I really hate giving a bad review, but unfortunately in this instance, I feel I have to.
I just wanted a cheap room for an early morning flight from Stansted. The Kicking Dickey is a 15 minute (at most) cab ride from the airport, so it seemed ideal.
I was initially concerned about trying to sleep in a pub, but the rooms are actually not a part of the pub, and located at the back.
Upon arrival, all looked great. I was escorted through the pub to the room, which was basic, but bright and clean and also had a drinks station. Perfect! Shower gels were also supplied and the water was nice and hot. All looked on track for a 5/5.
Well, that was until I attempted to go to sleep at around 23:00. First it was either pub goers exiting, or staff finishing up, but there were loud conversations and odd shouting/laughing going on for maybe an hour. That was annoying, but died down. No worries.
But what followed was far worse, horrendous snoring that was coming from above me. This was honestly the worst snoring I have ever heard and it was actually so loud, that I heard another person yell something like, "shut up". This was amongst other noises like random sighs/coughs/yelps/groans.
The cherry on top would be the constant wooshing sound made either maybe the pool or a washing machine? Who knows at this point.