The Place
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Duxford Lodge Hotel is in a pretty village and I found it a pleasant and civilized place to stay for a week while I was on a business trip. The building itself is not so pretty any more as the modern windows and air vents have spoilt some angles; but the whole is perfectly nice. The garden had some lovely birds and some slightly unloved borders.

The best bit
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The staff were very polite and helpful, particularly one lady receptionist who took great trouble to find me directions and local information.

The worst bit
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My biggest beef with them was that their bathroom was not clean enough, particularly the floor. The bath and lavatory and basin were all cleaned thoroughly, but the floor was made out of some repugnant felty material which trapped hairs and dust. I did ask for it to be cleaned but this made no difference. (A ceramic floor which could be swept then mopped would have made all the difference.) The sheets and bedroom were fine - could have been dusted better but on the whole they seemed swept, polished on the main bits and the linen was professionally crisp.

Food and Decoration
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Decoration was a bit old fashioned; but perfectly fine. One or two of the pictures were OTT naff. The furniture was useful (cupboard, suitcase stand, desk, side table, TV) and hopelessly useless (dust-catching bed curtain thing). Food was really yummy at times - particularly meats with a reduced sauce - and rather over fussed at other times - puddings with too many different, tiny, embellishments (with a particularly annoying powdery dusting of something on some very good ice cream. ) Amuse gueule between courses were a mixture of very nice fishy things and rather odd bits of hard meat I would advise you to avoid.

PS watch out for the really dangerous road exit onto a blind corner with no mirror.