Extrodinarally peaceful! Given that it is an ex-hunting lodge means that it is surrounded by…read moresweeping lawns and plenty of woodland for walks. The owners are cheerful and welcoming and the food is good, traditional english food with home grown produce. The afternoon teas are also excellent.

Booked and paid via booking.com only to be told on arrival that the pub was under new management…read moreand even though you could clearly see our booking in the diary refused to honour it and provide a refund as said it wasn't their problem. We were then left stranded and had to find somewhere for that night to attend a wedding!

Now I only visited the pub connected to this establishment, and a fine pub it was too. There is…read morealso a tea rooms and a hotel, and on days where the rain isn't pouring and tourists are abound it's probably a hive of activity. The pub itself was a nice traditional place, old decor, a roaring open fire and no bloody television. A good pint of Bay's real ale warmed the cockles after a long, cold walk in the rain. The Pack Horse was like a big cuddle on arriving home. The experience was added to by the morris dancers who wandered in to sample some of the traditional pub grub. But for their bells, jingle-jangling if they so much as burped, they were great company. During a washed out visit to Dartmoor, the Pack Horse was a welcome place to spend a few quiet hours.

This is probably the best hotel to stay in Totnes. If its not the best in terms of facilities,…read moreservice etc. then it is definitely the best for location. Sited in the main high street of Totnes and centre of attention with 3 different types of eatery (Bar, coffee shop, main restaurant) and outside chairs for those sunny days. The decor is clearly not the most modern but they manage to make that the charm of the place and anyway a clinical / sterile place would not work in Totnes anyway. Food is good at all locations and the rooms are spacious / clean and well equipped. Pricing is up to £139 for the main(Agatha Christie) suite including Jacuzzi but normal rooms are much cheaper. Wifi is in all rooms but i could not get to work using iphone or WM device but laptop was fine A great place to have as your base for a break in this area.

I have eaten at this hotel several times over the last ten years - whenever my family and I visit…read moreTotnes. We went last night and the food was horrible. The staff make you feel as if you're somehow ruining their evening - and the dinners (all six) were bland and almost inedible. I know this place has struggled at times over the years, but making customers feel bad about coming to your restaurant is not the way to get any return business. My advice? Avoid at all costs!

We chose the Old Forge in Totnes because it looked like a quaint old building that had been…read moredeveloped into a comfortable BnB. The man who greeted us when we arrived was civil but was not a friendly character (which you would expect in a quaint BnB). There are 2 x couples that jointly run this place, and based on other reviews I have read it seems one couple has a nice man, and the other has an unfriendly man. As 3 single adults we booked the family suite with 3 separate beds. It was pokey and the ensuite door was more like a cupboard door so the other 2 could hear everything going on in the bathroom! Quite embarrassing really. The decor throughout was old and worn out. We were looking forward to a relaxing sleep in the next day but discovered at 7am that we were right above the kitchen with the sound of dishes crashing onto the benchtop, water running through pipes in the hollow walls in our room, and the strong smell of food cooking. So much for our sleep in! We decided that we could not put up with this for another 2 mornings (we had booked a 3 night stay over the August bank holiday weekend) so I approached the man after breakfast and told him about the noise, lack of ability to relax and sleep in, and that the room was not worth £119 that he was charging. His reply was that there is no such place where total silence exists, that we knew what we were getting when we booked (all we knew was that we would have an ensuite and 3 beds), and that he could not do anything about it. I said we would like to leave but would stay for the 2nd night (to give adequate notice) and have our 3rd night elsewhere. He said that the terms are 48hours notice so we would be liable for the 3rd night regardless, and he was not willing to compromise on this, even though I had made a valid complaint. It became an awful exchange where I felt bad for making the complaint, and was being stung financially for not wanting to put up with poor quality and poor hospitality. So we felt compelled to write this review and warn you all not to go! The Old Forge needs an overhaul in decor and front of house, and if that happens they should replace the unfriendly, 'not interested in good service' man too!