EXCELLENCE WITH EVERY VISIT
The Little Downham Anchor delivers everything you need for an enjoyable and comfortable visit. As a family-run hotel, we take great pride in offering fantastic amenities to those staying with us, focusing on creating a great guest experience for our visitors from the moment they arrive to the moment of their departure. By providing a great working environment for our staff, we ensure that they go above and beyond to extend maximum hospitality and service to our guests.
The Little Downham Anchor includes well-appointed and comfortable bedrooms, a lively bar stocked with award-winning craft beers and a full menu of delicious food prepared by our talented head chef for our bistro, The Anchor Restaurant. There are always fun events going on, and our team of experts can provide everything else you need to enjoy the perfect stay. We also host regular events and special functions, including weddings, and endeavour to serve our local community by using fresh local produce and suppliers to prepare traditional dishes of the season.
Purchased in May 2010 from a major established brewer, The Little Downham Anchor went under a major refurbishment that included the demolition of the rear section of the building and interior remodelling. While we totally redesigned the structure to incorporate a new restaurant, kitchen, function room and bar, we tried to preserve the history of this well-known building in the heart of the Fens. With the upgrades complete, our accommodation offers a very high standard for those visiting us. We have erected 11 bedrooms with En Suite facilities, and there is also a lift for those with disabilities.
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Disappointing Christmas Day Meal (didn’t stay there so can’t comment on rooms but pub area looked nice). Menu not as advertised, only 4 courses, not the advertised 5. Prawns & crayfish were tiny & tasteless. The vegetables were not fresh. The turkey leg was not a leg. The cauliflower cheese was nice but appeared rationed. The ‘sorbet & gelato’ dessert option which suggests something a little fancy, came in strawberry, chocolate or vanilla and even then we were given the wrong flavour and it was half melted. Christmas pud was a thin slice barely bigger than a credit card. Cheesecake was good as were the roast potatoes and the stuffing but overall not worth £80. The service was neither Christmassy nor particularly efficient but can’t blame the young girls for that, that’s a management/training issue. To be fair, this was the only localish place with a table by the time we got round to booking, and they were advertising tables a couple of days before so I should have taken the hint. I have had some great Christmas Day meals for cheaper (Toby Carvery) and for more expensive (Cambs Cuisine restaurants) and like to support local businesses but this wasn’t great. I did comment at the time and was told my comments would be passed on. They either weren’t or management don’t care. Having seen someone else post a similar experience on the restaurant’s Facebook page, where to be fair, there are some great reviews, I added a comment but both negative comments have disappeared despite someone suggesting that management are good when things go wrong. Things don’t always go right and you can’t please everyone but how the follow up is handled says a lot and in this case, the follow up, or lack thereof, just added to the overall poor experience. Next year, I shall book earlier.
Absolute nightmare and hour for starters..that were over cooked and awful. Mains we couldn't eat..felt sorry for the waiteriss's that kept apologising. Dreadful fool and empty restaurante..on a Saturday evening. Sadly worst meal we have had..I should have listened to other people who have eaten there!
We held our Wedding reception at the Little Downham Anchor and what a wonderful time we had, we were so happy with the service from John and all of his team from the initial contact to the end if the celebrations the food and attention to detail were second to none, both myself the groom and all of our guests had a fabulous time and before they left we’re planning a return visit! I would definitely recommend them for a drink and a meal to a full blown celebration thank you so much for making our day even more special
Food was cooked ok minuscule portions of vegetables like one carrot 🥕 and one parsnips and spoon full of cabbage i had Sunday roast very disappointed on Food not good value the money. Services was fine, plite helpful
We stayed here last night and had a really good experience. Food was top quality, we had the mixed grill and crumble, staff super friendly and attentive which can be a rarity and they kept us well oiled with drinks all night! The room was cozy and functional with only one drawback, travelling around the hotel in the bed when having sexy time, as it was on wheels? Beds on wheels, don’t recommend that one! 😂
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