Best Western Heronston Hotel & Spa

A stay at this hotel once again confirmed that Best Western hotels in the UK are often not as good as the ones in some other countries. The location is fine, set slightly off the road, with plenty of parking space, and lots of greenery around. Hotel reception looks fine, and reception staff are very friendly and helpful. But things get worse when you move further into the building. Furniture in the bar area looked a bit shabby (although I suspect it was just an unfortunate choice of upholstery fabric), and the corridors we passed through to get to our room made a similar impression, with badly stretched carpet and fire doors that could do with a new paint job. Once inside the room, though, we weren't unhappy at all. I've seen reviews from people who visited with dogs and were unhappy with the room they were given, but room 27 was fine. Well furnished, clean, and with everything we needed, including a large wardrobe, an ironing board and an iron. The bathroom could be classed as luxury, we really couldn't fault it, it was very nice. The hotel offers a lot of services, including a room service breakfast. If we'd had more time, we might have used that, but we didn't. And of course it's a spa hotel. The receptionist didn't ask us if we wanted to use it, so after having read the information in our room, I had to go back to reception to get a special key card for the spa, and spa towels. Now, about the spa. Again, not as nice spas in Best Western hotels in some other countries, but on the other hand it was better than another Best Western spa we've seen in Wales. At least here the changing rooms were tidy and well maintained. It's true that the pool isn't very big, but the size was allright if you're not after some Olympic swimming. The sauna and steam room were both excellent, with just the right temperatures and amount of steam - actually, I think they were my favourite part of the facilities. Overall our experience was positive, but I think management is missing some tricks here - with attention to detail this hotel would make a much better and much more luxury impression on its guests. less

We had a roomy double and enjoyed the breakfast and dinner during our stay. I did try out the spa, the pool is on the small side but it was empty when I was in it and there is a hot tub, steam room and sauna. Visiting over the weekend meant there were quite a lot of people enjoying spa days and also wedding parties etc in. There is plenty of parking and we personally didn’t experience any noise overnight in our room. less

I came for the Spa day. I was disappointed with the value. The massage itself was lovely, but the facilities are very poor and inadequate. The changing rooms are too small, the pool is tiny, and you have to walk across cold corridors to get from the pool to the treatment room. It is very old and dated. The light lunch was even worse. The food was appalling, and drinks are very expensive. I would not go again. less

Stayed at the Hotel a year and a half ago and had room 31 which was very nice and I gave a good review. This time I had my dog and was told I could not have that room again as only certain rooms were for dogs. We were allocated room 26 which was awful. No matching decor, a fluorescent strip light. A vinyl chair which was shabby and worn. Why do we dog owners get victimised as we are immaculately tidy and Ollie my Labradoodle does not shed hair. Breakfast was not good over cooked eggs, anemic bacon on the first day so tried the bagel salmon and scrambled egg the next again the eggs were over cooked and the dish was dry. To finish on a positive the room was clean and the staff were very friendly especially Sian the waitress who was lovely and gave us two sausages for the dog. If the hotel and food were as lovely as the staff it would be good again. less

Stayed at the Heronston as i was working in Bridgend and couldn't fault it, for the £77 i paid with breakfast which was decent value. As par for Best Western's; the hotel is an old building, externally a bit of a 60's monstrosity if you like but the rooms are comfortable and cosy. The locality of the hotel is a bit remote so you invariably end up eating inside the hotel so it's a good job the food's reasonable. less