The Talbot Ripley

United Kingdom , Guildford
Woking, High Street Ripley
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2/10

Poor

02 Feb 2026

Robert

Had to book quickly as going to event nearby and was let down. On booking says dog friendly, but only in words. Only rooms dogs can go in is the converted stables. Paid for 4 post poster and large and rundown low budget, albeit clean.

8/10

Excellent

23 Jan 2026

Lester

Room was clean and warm staff were very good my only problem would be £10 to park your car

Business

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2025

karen

Lovely staff , but extra charges on arrival for parking that wasn’t informed about on booking,, breakfast isn’t free it’s included in fee if chosen . Nice room but not as nice as visit 2 years prior

Leisure Pet

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2025

Jason

Lovely staff

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Nov 2025

Sherrie

Lovely staff.
Room adequate. Stains on the wall in the bedroom and bathroom. We attended a party in the Surrey Barn which was a lovely setting for party. There was however a lack of heating. I would however return to this lovely hotel. The breakfast was delicious.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2025

Jeremy

Excellent welcome. Warm comfortable room (even if bed a tad hard) in new extension to historic old coaching inn.
Good breakfast

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Nov 2025

Doug

This is a good hotel.
it is in a fantastic location for Wisley Gardens
It needs painting and refreshing
The staff are pleasant but untrained leading to catastrophic mistakes in service, and blank looks.

Business

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2025

Jorge

Everything was fine. Good service, the room was clean and comfortable.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2025

Sheila

Everything from staff, friendliness, bedroom, comfy bed, food

Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2025

Trevor

Excellent staff Extremely helful

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2025

Helen

This is a beautiful old hotel which is full of character and charm. The staff were lovely, friendly and professional. The room was excellent

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2025

Ruth

Lovely staff lovely food lovely room

Business

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2025

David

Great stay, pleasant staff and good breakfast

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2025

Lovely little hotel in a great little village.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

22 Sep 2025

Rachel

I was overall happy with the room, not happy to pay £10 to park my car overnight I arrived at 7 30 pm Friday and left at 8 30 am !
Happy to pay the £10 for my champion Pekingese as this was agreed

Business_and_leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2025

Gretchen

The Talbot delivers

Always love it here. Its our number one choice for london/airport stays.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2025

Michael

Lovely stopover

Great stop over after visiting RHS Wisley on our way to Le Shuttle.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Aug 2025

Melanie

The reception man was very professional and greeted us warmly, gave us a potted history of the coaching inn and walked us to our converted stables room - all very pleasant. The breakfast was mediocre at best. Machine dispensed coffee and the young staff often stood around - not checking which foods need replenishing x. As a vegetarian there was no choice on the buffet table except lukewarm scrambled eggs and mushrooms - woopee! I had to request veggie mushrooms or smoked haddock, kippers etc and as I suspected the 2 sausages delivered to my table were completely tasteless x. In these days of veggie and vegan offerings they need to do better in my opinion.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

18 Aug 2025

Martin

Great staff. Rooms were dated and needed some additional cleaning. Apart from the room the food was good and Staff were friendly. Lovely old building. We were there for a wedding and must say the reception room with dressed exceptional.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Pleasant stay

The room was quiet and clean. The food at the bar was amazing!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2025

Conor

All good

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2025

Robin

Perfect experience

One of the best hotel stays in a long time. The staff was very accommodating, very clean rooms and lovely restaurant. We were getting back late night and called in a food order and they even helped us get food before we went to bed. Will stay here every time now.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Great base for a visit to RHS Wisley. Friendly staff. Standard modern room. Perfect for a short stay. Excellent value and lovely meal in the main pub.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2025

terrie

This property has lots of character , the rooms are clean and comfortable and the restaurant food and bar are both very good , this is our second visit

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jul 2025

kay

Convenient location in a nice village. Have stayed here many times. However the new parking fees and the cleanliness of this hotel has really let it down.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jul 2025

cliff

Property was very tired and needed a renovation but not all of it

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jun 2025

Anthony

Wasn’t terrible, but certainly not great. Room grubby! I had no remote for TV so hunted for it including under bed, wish I hadn’t! Deep clean needed. Shower spraying out of sides and shower door didn’t fit correctly, no toiletries not even any gel in shower. Breakfast totally average, didn’t look appetising at all, so just had toast!

