Appleby Inn Hotel Restaurant in North West Leicestershire

Just went for a meal with the family it was my son's 50 th birthday had a lovely meal and the staff were very friendly and helpful

Lovely place for our overnight stay from Bristol to Scarborough. Rooms very roomy and spotlessly clean. The only tiny 2 issues were no milk on tray with tea and coffee but we asked for some and we were given them so no problem. The only other issue was there was only 1 smallish bath towel and only 1 hand towel. We did manage to share them after our shower but 1 of each for each guest would be better. Other than that all was great and we would defo stay again and we would recommend to others. The breakfast was amazing. Loads of choice and piping hot. A nice restaurant on site we had a lovely evening meal.

Made to feel welcome by reception staff. Rooms clean, tidy and good value for money. However, an awful noise went off at 5.30 which disturbed my sleep. I could hear foot steps and noise above my room which was also disturbing. I will not be returning.

We arrived on a Saturday night for a pre booked evening meal, overnight stay & morning breakfast. Definitely would advise booking a table as it was busy & we seemed to get moved about but the staff were helpful, our three meals arrived very quickly, were of a decent standard & I’d say priced above average. Room was basic but clean, shower fine in the morning so no problems, breakfast was better than we expected, plenty of help yourself cereals & drinks followed by a fresh cooked breakfast to order, all in a nice overall experience for my family at a very fair price, noticed a lot were staying that had visited the area, Twycross zoo, Xmas markets etc so we would be happy to return if in the area.

Stayed here for one night as a wee break away. The service at breakfast was outstanding, thank you to Ellie, Sophie and George. Food was so good and filling, will defo visit again. Very advisable to book a table if you want to dine later in the day.

Used to be my favourite place to go, but so many changes in staff, no more familiar faces, it's lost that local feeling, food slipped down hill a little also

A 5-Star Dining Experience at Appleby Inn Hotel Our party of six recently enjoyed a truly exceptional dining experience at the Appleby Inn Hotel. From the moment we stepped in, the warm and inviting atmosphere set the tone for a delightful evening. The food was simply outstanding. Each dish was beautifully presented and bursting with flavour. The ingredients were clearly fresh and high-quality, resulting in a culinary masterpiece. The attentive and friendly staff made sure every need was met, enhancing the overall dining experience. We highly recommend the Appleby Inn Hotel to anyone seeking a memorable meal in a charming setting. It's a hidden gem that deserves all the praise.

We had an issue with our electrics in the house so needed a room for the night at short notice. I called the Appleby Inn and they booked us in and said to come down as soon as we’re ready. Upon arrival we were greeted by really friendly reception staff who showed us to our room. The staff in the restaurant were awesome and the food was great at a good price. As we didn’t know what time the emergency electrician was coming out the next we asked if we could stay in the room during the following day time and accommodations were made for us. They even knocked on our door to see if we wanted any more tea, coffee or loo roll in the room! Every team member was lovely and friendly. Even though we don’t live far away we will probably stop again! Great place to stay can’t recommend it enough!!

Food here is spot on plus the rooms are pretty good too! Service is fantastic and I'll tell you why. It was a little cold one night so I took the duvet from the spare bed as an extra cover. When I returned the following evening I was surprised to see they had added a stand alone radiator to my room. I thought this was so considerate! The cleaners had obviously noticed the fact that there were two duvets on my bed and decided to give me a radiator to keep me warm. So thoughtful so thank you very much! 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ P.s Sophie is gorgeous 😍

Check-in was efficient. Our room was clean, tidy and had all we needed (bed, shower room, toilet, sink, kettle, tea bags etc). The bed was comfy and the curtains were good. The decoration is a little dated, but this kind of adds to the quirk of the hotel. Great location for a visit to the zoo. Food in the restaurant was hot, tasty and delicious - very filling and very popular. We will be staying again when next in the area.

Great service and food as always

Booked this place for proximity to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Received a lukewarm reception and then struggled up to our room in near darkness. Was unfortunately stationed by a connecting hall door in sore need of oiling and the floors creaked incessantly. The room was spartan and clean but not ideal for those who require/like proximate power points near the bed. Room was pretty chilly and it backed onto the rear yard of the in-house restaurant so staff were out there smoking and talking loudly after 10pm. WiFi was good as was the restaurant. Expansive menu, robust and tasty portions (Mediterranean salad and chicken enchiladas pictured) so stop in for a meal.

Only went for Sunday lunch. Food and service was first class.

In a word Brilliant If only all hotels could be like this one A pleasure from start to finish Thank you to all at Appleby

Loved the hotel, friendly staff and very clean. The only reason for 4 star on the rooms was that the beds seemed to be a bit hard and uncomfortable to lay on. Don't let this put you off, another visit when we can is worth it. Thank you to everyone there.

