Waterhouse Guest House

We stayed for one night as we were attending a funeral in Bath last Friday and we wanted a relaxed start to the day. We arrived around 4pm on Thursday. Martin met us at the door and check-in was smooth and straightforward. We had a stressful journey on the motorways down to Bath and were feeling a bit burned out by the time we arrived. Waterhouse exudes a feeling of calmness and peace and we knew we had come to the perfect place for us. Martin was in charge of dinner and asked what time we would like to eat. Dinner starts at 6pm and we decided to go for that so that we could have a relaxed evening and an early night. We had homemade lasagne with salad and little round rolls of garlic bread with garlic chopped and lightly cooked on top. We had some wine with that and then retired to the library with drinks and coffee and were so relaxed that we sat chatting for ages. We had the library to ourselves and it was so cosy and blissful. We could not have been happier. Our room was lovely, big with a huge bed, two armchairs , a desk, excellent range of wardrobes and drawers, bedside tables etc. There, also was a fridge with fresh milk and bottled water . The tray with a good choice of teas , coffee, hot chocolate and a jar of mini-marshmallows plus nicely wrapped good quality cookies was welcome and Martin assured us that if we ran out of anything to just ask. There were chocolates on the pillows too. Inside the wardrobes there was a safe, iron and ironing board, hairdryer, small heater and a tall fan was by the window. The temperature was beautifully warm throughout. The bathroom had a good walk in shower cubicle and full size bath. Breakfast was excellent with proper thick cut butchers' bacon, and any combination of full english or omelettes or those poached eggs on muffins with smoked salmon or ham with hollandaise sauce whose name I have forgotten. Also cereals, fruit , yoghourt and continental to start with. Sorry I can't remember the name of the really nice man that ran things in the morning but he was incredibly helpful, he showed us the gardens and explained the new planting plan. He printed maps for our route to the church for the funeral and to the reception and he actually carried our bags to the car and put them in. You could not find better service anywhere. We will certainly return.