Best Western Gatehouse Hotel

The Gatehouse is a hotel with charm, A Georgian building that has a period dining room and a snug bar area. The food at dinner was excellent, and the full English breakfast was freshly cooked to order. My bedroom in the annex was spacious and very comfortable, and entirely what I expected in an older building. The floors may creak and the doors stick, but these are minor things compared to the chance to stay in an 18th century building. If you like character in your hotel, then this is an excellent choice . less

Yet again we stayed at the Gatehouse, this time only for B and B as we were visiting family. As always the staff were incredibly friendly and both Sharon and Villiers were brilliant and soo friendly. The breakfasts, as always were delicious and perfectly cooked and presented. My thanks to the morning chef. We regret that this time we could not partake in their evening meals, which in the past have always been brilliant and such good value. Well done Gatehouse, Sharon, Villiers and the morning chef. We will be back soon. Hugo and Ali Van-Manen less

This was our first stay at the Gatehouse Hotel. It is an old property with a lot of character and in general terms is very clean and presentable. The property has plenty of parking around the back and is situated on large grounds. We were warmly welcomed at reception and we found the staff to be very friendly and helpful. We only stayed one night and only had one meal which was breakfast. The waitress was lovely and very helpful. There was a good choice of cereals and fruit and then we had a freshly cooked 'Full English' which was delicious. The room(11)we stayed in was adequate. The bed was a King and was comfortable enough but it was a warm night and we were only given a duvet which was far too hot. There is no air conditioning in the room but a fan was provided. There was also a TV and tea making facilities. The bathroom very was small but there was plenty of hot water. The disappointing thing was that there was mould on the grouting and various tiles needed replacing. The mould issue is so easily remedied with spray so the house keeping was poor. With these older properties you make do with the space available however it is important that the facilities provided are up to standard. The Gatehouse has a small bar and the chairs and decor in the dining room was very comfortable. I would stay at the Gatehouse again but would try another room. It is a comfortable enough facility with a pleasant atmosphere but it was the staff that made the difference. less

The hotel itself was nice, the rooms are nice and so are the staff. The only thing that lets this place down is the food, I got a steak for the evening meal and asked for it medium rare and it came out medium well, so I sent it back and asked for a new one and they agreed it wasn't cooked to my spec, when the next one came out it was even worse, also cooked medium well, but I just ate it because I was starving! And the cooked breakfast is horrific, bacon is smoked, sausage are chipolatas, the egg was overcooked, the good thing was the beans and toast, that's all I had. I would visit here again, just not eat here.. There's a hungry horse accross the road, go there to eat if you plan on staying here. less

we only went to the gatehouse hotel as it is within walking distance of our home on a beautiful may day & we have stayed in best western hotels in france & ireland in the past & found them very good .we didn't stay but had a couple of drinks outside in the magnificent grounds this hotel is a former country mansion with a small intimate bar the receptionist served the drinks & the guinness was in a can but put on a special gadget which turned it into proper draught guinness ! our overall impression as daytime guests was very good & our dog was happy as well sitting outside ! less