Local standards must be shockingly poor / locals’ expectations non-existent for this to receive positive reviews.|“Superior” room was distinctly inferior with leaking shower that required all towels on the floor to prevent a flood.|A/c not functioning & mixture of barely opening and non-opening windows.|Noisy fan in bathroom had cover prone to dropping off & then revealing live wires.|Can only imagine what the ‘Standard’ rooms must be like!||peanuts / crisps/nibbles to give with drinks are NOT available for guests in the downstairs bar ... but, ask a little harder & if you wait until 6pm you may walk to the first floor ‘bar’ and here you may choose between plastic tube of Pringles or peanuts. The ‘bar’ is totally targeting the locals & loud’n’beery music brigade with corresponding thumping music so, best avoided unless peanuts required!|Quite why staff are not able to offer nibbles with drinks to paying guests is beyond me & hi-lights the poor staff training.|Later, after 20 minutes waiting to be served in restaurant, I resorted to calling the front desk from my seat & ask if someone would please come over and take my order. Even that request had no effect after a further 7 minutes waiting. I was beginning to think the staff were deliberately ignoring me for being Brutish (given current BREXIT situation).|Someone in the kitchen has some skills. It is ding-ding food but, well done. Too much salt & sugar in sauces though leaves you gagging for some water (neither served or offered on any restaurant table).|Wine is stupidly expensive and has been selected solely with profit margin in mind and not taste. The Argentine Cab. Sav. Might(?) be drinkable at some future point in time, after oxygenation but, certainly not now.|This place probably does well from the lads wanting a quick drink after kicking a ball about on the sports fields here, whilst their partner uses the spa facilities. Corporates use it as cheap venue for training courses. In those two endeavours, it is probably passable but, as a 4* hotel?? ... no management, you are falling woefully short of the...
Read moreThis hotel is situated in a very remote location and therefore not particularly handy for anything nearby. We attended a wedding reception there and it was good to have most of the hotel for our party, although it was slightly strange that there were footballers staying at the same time and walking around amongst the wedding guests. The food at dinner was modern and delicious, with a good alcohol selection too. The bar/restaurant area was spacious and comfortable, which is helpful because there isn't a lobby area or anywhere else indoors to sit. I used the gym a couple of times and the equipment was good, and the swimming pool looked inviting.||||Our room was in a separate annex, which seemed very new and almost unfinished! There was no safe, no mini-bar/fridge, nowhere in the shower to put toiletries and only 3 hangers on the rail. The lighting was poor so it was a very dark room. The annex didn't seem to be very well sound-proofed as we heard doors banging throughout the day and night, and also alarms going off regularly. The breakfast was not as good quality as the food at dinner or the wedding, and the choice was quite limited. We heard that normal customers have to pay for parking, which seems ridiculous given the hotel is in the middle of nowhere and they have their own private car park right next to the building. However, we were told that we weren't going to be charged and we can only assume that was because we were wedding guests.||||I don't think this is an ideal hotel to stay in for a normal holiday or business trip, but it was fine as a...
Read moreWhen you go to their website and click the “SPORT” tab you will see GOLF at the very top of the list of sports available. Listed as four bullet points underneath are: a six-hole pitch and putt golf course, a nine-hole practice putting green, a chipping green with a practice sand trap, and a driving range. As a family who likes to golf, we made the long trip to this hotel to play some golf and then have lunch at their hotel restaurant. Unfortunately, three of the facilities listed do not exist and so are lies and false advertising. Granted, we saw that they had once existed, but they were no longer useable. Please check out my photos of the “fairways and greens.” The driving range does exist, and we took advantage of that, but it did not lessen our huge disappointment at not being able to play golf on the course the hotel claims it has. So, a warning to anyone who plans to come here to play a little golf. Don’t. We gave lunch...
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