The Cavendish Hotel at Baslow

We stayed for one night (Sunday) as a birthday treat for my husband. We left the car in the car park and had a lovely walk to Chatsworth. When we returned and checked in the busy Sunday lunch guests were leaving and the hotel was pleasantly busy. The staff were all very friendly and attentive during our stay and all seemed happy to take on any role to ensure attention to guests. Our room was lovely with fabulous view over towards Chatsworth. We ate in the Gallery Restaurant in the evening which has a limited fine dining menu but we thoroughly enjoyed all the fabulous food we ordered. Breakfast was another very pleasant experience. The hotel is ‘proper’ but without being old fashioned and stuffy. We couldn’t fault anything and will definitely return.

We had a wonderful stay at The Cavendish. The decor, food and excellent staff made the stay special. The scenery from hotel’s patio is amazing. The staff are the best I have come across in a long time, they take pride in their jobs & are very polite. I love the fact that the food is locally sourced & high quality. Also lovely walk from the hotel to Chatsworth House.

We have been visiting the Cavendish for many years for meals and used the accommodation for our wedding guests back in 2011. It has always had the grand feel of a quintessentially British country hotel, however the refurbishment now feels more like a nice gastro pub. The reception rooms have lost some of their vintage charm. The food has always been fairly average compared to other high end restaurants in the same price range. I remember once being told by the waiter that the chocolate fondant was supposed to be solid in the middle! I have also always found the staff to be quite ‘aloof’. They have also never been very accommodating with children and been unwilling to adapt anything for my two girls who both have ASD. For example doing plain cheese or ham sandwiches in the afternoon tea. The afternoon tea was always its strong point but we had a disappointing experience this time when visiting for my Mum’s retirement celebration. There used to be a coat rail in reception but this has now gone. No one offered to take them for us (like they always did before) so we just left them in a pile on one of the chairs at our table. The cakes were all lovely, as always but they had run out of their amazing egg mayo and substituted it for what was supposed to be avocado salad (that didn’t seem to contain a trace of avocado so was basically just small bits of lettuce). It just doesn’t seem worth the price now unfortunately, compared to other places. The lighting is now very dark especially in the toilets to the point where you can barely see anything in the cubicles (my daughter was afraid to go in!). There are definitely better places to eat so I doubt we will be visiting as frequently as we used to and my Mum doesn’t love it as much as she used to due to the refurbishment. Some improvements definitely needed.

Truly lovely hotel . Greeted by the manager (very attentive and wonderful to see senior management present and willing to help) |Room truly awesome - we had upgraded to a larger room and the view was worth the upgrade alone ! We loved it and felt it was like staying at Soho house (which we do a lot) but better. |We would have preferred a larger bathroom with separate shower facility and turn down service at night (for price charged it would be a nice touch and what we expect and like) but overall we loved our stay - a special mention for the tasting menu with wine flight; out of this world and great value for money - we truly loved it.|Breakfast amazing too

We called in for morning coffee before visiting Chatsworth House and to see how the refurbishments had improved the public areas.|The service was friendly and prompt; the cafetière was large; the coffee itself and accompanying shortbread were very tasty. The new furnishings and ‘layout’ in the Library/bar areas are a big improvement.|We were also given a short tour of the Gallery restaurant and the new Annex room - both were very stylish with better furnishings. |The remaining bedroom areas are still ‘a work in progress’ but a reveal of the ‘new’ Cavendish Hotel is we gather, planned in a couple of months time.|We will return.

Probably the best place in the area. Beautiful refurbishment and ambience, great ( standard) room and delightful , helpful staff. My only complaint would be that service in the restaurant was very slow. The food was great and stunningly presented .They’d probably say that since the food is freshly cooked there’s an unavoidable delay and good things are worth waiting for etc etc , but things really seemed to be in slow motion.

There are undoubtedly better options for this price range in the area. For over 200 pounds per night, to put it quite simply this place is absolutely not worth it. The hotel felt tired and seemingly forgotten. As a taster: my room was not cleaned on the first night, towels not replaced. The breakfast was cold and clearly had been prepared a while before being served. The staff were lackluster. Management highly unhelpful in finding a solution.

The hotel has a fabulous location at the edge of the Chatsworth estate overlooking rolling fields trees and countryside.|The buildings are maintained to a very high standard and many parts have recently been refurbished including the graden room restaurant, overlooking the extensive terrace which enjoys uninterrupted views of the surrounding countryside.||We enjoyed a very high standard of service throughout - we dined twice in the hotel and had breakfast all three mornings. All the staff were operating at the highest level for polite but unobtrusibve service, attentive and friendly.|Steve the manager handled our slight issues with the room superbly (there was a running water / pump noise which had disturbed our sleep) so we can't praise him highly enough.||The food at breakfast and dinner was also of the very highest quality and offers excellent value for money.||Overall, my wife and I both agreed that this was the best hotel stay experience we have had.