Old Cock Inn

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2026

Hugh

Well appointed ,clean and functional . Angelina was excellent in particular

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2026

Timothy

The staff were exemplary in their manner, attentiveness and willingness to ensure guests were well looked after

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

06 May 2026

Joyce

Breakfast was made fresh every morning. The room was nice and well equipped.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 May 2026

Tom

Food was terrible for lunch, room was to cold at night and the breakfast got cancelled.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2026

Yvonne

The breakfast was great. Stayed in harp to see friends didn’t go anywhere else

Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2026

Jordan

Fantastic experience, modern and clean room, friendly staff, great location — and a lovely pub to boot. Would absolutely stay again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2026

Jay

Lovely room, great size, comfy bed and nice bathroom. Lovely views of the church. Breakfast was really tasty abd freshly prepared to order. Staff were super friendly.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2026

Karen

Great location very convenient to the town and railway station.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2026

Paul

Excellent staff and facilities

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2026

Charles

Very nice room, friendly staff, and very good breakfast.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jan 2026

jamie

Room was nice, however was cold

Business

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2025

Nathan

The location was central and the room very comfortable. It is an older hotel, though. The window in my bathroom would not close so I had to have the heater on high. There is no dedicated hotel staff so not as much service as other hotels. But breakfast was great, and we dis enjoy our stay.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Nov 2025

Nicolas

Quiet, space and clean comfy room. Great breakfast, friendly staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2025

Karen

Dinner fabulous great chef breakfast choice great all staff professional and friendly.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2025

SALLIE

Ideally situated for all Harpenden facilities, and links to London and other areas. Comfortable room and pleasant staff.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2025

Hannah

We had a lovely stay at this Inn. The rooms were very comfortable and the shower was great. All the staff we came across were friendly and professional. The breakfast was amazing (Full English) with really fresh quality produce in a wonderful setting.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2025

Richard

We had an enjoyable stay - the staff were friendly and included breakfast was delicious!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2024

Nicholas

Fantastic!

Couldn’t have wished for a nicer stay. Perfect location to travel into London with frequent trains from Harpenden station.
The room was lovely and spacious. The bathroom was luxurious.
Breakfast was excellent with great choice and service.
Highly recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2024

Trevor

Stay 14th Sep

the room was an excellent size as well as the bathroom, just a couple of things let it down was torn net curtain in the bedroom, the mastic around the shower needs attention as well as the painted wardrobe.
overall the stay was excellent and the breakfast was well presented and it was great value for money

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Sep 2024

Robert

Lovely hotel and great food the pub

6/10

Pleasant

17 Jul 2024

Verified traveler

Old World charm, but parking a serious problem

Nice enough place with a lot of character, but rather pricey for what they offer, and the lack of parking is a serious problem for overnight stays. A nearby car park had machines that weren't working (and a fraudulant parking app that forced me to cancel my debit card), I had to find places to park on the street and move the car around, etc. Not exactly a relaxing expeience

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2024

Bernard

No parking was a real problem was told to park on high street but no spaces took three quarters of hour to find a spot and late for dinner engagement that was arranged for me.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jun 2024

Steve

Good location

Ok, convenient location. Needs some maintenance to the room. Not sure i really recieved the room i paid for.
Noisy due to pub regulars etc on fri night but i knew this would be a problem.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

25 May 2024

Jacqueline

Booked through Expedia and it clearly showed that the property provides a free breakfast but on arrival we were told we had to pay extra for breakfast.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2024

Lori

This was a lovely overnight spot. Rooms were well appointed with nice amenities. Clean and cozy. Breakfast was good, especially appreciated meal was included. Highly recommend.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Dec 2023

Martin

Lovely Pub/Hotel - No Parking

Hotel/Pub very nice - staff super friendly. Would stay again when in Harpenden for sure.

That said

Only issues I had - Parking. Harpenden in general is awful and there isn't much in the way of long term parking near the hotel that I could find.

Also when I checked in - I hadn't realised I paid vis Hotes.com and ended up paying again at the hotel - still trying to sort out but that is more down to me keep missing the manager - they have been helpful.

Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2023

Karen

always a good place to stay convenient to the town centre and all surrounds.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Oct 2023

t

Nice place

Nice room
Breakfast option would be good

Business

4/10

Poor

05 Sep 2023

Kevin

Staff were nice, room was ok, but i was at the front of the building with a very busy road, noisy all night with single pane glass windows. Also don't plan on eating on a Monday, they don't do food then.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2023

Francis

We had a great stay! Hosts are kind and the room was very nice! Thank you!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Aug 2023

Louisa

The room was beautiful with a comfortable bed and huge bath. Staff kindly let me check in early as I was going to a local function. The pub itself looked very nice as well.

My room looked out over the garden and it was a summer evening so the staff told me it might be a little noisy until closing time. But I didn't find it noisy and was then very quiet during the night.

