Name: The Goddard Arms
Address: 1 High Street, Swindon, Swindon, Swindon, SN1 3EG, United Kingdom
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

Heating

Garden

No elevators

General

Room service

Flat-screen TV

Shower/Bathtub

Rooms

Coffee/tea for guests

Breakfast

Restaurant

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Free parking

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

Meeting and presentation facilities

Business

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Temperature control for staff

Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the guest house

Room amenities

Swindon Arts Centre

Wyvern Theatre

The Energy Check County Ground

Raf Brize Norton

Asaba International Airport

Oxford Airport

Gloucestershire Airport

The Goddard Arms

Swindon

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Visited the Goddards with my family for breakfast recently. Service was fab and the chef Lee went above an beyond even taking the time to visit my table to make sure certain items on the order was correct as we had certain dietary requirements for my 5 year old.

Fab!! Lee second to none!!

Well, what can I say? The food is tasty and the staff are all brilliant! What a happy atmosphere here, everyone is so happy to help!

Like I said the food is delicious and staff were brilliant asking us about any allergies and more than happy to accommodate our picky dietary requirements (thank you so much for being so careful). We can recommend fish & chips, steak & venison pie, lasagne and kids sausage & mash!

Lovely old building, fantastic staff!

Went for a family Sunday lunch. It took over 1 hour for the food to arrive. The food was tepid at best and my steak was rare, I ordered medium rare. We also ordered mash potato with the beef roast. This didn't arrive. Refuted my claims, no refunds

Sunday lunch

Firstly I would like to start this review by saying that Jack who was serving our tables was outstanding. He was the only part of our visit that was positive and seemed to be rushing around working hard. Large group of 20+, we were put in a very small corner with hardly any room to turn around. 
The reason for going was a few birthdays and booked the afternoon teas. Afternoon tea was average with your standard selections of sandwiches, brownies and scones. The majority of the Freefrom (Gluten Free) afternoon tea looked like it was straight from a Supermarket multipack. 

With a mixed age range from 1 1/2 years up to 80 we definitely fit into the family bracket. When looking for places to visit we always try to find “family friendly” locations. 
In my opinion this is not a family friendly place to visit, the staff, including what I believe to be managers, are not overly accommodating (apart from Jack). 
Will not be in a rush to revisit.

Not Family Friendly

I went to the Goddard Arms at the start of March and my time there was excellent! All the staff were superb and the service and food was marvellous. Me and my family also stayed in the hotel and the housekeepers were amazing. Especially Lottie she gave us towels and was kind and helpful! Definitely will be returning! ☺️

Excellent Service. Highly Recommend!

Enjoyed full a yum full English breakfast on Saturday at Goddard Arms (Trace had the full veggie). As always everyone looked after us very well during our visit, special mention to Jess, who helped make this visit and many other previous visits to the Goddard’s so enjoyable.

Enjoyed a tasty Full English and full Veggie Breakfast at Goddard’s 16/09 (AM).

The good bits; 
* Location in Old Town (walks nearby in the Town gardens for example)
* Staff are brilliant 
* Good menu available (breakfast and dinner)
* Beer garden 
* Comfy bed
* Clean throughout
* Reasonable rate (£) for stay
* Tea / coffee of decent quality
* Fan in the room for those hot days!

The not so good bits; 
* I'd prefer a hardier lock on the door - a bolt or chain would be a good addition
* There isn't a lift and some of the rooms are up quite a few stairs
* If you're at the front of the building there is some traffic noise.


Have stayed several times, and will be back... 

We went to The Goddards Arms for Sunday lunch last week, 6th August, as a family of four adults. We were looking to book for Christmas Day. Not having been to The Goddards before, but hearing good reviews, we booked for lunch to get a feel for the food and service.

Walking into the pub, we were happy, the bar and waiting staff were lovely. We were sat at a nice table by the window and the place had a really nice feel. So far so good ...

The food was brought to the table, roast pork and 'crackling' for my Mum and Dad, beef for my husband and turkey for me. Without sounding rude, having spoken previously of our small dog and that they sell dinners for dogs, I thought they had brought a dinner out for him! My husband was given his dinner and the waitress said I noticed when I came from the kitchen that you didn't have many vegetable, so i'll bring you another bowl out! We asked for some more of the advertised 'lashings of gravy'. Oh you want more gravy? There were two potatoes on my plate, so the waitress said she would bring out another bowl, but needn't have bothered as they were frozen hard potatoes. The mashed potato had a skim on the top like the dinner had been microwaved and the vegetables had been cooked to within an inch of their lives. When collecting the plates, we were asked if everything was ok? I said I was disappointed, so she spoke to the Manager and they offered us free desserts, which sadly were not much better.

Having said that I was not happy, the bar staff stood talking to each other and looking our way, making us feel uncomfortable!

The Chef was possibly having an off day, but sad to say we would not book again and definitely not for Christmas. It is a real shame because the place itself is lovely, the food however was a big let down!

Disappointing!

We booked a table for 7 family members (5 adults & 2 teenagers) for 6-8pm at 7pm we were asked to leave by the barman due to us having children !!! We had just finished our main meal and were ordering desserts….. I don’t understand why we couldn’t stay to finish our meal sitting and why they couldn’t place a family table in the restaurant area if not allowed to sit in the bar part after 7pm. 
The manner in which we were informed wasn’t particularly friendly either to be honest, it was very abrupt. 
All 7 of us left without ordering a dessert or a second drink due to “no time left” 
Will not return here again as we felt very disappointed with the service as though we were a problem at 7pm for them. 
Be mindful if you are booking a table after 6pm as you too may be treated with disdain if you have children under 18 !! 

Very disappointing!! 

Absolutely recommended staying here! Rooms were clean, and comfy bed for the night.  Everyone behind the bar was amazing, able to have a good laugh with them all, plus the food is really nice too! 10/10 to everyone! 🥰

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