South Wales Pet-friendly Holidays

A beautiful hotel, loved watching the swans on the lake. Arrived mid afternoon and were afraid that we wouldn't be able to get lunch - but the restaurant was open and provided a very nice meal. The rooms were beautifully maintained, the shower was powerful and every staff member we encountered was welcoming and helpful. I would stay there again if I come back to Cardiff.

The staff were lovely. Breakfast was a bit slow and it was difficult to see who was directing operations. Sound-proofing was not great - a room near us (perhaps above) was chatting from 4 am on our first night and playing dance music loudly for much of our second night. As there was no air conditioning we had opened the windows to try to cool down but had to close them in an effort to stop the noise but it didn’t do much. Unfortunately we also had a fire alarm go off while we were still in bed and had been given a code for the safe which locked it and it took 24 hours to regain access to our valuables. Overall there was just something ‘off’ about the service (the problem with the safe not being passed on to the next shift; being referred to by our room number not our name; being suggested that we open the bottle of champagne ourselves etc) and we thought that staff training might have been a bit lacking. The potential was there, it just needed refinement.

The hotel was lovely, we were able to store our bags before check in. Spa facilties were amazing, shampoo and body wash supplied in changing room and hotel rooms. Room very spacious. We didnt have sheets on one bed but this was quickly rectified.