The Stag on the River

Lovely stay, with a very warm welcome, great food, spotless, comfortable bedroom, with everything you need, including fresh milk! The staff all go the extra mile and cannot be faulted. The setting is idyllic and the beer garden is the perfect place to sit and enjoy an al fresco moment, when the sun shines. I will be back!

We needed a central location to meet family, and this was ideal - what a find . Super friendly staff, a gorgeous quirky room and a lovely ambience to the Inn - and very quiet considering that it is not far from the main road. We will definitely come back again in the summer to enjoy the lovely walks along the river.

The Stag on the River is set in a beautiful location. However, the building in Jan is cold - we sat with coats on most of the time. The food was not great. The beef was really fatty; risotto was not how I've seen a risotto presented before. And overall the food lacked excitement. Will we go back - no. Staff were polite.

A one night stay for a meeting on Sunday in Godalming. Lovely village setting and a plainly popular venue for eating and drinking in spite of heavy rain. Excellent breakfast freshly and individually cooked.

We visited this restaurant a few years ago and it was lovely however today on our way home from London on a family day out we decided to book a table to pop in as it's just off the A3 on the route home. When we arrived we were slightly early so we were happy to take a different table in the bar area as it was closer to the log fire also. After ordering all the food we waited when my two girls were bought starters from the adult menu, not children's as requested, they then had to remake them so they had to wait for a further 10 minutes. the rest of the family had eaten theres by the time the new starters arrived. Mains followed after and this was all ok apart from the meals are very small and not the best value for money. We then asked for the bill after we finished and we noticed we had been charged for two adult burgers instead of children which almost doubles the price of two mains at which point I was getting annoyed by the level of service and mistakes being made I then noticed that a service charge of 12.5% had been added on which equated to an extra £20 on the bill I asked for this to also be removed and the lady just grabbed the receipt huffed and walked off not happy by our request for the removal of service charge. Now my reasons for requesting the service charge to be removed are that our starters were mixed up our mains were small and were not a great meal and then our bill was mixed up again, oh and not to mention the lack of service at the table or check-ins, apart from dropping our meals off we didn't see any other the service so how did that justify £20 Overall a disappointing visit with very moody ignorant staff and we for sure will not be returning in future.

Stayed for the weekend. The staff were exceptionally helpful and nothing was too much bother for them. The food was lovely both in the evening and the breakfast was varied which was great too. The room was very chic and cosy.

My stay for the weekend was for a local wedding. From arrival and throughout my stay the staff at the property could not do enough - on arrival helping to carry bags to my room and showing me into the room. The room was small but fine for me, the quirky old building meant that the room was sloped, but that adds to the character! Well equipped with coffee machine and kettle, complimentary bottled water and local beer. Breakfast was wonderful, lovely continental buffet style and Cooked breakfast to order, all included. We dined on the first night and the food was also lovely.

A well presented picturesque pub beside the River Wey. Our room was comfortable with tea and coffee making facilities and all the essentials in the bathroom, which had a large shower, fresh towels and flannels supplied daily, nice touch. However, our stay was marred by shortcomings in the bar/restaurant. The blurb says the menus are “Best enjoyed next to a roaring fire on a crisp autumn day”. Our 3 night stay coincided with the first cold autumn days. There were no blazing fires or central heating in the public areas during our stay at breakfast or dinner, we had to dine wearing fleeces! On the food front, there was no mint sauce for the Sunday roast lamb, at our first breakfast there was one yoghurt left, we asked for more, there were no more. Neither did any appear at our next two breakfasts. Our Monday dinner had soup served in a cold dish and a burger that was tepid at best, both were reheated on request. This is a lovely pub to stay at, but let down by lack of organisation from the management on catering and building comfort. I have expressed my comments directly to the Stag, but as yet have had no response.

The rooms are very well appointed with everything you could need. All staff were very friendly and helpful.