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jun 2025

Andrew

Food in the restaurante was good and and a good value breakfast buffet.
Afternoon tea was ok but limited choice of tea.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

18 Jun 2025

David

The only criticism I could make is over the evening meal.
We had crusty bread, olive oil and balsamic vinegar but there was not enough oil and vinegar.
My steak was supposed to be medium but was more like medium rare. That said it was fine.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jun 2025

Doug

The Talbot is in a fabulous location, but is showing its age, with parts of the hotel needing a good clean or lick of paint.

There is nothing major that is wrong, but when you arrive, and the person on reception is typing and carries on typing for a long time, finishes his work and only then says hello.

Everything is OK, but it could be fantastic.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2025

Louise

Nice place courteous staff.

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2025

Patricia

Lovely room and a very comfortable bed.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2025

Terence

Last visited it 63 years ago to the minute when we went there for lunch after our wedding.
This time we also stayed after a truly excellent lunch and to be fair it has improved considerably in the intervening years.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Apr 2025

Lee

Poor room, staff lovely

They charge a whopping £124 for this state.
It had a musty smell in the room as well, I wouldn’t stay here again!
It was old and tired, needs completely renovating.
Extortionate price, for what you get!!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Apr 2025

Margaret

Excellent service on arrival at reception.
Room and hotel generally in need of refurbishment- it looks a little shabby: e.g.net curtains badly in need of a wash, badly frayed; shower attachment and knobs varnish peeling off and sealant/grouting in need of repair. Kettle half full of water and grubby. A general deep clean wouldn’t go amiss.
A parking charge on top of a three figure overnight charge not expected.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2025

Elena

Convenient and peaceful

Convenient mid week accommodation for me when I’m working in the area. Lovely peaceful stay with great service.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2025

Tim

Nice Hotel

Great location for RHS Wisley

Business

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2025

John

Great curry house nearby

Business

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2025

Michelle

Quaint and stylish, comfortable room.
Staff very helpful, but beware parking charges on top!
Food good quality but a little expensive.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jan 2025

Doug

Fantastic location, quiet location

This could be such a wonderful hotel, it has a great location, character. There is nothing to worry about, it is an OK hotel.

The rooms are OK, but getting tired and in need of a refurbishment.

The reception staff are great, although you do sometimes have to hunt them down.

The food in the restaurant is OK.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

30 Dec 2024

Angela

Lovely stay

Very pleasant overnight stay. Clean and comfortable.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Dec 2024

Christopher

Nice - Could be Better

Nice hotel in a lovely town. Old main building where we stayed this time. Usual noise from bar below and road outside. They do have other rooms, so request a quiet room if you're a light sleeper. Bathroom in room 1 smallest of damp. They could turn the heating down a few degrees and save hundreds of pounds! Rooms were incredibly hot at check in. We turned the radiators off!
Breakfast was very average. Asked to sit where it was more convenient to the waiting staff, not ideal. Buffet not replenished as much as it could have been.

These days we are paying a lot of money for accommodation, standards need to increase to meet expectations.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

11 Dec 2024

Stephen

Since our last stay they have now introduced car parking charges £10 per night, shocking will not be staying here again

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2024

Jo-Anne

Great stay

Lovely clean and comfortable room. East parking and a most delicious dinner.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

27 Nov 2024

Doug

Great location...

The Talbot enjoys a great location.

The hotel is getting to be tired, with bedrooms in particular (and bathrooms) needing a refresh, or lick of paint.

It is hard to find staff to check you in.

The food is of average quality.

The staff are variable, on checkout the member of staff was on the phone to a friend, and it was obvious that I was interrupting a conversation.

Other staff including the servers and housekeeping a friendly and welcoming.

Business

8/10

Excellent

19 Nov 2024

Edward

Pleasant but needs some care.

