fan111
December 16, 2024
We had seen the hotel on TV featuring the festive afternoon tea so we drove 2 hours down to sample it. Its a beautiful building set in some magnificent surroundings. Unfortunately though due to a wedding being on we were ushered away into a rather bland dining room that wasn't festive at all, not even any Christmas songs on. The menu was filthy and our two chairs stained. The tea was very disappointing , at no point were we offered a "refresh" of sandwiches or scones . The turkey and cranberry with stuffing was particularly poor. It looked like reconstituted turkey you get in slices from a supermarket, the stuffing was tasteless and as stiff as cardboard. The scones wee really doughy and the cakes way too sweet . On the plus point the service was very good and the staff very pleasant. At £99 for 2 including a 10% Service Charge I found it very expensive and certainly not worth the money. Unfortunately we won't be returning