Ellery Beach House

Heard a lot about this hotel and spa over the years so was excited to stay here for my birthday. The rooms are very nice with a huge bed, our dinner was also amazing with great service, although our waiter forgot some of our order. But the most important thing with the hotel is the spa and I didn't think it was as good as it could have been. First of all it's very hard to find your way around and know where everything is. It was also very crowded and it didn't feel very relaxed. A plus for the waiter who walked around the outdoor section taking orders for drinks.

After 15 years with 70-90 hotel nights a year this is one of the poorer experiences I’ve ever had. CUSTOMER SERVICE (WILL): at this estsblisment I was left with the impression that my presence and connecting requests annoyed the staff. Most notable in the bar where a collegue of mine was told off by the bartender for not greating him before placing an order, and myself for requesting a copy of the purchase statement (not final bill) and having to request it twice to actually get it. ACCOMONDATION SERVICE (WILL & SKILL): During my 3 nights stay I experienced that items in the minibar was not replenish, a used glasses was not replaced, receiving a robe in size 2XL and flip flops size S, getting the number of availabe towels halfed on day two (keep in mind all the bathing opportunities this hotel promotes), and at check out the booking system crashed. I arrived at 19:45 with taxi and then the hotel had closed the drive way so far from the hotel that it resulted in me having to walk from the taxi to the reception in heavy rain as only part of the drive way is possible to walk under a roof. And of course, no question about how my stay had been at check out as Mr. And Mrs Feedback seems to not be welcome at this establishement. FOOD OFFERINGS (SKILL): Breakfast was absolutely a treat and the gem for me was the assortment at the vegetable/ fruit table and the nicely cooked scrambled eggs. Unfortunately (also according to the feedback from my collegues) both lunch and dinner was expirenced as flat and boring, with conequently over-cooked vegetables by any standards. It was for me evident that Ellery Beach house suffer from a management team unable to consistently select, train, develop and monitor performance of personnel in the hospitality business to met the minimum requirements of not expected but acceptable service and experience levels. In short I did not experience a will nor the skill to make an effort when Ellery Beach house was given the oppportunity.