“Wonderful stay!”

Good parking space, room was neat and tidy. Beds were comfortable. The hotel staff were kind and helpful. Overall the areas were maintained very well. Definitely recommend for a business and family trips. Wish there were a small fitness centre.

“Marco Pierre White food? Not what you want here!”

We love this hotel. This time we were on business in mid Wales and made a detour on our way home to Kent to stay at The Gables as it is/was our favourite hotel. However our room was freezing cold when we arrived , we were expected so we should have been coming into an invitingly warm room. Because … more

We love this hotel. This time we were on business in mid Wales and made a detour on our way home to Kent to stay at The Gables as it is/was our favourite hotel. However our room was freezing cold when we arrived , we were expected so we should have been coming into an invitingly warm room. Because it was so cold we didnt change for dinner and ate earlier than we had intended. On our way to the restaurant we noticed that the corridors had (probably) been painted but all the dents in the wood work on door frames etc, had just been painted over and looked awful!. We have stayed here 5 times. The first 2 times the dining experience was lovely, good unpretentious food, served in the bar or (presumably) restaurant, though we chose to eat in the bar...lovely atmosphere. Visit 3, the restaurant had become a Marco Pierre White franchise. Initially we were quite excited by this but not for long! Every table in the restaurant is under the steady, sardonic, unsmiling face of Mr White and a framed jacket of his (looking to all intents and purposes like a strait jacket!) hangs in pride of place. Expensive but average food...I remember our cheese board on that occasion....tiny, thin slices, such as you would be given as a sample in a Sainsburys deli counter, and 4 sad little biscuits - to share! The next time we went was to the bar but the same food as the restaurant is served. This latest visit coincided with our anniversary. We had a already had the disappointment of the very cold room but we made our way to the restaurant. The writing on the menu was small and faint. I asked if they had a copy in larger print but they didnt, although, apparently, they had been asked before. Really kindly, they photocopied us a copy increased to A3... wonderful of them (they even asked if they could keep it just in case. Granted we were early dining due to the coldness of our room, but there was no atmosphere at all. This hotel is not in a tourist area, really its a place you might break your journey at , as we do. People , i hesitate to guess, do not go there for a fine dining experience. WE saw a group of workmen in hi vis jacket... they probably didn't eat there, a family with a young daughter were trying to find something she would eat off the menu and us, just wanting to celebrate our anniversary in warmth, comfort and having a good meal. Great Western...why have you shot yourselves in the foot? No matter how much they paid for the franchise, it wasnt enough to spoil the experience of staying in this hotel. We will stay again but, we we left, we noticed a nice pub down the road that does meals!

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“Very poor food”

Attended the murder mystery on5 th December the evening was fun but the food was poor . Stuffed mushroom on a plate poor presentation but butter nut squash looked like a dead hedgehog tasted bitter not much served with it poor presentation again would not eat there again , my sister said turkey ver… more

Attended the murder mystery on5 th December the evening was fun but the food was poor . Stuffed mushroom on a plate poor presentation but butter nut squash looked like a dead hedgehog tasted bitter not much served with it poor presentation again would not eat there again , my sister said turkey very dry .

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