Review of Stanton House Hotel 3*

We recently stayed in this hotel. After reading quite a few negative reviews, we had our reservations. The hotel room (111) cabinet with coffee, tea and kettle definitely needs attention — the top was collapsing. Our room’s toilet flush handle needed to be pressed hard to give it a good flush and bath tap was very stiff changing from bath to shower mode, and where a number of hooks on the shower curtain had broken they had just doubled up on some of the holes. Also, all the screws fixing the opening windows to the frames were loose, and the gardens hadn't been weeded for some time. These are just niggles however, overall the accommodation and service were fine. The white double glazed conservatory jarred against the period Cotswold stone building, but was light and airy. In many places the wall paper is marked and is peeling off on corners, scratched/damaged wood work is everywhere — hence it looks “tired” and outdated. Parts of the hotel have a certain Japanese feel to it (not gloss wood work? ) and remind me of a certain era the way the Japanese looking in a Western world. Is it necessary to “update” the decor looking like something out from a Ikea catalogue to look good and to be environmental unfriendly? The ground is wonderful. It can do with a bit more maintenance. It would be good to have a Japanese theme garden (may be less work to maintain). Their Japanese breakfast is miso soup with tofu and wakame, rice, natto (fermented soybeans) and dried seaweed. Of course you can mix Japanese with English, add some mackerel and eggs. However, just saw this on the local news “Zero food hygiene rating for Stanton House Hotel … has been told it needs to make urgent improvements to its kitchen. ” Hope they would do pay more attention to detail. Overall, our stay was enjoyable – Thank you very much.