Peterstone Court Country House Restaurant & Spa

My partner surprised me to a half day spa day at Peterstone Court for my birthday. It included time in the spa, an hour massage and lunch. I started off in the spa. I had slippers, a robe and towel with my day and there is a room to change with lockers and showers. There was tea, coffee and herbal tea to help yourself to. I spent time in the jacuzzi, sauna and the relaxation room. For half a day, I think the size of the spa is no issues as there enough to fill your time. However, if you are there for longer, it could be better if there was more facilities to use. After time in the spa, I had my hour massage. I thought the massage was so lovely. It didn’t feel rushed at all and got the whole hours worth. It was really relaxing and being able to choose the oils used was a great touch. After the massage, I had some more time, so I headed back in to the spa before getting ready for lunch. On booking, my partner made them aware that I had coeliac disease. As we entered the restaurant, I didn’t have to tell them as they were already aware. My lunch was to be selected from a set menu which was 2 courses for £24 (included in the spa price). On my menu, I had it marked with was available for me to eat. The menu only had a few options, so I only had 1 option for each course to eat. However, my waitress said that if I didn’t like what was on the menu then the chef is able to make something different, which I thought was great. I did, however, pick from the menu as it sounded really lovely. I had the soup to start, with gluten free bread, and then the pork belly. I was really impressed with the lunch. I thought the food was fantastic and it made the half spa day even better value. Lunch on the website is labelled as a light lunch, so the lunch I got was much better than I was expecting. Overall, I had the best day and really enjoyed spending my birthday morning at Peterstone Court. I’d really recommend visiting their spa for a lovely treat and for, what I thought, was a great value for money half spa day.

Wow what can I say from the moment we arrived to leaving we had a wonderful stay. We booked very last minute, but we’re not disappointed with our choice. All the staff were so attentive and friendly, the food was delicious and the room extremely comfortable, we could not fault a thing. The grounds and hotel itself were decorated beautifully and it felt very festive. We had a complimentary upgrade on arrival which was a lovely touch as we were celebrating my husband’s birthday. We enjoyed a drink in the bar and library and I think the drinks were reasonably priced and a great selection on offer. We didn’t get a chance to use the spa facilities but will try that next time as I’m sure we will make a return visit when hopefully the weather is slightly better and perhaps we’ll get to see the gardens and outside pool area. We booked dinner bed and breakfast and thoroughly enjoyed our evening meal. Again good choice and everything we ordered was delicious. Breakfast too followed that theme and the chef’s recommendation of Welsh rarebit was superb. I would highly recommend to those seeking a relaxing break.

Mixed experience really. The food is very nice but this is not fine dining by a long shot. Our afternoon tea was served on plain cheap china with awful cutlery (although the table next to us had nicer china for some reason). We were not offered water or a wine menu and when coffee came, the server brought barely warm drip coffee and reached over the front of us to fill our cups. A server should always serve from your shoulder and it wouldn't have been much to expect our own pot of coffee. When water did come there was no choice of still or sparkling and no offer to pour the water either. Allergens were never checked and the servers vanished for most of the meal so finding someone was a near impossibility. No clean plates or cutlery available between different courses of the afternoon tea either. The standards have certainly dropped here, whoever is managing the server team has clearly been neglecting their team training. If this was a pub meal it would be absolutely fine but I don't feel they can market this as luxury as the standards are very far off what we have experienced elsewhere.