Whatley Manor

We drove all the way from London to WHATLEY MANOR, the location is really rural bit quiet. IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL MANOR SINCE 1929. We booked a suite room and upgraded to extra single bed for my son and cost 150£, which is considered very expensive. We booked for 2 nights and it cost us 1500£, [ breakfast included ] in my opinion is very pricey for this location. I think their selling points are spa, sauna, thermal room , hydro pool but for Asian , it is too common for us.The beds are very comfortable, room is very spacious and cozy, provide good quality amenities. They have really beautiful garden good for walking and reading books. Beside price, everything is good.

Building very impressive and with some history. Facilities excellent (no aircon) grounds well maintained and very beautiful. Service very pleasant attentive and done with ease. Food in the Greys restaurant is simple not exciting but on Selected days the menu is augmented with more interesting dishes. 4 days a week The Restaurant is open and has a more ambitious menu. On Selected days the "Experience " would be choice. In my opinion this turned out to be contrived and not value for money, but that's my take on it.

We very much enjoyed our stay at Whatley Manor. The atmosphere and the setting are very pleasant to the eye. We booked a superior room in the main house and were surprised with an upgrading to a junior suite. The room was extremely large with all the amenities you can expect. The coffee and tea facilities were not as good as in other hotels which we stayed at but I expect if you asked for it, it would have been provided. The bathroom although very much on the smaller side was quite modern and had a super shower and floor heating. Greys restaurant: We ate twice at Greys restaurant which is also the breakfast room. The breakfast buffet has a very small choice which is rather unusual for a hotel of this category but you would have probably acquired what you wanted if you asked for it. Hot breakfast was served on cook to order basis. The dinner menu choice was somewhat on the smaller scale. The food was good, but nothing out of the ordinary. The service although very friendly was sometimes rather slow especially on the terrace. We didn’t try the spa and the pool is really only for dipping. We didn’t try the Dining room since we found the price rather high. There are no other eating alternatives within walking distance, you’ll have to take the car. (Approximately 5 minutes drive is the ‘Cat and Custard’ which offers quite good food) As to the hotel’s location: Although the hotel is on quite a large piece of land there are no walking paths off the road. The road from the hotel which leads to several walks has no pavements and there is a fair amount of traffic so it’s extremely dangerous to venture along the road. To put it shortly not really good for walks. You’ll have to take the car. We did miss something, the turndown service in the room. A five star hotel normally provides this service. I most certainly would recommend a stay at Whatley Manor. It’s a beautiful place to stay at and has a personal touch.