Petersons Armidale Winery and Guesthouse

Meal quite nice but menu not ready till 4:30 makes it late to go elsewhere if doesn’t suit. Bread very nice but charged $2 for second serve without being told we would be charged. Size was like potato crisp and thickness not much more. Petty to complain I know but also pathetic size and to charge $2. Nice big room but TV too small for size. Water pressure only average.

Everything went smoothly. Despite being shortstaffed in the evening, Steph, the lovely young woman handled everything to our full satisfaction and has to be recommended!

A beautiful property. Excellent staff. I so enjoyed my stay.

A lovely old house beautifully kept and added to in keeping with its age.

Very good restaurant and nice wines. All in all A

We visited for the night just before Christmas. They were tidying up the entrance hall from a wedding the previous afternoon when we arrived around 1pm but did apologise for this and gave us a complimentary upgrade of room. The room itself was large and spacious, very comfortable bed and more than cool enough even without air con. Overall the room was tired looking, as was the bathroom where the spa bath didn’t work, and could do with a revamp. The house is beautiful as are the grounds and we really enjoyed sitting under a shady tree with a yummy cheese board and bottle of wine. Dinner was really lovely and totally worth indulging on! After dinner complimentary port was a great touch. Staff were friendly and welcoming, though not many of them for the amount that was going on.

There is so much to like here… Our room (a spa upgrade) was comfortable and spacious. The house is a delight. But we did not experience the warm welcome and orientation reported by others here. We were the only guests, had booked for dinner but were advised the previous day that the chef had been called away. We were given the breakfast menu, given no orientation to the place, not offered a wine tasting. There was no suggestion they could light the fire if we would like it. We felt virtually banished to our room and that we were an imposition staying there. The next evening staff were far better, lighting the fire (now one other couple in residence, who told us they could not get a booking the previous night!) and wine tasting offered and organised, but the damage was done. Breakfast was OK but nothing special and service again was inept. BTW the light meals offered when there is no restaurant were in no way appealing. I recognise the current challenges in the hospitality industry but think that Peterson’s needs to invest far more seriously in some training and development when hiring inexperienced staff. We had been recommended by two different friends to stay here and I would consider staying again, but would seriously hope not to receive the same inept and unfriendly. And perhaps to even try the restaurant which was one of the reasons for our going. I did try corresponding direct at the time, preferring to deal with issues at the time with the people who can do something, thus allowing for some corrective action, but response was slow and received only after we had checked out.

On a recent trip up north, we stayed here on our last night. This booking included a cooked breakfast. Also option for 2 or 3 course evening meal. The staff were very welcoming. Showed us the dining room, and separate breakfast room, of this magnificent historic house. Our room was spacious, with a large bed, small table & two chairs. Did have a small fridge, and coffee/tea making needs. Bathroom was really good, with a walk in shower. Loved the place, but would have preferred to have a couple of small armchairs, to watch TV. There was enough room. In the afternoon, we sat in the huge hall area, where there were numerous sofas, and armchairs. The open fire was lit for us. Meals were very good, we included a 2 course meal for our evening meal option. The gardens were lovely, but needed some TLC, as lots of weeds.