The Impeccable Pig

Absolutely loved our stay here. Welcomed by a lovely dark haired girl at check in (sorry didn’t get her name) Our room was amazing I was over the moon with it. Had dinner and breakfast and service was great. Such a beautiful place and friendly staff. I will always remember it . Thank you impeccable pig

As an avid traveller of 5* hotels and often staying at Rockliffe Hall i decided to book the Impeccable Pig for myself and 2 colleagues our business trip in the NE this time. I enjoy a bit of luxury and good food and we were not disappointed. The staff are so friendly and professional - and we were made to feel so welcome, the rooms are beautiful and very well equipped, and the food simply delicious. My filet steak was melt in the mouth, cooked to perfection and beautifully presented. Honestly I don’t feel the negative reviews are at all justified - you get what you pay for with n life and all aspects are lovely! If you want a cheap fish and chip supper then go to your local chippy, however if you want quality food, excellent service, and good wine then book a room and dinner here and enjoy!

An enjoyable stay - the rooms are beautifully designed, spacious and glitzy, with big beds, big TV’s and big, fabulous copper/tin baths. From the outside, the Pig still looks like a run of the mill pub, which it was prior to the 2018 revamp. There are 12 rooms, situated in the coach house behind the main building, with a small, barrier-entry car park immediately adjacent. It’s a smart and well kept set up apart from some shabby, weather-ravaged outdoor furniture which really lets the look of the place down. On a similar note, the in-room TV remote was ham-fistedly patched together with tape. Small details perhaps, but with nightly room rates ranging from £250 to £500, higher standards are assumed. The restaurant/bar is pleasant enough, a contemporary space, with a particularly attractive mezzanine level for private dining. It was pleasing to see that the business still attracts local drinkers, we got chatting to some characterful Sedgefield residents who'd been regulars when it was the Hope Inn. These guys were full of praise for the current staff, and that was our finding too, all of them really friendly (they inevitably are in the North East in my experience). Efficient and conscientious too. Food wise, we had steaks, which were perfectly good. Wines were very palatable too, but one mighty fail was the disgustingly sickly Passion Fruit Martini, which was clearly either from a can or on tap. Just naff. To sum up - a lovely stay, with full marks to the super friendly staff..... but there is room for improvement given the price point.