老荊棘莊園高爾夫鄉村酒店(Old Thorns Hotel & Resort)

Our stay at the hotel for a wedding was overall fantastic. The location was breathtaking, providing an idyllic setting for the occasion. Although we didn't explore the spa and golf facilities, they looked inviting. The breakfast was a delightful mix of traditional English and continental options, starting our day on a high note. The only hiccup was the lack of assistance with our luggage to our room across the car park, a tricky trek in high heels, especially with the unpredictable weather. Fortunately, the rain paused, easing our journey slightly. Despite this, we thoroughly enjoyed our time and would recommend the hotel for its stunning location and delicious breakfast, with a note to be prepared for a bit of a walk if your room is further out.

Stayed here for a friend's wedding this weekend! Had an apartment for the night. Was very nice and well equipped even had tea, coffee and milk in the fridge which wasn't expected as self catering. Unfortunately didn't sleep very well as bedrooms where so hot. Couldn't get any aircon to work and not sure the rooms even had it in them. Then realised in the morning the towel radiator in the ensuites left on full heat presumably by housekeeping so that didn't help along with the hot weather. Alot of noise of people walking past the apartments in the early hours too and cars reving waking us up! Used the spa facilities in the morning and they were pretty unimpressive too...not very clean and could do with a refurb. Run down and didn't feel very clean and spa like which is a shame as was looking forward to a relaxing spa.

We only had a 1 night stay for a wedding but wow what a place. It seemed every amenity was on site. At check even though late on a Saturday night the staff were welcoming at extremely helpful in fact showed us to our ecopod even though it was raining. The ecopod was nice and basic but the clue is in the name. Our breakfast which was included was absolutely brilliant well presented well cooked and filling again all staff couldn't have been more helpful. Check out again was a pleasant experience and we would not hesitate to stay or visit if we were in the area again.

Free car park Lovely hotel Swimming Pool great. Staff within pool side were lovely and helpful. Gym huge! Free towels but £10 for robes. £2 for slippers. Eco pod great, showers only x3 were lovely. But very small to get into. Restaurant average! Breakfast a buffet! Receptionist SUE was fantastic, very helpful and friendly. Knowledgeable and kind. Bar staff rude! No manners young lad. Typical golf hotel.

The facilities and service/staff could not be faulted we had a fantastic stay. For a big venue disabled parking wasn’t great. Limited number of places and not very big spaces for wheelchairs. The biggest plus to our booking was ******* offered a cancellation option up to the day of booking. The venue wanted payment up front when we booked several months before our stay and no refunds if you needed to cancel they also charged more booking directly. ******* offered us an excellent option to book in advance.

We stayed in an apartment which was excellent - clean, modern great shower comfortable beds and a fabulous view over the golf course. We enjoyed the swimming pool, jacuzzi & hot beds, except the smell in the ladies changing rooms of some sort of chemical was very strong & off putting. Dining at the Kings restaurant was a big mistake - we chose to eat duck but the vegetables (green beans & tenderstem broccoli ) were rock hard - they must have been blanched only. Also the food was lukewarm. We told the assistant manager & they took our plates away to bring them back 10 mins later with little change to the vegetables - still rock hard. We asked for them to be cooked but then waited 20 mins which meant what food we had was cold. A very poor experience to what was otherwise a lovely stay.

Very Large Site For Business travellers beware - the wi fi does not cover all the hotel rooms. The car park is vast so it could be quite a distance to the hotel if you need to ferry items back and forth. Buffet Breakfast - good Restaurant was shut as hotel occupancy was down but bar food was adequate.

On the description of the pods, it never stated it was a shared bathroom quite a walk away from the pod. The bathroom are supposedly dedicated to pod users only, but golfers also use it, so not always too clean. We would never have booked this if we understood that was the case. The bed was comfortable and the breakfast was good. A lovely resort overall.