Brook Mollington Banastre Hotel & Spa

On the whole a pleasant experience.  From a cleanliness perspective it was fairly good but there were quite a few spiders webs in ceiling corners and under radiators which had likely been there for some time.  Breakfast was fine however when some of our party arrived 10 minutes before the end of serving there were no glasses for juice and no bowls for fruit/cereal to use. Appreciate its close to the end of the time frame but breakfast was still open. Also if you like coffee, then I’d avoid the coffee served at breakfast.

Nice staff. But the hotel is very old. Swimming pool look ok.

A little tired but it’s close to the city of Chester. Free car parking. Spa with all the amenities. Large comfortable bar.

I was in room 70. The first problem I spotted was that the signs said “1 to 69” so I thought I’d gone wrong. The room was ok. Clean. Plenty of towels. But… The bathroom mirror light switch does nothing. There was no wifi down the corridor. And no mobile phone signal. The bathroom extractor fan didn’t come on. No hangers in the wardrobe No hair drier, no iron, no fridge, no bottled water. Roughly half the plug sockets didn’t seem to work - had to move where the TV was plugged in to so that I could plug the kettle in. (This involved needing to move the drawers that the TV stand on. Mattress was a bit past its best but definitely not too bad. I couldn’t actually watch anything on the lovely smart TV because nothing was logged in, and I couldn’t log in with my own usernames as I couldn’t get access to confirm the logins by email or scanning barcodes. Couldn’t even put the radio on through the telly because BBCsounds needed a log in confirmation. Breakfast was ok. Plenty of choice of both cooked and cereals. Nice pot of coffee that did 3 cupfuls. Bar/lounge had plenty of seats & tables. Unfortunately smokers going in to the garden area leaving the door open meant that the lounge filled with bugs after it went dark. Would I go again? Maybe. It hasn’t completely put me off, because it was a cheap hotel. Maybe next time I’ll arrive earlier and try out the spa facilities. No, I didn’t complain about any of the things. I didn’t arrive until 9pm and left by 8:30am, and none of those things made it unbearable. Very easy to find. Plenty of free parking. Well stocked bar.

We were very satisfied with our two nights here. It’s not going to win a host of awards for modernity but it’s clean and it’s easy to forgive the creaky floorboards considering the value for money. Our room was clean, the mattress was firm enough for my sometimes dodgy back and the bathroom was very spacious with a decent shower. We’re dined one evening and we were served by the gracious Nick who made us feel very welcome. We enjoyed our linguine and lasagna with a view of the pleasant gardens.