Terri B.
Yelp
First of all this hotel was brilliant about carrying over our booking due to Covid with the room rate/breakfast remaining at the price pre Covid. The hotel is beautiful and well designed. The staff at front desk were helpful and pleasant and showed us around. Lovely room great shower and comfortable bed it would benefit from having a chair to sit on, other than just stools and the bed. Always good to have tea/coffee making facilities and a small fridge. BUT this hotel is rather more show than substance.
After reading previous reviews I agree that the restaurant staff let this hotel down badly. The restaurant and drinks are very over priced for this establishment as it does not meet a 5* rating. (There is one member of the staff who is excellent and sadly I can't recall her name other than she has short dark hair and wears glasses and her English is very good and she has a sense of humour). On arrival we ordered a drink and hoped for some food as it states in the hotel booklet that sharing plates are available all day. This is not so as the the young woman who took our order said there was no chef but she did produce some cheese and bread, which we appreciated. The first night we arrived early for our table by 10 mins (7.30pm booking), and were ushered straight to our table, no offer of a pre drink before seating. Drinks arrived and so did dinner, which was very nice but not exceptional. Unfortunately our three courses arrived very quickly and we had finished eating by 8.35pm. All far too quick. The restaurant was busy but if the organisation of staggering seating times was better and the offering of pre dinner drinks when a menu could be offered and the order taken (as in most good quality restaurants), this would have helped. The second night went better as we insisted on a pre dinner drink and the food came more slowly at a better pace. Unfortunately again there was a disappointment, the 39 euro menu had no change on the 'Chefs recommendation' or the fish which would be normal especially as people stay for more than one night. The staff really need training both for dinner and breakfast. For both dinner and breakfast we were constantly asking for things such as salt and pepper, more drinks etc and for breakfast you had to ask for cooked eggs they were not offered nor was a menu displayed offering these. We asked for honey at breakfast which came in a jar, rather sugared no presentation, but we did get the honey. One last thing on the restaurant. Usually dishes are cleared from the table when you have finished with them before the next course this was not really the case here, minor but it all adds up.
I do not expect everywhere to speak English but if it is offered even for only the pleasantries, it needs to be correct, to be asked 'what do you want?' when ordering is actually rather rude although I am sure it was not meant just needs
adjusting and training.
Would we return probably because the room was lovely and a spectacular location, but for goodness sake get your act together with the restaurant (unless that improves I wouldn't eat there for dinner),and don't offer services that don't exist.
One more thing two male guests at lunchtime on Wednesday 20th July who were sitting outside drinking both went into the vineyard to relieve themselves instead of using the hotel toilet. Another guest did shout at them but they thought it funny. Uncouth comes to mind. Not a good advert for this hotel!