Chewton Glen Hotel - an Iconic Luxury Hotel

Staying just one night in one of the lovely Croquet lawn rooms gave us 2 full days at the CG and we made full use of it. Coffee outside followed by 9 hole golf in the morning, spa in the afternoon with buffet lunch, tour of the kitchen gardens, champagne on our ground floor terrace and then dinner in the main dining room, and that was just the day we arrived. Huge breakfast the next day followed by putting on the croquet lawn, spa with buffet lunch again and a walk down to the sea. Although obviously the CG is not cheap, I thought that it was very good value as there was so much to do. Although I'm not sure about the changes to the lounges, it still has an overall luxurious feel and all of the staff are very well trained and give excellent and friendly customer service. Charging my EV car for free was also a nice touch as were the water and fudge when we finally checked out and the goodies in the room. We were delighted with our early check-in and late check out and our upgraded room was fantastic. Of course I am sure I could be nitpicking and mention some minor negatives but the overall experience was as good as it gets and we can't wait to go back again a few months. Not sure we would eat in the main dining room next time, perhaps we will try the Kitchen.

Really lovely stay at the chewton glen, we had a very warm welcome and tour to our room by Darcy Park. My children loved finding gifts in the bedroom and we enjoyed reading the books in bed that evening, lovely touch. The outdoor pool was the best thing about our stay, we were very lucky with the weather and sat round the pool for hours as the children were having so much fun, we felt like we were abroad! The sun loungers were so comfy and the area very clean. We walked all round the grounds, next time we will remember a football and tennis rackets to make more use of those facilities. Breakfast was delicious especially the bowls of fruit! Such a luxurious stay for the family and so lovely for the children have so much space, thank you for a memorable weekend.

Afternoon tea was incredible, we came here to celebrate a family retirement. We had 6 adults and 4 children under the age of 10. The kids afternoon tea was amazing which they loved. In our group we also had a gluten and dairy allergy individual and wow they certainly catered well for this, was the best afternoon tea experienced for someone with allergies, was Incredible. The grounds are beautiful, staff were incredible, friendly and passionate to provide a great service. Staff interacted with the kids which was great. I 100% recommend a visit.

We have been lucky enough to stay at some very special 5 star hotels in recent years, including a number of Leading Hotels of the World and Relais and Chateaux properties, so we were really looking forward to finally staying at CG. I’m saddened to report that we were left disappointed and underwhelmed by our experience and there was so few areas that stacked up against the competition. We found the hotel, its grounds, the spa and food all below our expectations and lacking against recent stays elsewhere. It is fair to say that CG is a lovely hotel and I appreciate that my review will cover a number of small issues but it’s simply because there were too many niggles and entirely avoidable mistakes for us, given its price point, which seems to be a lack of attention to detail evident throughout. We were surprised to find ourselves self parking and walking our luggage around to the reception area but received a lovely, warm welcome on arrival and our coats and bags were swiftly whisked away. We were able to charge our EV, which was great, although we did start off trying to use a broken charge point at the far left end of the car park where the cover fell off as we tried to plug in, with all the wires visible, which was rather alarming. We were directed to the spa area, which we could use whilst we waited for our room to be ready from 3pm - we were told that they would come and tell us when the room was available but this didn’t go to plan and we ended up asking, as 3pm approached, to find that it was ready. The spa area was hugely busy and there were lots of reserved loungers, with no one using them for long periods and nothing being done by the staff to free them up. It left us without a lounger for our 3 hour visit on the Saturday which was frustrating and not the relaxing start we had expected. The outdoor “hot tub” was lukewarm with groups progressively trying it for a few moments before retreating back inside from the cold weather, as did we. We were also disappointed that there is no sauna available for a couple to use together, with the saunas being in the separate changing rooms. On Sunday the towels were not being restocked in the spa - as we were leaving, I let the girls on the reception know but they looked on the camera and told me there were a few (about 6!) so I explained it was the other side of the hydrotherapy area and you’re getting out of the shower with nothing there to dry yourself and she said the camera doesn’t show that section! I’m not sure why they felt the need to challenge what I was telling them as I was just trying to be helpful so that they could be restocked for other guests. The hydrotherapy pool has some lovely options but overall we found the spa to be less impressive than we had expected. Even the pool eating area is a little canteen like, although the food and service was good in there. We had booked an estate room, being the third category of room up, and found it spacious with a lovely dua

We held our 25th wedding anniversary renewal ceremony at Chewton Glen at the end of November 2024. We hosted 24 friends and family for the weekend, and could not fault the service we had from all of the wonderful staff. Georgia organised the whole thing and was totally amazing and made sure the weekend was as special as we wanted it. We stayed in a hideaway tree house, and our teenage children stayed next door in a loft suite treehouse. It gave us the perfect home from home accommodation to really relax and make the most of our stay. We chose Chewton Glen for our renewal after a stay in a treehouse for our 20th wedding anniversary. We knew it was the perfect place. I cannot recommend it enough, and am already looking forward to my next visit.