My son's 40th birthday party in the attractivev, wood-beamed conservatory at Lady Anne's was an outstanding success, largely thanks to everyone working there. The event was a surprise for the main participant and involved over forty friends and members of our family, including nine children. We could not have asked for greater care and support than that offered by the assistant manager Andy, the head waiter Beppe, the events organiser Emma, and the rest of the staff working there that evening. We had easy access to the adjacent bar and lounge area, where the buffet was set out in due course. The latter was varied, tasty and readily accessible, and thus excellent in every way, including the range of choices available for vegetarians. The conservatory itself was set out beautifully, with some decorations left from Christmas at our request, plus balloons and disco supplied by outside people used to the hotel. Our one slight reservation was about the hotel's very old and slow computer, linked to its media projector, which took far too long to set up, especially since no-one on the staff seemed to have quite the requisite expertise. Once set up, however, it ran reasonably well, enabling us to show a collection of photos throughout the sit-down meal. With a noticeable lack of fuss, the staff then cleared away this set up, freeing up the dance floor for the later disco. In the past we had used the conservatory for lunches for parties of around thirty retired colleagues, but had stopped going because the quality of the food began to disappoint. No longer! We shall definitely be taking these parties back to Lady Anne's at the first opportunity and personally my wife and I now aim to sample more of the new restaurant menus prepared by the hotel's excellent chefs.
- Lady Anne Middletons York
- Hotel Lady Anne Middletons
