Alex D.

Review of Hunt Hotel

18 Apr 08, 17:47

Good enough for Royalty... back in the day!

Legend has it that Edward 8th, when Prince of Wales, used to come up to the Hunt with Mrs Simpson for a weekend of…hunting. It is probably just a legend but keen hunters did come up by train to the station, collect their horses in Linslade and gallop off after the local foxes.

The Hunt nowadays doesn’t look anything special, from the outside, or from the inside, where the décor and furniture are somewhat faded. The restaurant however is a lot smarter, though not to the point where you feel there’s a fiver on the bill to cover the cost of the wallpaper.

The food is what sets the Hunt apart—the landlord’s wife has probably cooked me a hundred meals by now, and has never disappointed. The food is fresh and inventive, without ever being pretentious, and, if a visitor to the town ever wanted an eating-out recommendation, I would go for the Hunt every time.

Parking for the Hunt isn’t great—there’s an awkwardly shaped park down a narrow, ivy -infested lane near the church, though it does have one of the local council’s security cameras to make sure your car is safe. There is also some on street parking in the Linslade one way systems, but I’d recommend you to bring the Smart car rather than the Roller.

The Hunt has bedrooms, but I can’t comment on them, having never got lucky like the Prince of Wales! The beers I can recommend, though, as I am keen on real ales and not the frothy milk-shake rubbish served in some places. There are good guest beers and always old favourites like IPA. Sometimes they have one called ’Old Bob’, though the landlord, Bob, says it’s not named after him (and he’s not old). So I can recommend the Hunt—it’s a place to look beyond the décor, order a good pint and enjoy some excellent food

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