The Roseate Reading

We came here for afternoon tea and stayed the night. The tea was delightful🙂. I would have preffered more sandwiches and less deserts. Perhaps you can offer that option in the future. The tea choice was exceptional. They all sounded very special on paper but I guess you need to be a real tea connoisseur of tea to appreciate the different subtle tastes. Service was attentive and staff very friendly👌 The room was quaint and clean. Bed was very comfortable😴. The sauna was a bonus 🥵😅. It was my birthday so received a nice surprise 🙂 Parking is limited and a tad expensive and would have helped if it was discounted. Car park is round the back but be careful going along Fourbury Rd as its one way and access is prohibited between 7-11am and 4-7pm 🚫. Location is very convenient. 🚶🏿 distance to center with all the shops and restaurants and there is a nice park opposite.

Stayed at the Roseate for our 1st wedding anniversary and enjoyed a spa treatment too. On arrival staff were lovely, particularly Shee, who upgraded our room to the most beautiful suite - when we arrived in the room there were petals on the bed and chocolates too. We felt very spoiled and it really made our anniversary feel even more special. The hotel is stunning and we recommend you stay in the main building as the rooms are very classic with beautiful features and high ceilings. Our spa treatment was very reasonably priced and worth every penny. We had a call a couple of days ahead to ask if we’d like to use the sauna and steam room first (as these are very small so need pre-booking) and whether we’d like our massage in the same room - we didn’t realise this was possible so was a great surprise! Our massages were AMAZING - thank up Chenga - and the whole experience was incredibly relaxing (my partner actually fell asleep!). We went to breakfast late the next day but there were still plenty of choices. We were due to go out into town and didn’t want to move the car so Shee, Helen and Martin (I think it was Martin!) kindly extended our parking free of charge. All in all a lovely stay with beautiful, clean, ornate rooms, wonderful customer service and fantastic massages! Highly recommend

Stayed at The Roseate Reading over Christmas while visiting friends in Reading. I booked one of the new 'house' rooms. I had an excellent experience overall - the room was spacious and spotless. Staff were polite and friendly. The steam room and sauna in the same building was nice to have as well. Would definitely stay here again if I'm in Reading!

Went here for a meeting and lunch. I had a burger and my colleague had a sandwich. The sandwich was OK and the burger was very nice, but far below what I would expect from a 5 star hotel. My colleague advised that the room was very warm and the breakfast was extremely basic.

The Aheli Spa is wonderful. The staff are so professional and all their treatments are amazing. The spa is always very clean and smells lovely each and every time I visit. The manager makes you feel truly cared for with all needs considered and respected. She is so kind and always helps me facilitate spa treatments for my friends. I would strongly recommend to everyone wanting to relax and walk out feeling brand new !

My partner and I stayed for two nights for our anniversary. The Roseate is a beautiful hotel with very professional, accomodating staff. Their restaurant has a lovely set menu with great presentation and service. I highly recommend their spa services as we had such a wonderful time at the hotel, and it really made our first trip to Reading a lovely experience.

We went to The Roseate for afternoon tea, particularly as they advertise a vegan option. Their good looking website promised much. We were full of expectation and looking forward to some fine dining in plush surroundings. The food was nice enough, finger sandwiches, and fancy cakes. The service was attentive, with various waiting staff asking if everything was alright every 5 minutes. The real disappointment was the environment. Even though the place was largely empty, we were sat right in the far corner of a largeish room, by a window, on a dull rainy day. The décor matched the weather and felt chilly, with cold colours and plain walls, tables and blue chairs (another cold colour) were nothing special, the bench-seat where we sat wasn't clean, and the wall right next to us was dirty and grubby with paint chips, which really lowered the tone. We also noticed that behind the wall-lights were numerous illuminated cobwebs, which we would not expect from such an establishment. It did not have a cosy feel at all, and consequently we did not hang around after we had finished our tea. This was a special birthday treat, and considering the fine dining experience we were expecting, and the cost, The Roseate did not really deliver. We will try somewhere else next time.

We booked the Roseate for my wedding as wanted something special. |The building is lovely and it was decorated nicely for Christmas. |Wandering around, I got the impression that everything was a little tired and worn down. |The room was spacious but very dark. No natural light in bathroom. |The cupboards with the full mirrors were in the darkest corner of the room, no lighting above so a little difficult to get ready. |There was a Dyson fan/heater but no remote so unable to operate. |The regular fan was broken and did not stand upright. |The shower was big but the overhead rain shower bit has not been maintained so it was not a comfortable flow of water falling down. |Unfortunately the worst part of our stay was being disturbed 4 times in one morning by housekeeping. |There are switches in the room for “do not disturb” which we had on the whole time. We were disturbed a total of 6 times over two mornings. We also had late check out at 1pm. However someone walked straight in to our room around midday without knocking and I had just got out of the shower. All we were told was that they didn’t know we had late checkout. Unacceptable in my opinion and our experience was certainly not in line with the price of these rooms. |Breakfast was standard. |Overall, would not recommend as not worth the steep price.