Woodlands Park Hotel

Wonderful countryside getaway. Hope the rooms retain the beautiful historic building’s features.

Good location

I met up with my friend for Afternoon Tea at the woodlands Park Hotel. We had such a lovely time. My fruend choose the Halloween Themed Afternoon Tea and I choose the Savoury Afternoon Tea. We both agreed tye we delicious and the service excellent. All the staff were friendly and welcoming which made for a lovely time.

This is a hidden jewel. Rooms were very comfortable and quiet. There is a hiking trail close to the hotel. Breakfast was excellent. Convenient to Heathrow. Reasonable prices. Checked all the boxes for me and I would highly recommend the hotel.

Beautiful building. Exemplary and welcoming staff. Delicious food. Extremely relaxing. Couldn’t recommend enough. Luxurious without being stuffy. Would greatly benefit a spa! Lots of parking. Lovely garden. Not at all noisy. Food/afternoon tea/drinks a little pricey but where isn’t these days?

My friend & I were excited to go out for afternoon tea to celebrate out birthdays. On arrival the greeting was lukewarm and we were directed down a corridor where we were met by a member of staff, acknowledged and then walked back down the same corridor to where we started. The chairs were uncomfortable so we moved. it was cold - my friend had her coat draped round her shoulders during the entire meal. Customer service was excellent to start with but then our server disappeared and we were left to our own devices. I had a code for a free drink which I had given at the time of booking but even so I had to had over the magazine advert (good thing I took it). I was charged £4.50 for a bottle of fizzy water on top of £35 a head for the Afternoon Tea - this was not made clear. The background music was too loud for talking so we had to ask for it to be turned down. I asked for English Breakfast tea - when it arrived it was far too strong like ink so I had to ask for hot water to dilute it - this was not automatically served with the tea. They did have soy milk though. The food was impressive - dainty sandwiches, scones and cakes - but not if you were gluten free. My gluten free choices paled in comparison to my friend's and I am not convinced everything was gluten free. During the meal only once did a server come to check on us. At the end of the meal, my friend had to get up from the table in search for a member of staff in order to get the bill. We also asked for doggy bags to take home the food we hadn't eaten. We were presented with cardboard containers and had to put the food inside them ourselves. The member of staff seemed keen to see us gone. There was a general feeling that they didn't really care whether we'd had a good time or not. We then wandered down several corridors looking for the exit and no member of staff came up to us to assist. Eventually we figured it out for ourselves. We did wonder why the hotel was deserted. Now we know.