“It is always a pleasure to visit Swinfen Hotel. We had a great afternoon enjoying a delicious and more than plentiful Afternoon Tea. The staff were attentive as always.”
Good Morning,
Thank you so much for your recent review. I am delighted that you enjoyed your afternoon tea with us. Your comments about the staff are very kind and I will ensure that I pass on your feedback to each and every one of them. We look forward to seeing you soon.
With kind regards
Joanne Stephens
Reservations and Events Manager
“A beautiful venue which has been restored elegantly. The staff couldn’t have been more helpful and caring if their guests and any requests they had. In my own case they helped set up my wedding cake and even provided tea for my husband and myself. Outstanding service. Rooms immaculate. Beautiful setting.”
Dear Mrs Askew,
Your kind comments are greatly appreciated. It is so lovely to read reviews where guests have enjoyed every aspect of their visit, including the appreciation of the Hall itself. The owners and maintenance team work very hard to keep everywhere looking as nice as possible and to retain as many original features as they can. Please do come and see us again soon!
With kind regards
joanne Stephens
Reservations and Events Manager
“Swinfen Hall and all staff were exceptional!
Couldn’t have made my friends and family feel more welcomed
My 50th birthday party 🥳 went beautifully and I’m so happy we chose Swinfen hall for our venue!
Food brilliant staff wonderful
5* 100% recommended by my friends and family.”
Dear Wendy,
Thank you so much for your recent review. It was a pleasure helping you to arrange your special event and I am so pleased to read that everyone enjoyed it. Please do come and see us again soon.
With kind regards
Joanne Stephens
Reservations and Events Manager
Dear Ms Hanlon,
Thank you so much for your very positive review. I am so pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us and we really do hope you come and see us again soon!
With kind regards
Joanne Stephens
Reservations and Events Manager
“We were simply looking for somewhere to break a long journey for the night and found Swinfen Hall more or less by accident. We were very pleasantly surprised - if anything it seems to undersell itself!
The hotel is a lovingly restored early 18th century house with a fascinating history. It has only about 20 bedroms and stunning grounds, including a deerpark and walled vegetable garden. Our bedroom, no. 212, was large and spotlessly clean with an excellent bathroom and amazing double aspect views over the grounds. The public rooms are really interesting and beautifully restored. The staff were all delightful and helpful.
Dinner is a more or less fixed tasting menu of 3, 5 or 8 courses which only changes seasonally, with little choice. We are foodies and thought the five course menu was really excellent, very imaginative and delicous, mostly featuring very local produce (some from the vegetable garden). The wine list was quite broad and reasonably priced. The only disappointment was the bread, which did not seem to be up to the same standard. Breakfast was what one would expect - leisurely and very good. We understand that there is another bistro style restaurant, which we did not try.
The lack of variety in terms of dinner could be an obstacle to staying for more than a day or two. And there is no lift, so it would not be suitable for people who are disabled or have difficulty walking.
Now a rant. The public rooms were filled with idiotic, vacuous wallpaper musak - and the musak was different from room to room. Why on earth don't people who take so much trouble to restore such a lovely house not understand that it has its own atmosphere and doesn't need such inanity? Rant over.Show less”
Dear Mr Cooke-Hurle,
Your recent review was an absolute pleasure to read. Such lovely, kind words about your entire stay. I will be sure to pass all of this feedback on to our fabulous team here at Swinfen.
I am sorry that the decor in the public areas was not to your taste. We hope to see you again soon.
Kind regards
Joanne Stephens
Reservations and Events Manager
