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30 พฤษภาคม 2024
We stayed here through a Secret Escapes Deal for two nights, including dinner. We were looking forward to a luxury stay with fabulous food in a wonderful location, as advertised by the hotel website. We paid over £500 , so we were expecting a premium experience. However I am disappointed to report that the only premium thing about the stay was the view and location. As wonderful as that was, my husband and I left Leeming House this morning, feeling somewhat let down. There were many positives about our stay and it would be remiss of me to overlook these in this review. Therefore, I must point out that the member of staff in the restaurant, particularly the two polish ladies were excellent , very professional, warm and friendly. There was an older gentlemen we encountered during breakfast who we also found to provide excellent service. Furthermore, we found the bed and pillows to be very comfortable and the shower hot and powerful. The robes were warm and soft and there was a good selection of tea, coffee and shortbread biscuits in the room. We enjoyed our room's location on the ground floor, looking out on to the lake and beautiful gardens. The building is beautiful and has lots of character. As previous reviews state , the room was a tired and dated. The heated towel rail didn't seem to work. There was a rather shabby and patchy paint job on the wall as you stepped in to the room. The chair on the patio was broken. However we could have overlooked these issues and rated this hotel much more highly if we hadn't have been so disappointed by the culinary offer. A three course dinner was included in our deal , but according to the menu £35 for a single course. A price I would be happy to pay if the food was up to par. There are a litany of issues with the food, including a lack of crab flavour in the crab 'doughnuts', a tasteless cheese soufflé, and 'salad' of tomato and mozerella containing 4 halfs of cherry tomato and half a marinated artichoke. The Affogato with baileys and espresso came with a dribble of espresso and what can only be described as a thimble of Baileys. I've enjoyed Affogato in many different restaurants and yes, it is a 'lighter' dessert, but come on Chef, I know you are worried out GP but this is just tight. On the first night, we pondered what a 'Streamed Duck Egg Sponge' could be...could it be some new culinary technique? After he had ordered it, my husband and I realised it was a spelling mistake, he would be getting a 'Steamed ' pudding. No problem, its one of his favourites. Unfortuntley it resembled a packet 'Microwave Mug Cake'. Overdone at the top and not quite cooked underneath. On the second night, hubby went for the cheesecake which he enjoyed to be fair. The menu had been reprinted with some other options , the spelling error however, remained. 'Streamed Duck Egg Sponge' anyone? We preferred breakfast, however t he supplements for Avacado and Salmon seemed excessive. The meanie chef was at it again, offer
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