Ardencote

We came for Christmas Day lunch as a family of approx. 14 guests. We were given free welcome drinks prosecco on arrival, which was a lovely touch! The food was amazing, I personally had the lamb roast and it was very tender, the gravy was super tasty and presentation was great. It was nice to be able to choose from the menu on the day instead of having to pre-order! There were a few options for each course. There weren't too many bookings and I think there was only one sitting session for the day so it was easy to have conversations around the dinner table, which was perfect. Thanks for a lovely Christmas lunch.

We got married here on New Year's Eve 2024, with 20 rooms booked the night before and 41 booked on the night of the wedding. The whole 2 days were fantastic. Food was outstanding, really well organised, and great service. Totally stress free.

Our second time visiting Ardencote. We came in Nov 2023 for our friends 40th, and enjoyed it so much that we returned as a treat before Christmas. Really well organised, lovely staff who are very attentive and helpful. Food at breakfast, lunch and dinner was absolutely beautiful. My only grumble (hence -1 star) is the treatment - 25 minutes it states. Albeit, the facial was very lovely... I was only in there 15mins. And both my friends had the back massages, and said how shortened their time was. Perhaps this can be looked into? When we asked at the desk the lady mentioned its taken into account going from waiting room to into the room, and stripping to on the bed... which I find unfair... especially when people have paid for a service.

We had visited here previously in 2016 and after 8 years finally returned. My wife and I visited here as a spa weekend break we had booked. Within our package (which was just over £300) we had an overnight stay, lunch, 2 course evening meal, breakfast the following day, access to the spa facilities and a 25 minute treatment each. I personally think this is pretty good value. Everywhere was clean, the spa facilities were good and the food was delicious so no faults there; the bedroom was decent too, nice and spacious! My only slight gripe with the experience was how poor the gym was… all the equipment seemed very old and rusty which isn’t what you’d expect from a spa/ health club. Interestingly the cardio equipment seemed in good condition but the things in the actual gym were of poor quality. Not only this, there was also very limited pieces of equipment, in reality you’d probably have used all pieces of kit in there in about 15 minutes! Apart from the gym though we had a nice break… the gym was definitely not a deal breaker but more an area for improvement. I’m sure we’ll be back again sometime… going by our current record…. 2032 maybe!

I am giving this hotel an "Excellent" rating even though they have 2 or 3 little quirks that bothered us on our visit. The approach is very grand with huge spacious grounds. A large car park near reception - however we felt that reception was not as grand as the approach but efficient all the same. However we discovered that our room 60 was the very last one along a long corridor on the first floor - yet there could not have been more than 20 rooms occupied - so why put us as far away as you can go ? A lovely spacious room with a very comfortable bed and well equipped bathroom. But no biscuits on the TCMF tray ? And no reading lamp - the room lighting was dark - and no printed instructions how to operate the heating ? A marvellous spa with everything you could want - but no costume driers , just a plastic bag ? An excellent dinner very attentively served - next little quirk - it was our wedding anniversary so at eh end of our meal an anniversary badged dish was put on our table with 2 chocolate balls and a halved strawberry - a lovely gesture but the dish was rather grander than the treats ! As I said at the start, the hotel deserves the top rating but it has 2 or 3 little quirks which we felt they could improve on - particularly putting us as far away as possible - and we are not noisy, honestly !

A fantastic hotel in Warwickshire. The grounds are beautiful with lots to see and do in the surrounding area. The hotel staff were all very friendly and helpful. Huge shout out to Roy in the Brasserie, what a star! And the evening meals were superb, especially the salmon mousse starter! Will definitely return.