Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn

We think this is the best cosiest pub in Castleton and always make it our main stop when visiting here. But today wasn't up to scratch. Despite being half empty on a Sunday the food took over an hour to arrive. The wife ordered the beef dinner and when it arrived it was pork but we didn't say anything as we didn't want to wait another hour. I ordered the "famous" pie which looked like it had been run over before being plated and resembled nothing more than slop! Both were completely dry and were described on the menu as coming with rich beef gravy. In fact I had to ask for some more gravy as the beef/pork dinner was so dry (and the pie) was so dry it was in danger of self combusting near a naked flame. Even the landlady said that does look dry as she brought out the extra small gravy jugs. Although in actual fact that's probably an exaggeration as the pub was so cold I had to put my scarf on while eating and everybody was sat with their winter coats on and woolly hats. Freezing!! Don't know what's happened here although I can only blame complacency. Next door at the Peak Hotel and at the Castle in Castleton centre are far better quality at the moment and that's a shame. Please take note.

A warm welcome when we entered the bar area to check in. The food was excellent and the staff we’re absolutely amazing Our room was clean and a comfy bed Thankyou all for an amazing stay lots to see and do in the area we visited The Devils **** as well as lots of other cafes and pubs

Centre of Castletown and we went for a superior room, great room clean and spacious, shower was great etc staff were great the food looked good too although we didn’t eat other than a breakfast which was spot on ! Would stay again if we visited here

Excellent hotel, great location in Castleton, free parking and friendly staff! The room was comfortable and we enjoyed a hearty breakfast before a nice long walk from the hotel. The evening food was also great and good value, would highly recommend staying here.

Stayed one night 25 Feb - room 5&6. Due to my own misunderstanding it seemed like i had only booked one room instead of two, Amanda the manager took it in her stride, got us a drink and calmly sorted it out, it was a simple name mistake in the end as i was with my grown up son and the other room was in his name, Amanda was brilliant and took to our lovely rooms, very homely with everything needed for our stay, comfy beds, tea and coffee, tv, free wifi, toiletries and spotlessly clean. Enjoyed a roast beef dinner after a day of walking and exploring the area. Joined in the excellent quiz night and was lucky enough to win bar vouchers which we shared with the rest of the quizzers. Bar staff were very welcoming and great fun. Excellent tasty cooked breakfast with cereal, juice and toast served quickly by pleasant cheerful staff. We very much enjoyed our stay and would definately return, well done Amanda and your lovely team of staff for keeping it a personal stay and making every guest feel welcome and valued.

Clearly a popular place, poor communication from staff. We ordered food and waited 1 hour for it to be served, if we had been informed of the wait we would have gone elsewhere. When the food came out, it wasn’t very hot and peas etc had dried up slightly. An hour wait for food is far beyond what I would expect, especially for ‘pub food’ that is prepared in advance, pies, fish and chips etc. Food was certainly overpriced for what it was. We had a member of our party that has a severe food allergy, we were told that the chef can make any of the dishes free of the allergen and then were later told only certain dishes can be done this way. This didn’t really fill us with confidence in the knowledge that the staff knew how to avoid cross contamination and actually prepare food in accordance to the protocol necessary to isolate allergens. I did also find the attitudes of the staff we dealt with to be quite blasé and unprofessional, no apology for the 1 hour wait and quite a defensive attitude when we asked about allergen free foods. I hope they can educate themselves in the future to understand that people do not choose to be allergic to certain foods and that an individual must do everything possible to avoid allergens or else they will pay the price in the form of side effects and damage to their bodies. In our case, the risk of neurological damage is worth asking those extra questions to avoid, no matter if it does annoy bar staff. We have visited once before, around two years ago and had a wonderful experience, including with the handling of a food allergy - this is why we returned. I wonder if it has changed hands or if perhaps there were different staff working that day. We won’t visit again.