Booked as I was working in Woking and didnt want the awful commute in the morning.

I was quitexlate arriving, but was met by 2 friendly members of staff. I'd prebooked dinner and breakfast and due to time, went straiggt into the restaurant.

My meals wwre nice. Nothing to conplain about here.

I had room 4, just above reception. It was quite simple but warm and the inportant bit (the bed) was comfy. Even i accidentslly booked a double single bed room, i slept well.

The not quite as positive area was the bathroom. The extract fan is very noisy, the kight sbove the sink only partially works, the ceiling has flaking paint, the drain in the bath blocked up when i took a shower. Its noticably colder than the bedroom as well.

Food was fine. Staff were fine. I slept pretty well. It just felt a bit old snd in need of TLC in my room. Would book again though.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

27 Oct 2024

Roger

,we stayed in the Horatio Room the bathroom is DANGEROUS steps up to the toilet, basin and bath, signs warn of steps but no mention of beams the one next to bath is less than 166cm
It slopes away towards the end of the bath,I turned hit my forehead and fell on to the side of the bath.Apparently nobody had complained before! Just dont be average height or drunk!

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2024

keith

Charming stay.

Rooms are clean, teand coffee in rooms. Hotel facilities good, food excellent.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2024

Glyn

Nice room and perfect for my needs for the night but there were no towel provided and nothing i could find in any emails to forewarn me of this

Self

6/10

Pleasant

30 Sep 2024

Adrian

Very noisy as room at front of hotel nexf to main road. Windows wouldn't close properly. 2 people staying in room only 1 coffee cup
All in all for the price we expected better

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Sep 2024

Nigel

Beware the £10 parking charge ! It is not made clear you have pay when staying !!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2024

Peter

Wonderful old coaching inn with character rooms

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Sep 2024

Robert

In lovely surroundings, bigger than I thought it was, had a nice quiet stay.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

09 Sep 2024

Verified traveler

£10 for parking seems unreasonable considering the location is quite remote.

Business

4/10

Poor

09 Sep 2024

I was very disappointed with my stay this time - The Talbot have introduced car park charging which added over £10 a day to my stay and I was not told in advance.
There was no extractor fan in the bathroom. I was expected to make tea and coffee with a wooden stick instead of a teaspoon. When I left I had to make two trips to my car, after the first trip to the car my key card no longer worked and when I went to reception to explain, the women made it work again but wasn’t remotely interested in me to say oh dear, or sorry or anything - in fact she was rather dismissive of me. What if I had been having breakfast? I wouldn’t have got back into my room either.

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

03 Sep 2024

Gwyn

Generally not bad wet room left a lot to be desired, rusty pipework, black mould on seals . Shower adjustment rail was broken.
Tv remote would not work window catch broken and a bit mean with complementary milk & teabags. Parking charge expensive. Opening window would not be excessible for many disabled. Breakfast was very good.

Partner

4/10

Poor

01 Sep 2024

Helen

Room top floor so very low ceilings
No shower just bath and shower attachment on the wall and chest height
Booked classic room which advertised shower but when complained was told advertised as bath with shower attachment which is rubbish, would not stay here again

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Pleasant enough stay.

Pleasant stay. Visiting Wisley a very short distance away so very convenient.
Bed comfortable, shower cabinet needed a hood clean, otherwise acceptable standard of cleanliness.
Breakfast ok except overcooked bacon and eggs

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2024

DIANE

Dog friendly is great!
Staff v.helpful & friendly.
Shame no a/c in our room but pleased there was a fan!
Shame we had to pay £20 for parking unlike the last time we stayed, no payment at all.

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2024

Doug

A reasonable hotel

I stay regularly at this hotel.

As usual on arrival reception was not manned, and there was therefore a considerable delay checking in.

I times my arrival for 8p.m. but there was a hold up on the M25 so I missed the incredibly early 8.30p.m. cut off for the restaurant.

The rooms are looking a little grubby with dirty paintwark, that just needs a good clean, other than that this is a well appointed hotel, in a great location.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

09 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Excellent and poor under the same roof.

