The Devonshire Arms Hotel at Bolton Abbey

The staff just make this beautiful hotel. From the rooms to the surroundings this place is my favourite! Food fantastic. Breakfast fantastic. It's simply stunning. I really can't recommend it enough. Gorgeous everything!! No stuffiness just fantastic all round .

Very nice lady at reception and a comfortable room overlooking an internal courtyard garden. Excellent breakfast served in the conservatory. A pity that dinner isn't also served there instead of the bistro at the other end of the hotel. Bistro is ok but lacks the ambience of the main part of hotel. Groups of people kept walking through it to access hotel from car park. Also the cocktail bar needs refurbishment, and more staff. It is quite small and cannot accommodate everyone so it was necessary to sit in a rather gloomy room nearby for pre-dinner drinks. There isn't a bar in bistro though drinks are served outside. Free parking at Bolton Abbey for hotel guests is a bonus.

Let's start with the positives.Beautiful area for walking .Staff are excellent.Excellent table service breakfast. Now the negatives. We had two very small dogs with us so didn't expect too much luxury but the room we had was very cramped, the bathroom tiny, no better than and maybe no as good as a Travel Lodge. The restaurant is closed for an indeffinate period of time. We made do with the brasserie (cafe style layout) which has a limited menu. Biggest negative is the outrageous pricing. Just way out off the scale for what it is. We get the strong feeling that the hotel has had grander days but has been subject to a major cost cutting exercise while retaining the same pricing structure. Visit by all means the beautiful area but don't expect too much 5 star treatment at the hotel.

I was allocated a beautiful garden room. Breakfast was served in my room, a real treat. I was attending a wedding in the area but would be delighted to stay again if I'm ever in the area.

Absolutely brilliant hotel, comfy bed and pillows, the bar did amazing cocktails. Great weather. Will come back .. thank you xxx

The Devonshire Arms Hotel at Bolton Abbey is lovely, and we had a generally pleasant stay there over multiple nights while hiking in the area. The accommodations in the old section of the house were comfortable, and the hotel offers numerous cosy areas to sit and relax. The grounds and trails are superbly maintained. The hotel spa is excellent, and a visit to the sauna, steam room, and pool after a long day of hiking was a real treat. The staff, for the most part, were pleasant, accommodating, and responsive to our requests. Overall, we enjoyed our stay with a few caveats: While the beds were comfortable, the pillows were not. At this price range, I expect a choice of pillows, ideally of high quality and designed for maximum comfort. Most hotels in this category will provide feather/down pillows in a range of sizes, at least on request, if not as standard. However, we did not find feather or down pillows available anywhere in the hotel. The pillows provided seemed to be polyester fill, designed for firmness and loft rather than comfort. When we asked for alternatives, we received a slightly flatter option of the same type. The hotel offers two dining options: the Brasserie and the Garden Room. We ate at both. Our dinner at the Brasserie was very tasty and the service excellent. The atmosphere, however, was quite lively and leaned more toward a pub-like setting than the quieter dining experience one might expect at a luxury hotel. While we enjoyed the meal, it was not the most suitable venue for a relaxing or intimate dinner. We also had several meals (tea, dinner, and breakfast) in the Garden Room. Our experiences there were mixed. The Garden Room menu is limited and doesn’t seem especially well-suited for evening dining. Overall, we found the food at the Garden Room not quite on par with that of the Brasserie, which was surprising since the dishes presumably come from the same kitchen. On our first visit, we had been referred by the front staff for a slightly late tea around 4 p.m. We sat in an empty room for quite some time before the maître d’ arrived, looking at a schedule and remarking that he wasn’t aware of any dinner bookings at that time. Once we clarified that we were there for tea, he seemed a bit flustered, which left us feeling like we had inconvenienced the staff. While the menu listed a choice of teas, we were not asked for a preference and simply given a pot of tea. That said, the scones were delicious. Breakfast is also served in the Garden Room. Regardless of whether you order something light, like yogurt, or a full English breakfast, the flat price is £20 per person. This felt a little steep, particularly for guests who prefer a lighter start to the day. A sliding scale or alternative pricing could make breakfast feel more in line with the value provided. Lastly, we found the coffee throughout the hotel underwhelming in both quality and flavour. The pod coffee in the rooms was bitter and thin, with a taste reminiscent of