we booked many months ago for a wedding being held at the hotel, the hotel were aware we are booking for this wedding but decided not to inform us we could pay extra for early arrival, we travelled two hours and arrived at 11,40, room wasn't yet ready we were told so please take a seat and if you like you can get a drink, she said the room should be ready 12-12:30, we waited at the bar for nobody to arrive, we then asked reception if they could call someone, 12:30 came and we saw people arrive and check in this is how we found out you could book in early, we asked again after our room and was told not quite ready so we sat back down, the wedding was at 14:00 so we were now quite anxious and i was getting annoyed, 13:15 i asked again and at this point she decided to tell us that 3pm was the guaranteed time, i was extremely annoyed that she hadn't told us this before as we have family in the area and could have changed at one of their homes, it was now to late, no point in complaining as i overheard the lady tell another guest that her daughter was now her manager so no prizes for guessing who the manager would support, we managed to change in another wedding guests room just in time, somebody tell this lady COMMUNICATION is key please, mind you she really didn't seem bothered in the slightest, drinks are really expensive, we ordered 1 tea, 1 lager and 1 J2o which cost £13.55, wedding was lovely however by the time the final table got to the BBQ there was no salad or veggie skewers left, not my problem as we were not on that table, our room was large the beds were comfy but the pillows not so much ( i appreciate this is a very personnel choice ) the shower was awful literally no pressure not even enough to wash my hair and I HAVE NO HAIR, the hot tap on the basin spun around and i don't mean the handle, bathroom had mold on the ceiling and is in need of attention, at breakfast the plates on the hot stacker with a lid on were dirty ( we removed three dirty ones to find three clean ) cups on the table were dirty, some on the inside some on the outside as were the glasses, even the clean plates had dry food on the undersides ( you could feel it ) hot food was tasty but again by the time my wife got to the mushrooms there were four left, if you wanted fried eggs be prepared for a long long wait, we didn't bother, generally the staff were friendly and the grounds are lovely also not expensive to stay if you don't drink at the bar ( bring your own ) unfortunately after our long drive to be met with what we were met with just set the entire stay on a sour note, maybe for wedding guests were you know they are going to a wedding that starts at 14:00 offer them a place to change even if it's a non made up room, you must have some space for this or TELL THEM THEY CAN PAY EXTRA TO BOOK IN EARLY,