The staff at The Talbot Inn were very nice and were helpful, the restaurant food was excellent and plenty of choice but the breakfast was poor, greasy and had a limited choice for vegetarians or vegans. The bedroom was stylish and the bathroom modern but it was grubby, with a stained carpet, dirty net curtains and cobwebs. The tables and chairs in the bar were dirty and sticky and dirty ashtrays on the tables in the garden were not changed for clean ones until the following evening. The setting was beautiful and the outdoor terrace and garden were lovely and it was dog-friendly everywhere except the dining room. The booking form through Hotels.com that I used did not have a selection for bringing a dog or parking overnight, both of which transpired to be chargeable items even though I booked a dog-friendly room and was a guest over a long weekend. I felt that Hotels.com should have flagged those options as it added 20% to the cost of the room. The hotel manager was good about that though and reduced the extras fee when I raised the issue.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2024

Mark

A tick for Talbot

Lovely place with great facilities. Expensive on the car charging and a very few things that need investment, shower head loose tiles etc. but overall really nice

Business

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jul 2024

Jamie

Disappointed with noisy and very dusty dark room

Disappointed in all as we’d upgraded to a deluxe 4 posted bed for a one night stay. The room was extremely noisy on the road and above the bar area. Poor nights sleep as we could hear noise from surrounding rooms and very creaky floor above. The room was very dusty and bathroom wasn’t very clean. We stayed in Room 02. The food was very good in the restaurant though and breakfast was ok. Being charged £10 to park is a bit much too. Shame as lovely looking pub.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2024

Alison

Great location. Local walks pubs & restaurants. Relaxed peaceful and friendly staff.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2024

Dave

Nice beer garden, food and drink reasonable priced.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2024

Claudia

A lovely hotel with very friendly staff.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

14 Jul 2024

Collette

Grubby room PARKING IS NOT FREE.

A huge bug bear of mine is hotels that advertise parking and then upon arrival, you discover either there are about 4 parking spaces or you have to pay separately for parking, That was the case here £10.20 parking fee... I also emailed in advance to enquire about parking and had no response. the hotel itself is very tired, cobwebs in my room grubby walls and carpet. The water system liked to make a strange coughing and draining sound every 15 minutes or so. There was also a wedding during my stay no ideal when I had a 6am start and you can hear both quests outside and in the corridors.

Self

8/10

Excellent

08 Jul 2024

Alan

A bit tired in the room but apart from that everything was first class very pleasant staff

8/10

Excellent

28 Jun 2024

Mark

Nice

Lovely hotel
Great room

Paying for parking is a bit cheeky- include this in the room charge

Business

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2024

jennifer

Talbot Experience

Excellent 2 night stay at the Talbot Inn, Staff are very friendly and professional. My room was very comfortable and clean. The Breakfast was lovey and our evening meal was excellent. Definitely stay again.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2024

Chris

Great hotel stay!

It was a really enjoyable stay and the staff where excellent

Business

8/10

Excellent

18 Jun 2024

Penelope

Good overnight stop

Lovely meal in bar, very relaxed atmosphere

Business

8/10

Excellent

14 Jun 2024

Catherine

Business for a week very nice and food great but no internet which was a problem

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2024

igor

Regular Visitors

We stay in the Talbot from time to time - its clean, well located and reasonably priced.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2024

Stephen

A very pleasant stay, quiet surroundings and good facilities.

Business Self

4/10

Poor

06 Jun 2024

Heather

Bathroom lights burnt out, vent in bathroom caked in dirt, shower head dirty and leaking. Generally overall appearance of room was not clean or inviting.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2024

Excellent service top quality room and breakfast

Business

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2024

Tracey

Always lovely stay

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Apr 2024

PATRICK

Beautiful small hotel

beautiful small hotel, lots of character, friendly staff, and a nice breakfast, travellers tip: don't park under the trees in the car park, if you do you will need to call at the car wash a couple of miles down the road.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2024

Mary

Wedding weekend

It was a lovely stay for 2 nights pleasant staff and a lovely breakfast.

