Good Hotel Guide Review
‘Our third visit. Most of the other guests were also returners. It isn’t surprising.’ Readers are drawn back time and again to this stone rectory in ‘immaculate gardens’ overlooking the Welsh hills. It is run as a hotel by owners Miles and Audrey Hunter with son Tommy and daughter Charlotte (sibling Henry has The Castle, Bishop’s Castle, see entry). Bedrooms occupy the main house and coach house; some with warm, earthy hues, others with bright hits of colour. Four have a private patio where complimentary tea and cakes may be delivered by room service. Several rooms have a spa bath, a power shower. ‘Everything is spotless, with good toiletries.’ A ‘wonderfully comprehensive information pack’ includes walking routes, fishing on-site. Lounges have ‘log fires, newspapers, big armchairs, bowls of fruit’. A late arriver, requesting supper, enjoyed ‘a delicious, copious cold platter and home-made rolls’. David Braddick and Lewis Barton’s three-course menus include vegetarian options and such dishes as Welsh Celtic Pride sirloin, short rib bonbon, celeriac purée, carrots, fondant potato, red wine jus. A morning newsletter accompanies an ‘appetising’ breakfast. (B and JH, and many others)
Hotel details
Address
Pen-y-Dyffryn Hotel
Rhydycroesau
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY10 7JD
England
Telephone
01691 653700
Bedrooms
12. 4, each with patio, in coach house, 1 on ground floor.
Open
all year except Christmas.
Facilities
2 lounges, bar, restaurant, free Wi-Fi, in-room TV (Freeview), 5-acre grounds (summer house, dog-walking area, fly-fishing pool).
Background music
in evening in bar and restaurant.
Children
not under 3.
Dogs
allowed in some bedrooms, not in public rooms after 6.30 pm.
Credit cards
MC, Visa.
Prices
per person B&B £72–£107, D,B&B £99–£139, single occupancy £99–£120. Set menu £45. 1-night bookings occasionally refused Sat.
Other reviews
Good Hotel Guide articles about
Pen-y-Dyffryn
- Britain Magazine: Best hotels for walking
- Britain magazine: 10 of Britain’s loveliest hotels with a view
- The Lady: 10 romantic hotels for Valentine’s Day 2018
- Liverpool Echo: Twenty beautiful hotels within two hours of Liverpool to book for Valentine’s Day
- The Independent: Ten of Britain’s best hotels for walking
- Independent.co.uk: Britain’s Best Hotel Rooms with a View
Special offers
Up to 30% Discount & Complimentary Afternoon Tea Special Offer
30% off dinner, bed and breakfast, and complimentary afternoon tea and scones during January & February 2020. Rates from £84.00 per person per night DBB. Offers not to be combined with other promotions. The hotel is also running a 10% discount off in-house spa treatments during this period. To benefit from these offers, please mention The Good Hotel Guide when booking.
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