Hog’s Head Hotel & Restaurant

More of an inn than a hotel really. It’s basically a pub/​restaurant with a few rooms upstairs and is an old coaching inn. There’s a small beer garden and play area for kids outside, welcome in hot weather, together with a small pond and ample car parking space.
Now isolated at the end of a dead-​end road in Awsworth next to the A610, it’s a popular place with the locals for evening meals, and it has a reasonably extensive menu in that regard. It’s fairly standard pub fare, but at least it’s honest and unpretentious and there was a good variety of ‘specials’ on the blackboard. I had onion bhajis to start, followed by haddock fishcakes with chips and salad.
The bhajis were a little oily and could have been done for a little longer, but at least they were piping hot and had been freshly made. The fishcakes contained a high percentage of fish and were not mostly potato (always a good sign); again the chips were a little oily but everything was piping hot and freshly made. I had to wait quite a while for these to arrive, but I took that as a good sign as to the freshness of the food.
I was staying overnight here, and the room was nicely appointed with a large double bed and en-​suite with a good bath/​shower combo. There was also a TV, hairdryer and tea/​coffee making facilities as you would expect, and free Wi-​Fi.
My stay coincided with one of the hotter days of July, so the room was absolutely roasting when I arrived, and remained so despite me leaving the window wide open whilst I had dinner. I ended up leaving it open all night, which meant I was subject to noise from the nearby road and the kitchen plant outside (no, not THAT sort of plant!). Thank goodness for earplugs (don’t leave home without them!).
Despite not getting much sleep due to the temperature, I thought this place was OK as a stopover venue, and it’s a bit different from the blandness of a Travelodge or Premier Inn. Worth a try if you’re looking for accommodation in the area.