The Belsfield Hotel

“Stunning views.”

Beautiful location with really amazing views. The check in staff were really friendly, even though it was again busy with a wedding. The hotel itself is well maintained mostly and the grounds are beautiful. The interiors were Laura Ashley throughout, nice solid furniture and glitzy lighting. Ver... lisää

Beautiful location with really amazing views. The check in staff were really friendly, even though it was again busy with a wedding. The hotel itself is well maintained mostly and the grounds are beautiful. The interiors were Laura Ashley throughout, nice solid furniture and glitzy lighting. Very spacious lounge and bar areas with comfortable stylish seating. We booked a room with a lake view and it really did have the best view. We were out a lot of the time but used the restaurant twice for dinner. Limited wine list but perfectly adequate for the food available. Breakfast was good and efficient. The location was in the busy bustly area of Windermere so a crowded area, but the hotel was a sanctuary from that. The garden entrance from the boat stops was great to avoid the crowds. Beautiful outside seating areas with the best views. We knew it would be busy and crowded here but we chose the location so we could leave the car in the car park and walk everywhere we needed to. The town itself has good amount of coffee bars, pubs and restaurants all walking distance from the hotel.

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“More downs than ups”

Sadly, I have to echo some of the disappointing reviews on here as this visit didn't live up to the experience we'd had on a previous occasion. Breakfast started well enough with very nice granola, croissants and toast but it was let down by an underwhelming cooked breakfast including items that... lisää

Sadly, I have to echo some of the disappointing reviews on here as this visit didn't live up to the experience we'd had on a previous occasion. Breakfast started well enough with very nice granola, croissants and toast but it was let down by an underwhelming cooked breakfast including items that weren't even on the menu and which we would have excluded anyway. This leads to food waste and unnecessary cost to the hotel so we both lose out. A previous review mentions parking and this looks to be a change from our last stay in December - perhaps to obtain additional revenue. If it's any consolation it's "only" £15 per night which compares favourably to the Macdonald Hotel round the corner at £20 per night! You can also rent a brolly which has to be a first for us. Our hotel stay in Mauritius a while ago even provided free brollys. There are positives and the garden view is great and the staff are helpful and polite but the overall impression is of a hotel that's in need of some love and attention. The new custodians - Aimbridge - need to look more at the overall guest experience than their revenue stream I think. Yes, you need money to run the hotel but you get that from happy, returning guests.

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