I booked this at the last minute from the hotel directly for £215 B&B without having time to read the reviews on Tripadvisor. I am glad I didn't because the reviews may have put me off staying at what is an excellent hotel!

I was in a basic room overlooking the car park, but it was spacious (huge king size bed), comfortable, contemporarily decorated and very clean. The bathroom was also spacious with a large bath (although if I had a criticism it would be that there was not a separate shower).

What really sets this hotel apart though is the following:
1. location - fantastic grounds set beside huge areas of forest and canal walks;
2. amazing communal areas - the Lounges and Library were the nicest public rooms I have come across in a hotel;
3. great facilities - lovely pool, well equipped gym, golf, free video games/ table football for kids, separate pool for kids, outdoor pool in the summer etc;
4. very good food - we enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of the Stables restaurant and our breakfast in the Glasshouse which included lots of healthy alternatives.

Even after staying less than 24 hours I felt like I'd had a very relaxing, healthy break, and would recommend this hotel to everyone.

Everything was lovely about our stay at the Grove apart from the weather! Not the fault of the hotel of course, we just thought the grounds looking amazing and would have loved to explore them further.

The room in the Mansion House was absolutely devine with a four poster bed and tasteful furnishings throughout (very old meets new but in a good way), sumptious modern bathroom with large roll-top bath and separate shower room.

The spa treatments we had were good from staff who were really friendly and clearly knew what they were doing.

The public rooms were absolutely beautiful and we can heartily recommend Afternoon Tea. We pigged out big time and were even given some extra sandwiches!

We were lucky enough to dine in Colette's both evenings and although cannot remember what we had, everything was absolutely delicious.

The reception staff were friendly and efficient. The bill we were presented with initially was not correct however this was resolved after we produced the confirmation documents showing prices and the young lady double checked their own records

I booked this hotel after weeks of research as I wanted to book a surprise for my mums 60th birthday. Most of the reviews on this website were positive but there was a negative review which had recently been posted however I decided to ignore it. The hotel itself is beautiful, reception and concierge were fantastic. We decided to eat a lunch buffet at The glasshouse which turned out to be a huge mistake. My mother found a lon hair in her food. When the restaurant manager was called he stated that as it is a buffet it could not be helped I hair fell into the food and offered us a cup of tea as way of compensation!!! I will definitely not be visiting the Grove or recommending it to anyone.

Stayed here for one night as birthday celebration. Got good last minute deal . Location great and room very nice, spacious, nice products and very clean. Comfy bed!
Spa disappointing and not 5 star quality. Jacuzzi not working. Pool cold. No loungers available so
Nowhere to sit as was extremely busy.
Drink in glasshouse bar good. Staff friendly and helpful , in particular Luke. Had reservation for stables restaurant , arrived and offered awful table in doorway. We asked if we could take restaurant menu in bar area(about 5 yards away ) was told this was impossible. This was disappointing, especially considering that the bar food seemed to come out from the restaurant kitchen. Maybe a little short sighted!!
Staff in stables bar friendly, marc was very good
Breakfast great, lots of choice.
Beautiful grounds to walk in .