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September 8, 2024
I booked this hotel for my partners 60th birthday. I had read the reviews and was confident that it was a luxury hotel but the experience we had was not so good. There was nothing major but lots of little things that added up to spoil our stay. Our room (Rm 4) was clearly above the kitchen and we were woken at around 6.50am each morning by lots of loud banging and thumping. The views from our small windows were onto flat roofs of the hotel, this was not mentioned in the hotel info and we thought we would at least have a view outside. We had no fridge in the room and had to go to reception /restaurant each time we wanted milk for our tea. We were provided with long life portions on last day. On the first morning at breakfast our ticket was lost and our hot drinks not brought to us. We booked a massage and used the spa. The steam room and outside hot tub were both out of action and the massage was disappointing, with the therapist talking to us the whole time to the point she lost her focus on massaging and was basically stroking me at one point. I want to say that every experience is different and I spoke with staff before settling the bill and they adjusted and compensated us for our inconvenience and disappointment and were helpful and polite. This obviously helped but doesn’t change the fact we had a disappointing experience for a special birthday. Good points: lovely grounds , easy access to walks, staff all helpful and polite. Clean and pretty public areas in hotel.