The Elvetham Hotel

“An Excellent Hotel”

About 20 people from my husband’s bridge club came to the Elvetham for a couple of nights. Before even arriving at the hotel, we were admiring the impeccably kept grounds and gardens, whilst the historic house itself is wonderful. After a warm welcome we found our room in the Stables, which had eve… lisää

About 20 people from my husband’s bridge club came to the Elvetham for a couple of nights. Before even arriving at the hotel, we were admiring the impeccably kept grounds and gardens, whilst the historic house itself is wonderful. After a warm welcome we found our room in the Stables, which had everything you might need -although I would suggest bring some hangers if you like to change for supper - and which was spotlessly clean. We both slept very well with the deep quiet outside, and the comfortable bed within. Having IBS, is like betting your house to pay a loan shark: the result is out of your hands, and you end up in a world of pain if it goes wrong. The Elvertham staff were incredibly helpful, and very patient with the weird queries that you have to make about food. Not only that, but the chef made gluten and lactose free desserts, which is something that I virtually never get. The sea bream and minute steak that I had over the two nights were both delicious, and everyone said how much they enjoyed their meals. At one point we found the hair dryer wasn’t working, which is not a problem because it would be utterly unreasonable to expect the staff to know the second something goes wrong in 90 rooms. Within literally 5 minutes of my ringing reception, however, someone was at the door with a new one. Now that is a well run hotel with an emphasis on customer service. It is always down to the manager, isn’t it? When we met the duty manager and saw his pride in the hotel, his work ethic ( he seemed to be everywhere, checking on staff, systems and guests) and his deep concern people’s well being, we understood where the drive for excellence comes from. Our experience of the Elvertham was overwhelmingly good, and we will definitely come back again to further explore the area.

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“A pleasant visit”

I visited the Elvetham with my wife where we both had a spa treatment and some lunch. The treatment by Della was excellent. We enjoyed walking around the grounds and taking in the nice scenery too.

“Best weekend ever”

Took a group of bridge players to the Elvetham Hotel for the weekend. The Hotel is lovely with beautiful gardens and the staff were so helpful, cheerful and polite. My group loved it especially the ones who were taken everywhere on the golf buggy. A very thoughtful edition to the hotel facilities.

“Pretty poor”

Pretty looking place, I booked one night with breakfast and it transpired I was not in the hotel but in the stables a short walk. The outbuilding was confusing and frustrating then when I finally found my room I had a steep flight of stairs to contend with. In the morning I went down for breakfast … lisää

Pretty looking place, I booked one night with breakfast and it transpired I was not in the hotel but in the stables a short walk. The outbuilding was confusing and frustrating then when I finally found my room I had a steep flight of stairs to contend with. In the morning I went down for breakfast at 0730 to be told it don’t start until 8 on BH even though advertised at 0700 I asked for a refund they said it was too complicated. The taxi I pre booked the night before for 0745 had been ordered incorrectly and didn’t show up. The guy on concierge whilst friendly enough was lethargic and seemed very relaxed about the fact I was now late for my meeting and hadn’t been ale to have breakfast that I had paid for. Pretty rubbish really

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