The Stanwick Hotel

酒店位於路邊，兩邊是牧羊場，一邊是田野，鄉村風光，很別緻。房間雖然小，功能齊全，印象深刻。有機會再過來。

You honestly can’t fault this place. The service is amazing but the food is next level. We live locally but the steak and stay offer every Friday is too good to miss. The hotel is massively understated. Personally I think they should change the name to Stanwick House. It’s way more than just a hotel. The restaurant is amazing, the rooms are beautiful but it’s more than that…. It’s the personal touch… it’s the way they go above and beyond every time…. It’s the relaxed atmosphere but for us it’s the fact the gardens and grounds are immaculate. When we got here today it was brilliant watching families properly enjoying themselves, some playing football at the back and laughing as a family, others enjoying the new outside bar and seating area. We’ve been lucky enough to be here before when they had a function on in their stunning function room but regardless of that they were organised enough to make sure that everyone got served quickly and efficiently. It’s stunning here. I love being able to give really positive and honest reviews like this.

There are, perhaps, a few positive things to say about the Stanwick Hotel but these a far exceeded by negatives. Taking a Mock Tudor Theme for some of the rooms is at best unintentional irony. Given that most Tudor rooms would have been dingy, airless, charmless and lacking a comfortable bed the Hotel is to be congratulated on achieving such a degree of authenticity, at least with the room we spent a reluctant night in. True we could have had some fresh air but only by opening the French windows which led to a patch of, sadly neglected, vegetation which had public access. Equally the copy writer for the dinner menus is to be applauded for making the food sound interesting and appetising, an illusion only dispelled when the very average reality is put before you. The fact that the restaurant was full and included several large parties meant service was painfully slow, a problem that could no doubt be solved with better attention to kitchen and waiting staff ratios. Finally the Breakfast. Described on the Hotel’s web-site in hyperbolic terms as “spoiling you for choice” we only found off hand, unprofessional service and a dearth of fresh fruit. Perhaps those breakfasting early do enjoy all the promised choices, whereas, based on our experience, those arriving after 9.30 should brace themselves for disappointment. Croissants were nice though. The Hotel promises “a blend of luxury, warmth and unmatched hospitality” all laudable aspirations but, again based on our experience it only managed to achieve the last of these …but not in a good way.