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4.5

#2 of 9 guest houses in Ashbourne

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The George and Dragon is a family run town pub with en-suite accommodation. We serve home cooked food all day 12-8pm, We are situated on the market place. We started our adventure two years ago and have managed to gain a great reputation through our home cooked food, great beers and our newly decorated en-suite rooms. Come and see for yourself.

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Street parking

Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)

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Bar / lounge

Restaurant

Kids' meals

Pets Allowed ( Dog / Pet Friendly )

Non-smoking hotel

Special diet menus

Room features

Flatscreen TV

Room types

Non-smoking rooms

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HOTEL STYLE

Historic Hotel

Family

Location

90Good for walkers

Grade: 90 out of 100

44Restaurantswithin 0.3 miles

13Attractionswithin 0.3 miles

43 Market Place, Ashbourne DE6 1EU England

Getting there

East Midlands Airport21 miSee all flights

Nottingham Airport28 miSee all flights

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Nearby attractions

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3 minLessons & Workshops

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2 minSpeciality & Gift Shops

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Layla wrote a review Nov 2023

Whiston, United Kingdom21 contributions3 helpful votes

Definitely worth a visit

We stayed for the night with our dog and were made really welcome, and the room was very comfortable. On the back of that visit, and as we only live 20mins away, we keep coming back for their food and drink. The food is great, and the Sunday roast we had the other week was insane! Loads of lovely food. We’ve also been really impressed by the staff, who have proved themselves to be a lovely bunch, extremely polite and attentive. See you again soon!

Date of stay: September 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple

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Nigel H wrote a review Jul 2023

Castle Donington, United Kingdom4 contributions4 helpful votes

Enjoyable stay

Nice quiet room. Very friendly staff. Ideal base for exploring Ashbourne. We ate in the hotel on the first night and had a nice enjoyable meal (Calazone was superb) There was a good range of well kept real Ales, I conducted a comprehensive survey of them! 24h Council parking within a couple of minutes walk.

Date of stay: July 2023

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Trip type: Travelled as a couple

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Edwardo wrote a review May 2023

Huntingdon, United Kingdom14 contributions6 helpful votes

Yin and Yan

Was recommended GnD by someone from Ashbourne. The atmosphere was , in fairness, very nice and clearly a local crowd and the service was very good. Maybe we should have stuck to a few drinks, however decided to have dinner. Antipasto starter was boring and sincerely out of a packet whilst the spare ribs were like Jerky and covered with a tasteless runny sauce. They were terrible. Due to the great service and atmosphere I have to give them the benefit of doubt that it was a one off bad meal.

Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple

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Kyle Y wrote a review Apr 2023

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Felt like coming home

The landlady is so kind and welcoming, the atmosphere is like home, the food is incredible, the rooms are serene and so comfortable. We were enchanted by our stay here. It felt like being part of a lovely community.

Date of stay: April 2023

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rickhenshall wrote a review Mar 2023

Castle Donington, United Kingdom19 contributions3 helpful votes

Practical Stop

Nice little base for Ashbourne and Staff/Derbys southern Peak District, it is good value for money and had a great nights sleep (Room 2 nice mattress). Practical not luxurious , no breakfast available and shower warm not hot. Pub downstairs ok and serves decent meals.

Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple

Room Tip: Parking is free at Ashbourne Pavilion ,5 min walk

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Caroline D wrote a review Mar 2023

Newhey, United Kingdom1 contribution

Very welcoming and accommodating especially of our 4 legged companion. Water bowl, biscuits and even a blanket provided.. fabulously friendly staff and food delicious.. Lovely fire lit and cosy surroundings, would definitely return 🥰

Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple

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Emma J wrote a review Mar 2023

3 contributions4 helpful votes

Fantastic!!

We stopped for some lunch after our visit to Dovedale. I can not rate here highly enough. The staff were very pleasant and the food was absolutely delicious. My husband said that it was the best bean chilli that he had ever had! 10/10. Will certainly visit here again. Thank you

Date of stay: March 2023

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Tara wrote a review Feb 2023

Ripley, United Kingdom63 contributions17 helpful votes

5 star customer service

After a long walk at Milldale, we stopped off at The George & Dragon for a late Sunday lunch. We were just in time as they’d very nearly stopped serving food, so ordered two pints of cider, a roast beef dinner & a beetroot wellington. We were then waiting quite a while, so my partner went up to enquire about the order. Unfortunately our order had been misplaced, which they apologised for, & consequently gave us two further pints & a starter free of charge! What a pleasant surprise! Most places would just apologise & try to get your order out quickly, but the landlady at The George went above & beyond to rectify their error & when our mains did arrive, the food was absolutely delicious. I can’t recommend this pub highly enough. Customer service & quality of food were 10 out of 10, even with the delay. Other pubs should take note!…

Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple

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Lunch lady wrote a review Feb 2023

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom8 contributions5 helpful votes

Terrible management, disgusting food

We visited this place on Thursday afternoon, limited menu as some things weren’t available which is fine as were informed about it! I went to the bar and ordered our drinks and food, we both decided to have the burger. Whilst we were sat with our drinks waiting for our food to arrive this miserable, nasty women ( she called herself the manager on duty) appeared behind the bar shouting at one of the staff members, he had clearly made a mistake on the till which she was not happy about and decided to let him and everybody else know about it! She was “fed up of doing pissing voids” was one the things she was shouting! After a short while sitting there feeling very uncomfortable the food arrives, looked appealing until I took the top bun off the burger and actually had a look at what I was about to eat. The burger had clearly just been microwaved as the steam coming from it was like I’ve never seen before, it was still cold in the middle and raw in places, i tried the edge of just the burger and i nearly threw up! I told my friend to stop eating hers as I could see hers looked the same, We ate the chips and the onion rings as they were fine. We did get asked if everything was ok but I did not even look at my burger by that point. Our plates got cleared by the duty manager she asked if everything was ok as she could clearly see we had not eaten the main part of our meal, I informed her that the Burger was disgusting etc, and she just walked off with our plates, no apology, nothing! We sat there awhile waiting for her to come back with a response to my complaint but never saw her again! Will never return.…

Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends

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chops30 wrote a review Feb 2023

Leicester, United Kingdom14 contributions5 helpful votes

Not Happy - Overpriced - Quality Average Best

3rd time returning customer. So disappointed this time menu changed, portions changed ( very small) for the price, chewy meat. Just not good at all. They say new owners. They really need to take a look at what they are serving. Beer was ok. Best to avoid

Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled with family

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