Name: Innkeepers Lodge Lichfield
Address: Stafford Road The Hedgehog,Stafford Road, Lichfield, Lichfield, Lichfield, WS13 8JB, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

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Lichfield Cathedral

Curborough Antiques & Crafts Centre

The Old Guildhall Prison Cells

Birmingham International Airport

East Midlands Airport

Coventry Airport

Innkeepers Lodge Lichfield

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The staff at the Hedgehog are outstanding and possibly the friendliest people we’ve ever met! The food and drink was great and the building and garden is beautiful.
Unfortunately, the rooms really do need some maintenance. The water marks in the walls are a bit off putting, the bathroom smelt of stale water the first night, and the toilet didn’t flush but these seem to sort themselves out after showering on the 2nd day so maybe it was lack of use. The water pressure is a bit naff. The bed was comfy and there was no noise from the pub. The midday check out is a massive bonus. 
It was the perfect location for visiting friends nearby and we would definitely consider a return visit

Mixed bag but overall good

The room was good but on the Friday sleep was upset but by other guests banging doors and talking in hallway the room could also do decorating as looks like there was a water leaking in and had ran down the walls also the water pressure in bathroom could do with being turned up and the water in the shower was abit poor

Nice stay

The room was spacious and beautifully decorated. The bed was comfortable and the rain forest shower was amazing. Would defiantly stay here again!! Michael the house keeper does an amazing job on keeping the room clean and well stocked of coffee supplies.

Beautiful Room

The room was clean and lovely and warm all night. The fact that there was plenty of tea and coffee making facilities in the room, rather than just the normal 2, and more in the hallway was brilliant being a big coffee lover. The staff were fantastic and helpful and friendly. Obviously at this time of year the place looked amazing with all the twinkly lights and oh so cosy with log fires burning at both ends

Lovely place to stay 

Very nice room and décor.  Nice spacious bedroom and bathroom. Walls a bit thin as you could hear talking, but no noise from bar.  Security door access was easy.  Pub environment was cosy.  Breakfast was nice, t.  A coffee machine, laid out cereals and fruit would have improved it. A set of drawers would be handy in the room. Would definitely stay again

Very nice room and decor

quick and efficient check inn with happy and knowledgeable staff,
Room modern and big enough for small family of three,
Breakfast with a lot of options and cook to order cant fault anything will deferentially stay again. 

NYE 

Really good size room that was clean and comfortable. All staff we met or spoke to on the phone or email beforehand were extremely helpful as well as chatty and friendly. We stayed over the Download festival weekend & it’s convenient for the festival (about 30 mins drive).

Xmas stay

We stayed and also had our evening meal. It was a lovely afternoon so we sat out in the garden for pre meal drinks. 
The meal was excellent and the waitress very attentive. 
We then had a nice glass of wine in the bar/restaurant. 
After a good night sleep we left early morning before breakfast to continue our journey.

Excellent stay and stop over

We are rather fond of Lichfield, and often spend a weekend there at the end of November to do some Christmas shopping and attend the candlelit Advent service at the cathedral.

Our usual accommodation was not available this year, so, after some searching, we found a room in the Hedgehog.

This would not normally be our first choice, as we have had several disappointing experiences eating in Vintage Inns. For those unfamiliar with the brand, they are a Birmingham-based pub chain that specialise in buying large, often historic, pubs and comprehensively renovating them as mass-market family restaurants. The renovations, although to a good technical standard are to the company’s style guide and can often turn a once unique pub into a something of a corporate clone serving mass produced pre-prepared dishes with an eye to the profit margin above quality.

Anyway, putting my prejudices to one side for the moment, lets go on to the actual experience.

The Hedgehog is a large and attractive Georgian building in substantial grounds located on the north edge of Lichfield. It is about a 25-minute walk from the city centre, a taxi is about £7 and there is a regular bus service on weekdays and Saturdays from a nearby stop.  A one-way private drive takes you from the main road through the grounds, around the rear of the pub before opening back onto the main road, with plenty of parking. Pro tip – If you park at the end of pub closest to the main road you get easiest access to the side door and the shortest walk for carrying bags to your room.

The public rooms of the pub were attractive, clean and comfortable looking and at least some of the original features of the building had been maintained.

A friendly young man checked us in then showed us to our rooms and helped carry up our bags up the stairs to the bedrooms, explaining the operation of the various security doors that separated the bedrooms from the rest of the pub and the outside world.  Good start, and not something you always get at this price point.

We were very pleased with the room – a standard double at the rear of the pub. It had been recently refurbished to a good standard. The room was spacious, the bed was comfortable, and everything looked very clean and well maintained. The lighting was well-arranged with bedside switches for the main and bedside lights, good sized bedside tables and abundant electrical sockets with USB charging ports.

The usual tea and coffee making station was well provided with decently quality products. There was a hair dryer provided and iron and ironing board was available on request.  The free WiFi had a strong signal and a decent data rate, and there was a modern Philips television with a good choice of viewing and listening options.

Storage was rather limited though – No wardrobe, but instead a ‘designer’ clothes rail made from scaffolding poles, with a small drawer at its foot and no luggage rack.

The ensuite toilet and shower room was equally modern, clean and well maintained. The shower, with one fixed head and one roving head on a flexible tube, had good water pressure and easily adjustable and stable temperature and was a pleasure to use. There was a good choice of towels and a basic collection of toiletries.

The room was quiet and comfortably warm and we had very good sleep quality.

Breakfast was excellent - a wide choice of dishes, well cooked, good ingredients and decent portion sizes, cheerfully and efficiently served.  We were very impressed – we have paid much more and got much less at other establishments. 

The only thing that confirmed my earlier prejudices was dinner. As we were arriving in the evening, we had decided to eat in the pub rather than venture into the city centre on a busy Friday night in search of meal.

Service was very slow. The ‘basket of bread while you wait’ took 40 minutes to arrive. The main courses took an hour and 20. One of these, the Chicken Forestiere, was very poor and betrayed its industrial origins. The Nourish Bowl with Chicken was marginally better. The trio of puddings and the cheese board were good, and we did see some other diners eating what looked like very tasty Pizza.

Putting the dining experience to one side, we cannot criticise the Hedgehog as a place for bed and breakfast. It exceeded our expectations in almost every way and would not hesitate to return,

We paid £230 for two nights B&B for two people and thought this a fair to good price for the quality of room, service, breakfast and convenience.  Take note Marstons!

Exceeded our expectations

My husband stayed one night in room 10 and was kept awake half the night with the hand dryers from the toilets below the room - complained but staff not interested. 
Book again for work purpose,  emailed room asking NOT to be given rm 10 as need a nights sleep, received a very understanding reply confirming an alternate room would be given. On arrival - guess what …. Rm 10, could not cancel as would be charged for the room and again was kept awake until 1.30am! Manager totally useless, unable to compensate and obviously has no idea of the actions of her staff sending totally useless emails! Manager needs to try sleeping in the property she supposedly manages!!! AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE IF YOU NEED A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP!!!

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