The Barge Inn

CAR PARK SCAM AND RUDE STAFF. Beware! I was charged a £100 Parking fine. I visited for Sunday lunch here last month, as a paying customer, and afterwards I received a £100 parking fine. The Barge Inn staff will not lift this fine for you, and even though it is their land, and they are in charge of the parking services and they dictate the terms of the parking arrangements, they refuse to help with waiving the fine.. I called the pub and staff were very rudeand not helpful at all. I spoke to Marina, to give feedback, and she put the phone down on me mid-call when I tried explaining why I was unhappy.

The most unwelcoming and rude reception I have ever received in a pub. 8.30 on a Friday night, the pub was empty. We wanted food for us and our friends. The bartender was obstinate and only allowed us to order 8 meals between 11 of us. Made us rush our order then refused to bring our wine to the table and told us to collect it from the bar ourselves

Terribly filthy with the most obnoxious staff. The verbal abuse received made me recoil in horror. Also, from a professional perspective I would deem the place to be filthy and should be avoided at all costs. Didn't actually decide to stay and eat or drink anything from this establishment, as first impressions are paramount !!

Met friends as it is good location for train travel as well as onsite parking. We all had excellent Sunday lunches, including vegetarian. The service was friendly and helpful. Puddings were good too.

Avoid until the owners take note and action on the reviews. Carpets and furniture absolutely filthy. No WiFi. Everything very, very tired. Beer garden shut (which was about the only good thing about the place). Feels completely neglected. An obsession with no parking posters adds nothing to the ambiance.

We stayed here for one night only in a double room. Having read some of the recent reviews we were expecting the worst but, in the end, it wasn't too bad but also not great. We paid £90 for the room only. The room was well decorated and clean but very small indeed with only a few inches on either side of the bed. The bathroom was good and recently redone (we would guess) but it was let down by a very mouldy (and smelly) blind. There was no WiFi available and no phone signal either. The TV (very small) is mounted on the wall but if the bathroom door is open it is obscured. Strangely the double bed was a TV bed so a TV could have been easily mounted in that and problem solved. The room was also sold as having a canal view. This is quite a stretch. The majority of the view is of bins with just the tops of some of the boats on the canal visible. I personally would not sell the room on the basis of a canal view as it will just disappoint. Overall though the bed was comfortable with clean linen and the decor and state of the room was good. I think £90 was a bit steep and I would not have wanted to spend more than one night as there is a tiny amount of storage space and the room is just too small for a double bed.