my daughters wedding was made extra special by having it at buxted park hotel. The staff are the best ive known, nothing was too much trouble the weekend ran so smoothly all down to the staff, as i know my head was in the clouds with happiness & enjoyment they dealt with everything.Marc had picked up from us the night before that we had wanted a relaxed & most importantly a laugh on the day as its the one time all the families can get together & chill.Every family member & friends have said it was the best and haven't stopped praising the hotel, the beautiful grounds,the food,the rooms & the staff.I should mention that there were 99 of us in the day and the 3 course meal was amazing im sure all plates were returned empty & in the evening for 140 guests again the food was brilliant & eaten!! The best by far, so much so that a lot of the family who had travelled down are wanting to book to stay again including ourselves

Quite aside from the fact that this is one of the most beautiful hotels with beautiful grounds, the food was consistently fabulous, the service was second to none - I have never stayed anywhere where ALL the staff were so
Accommodating and friendly and personable and nothing was too much trouble!.. To rate this hotel would run off the scale as everything was completely perfect but staff more than perfect - something I've never come across before!

So it was Xmas day and the staff was very short handed but Comedy of errors that we were greeted with didn't impress. However on the plus side, when I complained about the room, I was immediately given a new equally luxurious suite and offered a drink on the house. Our room was exceptional with a good view. The scale of this country house and it's amazing grounds was truly impressive - to the manor born- oh yeah you betcha. The place was very festive and had crackling fires going in all social spaces. The food was very very good, especially the Xmas night dinner which was light and full of choice, very fresh and well presented. The wine at dinner was far FAR better than the 'cocktails' in the bar, which were terrible. Breakfast on Boxing Day was also very good. The quality and attentiveness of the service was notably improved the next (Boxing) day which meant the stay ended on a positive. So had it been any other day, I could probably let the hiccups slide, but it wasn't like we were there on a discount, on the contrary the Xmas night in a suite was supposed to be a treat and it initially felt pretty disappointing. But we decided to reset our expectations so it wasn't a total downer.
Would I go back, sadly no, not unless it was a LOT less expensive or they can up their game and grow into their vast potential.

I stayed here with my fiance over Christmas when we were visiting relatives nearby. A beautiful hotel with amazing grounds, lovely relaxed atmosphere with very nice and helpful staff. We didn't eat there much because we were saving ourselves for Christmas dinner at our relative's house but we had champagne with a cheese and meat platter which was heaven. Loved the fact that you could choose from a range of DVDs to watch in our room too- really made you feel relaxed and at home. Would definately stay there again!