We went on a late Sunday in January for my birthday for the 5pm to 9.45pm session that includes dinner. My wife wanted a massage and the only time available was 4.30pm but they were more than happy to let me start using the facilities early while she had what she said was a superb massage. Being a Sunday evening in January, it was very quiet, maybe 20 guests in total, so I usually had facilities to myself. I had a bit of a hangover from a party I'd been to the night before but 5 minutes in the hydro pool and I was already feeling much better! Then I enjoyed the steam room and later had a nice swim and more time in the hydro pool. We then had a lovely dinner - yes the portions are small, but its quality over quantity and this is a health spa afterall! There's also free fruit available with the free tea all day so you can tuck into that if still hungry.
The only slight issues:
My wife reporting that a male cleaner entered the ladies changing room area while she and another lady were changing - and rather than apologise and quickly leave, he stood there staring for a moment! Very unprofessional and Im surprised they would even ask a male member of staff to clean the ladies changing area.
And, the pool and jacuzzi are so far away from the steam room and sauna, so you have to get dried off, change from swimmers to robe, walk all the way to the other side of the building (quite a cold coridoor too!) before getting into the steam room or sauna. It'd be nice if they were positioned by the pool area, but I guess its difficult as they have separate steam and sauna for men and women (I assume to allow customers to use them naked - signs clarifying what is acceptable or not would have been useful, but as I was by myself I did strip off).
Anyway we used Tesco clubcard points to pay for the evening so thats worth bearing in mind if you are worried about the cost, but were delighted and would definitely go back.
- Hall Hotel Grayshott
