Best Western Rockingham Forest Hotel

Myself and my partner attended a wedding at this hotel at the weekend. The hotel had plenty of parking and check in was very quick and efficient. Our room was spacious and very clean. The bed was very comfortable and the room was quiet.There was no lift - but that wasn't a problem for us. I requested a gluten free meal at the wedding breakfast and also had a gluten free sandwich made for me in the evening. Breakfast had a choice of cereal, yogurt and fruit , and all the usual cooked items.I requested gluten free bread and found all the staff to be very helpful. less

Unfortunately I have to mark this hotel because of a very poor breakfast, when you are on the road all day this meal is more important than any thing else. The issues: Breakfast was cold, bacon under cooked, fried eggs dried up and awful, scrambled egg over cooked must have been on the hot counter for two hours. Weetabix were stale but still packaged, hash browns under cooked - not a good example. Lots of staff in the dinning area but no one maintaining the counter. I say unfortunate because every thing else was very good, rooms clean and of a good size, reception excellent, bar ok. The evening meal was at an acceptable standard but it was unfortunate that the waitress could not decipher the menu. less

We chose this hotel for our annual get-together of friends: it is a large group of about 45. We made a group booking and for a group of this size, it was possible to get a good discounted rate. The management were extremely helpful in making all the arrangements. They have many function rooms, mostly upstairs. There is also a large venue for weddings etc and while we were there, there was also a boxing match arranged there ! Bar is ope 24 hours for guests. Breakfast is adequate and I particularly liked the crisp bacon; perfectly cooked. There is a large green at the back, with out-door wedding venue. the hotel staff were very friendly, helpful and tolerant of the lots of small children who were playing (rather noisily) in the reception area. One particular employee who stood out for me was Leanne, who was extremely accommodating, kind and efficient. Caution about sat-nav post code: Must use NN17 - 2AE for correct location. [Google sometimes comes up with the post code of NN17 - 1AE, that is wrong and will take you away in another direction. ] Great value for money. Rockingham Castle is very nearby. Rutland water, with all its outdoor activities is about 15 minutes drive away. less

Found this tearoom almost by accident and so glad we did. Food was fab and great value for money. Staff and management were very friendly and helpful. Will be back very soon.. recommend very highly a little gem. Mark and Maggie 2 satisfied customers. less

Booked in for one night and glad that it was only one night. The reception staff were very friendly and we were soon booked in. We were out for the afternoon and evening so cannot comment on evening meals etc, however breakfast the next morning was very poor. The bacon was swimming in grease and all the dishes kept running out and staff had to keep apologising saying that fresh supplies wouldn't take long. We had to wait about 5 to 10 minutes for eggs and hash browns which meant that the rest of the food was at best luke warm. In general I really like Best Westerns but I'm afraid this one let us down. less