Hotels near Vintageous Rags, Middlesbrough

funeral reception booked for today 29th may, @ 2.15pm. the family come from australia for the funeral and i done the booking.i got to the pub at 2pm to find empty tables. 1 barmaid starting to put cups and saucers out,followed by an urn for the boiling water for the 20 coffee,s and 20 t,s that had been paid for.people started to turn up,its now 2.30pm and still empty tables, the 1 barmaid knew nothing of the reception and was very apologetic, i asked ref managers ,under managers and was told only 1 manager onsite but she was upstairs.no boiling water for the hot drinks ,no milk, no spoons, no serviettes, the machine was not switched on so nobody had tea or coffee.by now ive asked 3 people where is the food , and told it would be 5 to 10 minutes.about 14.45pm the food started to arrive some out in the passage way,not good.now this has been my local for 24 years and i feel totally embarresed that this was the best they could do with visitors from the other side of the world,poor poor service, the 2 girls were run ragged, but this is down to management, so lay your heads down in shame for a disgraceful exhibition, so the way i see it a refund for the hot drinks that could not be had is due as a minimum starting point.disgraceful and embarrassing.

Good location, clean and pleasance stay. Good sized, room free parking and easy access for guests arrival throughout the day. A good full English breakfast was enjoyed by every member of our party. Staff were friendly and very helpful throughout our stay. All in all a very pleasant stay at a welcome and reasonable price.

Welcome was amazing.... Room lovely, so clean and fresh, we come from here and have lived down south for 30+ years....we are always blown away by the friendly north that we know and love..🥰 A few points..( Cleveland suit)... Toilet seat a bit loose and the shower is a tap feed, a wall mounted shower head holder, also perhaps a curved shower pole and curtain would be a good addition. These are only minimal glitches. Breakfast was as promised and amazing, the staff are so attentive and we would hesitate to book again. My high star rating is because we had a fantastic stay, the glitches could just be a personal preference. Still a 5 * review.

We had a lovely four days at the Royal Oak in Great Ayton. All the staff were kind and helpful. The bedroom was clean, bright and comfortable. We had delicious dinners on three of the nights and another excellent meal at their sister pub The Buck on the last night. Nice breakfast with quality ingredients and really good coffee. When staying at Great Ayton, be sure to taste the best ice cream at Suggitt’s and fine pies at Petch the butcher!