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Short breaks

Excellent position, grounds quiet and well kept.
Room was spacious, clean and comfortable.
On whole Excellent value for money

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Restaurant/room

Restaurant evening meals disappointing,room tired,extractor in bathroom not working

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This is not a "country hotel" but a "hotel in the country." It is a Mercure chain hotel, which was not presented on the website. The food is not very good and the decor is tacky, not at all charming.

4 night stay

Friendly reception on arrival & receptionist carried our bags up to the room where our half bottle of champagne was waiting on ice. All food & wine was excellent. Restaurant staff all very professional and friendly.

A very contemporary and recently decorated hotel

A high standard hotel with everything you ll need. We stayed for 4 nights using one of the special packages that included champagne, a dinner, all breakfasts and an afternoon tea. Very good deal. Lovely staff. Very clean and good quality decor.

A Hotel with two sides

We stayed at Bowden for five nights, our second visit.
We were welcomed by the very friendly and professional reception staff, which stayed the same all through our stay.
Other areas of he hotel let them down this visit and I feel management need to stay at the hotel, to experience the changes needed to make this a five star stay.
Bedrooms - two coat hangers in the wardrobe, cleaning hit and miss and bedding needs upgrading including using fitted sheets, so you don t have to do a bedding tango through the night!
Restaurant- The food was good and so was the majority of the service. What let it down were a couple of rude waitresses who made you feel that the customer was never right! My husband had a bit of a tug of war with one of them over a cup and saucer at breakfast, it was hers and she wasn t giving it to him, even though she had another 100 beside her. Evening meal was good, but there was no Atmosphere, lights up high and breakfast being set up around us. It s a shame because we would of eaten there more if we felt more relaxed.
I like to write reviews that are positive and I really feel this could be an amazing hotel with a few tweaks. The setting is beautiful and the building is amazing. Most of the staff were very polite and efficient.