"Hotel is a mixture of old and new parts. We were in the original part of the hotel which was very nice, very large bathroom, nice bedroom with air con. The down side was that there was not a lift available and the steps on the stairs to the top floor bedrooms were quite narrow, but overall a lovely hotel with two car parks and the food was very nice. Would definitely stop there again."
It’s an impressive building so I was having some expectations. The room it was a bit dated in the newer part. Not many amenities as you can expect from this kind of hotel. The bar area is really nice looking over a fabulous garden and so the restaurant. On that note the food was areal let down. I have ordered a Thai green curry chicken. I was soo looking forward to this but when arrived it was a total disappointment. The chicken was probably a leftover from another meal, very dry. The sauce was nothing like green curry and the rice it was microwaved. The waitresses were very lovely and apologised and the removed it from my bill. They said that they have an agency chef! So it’s a real shame !!
Our second return to the forest of Arden (1st after change of ownership). It remains a very good hotel with suitably premium rooms, a lovely setting and high quality food and drink options.
I would say that the rooms on the upper floor in the late May heatwave were unpleasantly warm at night even with open windows and the provided fan on and we fed this back to hotel staff at the end of the stay. The pool and cold showers can mitigate this somewhat.
We still enjoyed our stay very much and it is a good base for events at the NEC even if one does not golf.
What a wonderful place, everything you could want for a British country house getaway. The staff are wonderful across the board, food was excellent and the suite was cosy and well-appointed.
I would just add that for a hotel of this calibre I would expect to have a well-appointed gym, but it didn’t take away from the great trip,