Name: The Elephant at the Market
Address: 8 Market Place, Newbury, Newbury, Newbury, RG14 5BD, United Kingdom
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

Heating

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

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Family room

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Free Parking on Premises

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Asaba International Airport

Blackbushe Airport

Farnborough Airport

Raf Brize Norton

Wycombe Air Park

Oxford Airport

Southampton Airport

The Elephant at the Market

Newbury

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great rooms comfy beds, poor lighting for women's makeup, staff need 'welcome training' - rooms could do with a glass to house your toothbrush.  all round a great central venue for Newbury evening nightlife. our second visit and would consider returning again.

above average

Nice place, good staff, ridiculous prices, one large one small wine £19! As a local you have lost my custom, I can buy two bottles for that and have some change. I am sure you get a great mark up, make less and people will visit more often = greater profit, simple!

Elephantine tariff

This is a hard review to write. We stayed one night with our granddaughter in a family room.  The room itself was warm and comfortable and the staff were very friendly. We didn't eat at the hotel but had a drink before going up to our room. It was a Friday night and the room was above the bar and faced the market square. It was simply the noisiest and most disturbed night that we have ever spent in any hotel and we will certainly never return. 

When booking the room I do not recall seeing any warning about the noise. Once I sat down with the little pack provided by the hotel I saw the warning and the offer of earplugs. That should have been enough of a warning. But nothing prepared us for the shouting, screaming and swearing that continued through to around 2 am. 

I tried to shut the windows but without success. I reported this to reception in the morning and they said they would look into it. It looked to me as though the windows were screwed open. 

The reception team asked us about our stay on checkout and when I said about the noise. It would seem that we should have expected this because of the very central location of the hotels.  If you are planning on being one of the late night revellers this hotel will be perfect for you. if you want a good night's sleep do not stay here.

A real shame as I think this hotel and bar has a lot to offer by way of its central location, car parking, friendliness of its staff and basic facilities.

Oh dear. Stay here  to party, not if you want a good night's sleep.

The hotel has the potential to be amazing but needs some tlc. Our room had evidence of damp damage, poor decor, blinds that were hanging onto their fixings and a mirror that had fallen off the wall. However the room was comfy and spacious and the breakfast excellent

Potential to be amazing with a bit of new decor and TLC!

Popped in for drinks on a Thursday afteroon. It was very dark, gloomy and quiet inside so as the sun was shining we sat outside in a section roped off on the market square. Very pleasant. Service was good.

Sat outside.

I ate at this restaurant at the recommendation of my travel agent, who visits England often. It was one of the best meals I've had during my trip! The food was perfectly prepared and uniquely flavored. The customer service was excellent. The decor is unique and interesting. A great place! 

Unique and Delicious! 

The place has a rustic charm with clean rooms as neat as a pin! The kitchen is one of the unheralded delights of Newbury. Wonderfully flavored and generous portions with a sumptuous dessert selection.  Above all the staff are a delight.  They are very friendly and more than willing to accommodate our peculiar needs.  Highly recommended!

Pack your pachyderms and head off to the Elephant @ the Market!

Visited today, Mothers Day.  I should have known when it was the 4th place I called mid this week and was the only place with availability.  I had the duck pate £8:25 was delicious, daughter had the halloumi £7:25, both good.  My son had the garlic bread from the kids menu, was not good.  For mains I had the roast sirloin with usual trimmings.  The roast beef was overbooked not even a hint of pink, disappointing as the portion size of beef (3slices) was good given the price £18:75.  The veg and Yorkshire pudding were over cooked and not hot, tepid at best.  Daughter had pizza which was good and son had the kids burger.  It was so dry and overcooked was awful so we sent it back, no apology nothing.  An explanation about this is the way we cook kids food (incinerated).  Offered us to order something else, got chicken goujons they were good and kids said the fries and triple cooked chips were good.  Service was slow and the place was not even at half capacity.  Staff all look miserable and were not friendly definitely seemed like they didn’t want to be there.  Food  service was slow too.  Such a shame as the menu looked great so I’d high hopes.  Like I said explains why is practically empty on Mother’s Day.  Most places today are fully booked, reason being the food is cooked better served promptly and is hot when served, plus cheaper.  Not good value given the poor cooking and food quality.  We won’t be returning.



Over cooked, slow service, some unfriendly staff

The worst experience ever! We came to dine in today at 5 pm for food , the manager i believe a lady with short hair told us that they open their kitchen at 6 pm, we didnt mind to wait another hour while we had some drinks but then 6 pm I went to the bar to order some food and SHE said that they have 12 covers booked and the kitvhen WON’T COOK for us!!  That was the worst experience I ever had would never recommand such a place !! Will never come back for sure! 

Very rude manager

My Daughter and I stayed here for one night, before  visiting Highclere Castle the next day. At first glance our room looked nice, but then afterwards it looked more shabby than chique. The door closing system has caused a hole in the wall. There is paint on the lamp shades and paint is coming off the wardrobe and chest of drawers.

The light in the bathroom wasn't working and the toilet seat was loose. We asked for this to be rectified twice!
In addition to this, there was marks in the bath tub from a previously used mat of which was not cleaned away. 

Later we decided to open the window, where we then found a lot of disgusting cobwebs and dust above the window and blind area. This was the same for the radiator and the back of the TV. It seemed almost like the bed had only been cleaned and changed!

The welcome pack states that EAR PLUGS are included in the room. We did not find any, so we phoned the hotel by using an online phone number because there is no hotel room service to ask for some ear plugs. We discovered through the phone call that the hotel had run out of Ear Plugs. So we did not sleep well at all due to the noise from the hotel as it is also a pub and closes till late hours.  

We thought breakfast was included in the price, but unfortunately it was only continental! The staff were friendly but not attentive. 

The only thing that was ok was the comfy bed and linen. I didn't complain as they were holding our luggage until  our return from Highclere Castle.

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