Eckington Manor — Hotel in Wychavon

We checked in to this hotel with high expectations after reading many positive reviews. We booked for my wife’s 40th birthday and were expecting a cosy night away with good food. This unfortunately was not what we experienced. We were pleased with the room and happy the hotel provided us with a bath, as requested. We then went for a meal and were extremely disappointed. The restaurant is rather dreary and lacked any real atmosphere. We were not expecting fine dining but this is what the restaurant was attempting to be, but falling well short. The menu was appealing but the food was bland and not cooked to a high quality. The really disappointing thing was the small portion size in relation to the high prices, for nothing more than an average bistro meal. My dessert was slightly burnt and breakfast the next day was what you would expect from an average cafe. The filter coffee came out luke warm and although the second coffee came out hotter on request, our minds were already made up. This is unacceptable for a hotel attempting to sell itself as five star. We have been to many other high quality establishments which are much...