I spent three nights (prior to as meeting near Salisbury) as a short out of season break.

The hotel was chosen because it offered free parking but otherwise was speculative.

Although my arrangement was B&B, I had dinner in the hotel all three nights - it was cold outside and my first dinner was good enough to persuade me not to go anywhere else.

It was comfortable, with pleasant food. Out of season there was only a limited staff (but enough for the number of visitors) and they were welcoming, helpful and efficient.

My only gripe is that the lighting in my bedroom (energy saving bulbs in the bedside lamps!) was not as good as I would have liked.

I would recommend this hotel.

I booked in here for 1 night via wotif and got a great deal for 2 rooms for our family of 5. After speaking to the very friendly owner/manager we decided to stay an extra night and were offered the very large 3 bed apartment for the same price as our first night (wotif rate with hot breakfast).
The 2 rooms we had on the first night, a twin and family room were very big and spacious, with comfortable beds and pillows, a lovely high pressured shower and big bath sheets. The 3 bed flat was very big and spacious with a lovely lounge area, each room had their own tv and bathroom. The staff were very helpful and friendly. We dined at the restaurant on the 1st night and the chef very kindly made us children's meals for our kids. Yes there are lots of stairs but for us this was not a problem. The warm welcome we received and the cosy furnishings more than compensated. We would happily stay here again. As a family of 5 it is very difficult to find adequate roomy accommodation and Grasmere more than ticked the boxes.

Did a lot of searching on the web for just the right hotel for us to stay at. It had been about 5 yrs since last visit to the UK & 12 since last visit to Salisbury. All the research I had done on the hotels of Salisbury showed the Grasmere House to be one of the better ones. Boy was I wrong.

The hotel looked like a typical old English home, which it was at one time minus the addition later on. The grounds both front and back were well kept and had nice views. On either sides of the building however, was old grills, plastic tubs etc, that you normally wouldn't notice unless you are in the dining room. Then you see the back of the house (beautiful) and the side of the house (horrible) + the staff goes out on the side to have a cigarette which can be a bit unappealing while eating.

Now you enter the house from a charming front entrance and hear a constant beeping sound, which I later found out was the door alarm. Everytime I came to the lobby I heard the alarm beeping. The carpet throughout hotel, hallways, & rooms was very worn. Chipped paint or very worn off paint was found throughout hotel. One hallway door corner had just been painted and the three days we were there you could smell paint. A bit of a puzzle was why didn't they paint the whole door (removed to a proper place to vent) is was not a main door, just a hall pass thru.

Continuing on, the hotel bed room was large, good size bathroom, pretty view from the window out back of the property. The furniture was very worn, chipped, and mismatched which I would have excepted if it was antique, but it was not. Bathroom was clean, but no counter space had to put tolietres on ledge of window. Towels were very worn and thin, NO washclothes at all in the whole hotel, just large hand towels (interesting). Bed was ok, but would sink in the middle a little. Sheets and blankets were also very worn and bedspread (which weighed a ton) smelled and was worn.

The free breakfast was ok, everything hot was processed even eggs. Coffee, tea, juices, cold cereal, toast and fruit were all fresh and good. Dinner on the other hand was very good, no complaints.

Service was also very good, from check in to the resteraunt. The bar however was operated by the front desk check in staff, which ment if they were busy you would have to wait awhile to get a drink. The bar was also the size of a large walk-in closet. I think the word is quaint for that.

Overall we paid £55 per night (about $79.00) per night per room. They had Wifi in the lounge, but if you wanted it in your room it was at an additional charge of £5 per day ($7.50).

Aside from pretty view, nice staff, great dinner, I wouldn't recommend this hotel to anyone coming to Salisbury for the first time. On my walks through the town saw far better hotels, but at a slightly higher price. Also, when asking the staff were to go for food everything they said was either a 5 to 15 mins. walk from the hotel. Well, maybe so if you were in your 20's and had jogging shoes. Most places were at that distance if you drove only.

Beautiful architecture throughout the town and most side streets.

This was an okay hotel that was comfortable with staff that I wouldn't class as friendly; but they were professional and we did have a nice brekkie. and comfy beds..but watch out for no lift and a lot of.stairs!! The lounge was really nice and homely and the owner who we chatted to was a friendly cool dude..but the staff on reception were more aloof. The parking was good; the view over the church and cemetary was nice, the room quiet but the Wifi was on the blink in the room and you pay for this either hourly or for 24 hours. We got the 24 hr access and on day two it died and we kept calling reception and were being told to log back in; only to finally have it revealed it was a bug..this was very frustrating as we were trying to book our next acccomdation.