Old Oak Tree

The place is amazing. Clean, staff lovely and polite with excellent customer service skills. Rooms well equipped and immaculate! Electric velux window blind top notch! Biggest TV we’ve ever seen in a room, not the makings of a trip but certainly a bonus. Bed so so comfortable! Shower is lovely with plenty of pressure. Fridge in the room is a nice surprise with complementary water. Kettle water free and clean! Lovely tea tray. Court yard is a sun trap, well maintained with plenty of clean tables. Lovely pint and extremely well priced as well as the spirits and mixers. We have been to lots of places over the years and the evening meal here was the best we’ve ever had for “pub grub” it was beautiful. Starters were large no skimping on portions and the mains were 10/10! Service was the best we’ve had in a long time. Breakfast was again 10/10. Tea for two actually was enough for two and extra cups!

This was our second stay at the Old Oak Tree. Just as previously, everything was super. There were no negatives at all for us to mention. We had the same room again (the rooms are part of an external annex, only 10 yards or so from the main premises and all part of the Hotel site). Our room was spacious and very tasteful. Curtains and venetian blinds for privacy, large bed, nicely carpeted, a good-sized mirror over a dressing table / chair with sockets very close (very useful), nice lighting with wall switches next to bed, nice spotlessly clean bath / shower combo, good hot towel rail, a good hospitality tray, a fridge with complimentary bottled water, a very comfy two-seater couch (you rarely get a chair, let alone a couch in many places so this was a nice touch), writing desk and chair near TV and alarm clock. Another bonus was the high ceiling with a "Velux" type of overhead window which was operated to open/close privacy blind using a small remote control. Once again we had evening dinner pub itself. We booked a table before we arrived and this is advisable. The food was excellent and so it can become busy (deservedly so in our opinion). The main dinner menu has lots of choices but also there’s a very tempting specials board. A good choice of beer and other drinks, so we indulged and enjoyed. Breakfast was very nice with a good choice and we went for the cereals and full English with toast and very good tea and coffee. Again, as last time, we made very welcome on arrival and that the service from all of the staff was very friendly, attentive, courteous and very professional. Nothing was any trouble and we could not have asked for better guest care. 10 points again and well deserved.

Separate accommodation from the pub, clean and tidy. Plenty of tea and coffee supplies. Friendly staff and very good menu for an evening meal. Breakfast was very good. Good value for money.

The rooms were very well equipped with everything you could need. There was a huge walk in shower. The room was extremely clean and comfortable. The restaurant served a good breakfast and the evening menu was also excellent, the owners were very hospitable and the waiting staff were friendly and efficient. Outside to the rear there is a huge terraced patio facing lawns and trees there is also room in the ample sized car park for camper vans.

The rooms are in a separate building from the main pub which I liked. The room was comfortable and large with a good bathroom. Hot drink making facilities and a fridge provided. The location is pretty good if you are travelling by car (which I was) as the location is about a couple of minutes from the A19 junction at the North end of Thirsk. Also only about 10 to 15 minutes by car to Sutton Bank and into the North Yorkshire Moors. Travelling by train would be much more difficult. Whilst there is a station at Thirsk it is out of town in completely the opposite direction maybe three miles away. Breakfast was fried up on demand rather than microwaved so that is a definite plus.