Reviewing restaurant only. Superb . Huge car park, nice quiet rural location , quick access to M42 . Staff were lovely. Food is excellent . Table for 6 adults , we all enjoyed our food . Spacious venue , loads of room to move about . Plenty of space between tables. Toilets clean . Nice atmosphere. Will definitely return.

Food and service excellent. Live locally, so cannot comment on accommodation. Great place to meet up with family and friends.

Had a great meet up with 2 friends for lunch. Absolutely lovely food but generous portions so be warned! Conveniently located for us both.. No We'll be going back.

Great hotel, the oldy world decor adds to the charm of this place! Rooms were a good size with everything you need. Food was excellent!!! Would've happily paid a lot more for the quality they served. Breakfast was fantastic we will definitely be returning for what I've been told is an excellent Sunday lunch!!

We stayed as we were attending a wedding nearby, it was basic and quite dated. There was a funny smell throughout the building. The breakfast was expensive for what it was and they got it wrong first time and the lady serving was pretty abrupt. It’s fine for a one night stay.

Stayed for one night on the way to the Peak District. We arrived late so didn’t use the bar in the evening but the family room was great and had enough room to bring our bikes inside for the night too. A good breakfast the following morning too, good location as not far off the main route.

Had a meal which was OK. Restuarant interior was no more than average

Good food good price and generous portions what is more to want. Staff effective and attentive but could smile a bit. Will be back

Rooms are fairly basic, with no electrical sockets near to the bed. The toilet blocked on a daily basis and wouldn't flush. On the plus side, the staff were really friendly and helpful and the food is excellent!

Stayed for dinner and for the night. Food was absolutely exceptional, great portions, extremely tasty and definitely worth the money. Service from the staff was fantastic and the atmosphere in the restaurant was great. Rooms were very nice and clean but, charger sockets next to the bed side tables would have been the cherry ontop for me. Overall great experience and would definitely come back.

Appleby Inn is a nice hotel for a short stay while visiting the local area. It is very convenient for the M42 and local airports Birmingham and East Midlands. The rooms are clean and tidy, although furniture is a little dated, but in my opinion, as long as it's clean and comfortable, that's all that matters. Rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, hair dryer, and ironing board. Breakfast is very good. Restaurant meals were also very nice, all very reasonably priced. There are rooms on the ground floor for people with disabilities, no lifts to the first floors, though. There is also a children's play area. Ample carparking.

Stopped for food here. It was well priced and large portions. My wife even said it was excellent and she's a fussy eater!

Came for a family meal drinks desserts and starters we had a special occasion which me and my husband spent over 500 pounds the waitress was lovely but the male colleagues were miserable even the young lad who too our money no Thankyou have you had a good night nothing wow won’t be going there again will take our money some where else just take the money nothing else manners are appalling

Some of the staff could be a little more welcoming to be honest.

It has been a couple of years since our last visit, and still impressed with the whole experience venue, staff, food, price, Thank you.

Rooms could do with air-conditioning because of busy road outside. But all in all staff and service is spot on.

Was here for Bloodstock festival!!! Great hotel wonderful staff!! Perfect 👍

Very welcoming and comfortable in peaceful surroundings. Friendly staff who are always on hand and ready to help. Excellent breakfast and good verity restaurant menu. Well stocked bar.

Great food 5 star service thanks .

Great service, lovely food. Second time I've stopped here now off the M42. Highly recommend. Back on my way now, will stop again next time.

Just call in for a brink ery nice place

Just to clarify that I only ate here. I didn’t stay the night. The food was mediocre. I probably would never eat there again. Pretty expensive for what you get too.

Had a meal. Bit more expensive that my usual meals. Very nice though, and very enjoyable. Steak cooked to my liking and quite tender.

Excellent location, great staff , great food , all good 👍🏼

Stayed here for two days to attend a wedding, everything was lovely especially the food. Rooms clean and staff very welcoming. Would definitely stay again.

Really good meals and excellent service

A great little family run place ideally situated for the Twycross zoo.

Rooms are basic, but clean and newly refurbished. Food is very good with huge portions. Lamb chops were huge and cooked just right.

Great value for money. Decent prices. Lovely food. Decent portions on meals

I can't really fault the Appleby Inn, the service was great, staff friendly and helpful. The food was good, the place was very clean and beds comfortable. Lots of parking. The only suggestion icould give would be to have a small fridge in the rooms. Would definitely stay here again.

Used to be the go to place to eat but last two visits the food has been over cooked ? Not sure if they’ve changed chef or set up but food quality nowhere near the same. Such a shame but will think twice before returning.

Excellent food and service throughout our overnight stop bed was really comfortable

Excellent food and service,highly recommend

Great place to stay if you are attending Download in Donington. Nice staff, great food. Ticked positively for us.

