We use a booking agent for all our golf breaks, we had played in the area before, but wanted to stay on the Gower to try a few different coursers and reduce our traveling time each day. We always pay upfront for the golf and accommodation, on this occasion I had suggested alternative hotels on the back of some of the reports on this site, but I was assured this was a great venue for our requirements.
So four senior golfers pitched up for four nights and five rounds a little unsure of the quality of a this establishment, we were all very pleasantly surprised, and frankly puzzled by some of the very negative comments of previous visitors. Ok, let’s outline the setup; the clubhouse has several rooms for functions of various sizes, all well used during our stay by golf matches and competition. A generous sized dining room seemed to be allocated to guests staying in the accommodation, the food was excellent, from a slightly small sized menu, again the wine list wasn’t the largest, but it wasn’t sold at “rip off” prices of many hotels. Breakfast was excellent, any request for something not shown, was generally speedily provided, on every occasion service in the restaurants and the bar was quick and efficient, to the point of buying in some Welsh whisky just for our group and very fair prices. On some occasions the bar area could be lively, but this is what you expect in a golf club, it’s not a quiet cocktail bar, there was a pool table and friendly members to chat to.
As for accommodation, these are rooms in a barn conversion on two levels 2/3 yards from the clubhouse; they are furnished on the pattern of Travel Lodge/Holiday Inn style, very adequate for the purpose. Towels were replaced every day, 2 bottles of water were provided each day, toilet paper was not of the usual cheap hotel standard, but the sort most people would use at home. Ok, there were a couple small issues, during our stay, several nights there was heavy overnight rain, and quite frankly the gutters and down pipes could not cope, so one was woken by the noise. Both rooms had flat screen TV’s which we only used to get the weather forecasts. Again the staff was friendly and very accommodating, on our last day, we were offered to store our cases etc. until after we had played in one of our rooms, were fresh towels were provided if we wanted a shower before the long drive home, how many hotels offer that without charge?
We saw the owner every day about the complex; he seemed to be a very “hands on boss” and was very friendly to everyone. This is a great place for a golfing break with a very good Donald Steel designed course, that despite several hours of very heavy rain was very playable by mid-morning. There was also a mix of cliental, from some campers who gave up when the tent started floating away, 5/6 engineers staying and working in the area and large group of lady golfers.
We found the whole package to be excellent value, friendly efficient staff and excellent food, as far as the comments on access, there are other ways into the village that ovoid the narrow lane, perhaps a quick look at a map rather than relying on Sat-Nav’s will overcome that issue. As a final comment I would ask; what do people expect at these prices, The Ritz?

Awful experience.

Rude receptionist / bar person, insisted we had to pay the full amount of the room before we could even get the key, not just swipe the credit card as is aually the case.

Also were told we could only eat before 7.30pm as they had a golf meeting happening and wanted us out of the way (we arrived at 6.45pm!!!)

Rooms tiny, small does not cover it, too stuffy, no air conditioning & couldn't open the windows unless you wanted visitors from shop staring in.

Food mediocre, not worth the prices, only saving grace was the extra cold guiness on tap.

Woken up at 6.30am by the guy mowing the green right outside the window, what a pleasure!

Was a bit unsure as what to expect having read some of the varied reviews on here. The first point I should mention is the problem other people seem to have with 'no formal reception area', as it is a bed and breakfast and not a Hilton I found it perfectly reasonable that the staff behind the bar were able to greet us very friendly and show us to our room. The room was clean and had everything you would expect with a nice new flat screen in the corner of the room. We spent most of our day out around the wonderful beaches which were only 5 minutes drive away. When we got back I managed to play 12 holes and I must say the course was extremely well kept, a credit to the grounds men there. That evening we spent a couple of hours at the clubhouse having a nice meal and a few drinks. The food was lovely and because the bar wasn’t especially busy the bar man was able to bring our drinks to our table which wasn’t expected but we were grateful nonetheless. The next morning we had an amazing breakfast which was great in quality and amount! That day we attended a function at the club for a family birthday and everyone had a great time. Again the food was great as were the staff. We finally got back to our room at around 1am after the disco. The next morning the lovely housekeeping lady allowed us a little extra time to leave the room as we slight soar heads!!

Overall we had a great time. I think if your going expecting a Hilton, you will be disappointed, however if you go expecting a b&b then together with its surroundings and wonderful staff then you will no doubt have a wonderful time.

We are booked again for late summer to enjoy more of the amazing Gower landscape.

Arrived early evening after a testing drive up a single track road which had few passing areas. The reception area is not obvious, but our confusion was spotted by the chap working behind the bar, who was welcoming and took payment up front, and led us to our room.

The room itself was rather tired with well used fixtures and fittings. The Bedding was clean and bed perfectly acceptable. The TV was a small LCD type, but the remote wasn't working. We also found we had no hot water, but this was soon remedied when we informed reception, who had forgotten to turn it on from a nearby sub station.

We woke up early as check out is 10 am, and were looking forward to a full Welsh breakfast to set us up for the day. When we entered the breakfast area, we were informed the Chef hadn't turned up, and only cereals and toast were available. The lady in charge was very nice and apologetic, and offered us £5 compensation.

I'd rate this at an average 3 star establishment at best. The owners should be very grateful that they have staff that care about the customers, though maybe looking at getting a reliable breakfast chef would be a wise move.