A very nice place to stay but quite expensive.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

13 Aug 2023

Olu

Needed a shower after a long day of hiking only to find out the room had no hot water. There was no telephone in the room so went back down to report the issue. The manager came up to check and confirmed no hot water in all the rooms but all should be ok in 20 minutes. That never happened. Ended up having a cold shower. Resulted to boiling water 5 kettle of water the next morning as a makeshift. Not pleased with the manager’s attitude either. Will definitely not use again.
If you must use the hotel ask for room at the back. Street side noisy with traffic and people leaving the pub.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2023

Dean

Excellent stay

The bedrooms were well decorated and comfortable. The staff were all very friendly and efficient, and the manager/owner was very accommodating to our groups requests. Only downside is no car park, but you can park for free a couple of mins walk away and wasn't really an issue for us

Partner

2/10

Poor

06 Mar 2023

Paula

Horrendously noisy

The noise in this hotel is horrendous it goes on til 1am slightly toned down between 12-1am had the tv on loud but could still be heard over that had to buy earplugs but i could still hear the noise from below and it starts again at 11am when the pub opens. If you like a cuppa take your own only 1 teabag and 1 sachet of coffee each and the milk is in a fridge down the hallway which is very inconvenient. It is a lovely room and comfy bed and good location for town but unfortunately the noise far outways all of this. At £110 per night and NO breakfast not value for money.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Jan 2023

John

Fitted well for a short stay in the town.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

07 Jan 2023

clare

I booked 3 nights here, I come to this town regularly as my son lives locally. This is the nearest place with accommodation to where he lives so was looking forward to the three night stay. It was most definitely NOT worth the £120 a night. No parking and no breakfast included in that.
The first room I was given was dirty, cobwebs everywhere, cup rings still on the bedside table, dirty floor in the bathroom, black mould on the windows and really dirty curtains at the window, so I went to see the staff, thankfully they moved me and the young lady was lovely about it. I definitely expected more for the price. I moved to another room, it was better, beautifully put together, with a bath in the bedroom, but not great. I could see that a lot of effort has been put into the fixtures and fittings in these rooms but it’s sadly lacking some major TLC. It could be amazing.
I only stayed for two nights not the three that I’d paid for, I just left, I didn’t want to stay another night.
The music noise from the pub below is quite loud too, (but it was turned off at 11pm). I would consider that if you plan to stay here. My stay was midweek in January so cannot imagine the weekend in the summer. I had booked to stay here again in April, this has now been cancelled. I will go back to where I have stayed before, 3 miles out of town but guaranteed to be clean.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2022

Karen

it was easy to check in the room was delightful and the landlord and staff all very helpful. well worth the stay. the location is convenient for everything.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2022

Gareth

Superb room with great bed and sheets. Bar and restaurant onsite is superb and a huge plus.

Staff are super friendly and accommodating.

FYI there are no taxis waiting if u arrive by rail so plan for that.

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Nov 2022

Benjamin

The parking status was not clear. There is no onsite parking and I don’t think you can say parking is included if you are having to use a public car park a few minutes walk away. Apart from the parking it was a decent property for one night.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2022

Anita

Enjoyed our stay

Quite noisy as room overlooked marquee and music though quite a civilised gathering and it looked pretty with lights and flowers and cocktails! Inn has been well renovated with quirky fun interiors. It is very comfortable and very clean. Would definitely stay again.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Aug 2022

Christopher

Newly renovated! Great for a night or two in harpenden

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jun 2022

Annette

Beautiful hotel

Gorgeous room which was very clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly. The food was lovely. Would definitely stay here again.

Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Nov 2021

Neil

Shame the parking and breakfast is no longer available, friendliness of the young lady checking me in and during my stay.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2021

isabel

great room well serviced, loved the bath!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2020

LUKE

Great room service, no breakfast, room was a bit cold, but the bed was amazing

Business

6/10

Pleasant

13 Oct 2020

michael

Nice but noisy.

Nice pub with modern, well furnished rooms. A lot of noise from the busy road in the front facing rooms.
Fire alarm (set off by someone's steamy shower we subsequently discovered) went off at 6am and was still going when the fire engine arrived almost an hour later. No sign of a staff member during this period.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2020

Steve

Clean tidy room with a very comfortable bed. Very good town centre location. I was a bit surprised that breakfast is not provided (a very good cafe is suggested 5 yards from the hotel) but I may have missed reference to this in the booking information.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2020

Rebecca

Fabulous stay!

We stayed here for 2 nights and had a lovely time. Leah who ran the B&B was super helpful, and gave us yummy breakfasts every morning which set us up for the day. In a beautiful location pretty much on Hadrian's Wall there's plenty of things to do locally - walks and running routes straight out the front door.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2020

Clare

Fabulous night away

The room was lovely, clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly and efficient, accommodated us considering they were very busy and fully booked! Loved it and will return if we're going that way

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

This property and the staff were very nice. The noise from the bar did not bother us. However the air conditioning unit at the top of the stairs was very noisy and was on all night which did not make sleeping easy.

Leisure Partner