Stapleford Park Hotel & Spa

Hotel is set on amazing grounds, with beautiful, well maintained gardens but unfortunately that's all. Staff are not friendly, food is poor and rooms are dusty. Makes it worse in the heat as the room does not have air conditioning (rather an old fan that blows dust and warm air). Furthermore, the room does not have mini fridge and the shower only trickles water. Go to enjoy the grounds and maybe a drink but that's all!

Disappointing stay Very disappointing stay. The first impressions of the hotel and wonderful grounds are let down by the tired, 90s, care home style of the bedrooms. The decor is tired and shabby. Our bed runner had soms suspect stains, the bathroom pelmet was hanging down and shower was tempeemental. Dinner was a letdown, not sure how it was awarded AA Rosettes. Breakfast was also very poor- lack of food out or crockery and poached eggs I ordered were watery. This place could be amazing with some investment and attention to detail

Happy Lovely room Not enough lighting,make up mirror would nice. Grounds very well maintained. No table service for breakfast. Could have been a breakfast menu.

5 for accommodation; 1 for food. Hotel, Grounds, Room, Facilities are all 5 out of 5. Food was a real let down though (1 out of 5). All meals were incredibly bland, with the Afternoon Tea being the worst we have ever had - Stale bread, plain fillings and flat desserts. Scones were the only saving grace. Such a shame that the dining experiences do not live up to the standards set by the rest of this hotel.

Amazing Best hotel stay ever. Felt more like a home than a hotel. Staff couldn’t have been more helpful in every way

Could do better…much better… Oh dear, there’s something not quite right here. You are surrounded by bucolic beauty and the building itself is stunning, although some of the decor not my taste, but that’s personal. One of the problems is the sheer size of the place, meaning not only do you get lost but it takes ages to get anywhere. I was only staying one night and there seemed to be few other guests so why was I placed far away on the top floor? It did have a lovely view but they were gable windows and blinds did not keep out early morning light. Having said that it was a spacious room with lovely bedding. Couldn’t have a bath as I would be waiting about 3 days for it to fill! the shower was okay but no grab rails. On that issue, anyone with mobility issues would have great difficulty in this hotel and don’t how access to the pool would be possible? There is a small lift to upper floors but continually encountering further staircases. I didn’t want a full dinner, especially as travelling alone but was accommodated with a single course. For me breakfast left a lot to desire, not least as everything took so long and some ordered items didn’t arrive. At this point the establishment felt like the Marie Celeste! Finally tracked down everyone in reception having a chat. Sadly this just isn’t good enough for such accommodation which would seem to be setting itself as a moderately upmarket country house hotel. It’s an unwieldy beast but has potential to be so much more, extra guests would a better atmosphere