Boars Head Hotel

8/10

Excellent

08 Feb 2026

Jonathan

Nice room

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jan 2026

Martin

Warm welcome, spotless & warm room, proper pub, good beer &home cooked food, what more could you ask for.
Highly recommended.

Business

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2026

Matthew

Well appointed room, comfortable bed.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Dec 2025

Thomas

Very chatty and friendly room was superb and a supper as well really liked it..

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

13 Dec 2025

Cliff

Lovely people, great food, room a little tired but clean and comfortable! Breakfast lonely, but adequate.

Business

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2025

Steve

Friendly staff

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2025

Frank

large room

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2025

Bridget

Very good choice off breakfast

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Oct 2025

Debra

Yes

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2025

Catherine

Good value for money.
Very clean and a great breakfast. Good choice of cereals, yogurts, etc, and a freshly cooked breakfast.
Towels were rather thin and there was no hairdryer in the room.
Staff were friendly and helpful.

Partner

4/10

Poor

11 Sep 2025

John

Ok hotel

No parking off road available, noisy during the evening

Business

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Lovely hotel/pub with bags of character. Friendly staff and the triple room was very clean & tidy with loads of storage.
Great breakfast too

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Would recommend!!

Me and my fiancée had a lovely stay, peaceful rest with delicious food and amazing service. Would definitely stay again.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Rooms were nice, but the breakfast was disappointing - no staff available so very DIY, and a basic range of options (a few cereals; bread and a toaster; yoghurt; tea/coffee and a kettle)

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2025

David

An attractive building. Fairly steep stairs. Nice room, comfortable bed, clean. Decent tv, but no light switch by bed. A bit noisy, as adjacent main road. Breakfast reasonable. Felt good value for money.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2025

Stephen

A lovely warm welcome, good quality food and a pleasant room

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jul 2025

David

Staff were friendly. Big single glazed windows right across the room felt very over looked. Noisy from main room it was extremely hot in room but still had to close windows because of the noise. Turned up for breakfast and had to search for someone to ask. Found the cleaner who was cleaning even though we had booked a time slot. Then waited 45 mins for it which was not worth the wait. It was very greasy.it served a purpose to see a friend and room was clean . Felt a bit like fawlty towers No coffee had to ask the an instant jar of melow birds arrived. Toaster but no bread.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2025

Nick

Great hospitality, very friendly and helpful staff. Nice room with lovely bathroom. A bit stuffy due to weather, would help if main window could be opened slightly to allow air to circulate. Good breakfast, so will definitely recommend the Boars Head, and all going well will return later this year.
N. Mason

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2025

Chris

Great location, friendly staff

We only stayed for a night and it was hot, but the room was airy with the window open a little. The staff were friendly and helpful. Unfortunately I hadn't realised breakfast was included because we'd have got up a little earlier but we managed a piece of toast before we had to checkout.

The main road outside is a little noisy but it seems that entertainment in Middlewich for youngsters is limited to driving around...

However, the Boars Head was still a great place to stop over before our canal trip!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Jun 2025

John

Good Budget Room

Nice room for the price with easy access to the pub for good well priced food with excellent service and a good choice of drinks. Serve yourself breakfast was toast, cereal and yoghurt along with OJ and instant coffee. Room was quiet and it was a good nights sleep

Business

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jun 2025

John

Nice hotel and good staff.
Value for money

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2025

James

Very welcoming landlady, great atmosphere, with a clean room and ensuite.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2025

Stephen

Live staying here! Rooms clean and comfortable bed. Staff excellent and good food!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2025

Lisa

We really enjoyed our stay the staff we great lovely breakfast

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2025

Ann

It is close to my daughter's home. The staff were all very friendly and eager to help. I was made to feel welcome

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

06 Apr 2025

Kevin

The staff were very friendly and helpful, the food was good and reasonably priced. The room I eventually stayed in still suffered with noise from passing traffic. The room although clean was dated with poor quality furniture, the wall behind the bed was dirty with lots of spill marks and the paint needed refreshing. There was a lack of sockets, it would have been impossible to use a PC. I had to pull a bedside cabinet out to recharge my phone. The water pressure was low so only a trickle of hot water, the shower was the same. The on/off switch for the shower was in the bedroom and after searching as to why I had no hot water I found it - no instructions given. There is no double glazing so in many of the rooms there is road noise.

