Hodgkinson's Hotel

Brilliant visit! Rob is a fantastic host and a great tour guide of the caves behind the hotel.
The room was warm and cosy with a very comfy bed. Breakfast was delicious with fantastic quality bacon and sausages.
I would highly recommend this hotel, it’s full of unique charm you won’t find elsewhere with an amazing history. Thank you Rob l!

Pre Christmas one night stay, while visiting Chatsworth, welcomed by super friendly host, period room with quality fixtures and fittings, very clean and solid for an old building, my wife described it as “The best room she’d ever stayed in” everything worked as it should, lovely and cosy with a great vibe, great bathroom quality shower, quality products with great towels and robes, perfect nights sleep, bed comfy and no noise, full cooked breakfast absolutely 10/10 host is genuinely passionate about where he sources his produce, evening meal at “The Fishpond” recommended by host, again 10/10, all in all can not fault this place, will be back soon

Brilliant stay, cannot wait to go back. The owner was so friendly. He has recently taken over so was telling us about the cave complex and tunnels they had just found. Very interesting. Lovely old room. Smelt lovely and clean. The breakfast was amazing! Very nice. I will be going back and recommending to all my family.

A really warm welcome on arrival with a fresh coffee made for us. The room was so comfortable and peaceful. The hotel is truly stunning and unique. An absolute time capsule. The bed was incredibly comfy with excellent quality pillows. Spotlessly clean. Extra tea, coffee etc on landing should you run out. Breakfast was first class, cooked to perfection and plentiful. First time we have stopped here and it will not be the last. The new owners have only been there for a few weeks, but everything was perfect. The restaurant will be opened up again in the coming months, and we wish them the best of luck. We had such a great stay, happy memories made.

A wonderful experience from start to finish. Nothing was too much trouble for the amazing hosts- including a very warm welcome when we arrived super late at night due to car trouble! Fantastic breakfast and great room with the perfect view of Matlock Bath from two viewpoints! A lovely quirky hotel in the perfect location.

We spent a lovely night at this hotel last night, and were really sad to leave. The welcome we received was very friendly and genuine. The owner made us a fresh coffee to take up to the room despite there also being plenty of tea, coffee and biscuits in the room already. There are a lot of stairs up to the rooms, but we didn't mind as on each landing, and in each little alcove there were dressers or shelves with interesting characterful ornaments and decorations. I could have spent an hour just enjoying taking in the decor. Some of the doors, stained glass windows, and lamps are beautiful. I real gem of a find, and it will definitely be our hotel of choice from now on when we stay in Matlock Bath. If you stay for bed and breakfast here, make sure you are hungry. The portions are very generous and delicious.

Positives: Owners were wonderful and clearly care a lot. Breakfast was delicious and cooked to order - a real bonus of this place and deserving of praise.

Room was clean and large with some very pretty furniture and touches. Nice views. Interesting history with a cave aspect. Lots of fascinating curios the owners have collected, almost museum like.

Negatives: This is difficult as the owners were so nice, but there were a lot of issues.

Shower was coming off the wall and large water leak marks. Toilet didn’t flush properly. Wardrobe too small to hang a shirt and close the door. Very uneven floor.

Significant number of stairs which we don’t mind but no warning of this and if we’d brought relatives with even minor mobility issues it would have been unusable. Also slippery carpet on stairs, slipped even wearing trainers going slowly.

Parking up very steep hill and can be incredibly tight. Matlock Bath is also an interesting place, like a seaside pier (about 7 fish and chip shops in a row and large arcade and little else), without the sea.

We strongly considered moving hotels even though it would have meant paying twice. It could be much better place with some changes.

We had friends who stayed here and also said wouldn’t return. We feel bad leaving this as the owners were so nice, but we’re surprised by the high reviews and feel it’s fair to let others know.

Lovely, quirky hotel, with so many great features from the honesty bar to the vintage feel. Just gorgeous

Rooms were brilliant. Breakfast was amazing (best bacon I've had for... well since i can remember). Brilliant staff and location couldnt be better.

Very well kept hotel with great ambience. Clean and comfortable room excellent breakfast and good host would definitely come again.

What a little gem this place is both ourselves and the other couple we went with said it was a lovely hotel steeped in history along with Neil the host being a perfect host, and going on the breakfast he is also a great cook as it was the best full English breakfast , hotel was clean perfect location and the honesty bar was a lovely touch thanks for a lovely stay and iam sure we will be back Thankyou again

Hotel room was very clean and spacious. The Hosts Neil and Sue were very welcoming. Food was loveley and cooked to our requirements. Would highly recommend this Hotel

Very friendly hotel staff. Location is great as it’s right in the heart of Matlock Bath with parking. Quirky interior.
Great breakfast made to order.
Would definitely recommend it!

Lovely hotel . Stayed twice now . This visit we stayed in callow , love the old fashioned room key. Beautiful and clean. Breakfast was fantastic, pre order the night before , plenty to choose from. Parking included. Right in the centre of Matlock bath, within short walking distance of local attractions including Heights of Abraham and Matlock bath boats.

Second stay here and just as fantastic as the first time rooms are fabulous you are well catered for nothing is ever to much will definitely be making it three years in a row

The hotel is in a lovely building, retaining original features with the café area displaying some original items such as the cash register from 1882. The room key is also a traditional type which I liked.

The room had a lovely original fireplace and very comfy bed. The pillows were so comfy I checked the label so I could get some for home.

The breakfast was great, all good quality ingredients and well cooked. The scrambled egg was especially delicious!

The hotel has parking spaces available at the top of the hill next to the hotel. Note the hill is quite steep and may not be walkable for people who are less mobile, however there is also parking on the main street.

The hotel is in the middle of the main street and easily walkable to the main attractions, shops, bars and restaurants.

Great greeting on arrival. Room was clean and comfortable. Great power shower. Super nights sleep. Excellent hearty breakfast.good location central to all shops amusement arcades and public houses. Definitely would stay again

Nice place, pleasant people. Food was good, car park is about 100 yards up the road which is really steep! One space for each room though so can always get parked even if it is a bit tight.
Room was big and comfortable.
Only thing I would offer as a bit of constructive criticism is that the breakfast room needed some music. It was too quiet which makes for an awkward silence when there’s several tables.

Room lovely. Bin in bathroom had something on the top of it so didnt use it as hadnt been cleaned. Lovely drinks assortment in room. Cafe was closed in hotel thought didnt know until after arrived and couldnt use back garden as per advertised online as they said overgrown. Had to wait outside until check in time passed with other disgruntled guests. Lovely breakfast though, but was (5 mins) early for allocated first time slot booked

Although room clean and spacious we had to put all the lights on to see anything as room was so dark.