Fantastic family run hotel. I went here with a coach party and really enjoyed it. Nice big car park, which was easy to park the coach in. The staff were all very polite and helpful. The room I had perhaps needed a lick of paint although the bathroom looked recently refurbished and was spotless. The food was to die for. Fantastic evening meals and great breakfast choice too. Would certainly recommend staying here.

A fantastic birthday party. The staff were very professional and friendly. I would highly recommend this restaurant for your Christmas or birthday meals.

The Appleby deserves more than a 5 star rating. They deserve a 20 star rating. The staff absolutely fantastic, Hotel absolutely brilliant, Food 100%, Cleanliness 100%, Surroundings Superb, Hats off too a fantastic crew and family that owns and runs the Appleby Inn. Thank you for a wonderful stay. Keep the good work up. And hopefully see you all again. Mrs and Mr A Flanagan.

Extensive menu, food second to none, absolutely delicious

Food OK. Busy but friendly staff.

The food was lovely and we were well looked after. The pices are reasonable too.

Good location, lovely staff very accommodating, great play area. Large group ordered a variety of dishes none of the party enjoyed their meals, kids chicken nuggets looked very sad. We use to eat here often but the food quality is not a spot on what it use to be. Probably alright for a pint and chips.

Good hotel just off the M42. Large free carpark. Rooms large and clean with good size TV. Excellent restaurant serving good quality food with sizable portions. Varied menu with specials board. Good selection of beers and wines. Breakfast freshly cooked and served at table. Highly recommend

Only called for food which was good and a reasonable price.

Good value quality food with excellent service. Will definately be back.

The food is second to none hot fresh and plenty of it. Be warned if you want fish and chips I hope your hungry.

Excellent lunch there today even the light bite Yorkshire pudding was more than enough everything was fresh and tasty. Good service friendly staff as usual

Good food and good service fair prices, however, been again today 11/04/24, had to send the braised beef back as it was very tough and inedible.

Very nice meal But a little overpriced!!

The food was very good. Large portions. Quick service as well

Food not so good, considering the price. Party of 8 and food could have been better

Would all have been 5 stars except for 2 things! Why no toilet brush available!!?? No non slip matbin shower tray! Tray get slippery and no supporting handles available do guests have used shower head riser rail to hold onto and as a result it comes off wall at bottom of riser!!!

Very nice food and plenty of it on my plate but choice was limited

I stayed at the Appleby Inn last night. A clean room with a comfortable bed. Breakfast was excellent as was the reasonably priced evening meal.

Had a lovely family meal for mother's day staff were very helpful and friendly

Needed a hotel near to where I was dropping off and collecting parts and although I usually use the big chain hotels, this was the most convenient to my needs, Early check in no extra cost wifi included (bonus) my room was a ground floor annex with huge wet room, comfortable bed, fridge, tea and coffee, and parking directly outside couldn't ask for more. Food was delicious and my steak cooled exactly how I like it "Blue" its amazing how many restaurants cannot cook a blue steak, Appleby chefs did perfect, Breakfast is included in room rate and excellent choice including a smaller one which was perfect for me, but also offer a larger one for the real hungry guests. All the staff i encountered where friendly and helpful i would not hesitate to stay here again when in the area. Thanks Eamonn

We came for dinner and it was busy, so 1hour wait for food (30 min wait time stated in the board) but my sons food came out after 30 mins then 2 more plates 20 mins after the first then the other 3 plates 5 mins after them. Both steaks very over cooked and my chicken burger had burn marks on it, also a party was behind us with kids running around playing hide and seek using our table as their hiding spot, so I had to go tell the mother of the children to sort her kids out (not the restaurants issue I know but added to the disappointment) In all very dissatisfied with the outcome of it so I won’t bother going back

Lovely staff and great restaurant, rooms are a little dated but generally clean a nice change from the usual chain hotels

Poor service did nt even stay for a drink

We have lunch here as an easy stop off on our way north. The staff are friendly, the food is good and service is quick. The restaurant is clean and there is plenty of space both in the car park and in the restaurant. The only downside for me is that there is no space in the bar that is dog friendly at lunch time, even though the bar occupies a large area. It’s such a shame as otherwise it would be a first class venue.

Thursday afternoon very busy food was excellent will definitely be back

We had a family lunch to celebrate a birthday. The service was good, all the staff were polite and helpful and attentive without making us feel pressured. The food was really good and very reasonably priced. Will definitely be returning!

We just keep on going back for food! Love the Seafood sharing platter or the sizzling chicken fajitas, yum!

Went for lunch beautiful food excellent service will be going back again plenty of space between the tables not crowded

My night in this hotel was terrible. As soon as I arrived, bad smells greeted me, causing me to want to vomit. The first bedroom was disturbed by incessant noise from the kitchen, making sleep impossible. We had to change rooms, but the second room was bombarded by loud music. Additionally, the sheets were covered in dust. A deplorable experience to absolutely avoid. However, I must point out that the breakfast was good. You eat really well despite the inconveniences of accommodation.