Business

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2025

Daniel

A nice stay and great beer

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jan 2025

Alan

It was okay

It was okay for 1 night stay. It's a pub with rooms above. Serve yourself continental breakfast was sufficient.
Shower was defective. Hose was not attached properly.

Partner

2/10

Poor

31 Dec 2024

Paul

Nothing

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Dec 2024

Scott

Perfect location, everything i needed in the accommodation, Staff, Food etc all excellent

8/10

Excellent

27 Oct 2024

Jeff

Would stay again!

Great value for money. Clean and great breakfast. Only negative was that room was a little noisy from traffic. Would stay again.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2024

Jonathan

Great value hotel. Clean spacious rooms and lovely breakfast.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 Oct 2024

Linda

We were supposed to have breakfast at 9oclock Saturday went down no staff around had tea and cereal but no cooked breakfast got no help not going again .

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Sep 2024

Mary

Okay but could be better.

Beds clean but whole feeling of tired surroundings.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

23 Sep 2024

Michael

No really care towards you, found room and it was ok no nothing to dry your hands after washing them, the bed was old and nackered was a bad night sleep and had to wait well over 30mins for breakfast past them time it was arranged all in all not a good experience. Will never be going back there.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

23 Sep 2024

Marino

Nice beautiful place to stay for a night. Verry accessibility as its in maind rd

Leisure

2/10

Poor

12 Aug 2024

Paul

Worst nights sleep in well over 10 years

Early check-in good. Nice big room comfortable bed. That’s end of positives.
Room faces busy main road with relentless traffic noise. Trying to get to sleep after midnight was impossible. Open window was at 7-8 ft high and impossible to reach to close. After 1am group of people sat down at the tables directly below my room outside and proceeded to speak, shout and laugh loudly until well after 2am. However traffic noise continued making sleep impossible. At 3.30am have not had a single minute of sleep had had enough. Looked for a way of closing window. Chair didn’t look strong enough to stand on so resulting in swinging cushion multiple times until knocked the arm of the catch up which particles the window but still pretty noisy. At some point after managed to get a bit of sleep only to be re-woken at 5.30 and that was it. The worst nights sleep I have had in well over 10 years. This at a time I was already tired after a busy day including 3 hours driving.
Arranged to have the included breakfast at 9am. Went down to find no one serving or taking orders, all help yourself. Only coffee option was a glass container containing mixture of granules see photo, no thanks. Not enough milk to have any cereal. At 9.40, only 20 minutes before check-out time someone came to take my order. 3 times I told her what to remove from full English, including it being written down still got it wrong getting no mushrooms. Sausage herby and awful, bacon very fatty. So just beans waffle

Self

2/10

Poor

12 Aug 2024

Paul

Worst nights sleep in well over 10 years

Room 10. Early check-in good. Nice big room comfortable bed. That’s end of positives.
Room faces busy main road with relentless traffic noise. Trying to get to sleep after midnight was impossible. Open window was at 7-8 ft high and impossible to reach to close. After 1am group of people sat down at the tables directly below my room outside and proceeded to speak, shout and laugh loudly until well after 2am. However traffic noise continued making sleep impossible. At 3.30am have not had a single minute of sleep had had enough. Looked for a way of closing window. Chair didn’t look strong enough to stand on so resulting in swinging cushion multiple times until knocked the arm of the catch up which particles the window but still pretty noisy. At some point after managed to get a bit of sleep only to be re-woken at 5.30 and that was it. The worst nights sleep I have had in well over 10 years. This at a time I was already tired after a busy day including 3 hours driving.
Arranged to have the included breakfast at 9am. Went down to find no one serving or taking orders, all help yourself. Only coffee option was a glass container containing mixture of granules see photo, no thanks. Not enough milk to have any cereal. At 9.40, only 20 minutes before check-out time someone came to take my order. 3 times I told her what to remove from full English, including it being written down still got it wrong getting no mushrooms. Sausage herby and awful, bacon very fatty. So just beans waffle

Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2024

Mark

The staff very friendly, room has everything you need and very clean.
Lovely pint aswell.

