Banyers House

Dined here several times over the years and in all honesty, last Sunday was most likely the best, it was truly excellent, clearly standards in service have improved significantly, Carol and Lisa were outstanding, nothing too much trouble, Carol even went to find the ingredients into the Cauliflower Cheese from the Kitchen. Lisa again. returned with drinks order very quickly and both had a non-stop smile on their faces, clearly enjoying their work. The food was amazing, starters of Scotch Egg and Calamari, very nice and the Duck was cooked to perfection and plates hot. All made for an excellent experience and i would highly recommend the Banyers for an intimate dining experience, just make sure you take the right woman with you, unfortunately on this occasion i failed ! (cant have it all i hear you say !!)

Well, we were there for 3 nights and after the first night the room wasn’t serviced, but we arrived back too late to do anything about it. Next morning we found the person and pointed at the room. Even so, not all the towels were changed and the shampoo/shower gel were not replenished. We carry our own, but sloppy! Breakfast – No fruit of any kind. Boxes of lowest common denominator cereal, but you’ll have to go and hunt down the milk. No butter unless you ask and it then comes next to frozen. Watery, cheap, out of a box orange juice and a glass full of ice, so you actually don’t get too much. Do they have the worst coffee on the planet? That may be a bit of a stretch, but they are in contention. Too much detail already, I know, but in general, just not very good. Avocado, too hard to eat and left on plate, but nobody asked why. As a plus though, the sausages were actually OK. Dinner – We ate there twice. Our program gave us no option. Sausage and mash, you can’t really screw up. (Same sausages as at breakfast!) But baked cod you can and they did. Left most of it, but again nobody even asked. There must be somewhere else in Royston.

Had a really lovely one night stay, room and facilities all good. The food was exceptional and all the staff were fantastic, especially Katrina who went out of her way to assist us with a voucher booking confusion. Look forward to visiting again and highly recommend.

I popped in with a friend to have a cocktail, the staff were friendly and venue nice but the cocktails were a complete disaster! We had a strawberry Martini and a margarita in the V shaped cocktail glasses! They were not full to the brim and for the money a very big letdown. Unless there are improvements we will not go there for cocktails again. I can however recommend The Flintshack their cocktails are amazing

Always made to feel welcome. Even when busy or lacking in staff due to illness or leave. Good selection of beers and wines. Never had a bad meal there. Is always best to book during holiday periods, but have also just walked in too and managed to get a table. Really enjoyed the live music night before Christmas. Had a decent pint of Guinness too....which isn't always the case at some places. Pods in the garden are great too.

Very nicely appointed rooms, very comfortable beds and everybody very friendly and welcoming. Great selection of drinks in the bar too! This has been very well developed and smacks of quality from wealking through the door.