Deeping Stage

Good location and both pleasant and clean. The staff are super helpful, nothing is too much trouble. The big downside for us is that the place is simply not warm enough. Radiators weren’t on even during the recent cold spell - just takes the edge off being there. The coffee is good and the bar staff do their utmost to ensure it is to your liking. We ordered a prawn ciabatta but unfortunately it came in ciabatta bread so was rather like a prawn sandwich. We will try something else next time and hopefully it will also be a bit warmer in there

The Deeping Stage is an old coaching inn, in the Market town of Market Deeping. The downstairs and outside areas have clearly had considerable investment. The external bar area with the river drifting past is a great place to sit and relax. The staff were friendly enough once we had got over the fact that we were trying to check in too early and once we had located one. We stayed in room 1. The room itself is clean and fresh looking, with a super king size bed. The ceilings are high, but even then we found the room really stuffy as there is no air con and whilst the single glazed window keeps out very little of the vehicle and people based noise, it would be worse if you open it. Now I was sure I had added a note to the hotel to ask them for a room at the rear of the hotel as I am aware it is directly on to the street. Room 1 is directly on to the street, above a bus stop and just down from another late night bar. When we got back to the hotel that night, the noise from the street. the bar down the road with the never ending 'doof.doof,doof' of the base beat and hearing baz, laz, shaz and maz who regularly feel out of the front of the hotel to shout -speak at each other. The curtains were so thin that no light is kept out and are not secured at the ends of the curtain poles. I eventually dropped off at about 3.30, to be woken by brilliant sunshine at 5.00am. The basin is cracked, the vent in the bathroom is thick with dust and there is black mould on the grout. The breakfast was really nice, well cooked, a good selection and served hot. We won't be back.

Very Poor quality. Had the light bite falafel flatbread with hummus. Shop bought falafel, no dressing or lemon. Very little taste and dry. Had to ask for extra hummus as it was almost non existent. To be honest this was prepared by either a disinterested chef or very tight guidelines to what he/she could serve. Won't be returning. Shame really as used to be a lovely place to eat.