running Horses Gatehouse.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

terry

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Suss

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Rooms
This pub and hotel is right next to Box Hill, so were easily able to explore the park. The manager stored our luggage because we arrived quite early. The room was beautiful and although we faced the road and the outdoor seating of the pub was below us, everything was quiet by 11pm. Lots of amenities in the room and a large bathroom. The only issue during our stay was a staffing shortage so we had to have pizza delivered (we had no car to eat elsewhere). The walls are thin, so be aware that you will hear the rooms next to you :)
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Beautiful rooms and pub with a really comfy bed. We loved the location too. However, nobody told us that the pub kitchen wasn’t open before our arrival and there was nowhere serving food without needing to drive there, but they were happy for us to get a takeaway. Not a huge problem but not great. The breakfast was tasty but there was a loud TV on in the bar and the man serving the breakfast refused to turn it off as ‘it was for the other customers’….. we were the only people there the whole time we had breakfast. The room did not have the promised bath tub but just a shower. That was again, totally ok but not great. We found it a bit expensive for a place so unfriendly but definitely very pretty and a decent night’s sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

I

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just off the track.
Very pleasant quiet stay with friendly staff. Good advice on the best beer to drink ! It's an old building so the stairs are a good sobriety test Which we just about passed. Excellent breakfast. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Sid on 18 June 2021
thank you and glad enjoyed your stay

8/10 Good

sarah

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff and clean place. looks exactly like the pictures. Great location in the country side and connected to explore the surrounding. Nice rustic pub downstairs.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Ray, Cumbria

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice hotel, very comfortable bed and excellent food. It is an old building that is need of some work, but the issues were cosmetic for the most part and didn’t affect comfort. The only real negative is that parking is on the road which is narrow and in normal busy times would be very limited.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020

6/10 Okay

Morgan

Liked: Staff & service
It is a historic building. Because of this, it is quite drafty, the radiator whined, the window leaked in the rain, floors creaked, towel warmer didn't work, and the walls were thin enough that I could hear every word of conversations in the next room. It was charming though.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Sarah, North Wales

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My room was lovely and very clean. Fabulous bathroom & spacious bedroom. Ask for the Goodwood Room. The Running Horses made sure that I felt comfortable and cared for during my stay. Fabulous breakfast - I thoroughly recommend the avocado on toast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Sarah, North Wales

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely spacious bedrooms and extremely clean. Staff were friendly and Covid careful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Ryan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The pub was lovely, great food and drinks But my room had no heating or hot water
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Francine

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

peter

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
You needed more lights in the room quite dark room Shower head needed sorting out Food needed to be better every time we ordered stuff including drinks they ran out
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disappointing stay
Originally furnished and decorated to a good spec, but suffers from lack of maintenance and attention to detail. Reactive rather than proactive approach. Service and restaurant slow. Staff pleasant and cheerful. reasonable quality of food, repetition of specials and menu rather limited
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Lesley

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
reat stay
Lovely room anf great staff
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020