Woughton House Hotel

I have arrived early before check in time , but the reception ladyl is nice and helpful to do advance check in for me.

What a lovely, comfortable quite 2 nights we spent here. We booked it more or less last minute and so pleased we did. All the staff are so helpful and friendly, I couldn't work out how to join the free Wi-Fi, so a young lady came to our room and got us connected in no time at all. We had a beautiful twin bedded room over looking fields, so very quite, lovely, beds which were very comfortable, and both the bedroom and bathroom, were nice and warm. Plenty of plugs to charge all our technology. The restaurant was closed to a private party on Friday and it doesn't open Saturday or Sunday so we ate at the pub just across the road on both nights. Breakfast was plenty and set us up for the day. If I had to make a criticism, it would be that the cups both in the room and at breakfast are very small. That said we would definitely return if we need to be in the area

One thing which really gets me wound up is a cold shower in the morning…. Yep the shower tricked me into a little warmth as I got in, and then just as I was about to wash my hair… stone cold. Why, why , why…. How hard is it to have a hotel with hot water - it’s pretty essential in my opinion. I then go down for a hugely mediocre breakfast. It’s like a ghost town down there, maybe there is a reason… I’m ‘greeted’ by a guy sat hunched on stool looking at his phone, takes room number and then says nothing, so you make your way to a seat and he buries his head back in his phone. The food… a good range but all feel like they come out each day and go back in. The pastries were tough and stone cold, cooked breakfast was distinctly average. Poor filter coffee and that highly artificial juice. With so few people coming in they’d be better to cook to order rather than leave the food to dry out and rubberise in the chafing dishes. When you need to use a knife to saw your poached egg, and copious amounts of sauce to wash down your dried sausage, you surely know things need to change. Not a great start to a long day at work. The hotel itself is also showing its age everywhere.