Is The Noel at Whitwell pet-friendly?

Yes, dogs are allowed at this property. There's a fee of GBP 30 per pet, per stay. Service animals are exempt from fees.

How much is parking at The Noel at Whitwell?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at The Noel at Whitwell?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

Where is The Noel at Whitwell located?

Situated in Oakham, this inn is within a 15-minute walk of Rutland Water Nature Reserve and Rutland Water Country Park. Rutland Zorbing and Barnsdale Gardens are also within 3 mi (5 km).

The Noel at Whitwell Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2025/2/24

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice place !

Very comfortable room perfect for a quick stay

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Jean

2025/6/8

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

It was ok but the Breakfast was not good, it was lukewarm the sausages was awful and the eggs were greasy Did not enjoy.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

2024/11/8

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Location and very friendly helpful people

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Evan

2024/8/22

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent location and staff. Food excellent

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Pauline

2025/8/17

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Shocked that this place remains open. A desolate air about the whole place. One man keeps the place going and does his best and provides the cooked breakfast. No cereals available. Outside is unkempt and drab. No chef or restaurant facilities so had to drive to pub down the road. Rooms clean, but basic. Tv pixelates, cold tap not working properly. Bar not open on evening of arrival. Seems to be past its best, could be so much better. Not worth the money.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Paul

2023/11/26

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very friendly and just reopened with new management and a major refurbishment, can see in the future this will be a very popular place to stay.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

ian

2024/3/3

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Short overnight stay

Short overnight stay. Good location excellent breakfast, standard furnishings

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Tamara

2024/6/24

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Such thoughtful room amenities and very spacious. Very tasteful interiors. The food is excellent, worth staying just for that.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Penny

2025/3/26

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Booking error by Hotels.com

Hotels.com didn’t make me aware that the hotel was closed, the owners of the hotel were not expecting guests, as they were refurbishing the hotel, fortunately the hotel owners were great and arranged a room for me to stay. The hotel is in a good location to explore Rutland Water, I would be happy to stay again but wouldn’t book through Hotels.com

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Graham

2024/9/16

Liked: Amenities

Helpful and friendly staff who had only recently taken over the property and were working on fixing some inherited items. Excellent full English breakfast.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

John

2024/9/23

Disliked: Amenities

The latest owners took over less than three weeks before our stay and the operation is clearly in transition. Management and staff very friendly, food was excellent and room was a little dated.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Mark

2025/6/15

Disliked: Staff & service

Booked for two night's, arrived to be told kitchen was close due to issues, room was dark, bed uncomfortable, cold tap broken, and towels smelt odd, went out to get something to eat and got back to find pub shut up, admittedly I had been given key code but left in room as wasn't expecting pub to close on a Friday night, so no evening pint, left in empty pub all night, but were told someone would do us breakfast, which was basic, came back later in day to find kitchen still shut so no food again, we had decided to stop in a pub so no worries with food! Decided to leave then as one night was enough.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Nigel

2025/5/5

Just ok

The gentleman who greeted us was friendly and polite, our room was a good size and clean but quite basic and there were no toiletries provided as stated in the listing. There was supposed to be a bar, restaurant and coffee shop on site- non of these were open. Breakfast fast was ok but consisted of two options, take it or leave it, there was no fruit, cereal or juice just a basic English breakfast. Overall the place was ok for our one night stay but we wouldn’t return

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

D

2024/7/9

Karen was a brilliant host.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

2024/5/27

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrific

Never been made so welcome, terrific team. Food incredible. Definitely recommended

Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dennis

2023/11/9

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Very good position ideal for Stamford, Oakham and Rutland water. Karen excellent host (chef) nothing to much trouble. Will stay again.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Denise

2023/5/15

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Noel at Whitwell

Good food, friendly, helpful staff and a lovely area to explore around Rutland water. Room decor a little tired and could do with a little facelift but all things considered we would definitely stay there again.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chris

2023/5/21

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stayed one night, received very warm welcome from landlord who was helpful and friendly! Room was comfortable and clean. Lovely breakfast in the morning! Would recommended

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

katie

2023/8/15

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness

Comfortable bed,basic accomodation with tea and coffee making facilities .cleaning in bathroom not great. But on the whole we had a good nights sleep ,and the staff very pleasant and gave us a very good breakfast.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

2025/1/18

Liked: Room comfort

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Bit of a shame

We stayed for 1 night, arrived late at night, there was someone present when we arrived and they checked us in, breakfast was to be served at 8:30 in the morning. We showed up at 8:40 for breakfast, no one there, we looked everywhere, not a soul, we tried calling the hotel, no answer. Breakfast isnt really included if theres no one to serve breakfast! We had to go somewhere else instead. Only plus point was that the beds were comfy.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Priyanka

2024/5/27

The room we got was toward the road so it was quite noisy.

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Connie

2023/10/14

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Karen and her team had only been in the property for a short time before our visit and the project is a work in progress. The bar and dining areas have been tastefully revamped. The bedroom was clean and comfortable. The team were very friendly and helpful. The food, both breakfast and evening meal was delicious. The Noel is ideally placed for visiting Rutland Water and surrounding area.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sara

2024/4/7

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Loved Noel at Whitwell

My friend and I had a lovely stay here last night. We arrived in the afternoon and were warmly welcomed by Karen. We were really well looked after by Karen and her team and nothing was too much trouble. Our twin room was lovely and the beds really comfortable with lovely touches in the bathroom in case we had forgotten anything. Our food in the restaurant was delicious … the best steak I have had in a while and my friend said her burger was amazing. A real gem of a place at Rutland and we will definitely be back! So lovely to find somewhere with great food, comfortable rooms and amazing customer service. Thank you Karen and your team!

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

2023/2/9

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Comfortable stay

The important question first: would I stay there again, and the answer is certainly yes. Bear in mind that this is formerly an old pub and some of the rooms have a quirkiness to go with it. Nevertheless, they are comfortable with everything you would expect from a modern hotel. The restaurant is good - don't miss Steak Night - and is recently reopened so the menu isn't in full swing. I've docked a point as the restaurant heating was broken for part of our stay but we were fine with big sweaters! Ian at front of house with Samuel in the kitchen are making a good job of getting the customers back.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Kieran

2024/3/5

We chose to stay here due to the easy access to Rutland Waters which was a lovely short walk away. The stay itself was ok, we had a slight incident of someone coming into our room thinking it was empty (could do with some chains on the doors or do not disturb signs or checking your own booking info), also if your running the place don't be the one being extra noisy at midnight, this was only one of the nights and probably a one off incident but kinda put a dampener on the weekend due to the lack of sleep after both incidents. Breakfast was lovely though and the chef was really nice and accommodating. Like I say perfectly placed to visit the lake and local villages. I hope our incidents were probably one offs

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

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