Ok so here goes, we read the previous reviews and were dreading our stay but have learnt from previous experiences to trust our own judgement and I am so glad we did. We found out that the hotel has only been taken over a year ago and the new owners are renovating (no noise) and trying to get the hotel back up to standard. Rome wasn’t built in a day. As you drive up the road you are greeted with a big beautiful hotel, the grounds were clean, tidy and well kept. As you go through the huge wooden door you are greeted by a smell that to me is perfect, (it takes me back to my childhood) it is like old wooden furniture. The check in process was easy and reception staff pleasant. The carpets on the ground floor and up the stairs have just been redone. The decor was lovely like oldie worldie which I loved. We stayed in room 26 which has a four poster bed, the room itself is very big! Quite basic but again in keeping with the theme and was very clean (I even checked the top of the dresser). We went to the leisure building to use the swimming pool which has just been retitled in the actual pool and around the pool, perfectly fine for us. Clean and that’s what counts. The man on reception there was lovely. After a swim we went to the bar area where we were greeted by Tom, what a guy! So friendly and chatted which we loved, we also got chatting to another guest and we all have a few laughs which was brilliant. Thank you Tom you made our evening! We got ready for dinner and we very happy with food, Adam the chef definitely knows what he doing, the food was perfect. The only small complaint I have is the server Laura speaks quite loud and without background music in the restaurant it was very noticeable. The bed was a little hard, the room had sky tv which was good as well as tea and coffee facilities. My husband loved breakfast but unfortunately it wasn’t for me, although there are options. There was a very nicely spoken waiter at breakfast, he would do great on the evening dining shift. We went for a walk around the grounds and found them peaceful and interesting. My small minor complaints are the dust on the curtain hooks in the dining area and cobwebs, and no mirror in the bathroom. When you book just remember that it is being renovated, and if you modernise it too much it will lose its character, there are parts of the hotel that are closed off but you don’t need them anyway. Again thank you to Tom and Adam for great food and company. Some of the pictures on previous reviews are from closed off areas which guests should not be going down. Yes we found them too but it didn’t make me not like the hotel I just thought at least they are keeping everything in one place.
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