Stoke Place

“A mystery to solve!”

We arrived early for our lunch reservation at 1.15 pm and were very surprised to find that us 4 were the only people in the restaurant. In fact we were the only people in that area of the place including Reception. There were a handful of people sitting outside but the number of cars parked was abo… lisää

We arrived early for our lunch reservation at 1.15 pm and were very surprised to find that us 4 were the only people in the restaurant. In fact we were the only people in that area of the place including Reception. There were a handful of people sitting outside but the number of cars parked was about 20, but where the people? A real mystery. We ordered our meals and they appeared after a 45 minutes, we were not in a rush but as there were only 4 of us why did it take so long? The service was acceptable but normally the waiting staff pop in and out but not on this occasion on a regular basis. I had the chicken curry and it was okay but a small portion far to much sauce. My wife ordered the club "sandwich" in sourdough bread, see photo below. This consisted of 3 big slices of bread split in half. She was not sure if it was sourdough. It had two slices of grilled chicken on one half and several slices of very dry and very salty bacon on the other side. It was piled high with lettuce and sliced tomatoes and would have been enough for 4 people. It was impossible to eat it in any dignified way, even by taking out one slice of bread she could not cut it, this was really disappointing and having less crammed in would have been an improvement. After our meal we had a wander around the grounds and although they are magnificent we had to watch out for the Goose pooh, it was everywhere.

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“Stoke Place trip”

Hi we normally are a Hilton hotel stayer but decided to visit Stoke Place this last weekend. On first view it looks very quaint we arrived and went to reception which is a desk in foyer. We were handed our key attached to a piece of cardboard room no 7. Room 7 we went into noticed straight away o… lisää

Hi we normally are a Hilton hotel stayer but decided to visit Stoke Place this last weekend. On first view it looks very quaint we arrived and went to reception which is a desk in foyer. We were handed our key attached to a piece of cardboard room no 7. Room 7 we went into noticed straight away only one table light the safe was open but locked there was no sink plug we notified reception but there was no maintenance around ok well it didn’t really bother me so we carried on Food and staff were fine and the gardens were excellent to stroll around BUT room no 7 you cannot open any windows and are given a small fan. As this weekend was rather warm the room was continuously stuffy and made the wife ill. We had to leave a day early as she could not take the no air in the room anymore. Such a shame we were really looking forward to the trip. Something needs to be done about the ventilation in the room

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“Hotel was nice but tired and rooms need updating.”

Nice hotel until I came into room though wall paper coming of walls in room, bedside tables badly chipped dead spider and big moth in my bathroom before I came in. Every staff member talks English but spoke in their own language. And we’re arguing