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jul 2024

John

Weekend away

We arrived at the hotel and reported to reception a nice chap showed us our room and gave us one key, we went out for a meal and arrived back to be locked out front door wouldn’t open with our one room key and the back door was locked so after a while we managed to get in through the kitchen no mention of breakfast or time so we went down at 8-30am nobody about so made a coffee and a lady turned up and said would we like breakfast which we had and it was first class . This is not a complaint but hope it helps

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2024

HELEN

My room was spotless, bed and pillow comfy. Everything I needed was there.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2024

Paul

Room was clean and perfect for what I needed, comfy bed, decent size en-suite bathroom and great shower. Good breakfast as well, with both continental and cooked options. Cooked breakfast was delicious with the only quarm being thicker sausages preferred. 9.8 out of 10, recommend to anyone and would love to stay again when the opportunity rises.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Jul 2024

Shaun

Good Hotel for a good price

Good hotel for the money. I stayed here when attending Oulton Park.
Room was very modern and clean.

Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Jun 2024

Robert

Strong recommend

1) Traditional pub room for 2 night stay
2) Friendly & helpful staff esp “Liz”
3) Food very good (excellent English bedroom)
4) After midnight you need to ring a mobile for staff to let you in
5) Freeview reception in room #3 was patchy
6) Approx 6 parking spaces from & rear (some street parking also)
7) Free Wifi is one of those “sign-up” marketing ones which I declined good 4G receptions

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

21 Jun 2024

Verified traveler

Avoid, Avoid, Avoid

Had to wipe my feet on the way out.
Went and bought my own towel as the one provided smelt.
Bathroom was a disgrace, definitely wasn’t cleaned for quite some time, the windows were dirty, the TV didn’t work and the food in the restaurant was disgusting. Only ate in there the first night of my 4 night stay.
Ended up checking out early as couldn’t stick it any longer.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jun 2024

Barry

The stay started fine with great service from a lovely Irish lady. However the following morning when I went for breakfast the place was in darkness with no sign of any staff. I waited for 10 minutes then returned to my room. I tried again 15 minutes later and it was still in darkness. The 3rd time there was 3 other guests waiting...... We found a kettle and made a drink and waited. No sign of any member of staff. I couldn't wait any longer so I left to find breakfast elsewhere at my own expense.
Don't think I'll be back....

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

29 May 2024

Chris

No refund

Booked two rooms for one night, after I receive a phone call telling me they only have 1 room and would refund me the other room but I have never received it. This has happened before at the same hotel. Not good at all.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

20 May 2024

Christopher

Was ok

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2024

David

Put it down to experience

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2024

DAVID

Room was a bit tired. The breakfast was great

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2024

Darren

Clean

8/10

Excellent

07 Mar 2024

Michael

Boars head stay

Rooms were large ,beds comfortable and rooms clean.
Had dinner which was very tasty with large portions.
Good menu range.
Staff friendly and helpful.
Overall very happy with stay.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2024

paul

Very nice stay.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2023

Stuart

Always a friendly welcome here. We stay regularly, for good service and value for money

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Oct 2023

Paul

Staff very pleasant and helpful.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2023

Aden

My stay

Great food nice room and lovely staff

8/10

Excellent

14 Oct 2023

Paul

Nice original hotel. Big clean rooms with en-suite. Food was very good. For the price couldn’t have ask for more

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2023

Paul

Rooms were modern and comfortable, great power shower and modern bathroom. Shame no chef on-site had a great meal last visit .

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2023

Charles

Down visiting an old workmate who isn’t too well, thoroughly enjoyed the Boars Head👍

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

19 Sep 2023

Paul

Great location.

