Woughton House Hotel

I have arrived early before check in time , but the reception ladyl is nice and helpful to do advance check in for me.

I stayed 2 nights and had a meeting room there. First night was in the 'Coach House'. Room was freezing so went to do a little work at the bar. One of the power sockets frazzled when I plugged in my laptop so unplugged sharpish. The decor is quite tired and dated. Paint needs attention. Some of the chairs have holes in them so look a bit neglected. The staff were very pleasant and polite. Some knew what they were doing and some need a lot more training. I ordered a pint and a scone and got a a really badly poured one and a stale scone (no cream but that was on the bill). the scones on the bar sat around until the third day but no idea how long they had been there before then. I ordered Prawn Linguini and got tepid packet spaghetti at #19. Pesto had been slung on the top and it was just a mess. The electric in my room tripped on the first morning so had to shower and get ready in the dark. I then had to change room because they said the hotel was full. Car park empty and hardly anyone about? I booked colleagues to stay here and they heard various complaints from them including the poor shower facilities. When you book for colleagues, you feel responsible so I can't consider staying here again which is a shame. The outside area is really appealing. the meeting room was fine and worked well. We ordered a lunch buffet which was very expensive and very, very basic. No drinks, not even water served. The interaction with us as business clients was minimal. Things were put outside our room but no comms from staff. Again, wouldn't book this again with so many less expensive and more efficient options.

Great stay 4-5 min drive central MK. Loads of free parking. More than decent bar food selection. Very green & quiet surroundings. Smiley staff. Great breakfast. 3min walk to amazing local pub. Will be back.

Pleasant enough hotel and friendly attentive staff. Reasonably priced with nice grounds to enjoy. Clean room and a comfortable bed but there is no heating in the bathroom so was an unpleasant experience having a shower in the cold. The shower gel ran out part way through.

Its such a pity that so many little things could be fixed to make this an outstanding venue. Its a ghost of a hotel, with the brightest lights in all areas, like a kitchen! Even the dining room, devoid of guests was sitting under fluorescent lights! The " bar area" was really a lobby, tables decked out in tablecloths and no one there. So, firstly, replace ALL bulbs with warm white, out with the LED. Remove clothes from tables in the bar, get some candles maybe . Kill the high volume background hotel music! Staff were friendly, but no one ever at reception and people being trained in it seems. Bar person- she simply didn't want to be there, grumpy and served gin with no lemon or lime until I asked. Small things, but customer service is number one! We didn't have food as pub down the road got rave reviews so we ate there both nights. We did witness ONE lone couple being served food ( chef walks through the bar with the plates to hand to waitress to serve!) Big old door at dining area leading onto store/ cold room. Who planned the layout? Had 2 cups of coffee and a croissant (hard) on checking out, and paid €17!! I queried it but wasn't up to the explanations. Cake and scones on display on bar counter day 1, still there day 3. Not good enough. I worked in the tourist industry for over 10 years, don't like giving negative reviews but needs must. I would advise closing for Jan and Feb, get the staff trained up, offer breakfast as inclusive rather than 17.50 p/p and get the kitchen to perhaps have a look at the pub down the road! Would be interested to visit again in a year and update you. Thanks

It was fine except for breakfast. No eggs, no bacon. Told to wait (and it was not at all busy). No one at reception for checkout, and the waiter had to be fetched to do check out.