Can't rate rooms as I didnt stay over however food was okay eventually decent portions and nice menu good prices just steak needed redoing my peas was hard told waiter and response was throw them at people

Food was fantastic,staff helpful and friendly.Our room was very clean too.

Three minutes from Twycross zoo. Amazing food in their own restaurant, flavourful and fresh. Friendly staff and warm room.

Ideal stopping off point. Room large & airy with pleasant views. Bed very comfortable & good night's sleep had. Shower awkward to operate. No lift in hotel. Breakfast standard fare although cooked to order. Would stay here again.

Food was very average, young lads thumb in the edge of my mash was not the best,, at least some basic waiting training would help ??... Service was poor by some staff , others were working really hard, if you employ sour faced teenagers that think throwing chairs around , moving tables and banging them together deliberately is good for business you would be wrong Grubby and overall worn looking venue, shame.

Just brilliant tables 16 and 17

My wife & I went for Lunch on Saturday 13th January to celebrate our 49th Wedding Anniversary, without the family, on this occasion.We were booked in for 13-00. We sat at table 27, ordered our meal, then we toasted each other when our drinks arrived, saying to each other "Happy Anniversary". On the table next to us were a young couple and presume their youngish daughter (about 10/12). Our meal arrived, sizzling hot and absolutely wonderful. Halfway through our meal, the Lady at Table 28, apparently went to the Bar, & came back with 2 glasses of Sparkling Wine, put them down on our Table & said "Happy Anniversary". What a trully wonderful thought & gesture. Never seen then before, probably never see them again, but they will never be forgotten. It just goes to prove that there are some really MARVELOUS people about. If you are the Family that reads this, may WE say Thank You, again. What a lovely thing to do.

Good food at fair price,great service,never used rooms as its 2 miles from home but if they follow the general standard they will be very good.

Stopped here for lunch on the way home from Twycross zoo. Our first visit to the Appleby inn, but it won't be the last. Food was fabulous, staff were incredibly lovely and it's excellent value for money. Made to feel very welcome, the atmosphere generally was very pleasant.

We have had our Christmas Dinner here today and it was absolutely beautiful 😍 fresh food, beautifully cooked, full plates!!!! Staff were wonderful, visit and gifts from Santa!! A huge 10 out of 10 from us and our family xxxx thanks guys we are definitely coming back xxxx

Fantastic meal and service would recommend this place

Came to apply for lunch what a joke booked for a birthday nothing on menu booked in good time also won't be returning ,

Used as a base to visit family. Lovely family room, reasonably priced including breakfast. Had an evening meal with extended family which was excellent and good portion sizes. Would use again

We had our club Xmas lunch here and the staff took really good care of us from the minute we arrived. Prompt service, great food. Highly recommended.

Came for our works christmas meal so quite a large group of 20+ people. The staff were great, very accommodating, great communication beforehand and did their best for us. However the quality of the food was quite poor and the whole ambience just felt very dated and tired. Frozen sprouts that were still hard, processed mash, hard roast potatoes and pigs in blankets that looked barely cooked. (I had seabass which was really nice though). Desserts were disappointing and minced pies were out of a supermarket box. I hadn't been to the Appleby for a number of years, but was once a regular and food used to be amazing. I wont be rushing back.

I stayed here recently while on a corporate induction in Swadlincoat. The rooms were a little old fashioned, but clean and had everything you'd need (kettle, tea, coffee etc, TV, hairdryer, towels, hairdryer, iron and ironing board, and hand/short gel. The staff were friendly, attentive and helpful. The food was fabulous .... So good that when my husband came down to meet me for a few days with our caravan, we ate there every night!

Great hotel, helpful staff, food is excellent

Myself and my wife stayed here overnight whilst travelling for 4 days whilst we had decorator's doing up our house.On arrival we were greeted with smile's from all the staff and proceeded to our room . Before I carry on I would just like to say this establishment is a thriving business which operates throughout the day.Having travelled that morning we were very tired and just needed a nap, however our room was noisy due to the fact we were over the kitchen.I was assured that the noise would stop early evening which it did.we asked to be moved to a quieter room which was no problem and I would like to thank the 2 young ladies who facilitated our move Dannie and Emily. The rooms are basic but very clean and the beds are really comfortable,the food is exceptional especially the breakfast overall a great stay made better by the staff.

Great rooms, really warm and comforting. Lovely breakfast cooked to order. Brilliant staff.

Great food ... Good price ...Good portions ... Good service

We went for dinner as a family of 16 ,food was fantastic and served all at the same time . Excellent service and food portions big and excellent 👌