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11 Church Lane | Bishopston, Swansea SA3 3JT, Wales
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Winston Private Hotel
Ranked #26 of 35 hotels in Swansea
3.5 of 5 stars 60 Reviews
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gloucester uk
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“over priced but good staff”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 November 2010

We booked for two nights to celebrate a birthday.
The internet rather inflates the facilities though: the whole place needed a bit of TLC [broken front doorwhich I tripped on, and old washing lines next to the car park didn't instill enthusiasm on our arrival.]
The staff were helpful and always friendly.
We had the executive room with the jacuzzi , which initially seemed lovely. Little things like the curtains were off the hooks and there were cobwebs can be forgiven, but the shower room needed a good bit of bleach especially the shower head, which was black!

We were really looking forward to our meal having read the review of the chef on the internet and seen a sample of the menu.However our medium sirloin steaks were very tough and surrounded by a sauce tasting of bisto rather than the advertised ingredients ,and accompanied by some very hard roast potatoes . We were too embarrassed to complain straight away as the chef has received awards.We left quite a bit of the steaks, and when we did get the courage to compain later were still charged full price.
Disappointed by our evening we decided to leave the next day, after a surprisingly good breakfast.Again small things like the very ragged breakfast menus confirmed the overpricing of this place which actually has a lot of potential.

  • Stayed November 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Bournemouth, United Kingdom
1 review
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“This hotel is absolutely awful, the worst we have ever stayed in!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 November 2010
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Cold bar & dining room with fireplace but no fire. Late meals, poor dinner, very limited menu if staying for more than one night. Meal ordered at 7 pm, lucky to get it by 8 pm. Asked for room with bath, given executive room with jacussi in bedroom!! which wasn't clean when turned on. Cobwebs hanging from ceiling & light fittings. Dirty shower with no light in en suite which was more like a corridor than a bathroom. Bed linen and towels in holes. At the end of 4 nights stay, would not honour room deal advertised on web site and confirmed by phone. Assistant manager very rude and manager didn't want to know. I wouldn't recommend this hotel to my worst enemy!!

  • Stayed November 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 November 2010

Pros:
Good location, comfortable large bed (in executive room), inexpensive (booked via booking.com), spacious room.

Cons:
- Small breakfast portion - 1 sausage, 1 egg, 1 fried tomato (which was actually not fried), 1 bacon and 2 small triangle fried bread.
- Jacuzzi bath in bedroom - hair and dust in the tub, when filling water was a green / grey colour. Reported to senior staff - the response was one of disbelief but we received no apology.
- Sunday morning 7am - awoke to a drilling sound lasting 45 minutes.
- small shower in the spacious bathroom.

  • Stayed November 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Woking, Surrey, England
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“Perfect for a golf trip”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 October 2010

We stayed here in June 2009 and it is exactly what we what we wanted. Good rooms, good breakfast. Very good dinner on the saturday night. Close to the golf courses we were playing. Couldn't really ask for more. Well, maybe some 'Real ale' at the bar, but hopefully we'll get that when we return.
All our golf bookings done were by the hotel, so it really does make it a one-stop booking for a great weekend away.

  • Stayed November 2009, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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“So So”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 August 2010

I had expected more from a three star hotel at this price. Two night stay. Evening meal on the first night (Monday) with the hotel full, only three couples. Had an good exec room with terrace, three chairs one dirty white and one broken. To plug the kettle in you had to put it on the floor. All staff good. All food good.

  • Stayed July 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 11 Church Lane | Bishopston, Swansea SA3 3JT, Wales

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