Crabwall Manor Hotel & Spa

The hotel is an upmarket business venue (and weddings no doubt) just off the main road (which can't be heard) with spacious and warm public rooms and pleasant and helpful staff. The bedroom and bathroom en suite was fine, if a bit chilly. However a fan heater was provided and this made the main room comfortable. The bathroom had a good supply of hot water! Breakfast was a decent buffet with croissants as well as full English and a small continental section.

There is a restaurant, now termed a brasserie, and a bar. Both serve food. They have different menus barring the ubiquitous fish and chips. We decided that the bar ambience was a bit noisy with tuneless music, and ate in the brasserie. The food was, well, ok: pub food. However, the pricing was on the gourmet rung. I think we should have eaten in the bar after all: what I saw of what others were eating looked good; but wasnt on the brasserie menu, and prices were lower. Reception and checkout were complicated by the fact that there seems to be only one management station whose operative also has to deal on the phone with other clients.

The beauty treatment

The food was very disappointing and for the money I spent I would have expected better quality.