Great location in Middlewich. Good beer, lovely room and en-suite. Check in was good too. Lovely staff. Some tv channels not working properly on the room tv. The bath sealant needs cleaning or replacing. We never had any breakfast, as we had to leave very early on both mornings. All said, we were happy and will return.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2023

John

staff and locals friendly
excellent breakfast

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Sep 2023

Owen

Pleasant staff and clean room despite the initial impression. Struggled to sleep because of the noisy road.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2023

Andy

Fantastic location in Middlewich Cheshire

This hotel is a hidden gem and great value for money. Lovely rooms, clean, comfortable and great location next to the canal for nice walks to the locks and local pubs, restaurants. Will be staying again

Business

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2023

Karl

Great budget hotel

A brilliant budget hotel. Great features and complementary breakfast. Very pleased with stay.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 Aug 2023

Susan

Great friendly staff - lovely evening meal and breakfast. We’ll be back

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2023

Markus

No issues or problems during my stay. Staff is very helpful and friendly. Special shout out and thanks to Liz who helped me check in and help make my stay enjoyable.

Business_and_leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Jul 2023

Verified traveler

Great trip, friendly team, comfortable stay

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jun 2023

Guy

Not deserving of review score

Location suited my last minute visit, price was cheap and review score was promising (8.4) for bed and breakfast which was all I needed, so I booked.

Minimal interaction with staff, shown to room, all ok.

Room had no TV reception (cable missing connector so not plugged in). Only ceiling lights as all wall fittings missing bulbs and shower doors didn't shut properly (managed not to flood bathroom).
The mattress was very basic and sank as soon as I sat on it & the pillow was too firm for a soft mattress, so with the summer weather, it was not a restful night.

Breakfast was help yourself and a very basic continental.
For the price I can't complain too much, it was clean at least, but wouldn't stay again.

Other issue was a noisy guest who had their TV (that worked) on very loud until gone midnight, not the hotels fault but thank god I always take ear plugs.

Business

8/10

Excellent

19 Jun 2023

Sandra

I have no complaints. It was good value for the money. The only problem was the lorries going past the window during the night.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

22 May 2023

Lisa

We stayed at the Boars Head on route to our destination for an overnight stay. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly. The breakfast in the morning was superb. Fresh, hot and big. The stay was excellent value.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2023

Stuart

Always a pleasant welcome when we stay there. Rooms always clean and well stocked with everything you need.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2023

Paul

Room was great good shower comfortable bed food and drinks good d reasonable priced , would use again

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

03 May 2023

Verified traveler

OK basic accommodation in old school pub.

Old school pub accommodation but my room was relatively modern and ok for a short stay.
Beware the pub / hotel is on a busy road so if you get a room at the front you will need to keep the windows shut, but handily they do give you a fan.
No cooked breakfast available during my stay, only a DIY continental breakfast which was adequate and varied. Limited parking on site (can only fit max 6 cars in car park and it also serves as pub CP so difficult to get a space. Unofficial parking opposite hotel on side road outside a DIY store.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2023

PAUL

Patricia and Paul N. Ireland March 2023

All round excellent, room very clean, free parking, fantastic breakfast, host liz was very hospitable and informative about the area, would definitely recommend. Thanks from Patricia and Paul from northern Ireland stayed sat nite 4th March 2023

Partner

4/10

Poor

23 Feb 2023

Verified traveler

A hotel needs to do two basic things. Provide a good nights sleep and be clean. The Board Head did neither of these. The springs poked through the mattress and there was a water pump (or something) which would hourly groan for a minute or so waking us up. While the sheets were clean, even the floor hadn’t been hoovered, there was dust EVERYWHERE, and the bathroom was grimy. If the sheets hadn’t been clean, and our stay had been longer than 10 hours we would have left.

Positives.. The staff were absolutely lovely, and it was cheap

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Feb 2023

Owen

On way to the footy!

A one night stop over en route to meet family to go and watch football. Nice place to stay. Staff friendly. Comfortable. Location was great. Food was very nice.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jan 2023

ANTHONY

K

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Dec 2022

Margaret

It is a beautiful old style public house. Friendly staff, lovely
fresh food and clean and warm rooms. Everything you need.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2022

Bev

Hotel with character

Lovely hotel with character public rooms showing lots of local history. Staff were helpful and our room was warm and clean.
Nice atmosphere generally and I will definitely stay again

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Nov 2022

Robert

Good little hotel

Very friendly helpful staff, good food and beer.all at very reasonable prices.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Nov 2022

Andrew

1 night stay

Lovely 1 night stay. Service was fab as were the meals. Food prices were really reasonable.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2022

Terry

Great service for good price

Very friendly and welcoming, accommodated our family needs very well. Visit thoroughly enjoyed.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2022

Elaine

Lovely staff, clean room

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

12 Oct 2022

Iain

Classic old pub. Rooms need a revamp. Not very clean. Road outside is very noisy.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2022

Matt

Great pub, great staff!

