Crazy Bear Stadhampton

We stayed here many years ago, and it hasn’t changed since, although fashion has moved on , the hotel is stuck in the mid 2000s fashion, extremely dark and tired in parts. We arrived to great service from reception stuff , who walked us to our room. The disappointing part was being in a room which was a converted house, not on site. The house is next to residential houses, so basically you’re walking past people’s homes to go to your room. It felt like an air bnb - which I don’t like to stay in. The restaurant quality food was good, although they had no blackened cod ( Saturday night) and no fruit salad for breakfast. We asked what the best dish was, and the lovely waitress hadn’t tried many of the dishes ( she was lovely and very polite ). For the price you could get much better quality. The summer would no doubt offer a different vibe with all of the outdoor areas, but this place has huge potential to get back to their glory days ( this was one of the places to be ). In short, staff were great but the place needs some TLC and updating to make it worthwhile …. And maybe not offering an off site house where you’re walking through and past people in their kitchen .

Can I just say I was very weary about the reviews! I had booked and then checked them ( stupidly) BUT how stunning is this place! Honestly such a lovely experience and so glad that we finally booked and came here. They have gone above and beyond, the Thai restaurant is absolutely stunning! I mean absolutely strttunnning! We could not have asked for better, 12 plates for 2 people was more than enough. We were practically waddling out after trying to consume the lot lol but we enjoyed every single bite, the food was soooo beautiful! The staff are brilliant, so friendly and lovely, every member, especially the receptionist, bar staff and manager! … the gentleman who makes cocktails definitely deserves a pay rise! He’s brilliant! We really enjoyed our stay, our room is lovely and we couldn’t have asked for any more. Booked for a very rare couples get away for my partners birthday, and we’re really enjoying and would definitely come back! I understand some people have said it’s quite pricey, understandable but you get your moneys worth 😀 thanks so much all! Hopefully see you soon ❤️ The Cardiff couple x

This place has sadly lost its sparkle and appeal which is sad as this was somewhere we loved going for events and weekends. The NYE party was poorly planned with a 40-50 minute wait for drinks, there were less acts, the buffet being moved really made no sense to carry the food through and then people line and over crowd over people tables. Breakfast was cold and despite previously paying for the continental option this was not laid out and had to be ordered which the waiter was not pleased with and after asking for a couple of slices of toast each for 2 of us were handed 1 cold slice between us so we gave up and left! Rooms are dirty with cobwebs visible and the whole place looks like it needs a good deep clean. Rooms have coffee machine with fresh milk left standing in a warm room and only decaf coffee available nothing more. Such a shame as this place used to have that special feel but now it’s just disappointing and after multiple events and trips here we really don’t think we will return again

We went for my 60th Birthday which my husband paid for. If I knew in advance the cost of the room for one night which was 345.00 and did not include dinner or breakfast is disgusting. The rooms are really dark, one bottle of water and coffee machine you need a manual to use and fresh milk left out as there is no fridge, no complimentary biscuit or anything....and the room are not that special. Never again

We decided to stay over whilst attending the Christmas party with a group of friends. Given that we (2) spent in excess of £500 for the room/tickets etc this offers dreadful value for money. Yes, the rooms are quirky (but small) along with reception but are tired and in need of work. At least the staff were friendly. Our room was small, as expected, but nicely decorated. The shower room looked impressive but it was a wet room, literally! After showering, which was lukewarm at best, the floor was flooded and water started to come into the bedroom. We left towels down to stop the water but was not able to go back into the bathroom without getting wet. Sleep quality was good. Carpet needs replacing on stairway. With regards to the party, which was billed as a 3 course meal. This involved bread to start, a lukewarm Thai style buffet (not much choice) and then cheese. Disappointing. We were crammed into our table, alongside other crammed tables - so was not easy to get around. The bar was too busy, so had to resort going to the restaurant bar, which in turn got too busy. Entertainment was average. The following morning we went down for breakfast, which surprisingly was an expensive extra, with an added service charge which we wasn't expecting. Food was lukewarm and had to be returned to be heated up. Quality was average at best. Very poor value and would not return.

We came for a thai signature dinner, and we can’t fault it. On arrival, we were shown to the bar which was very busy as they had a wedding going on, however lovely. As we were early to our table, I had a glass of white wine and my husband a Morreti in the bar. We were then shown to the Thai which was a small restaurant, but again very nice and cosy. It was super busy in the restaurant but our waitress Stacy was fantastic and couldn’t be more accommodating. She took our order which was just whether we would have the meat option or vegetarian. The starters came and were absolutely delicious!! We were treated so well the entire time, from drinks orders to checking if we were happy with our food…. The waitress managed the whole restaurant on her own (and did it very well). Our mains came out and were also delicious, the waitress was very knowledgable on all of the food that came out too which was great as we had never had Thai cuisine before… Desert was a lemon tart which was nice, but a bit hard. On a whole our experience was fantastic and nothing was too much trouble for the Crazy bear team, definitely recommend! Thank you to Stacy who made our experience fantastic, she is an asset to the crazy bear and they should be very lucky to have her. Will be coming again to try the 7 course in the English restaurant.