Hotel Endsleigh

Stayed here as an early Valentines treat, very nice suite, huge bed, enormous bathroom, free standing bath, walking shower, twin basins, very good quality dressing gowns and slippers, big thick towels. Let down by poor lighting, this may be because of building being listed. Was nice to have a separate sitting room, with view of the beautiful gardens. We had a half bottle of complementary champagne, a very nice touch. The whole ground floor public rooms are candle lit in the evening, along with log fires, made a beautiful setting for our evening meal. Service is excellent, nothing too much trouble, the staff are really caring. On to the food, started with the local crab salad with pickled cucumber and red pepper sorbet, this was totally delicious, best crab dish I’ve had in a while, followed by pork tenderloin with pineapple salsa, decent amount of well cooked vegetables. Yes it was nice, but I felt something was lacking. Dessert however was a disappointment, crème brûlée with cinnamon beignet, which had little flavour. The crème brûlée had no crisp caramel topping, so more like a set custard, the mace and crème fraiche sorbet was nice though. My husband had the mushroom arancini, followed by venison, which sadly wasn’t that hot, but was cooked medium rare. Chocolate pave to finish, that he said was good. A decent bottle of pinot noir to accompany the meal, went down well. Breakfast is totally served at the table, no buffet! This was a pleasant surprise, so everything came fresh, full English and eggs florentine were good, very good loose leaf tea served, no soggy toast either. Had a walk around the gardens after breakfast, they really are worth looking at. Yes we will be back, sooner rather than later.

A lovely lunch in the most beautiful surroundings, made even more special by our wonderful waiter Simon (The poshest Scouser we’ve ever met :-) He was extremely attentive and was generous with his time, making us feel relaxed and valued; nothing was too much trouble. I ate from the Winter set menu and my husband chose from the à la carte. All beautifully presented and delicious. Thank you for making my birthday special.

Went for our traditional family Christmas afternoon tea and it was superb as ever. Such lovely surroundings, fires roaring and goodies to die for! It is a real treat to come here and the quality of everything is superb. Service was excellent and attentive.

Due to the reputation of the owners and the top end price tag, for us at least, we expected much, but we were sadly disappointed. Room 11 - TV in the room was ancient and tiny. No tea tray in the room, but this was delivered on request, however, the plug points were situated in the skirting and the kettle cable wouldn’t reach that far, so the kettle had to live on the floor. Hairdryer was good, but there wasn’t a mirror in the room close to a plug point. Lovely comfy bed but again, plug points were under the bedside table in the skirting, so tricky to get to. Great shower. It was all a bit old fashioned for us, including the food, which was fine but again, a bit old fashioned, with tiny blobs of this and that and carrots you could hardly see 😂 The gardens were stunning and if we do return it would be for an afternoon tea and a tour of the gardens. Sadly we had awful weather and couldn’t explore as much as we’d intended. However, staff were lovely. I’d like to particularly mention Harry, such a lovely lad who made the best Cosmo’s!

Hotel Endsleigh offered a truly unique experience, where timeless charm and character blended seamlessly with remarkable efficiency. The staff were exceptionally caring, the setting simply stunning. Thank you for the magical experience!

We could not get into our favourite nearby Hotel, this had availability. Positives: Grounds lovely Most staff good if not excellent. But We stayed for two nights, we requested 'turn down' service, just got in one night. The room furniture, shabby chic and odds and ends. Breakfast both days took a very long time between courses. Second day, Waiting Staff, she not impressed we moved table, only one had been sitting there. Had to ask for vegetarian menu. Order wrong...ordered porridge got pastries, ordered mushroom omelette with tomato and herbs, when delivered asked where the mushrooms were, you only get one! It should have or. Glad weather nice for us,if wet, bit stuck. Gave it low star, for the price and added 15% service charge, we wanted perfection. Compared to our preferred Hotel which is 5 star the price difference not much. No mobile phone signal, could contact via What's App. I believe it is marketed for 'townies' as rural life, we like dogs, not everybody does.