Great pub with rooms! The room itself was nicely equipped and modern with a very comfy bed and decent bathroom. The staff were very friendly and welcoming as were the locals in the pub! The breakfast was excellent and if I'm ever to be in Middlewich again I would definitely stay here again

Business

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2022

S

A Pleasant Short Stay

Large sprawling pub / hotel full of old world character. Friendly and efficient staff who oversaw everything from check in, serving at the bar and providing a lovely fresh cooked breakfast. Great value for money so we’ll definitely be back in the future

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Aug 2022

ken

first class service rooms clean and tidy. Staff go out of the way to help. nice pint

4/10

Poor

29 Aug 2022

Barbara

Shambolic

Bedding clean and comfortable. Only positive really. Bathroom OK but shower tiles and grout very grubby. Breakfast first morning waited 15 minutes with no sign of any staff, then went wandering and calling out, with no response. Found way into kitchen where all breakfast foods were laid out on the worktop, un- covered, part cooked bacon and cooked sausages, health hazard, presumably to microwave to heat them yuck! Still no sign of any staff so did another tour of calling. Then a lady appeared and said they'd been out the back???!!!!. She directed us to help ourselves to items from the fridge for juice and milk, but the milk jug was empty, there was no cutlery out. Kettle was on top of the fridge but no water available!! Had to ask for white bread and marmalade. She took cooked breakfast order which I declined having seen the open cooked /part cooked meats in the kitchen. Breakfast day 2 was no better. When we got into the breakfast room there were already 2 people there. No milk available, no water to fill kettle and again no bread and no teabags. Eventually there were 14 people seated with so many basic breakfast items not available. The same lady said she hadn't realised that they hadn't realised they'd finished the bread yesterday. By this time the brown bread had finished too. She sent someone out to buy some bread!! By this time there was a fair bit of good humoured banter amongst the guests. Talk about Fawlty towers! WHole place could do with a deep clean.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2022

Karen

Nice helpful staff, great breakfast

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2022

Chris

Super friendly welcome, fantastic value for money

Really friendly staff, superb evening meal, comfortable room & fantastic value for money. Would recommend highly as a brilliant stop off location. We will definitely visit again when in the area. Thanks for a great stay.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Aug 2022

Garry

Modern rooms that were comfortable and clean which is all I needed for a night away.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2022

Stuart

Always a pleasure to stay here
No fuss, just good homely welcome, clean room and big breakfast

Partner

4/10

Poor

27 Jul 2022

Lilian

The room was filthy, breakfast okay.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jul 2022

Stephen

The room was quite large and well decorated, bathroom looked quite new. All very comfortable but a bit noisy from traffic noise, good value for money

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Jul 2022

Pam

Good location

Room was a good size with big bathroom,
Breakfast was good but the wait for it on the second day was quite long

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2022

Graham

Once again, brilliant stay, very comfortable rooms, superb staff.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jul 2022

A

Lovey place but the road noise is terrible

Right next to a main road - constant noise all night therefore didn’t sleep too well. It’s not the hotels fault obviously.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2022

Denis

Great value

Clean and well decorated room. Well equiped bathroom
Most of all a great British breakfast.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2022

Verified traveler

Very nice

Very friendly and accommodating, were taken to room and shown around,room was clean and tidy

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jul 2022

Susan

Nice friendly hotel

Room was nice and clean. Traffic noise was very load and kept us awake most of the nights. Nothing they can do about that tho. Request 2 vegetarian breaks for 2 nights stay. Request was not made. Therefore you would think you would get more of the none meat items, which we did not, disappointed with that but overall the breakfast was nice. All the staff was friendly and helpful.

Partner