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

24 Mar 2024

kevin

They hadnt recived my expedia booking, i booked a cool suite with a garden view, but got a tiny room on the main road a25, woke at 3am and couldnt sleep afterwards, paid for a premium room and got a travelodge, dont get me wrong it was fine but ,b and b for £300 per night for the room i booked that didnt get feels a bit poor, breakfast was lovely, and they charged £10 for parking???

Not great really 6 out of ten if im honest,

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2024

Had to pay for parking £10 per night.Hot breakfast eggs hard

Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2024

Logan

The customer services were top notch. I required assistance with a charger adapter for my cell phone, and with getting a taxi. Food was exceptional. As a traveler on my first holiday, my stay here was perfect

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

06 Mar 2024

Peter

Not bad not great

Not bad stay to be honest, just the bed was like a marshmallow and there was really noisy buggers upstairs from my room 106. It was if there was a toddler running around until the early hours of the morning

Business

8/10

Excellent

25 Feb 2024

Margaret

Not much provided in the rooms, soap and shower gels are being used by all those using that particular room, not very hygienic. First time in a hotel not being provided with individual wrapped items for use in bathroom. Would take our own if ever stayed there again?
Not over generous with the tea and coffee only two teabags, they went soon after arrival which meant buying from a local shop to make a cup of tea in the morning. One bottle of water provided for two people again had to buy more. Not sure if room had been hoovered bits over the floor and dust all along the edges of the carpet and side of wardrobe. Furniture a bit dated.
Good breakfast menu to choose from continental or cooked couldn't really fault that more than adequate for what we wanted.
The meals though for lunch or evening we thought were quite expensive.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Feb 2024

anne

Woken up at 6:30 with a lorry reversing with the tannoy system ‘lorry reversing please take care’ Room far too hot and couldn’t cool down otherwise good

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2024

Colin

Parking is now £10 per night and EV Level 2 charging is expensive at £12.50 per hour.

Other than that, the property is very nice and quant.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

14 Jan 2024

Catherine

Disappointed and left the stay very tired .

We were placed in a small outbuilding with guests that had a party onsite. The guests joined each other and we were unable to sleep until they left at 5am. I complained but was only told the guests had now left and our second night should be ok. In the morning of the second day the housekeepers were unprofessional chatting to each other about their hair staring in mirrors etc . I would have appreciated some sympathy from the manager but there was apathy . I never have needed to write a review like this before it could have been dealt with much better if someone took the time to appreciate the situation .

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2024

Maria

Excellent chef, helpful and nice staff, public transport very poor.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Dec 2023

Alan

Friendly and welcoming!

Really polite staff, very welcoming on arrival. Comfortable rooms with a good bed. Bathroom was tired and due some TLC.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2023

Amina

Absolutely beautiful, like a fairy cottage, transport in was easy, transport out was harder.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

18 Nov 2023

Simon

unpleasant experience

The room was very tired,
bathroom door was dirty, room blind dirty carpet threadbare
Totally unpleasant experience.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

05 Nov 2023

Alison

Lovely hotel, room average. Extremely noisy extractor fan in bathroom. Pillows not so good. Had to clear tables ourselves at breakfast to make room for next course. Staff didn't seem interested. Thought £10 to park car in the car park a bit steep!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2023

Mark

Great Service

Great place to stay and the pizzas are fantastic, have stayed here over the years and it has not changed. Rooms are clean and staff really friendly. The hotel has brought in parking for £10 a night and due to the fact it was only brought in the day before they agreed to remove from my bill, excellent service, very professional.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2023

Gina

Fabulous place

Fabulous place to stop, very comfortable and immaculate. Food was gorgeous and staff were so friendly. Highly recommend.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2023

Rebecca

Lovely village hotel

What a charming hotel in a lovely village. We had breakfast in the morning. Stayed with my husband and daughter was in a put up bed. Everything easy and straightforward. Would stay again!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Oct 2023

Colm

Excellent hotel, would definitely say again, superb breakfast, very friendly staff throughout.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2023

Alexandra

Recommended, very comfortable inn with friendly st