Stonehurst Manor

We chose Stonehurst Manor based on its location near North Conway and the surrounding attractions; the hotel itself is impressively set on a hill overlooking the neighboring mountains and makes for a wonderful outlook, and is a short drive or 30 minute brisk walk into town. The hotel is extremely characterful with lots of old world charm and features, which unfortunately does limit its customer experience somewhat. We were allocated a room on the 3rd floor accessible only by a steep and narrow staircase, which was quite a task to haul heavy baggage up - no assistance offered. The room itself was spacious with two queen beds and a lovely open fireplace with fuel to light if required - which it was.

We were booked in on a dinner bed and breakfast stay, but the quality of food did not match the initial impression of the manor, nor did it meet our expectation. The hotel's boast was that they had an extremely fast chef, and this unfortunately proved to be his undoing. Breakfast was awful, we requested poached eggs on wholemeal toast, but got raw eggs next to marble rye! The accompanying sauted potatoes were also hard and uncooked. To be honest, I'm not even sure he switched the gas on beforehand. The evening meal was billed as a dining experience but was frankly just as bad. Although my wife had a decent fillet steak, my sirloin was extremely poor quality, fatty and tasteless and the french fries were......not fried.