Terrace/patio

Reviews of The Grange Hotel

3 out of 5
The Grange Hotel
Barton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, England

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 73 out of 234 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 82 out of 234 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 45 out of 234 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 234 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 234 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
What a wonderful place to stay! The lodge we stayed in was perfectly suited to us. Loved the veranda and the table and chairs so we could sit outside in the evening with a view across the lawn and to the trees. Breakfast was a feast - only disappointment was that we were only there for one night. We plan to return and stay for longer next time.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Restaurant is excellent and has really great steaks.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

martin

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service
Poor customer service
On arrival had a small issue which was met with a rude and blunt response demonstrating shoddy customer service I was looked up and down by the manger and immediately informed I had to pay a cost holding on the room, when asked why , simply told to google it as this is policy Never have I been spoke to line this and honestly I held back and remained professional unlike these two I met Shocking service Shower poor Toilet took seceral flushes after using WiFi absolutely shocking slow when I tested on google speed test and unable to carry out work It’s a Christmas card, looks nice but nothing inside Be warned
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Management on 27 Feb 2024
Dear MartinThank you for your feedback. But just as a clarification, on arrival you was welcomed and on check-in you was asked to provide a card for pre-authorisation which is a common hotel policy. Your answer was that you stay in hotels all the time and that you never have to provide a pre-authorisation. You where defensive straight away. You was asked if you would like to book in for breakfast as you had booked a room only rate and then you went into argument that you had booked with breakfast. Even after those 2 events we informed you that we had upgraded you to a large double from a standard double, and you was welcome to book breakfast if you choose too, however there was no appreciation from you. Your back was up and like the entire events were our fault, even though the booking was made by you via hotels.com where our polices are displayed.

8/10 Good

Ilyass

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charlotte

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed at this property as it is nearby family who we were visiting. The hotel is beautiful and well presented, our two rooms were comfortable and had everything needed for a stay. We enjoyed the character and lovely features of the hotel. The two staff members we met were both very polite, friendly and helpful. Breakfast was served in the quiet dining area and we both enjoyed our meals. Easy to find and parking was easy too. Will definitely be booking again - many thanks 😊
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Management on 26 Feb 2024
Thank you for your feedback greatly appreciated.

4/10 Poor

Danny

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff are very friendly and good level of service.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Olga

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay at The Grange Hotel
Very nice spacy room with big bathroom and large bed. Lovely lounge and dining room. We were lucky to have been able to get a table for 6.45pm as the restaurant was fully booked on that Monday. The food were big portions and was very delicious. The staff was very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Management on 26 Nov 2023
Thank you for your feedback.Much appreciated

8/10 Good

Advanced Machinery

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Vince

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Emily

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I stayed in one of the log cabins, spacious room, comfy bed, it rained hard all night and the noise of the rain hitting the roof was very soothing Would book this hotel/log cabin again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

R.Newton

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Germano

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Disappointed
The staff were helpful and friendly. The food was nice. The grounds were lovely and the exterior of the building is beautiful but the interior has been left to deteriorate. Decor feels old and unloved. We rented a garden cabin. The door was battered, the carpet stained. The whole place feels tired. It is a shame as it has great potential but we feel the hotel should not be charging full price until it has undergone a refurbishment and refresh. We were disappointed with the state of the room and dining room.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Nick

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very very small room, hotel needs up dating.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

anna

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
very shabby hotel for the price of one nights stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Evelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Grange is a delightful hotel, converted from a period property, and offers excellent service with countryside location. The rooms were very clean and in good order, together with the facilities and service. A peaceful and relaxing environment which I would thoroughly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Angie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Limited space in bathroom
The bathroom area and shower was extremely small & very limited space.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jenny

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed one night 25th June 2023 and it was perfect. We stayed in a cabin and the bed was the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in. The dinner that evening was amazing … can’t fault any of it!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

NIGEL

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Timed right for the Weather.
Comfy, quite & menu range is good. Looking out onto the back lawned area is very nice if you time it right for pleasant weather. Although you are target practice for the numerous pigeons flying around!!! Wear a Hat😂 Food great, service of food/drink was spot on. Just lacking on the welcome side - felt it was more a hinderance we had arrived at 6pm - plus refusal to print out a hotels receipt upon departure. (yes i can log on to the web and download, just never had that issue before with a point blank refusal). Nothing has put us off - we would use this as a business stop over again. 4 out of 5 👍
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Keith

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice area around the hotel
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Jill

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel in a lovely setting. Very quiet. Check that bar/restaurant are open, should you want to use them, although the village does have a couple of pubs.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Philip

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Sandip

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Do not book the economy room, terrible. Everything else was fine, the room however did not feel part of the main hotel rather a cheap extension later added. I booked last min and would not stay in the room again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Manager on 25 Apr 2023
Thank you so much for your review Sandip. We are sorry that we did not meet your expectations.You booked online, for 2 adults, and chose what we classify as a small double. These are indeed the smallest rooms in our building. You decided to bring a large dog and did not inform us that you would be doing so. Had you called us we would have gladly advised you of an appropriate sized and suitable room for your requirements.We do not accept pets in every room, so it is best to liaise directly with the hotel for any special requirements such as pets, disabilities, and so forth.The room was in the main building and is part of the original building since 1895 and was not an extension.The hotel has small double rooms and are sold as the most cost effective rooms. But we also have standard doubles, large doubles, junior suites, log cabins and finally a suite. Our large doubles, junior suites and suite offer separate seating area, superking sized beds.Our log cabin rooms are the most suitable rooms for pets, but we must be notified in advance of your intention to bring a pet. We can of course refuse guests with pets as they can distract other guests and we do have house rules.Unfortunately you do not say what you felt was cheap or terrible. The hotel, including the room you stayed in has had a recent refurbishment.You did not mention at any point during the course of your stay that you were unhappy with your room, and had this been made aware to a member of staff we could have advised you accordingly. We note that you left without paying your food and drink bill and didn't call us back for payment even though we attempted to call you.

4/10 Poor

Ria

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel
Lovely place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Brian

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Peter

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is one of the best breakfast's I've had in a long time, fresh local ingredients and a great service. Unfortunately, the room was in a tired state. The mattress was beyond its sell by date and the bathroom had a plethora of plumbing woes that were so many that it was comical. For some reason we were in an annexed building and not in the main house, although to be fair to the owner, they did offer this to me the days before the booking, but did not mention it upon check-in. Could be a lovely place with a bit of TLC as this is a stunning building.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Caroline

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just what I needed
Just what I needed. Lovely location, well looked after, breakfast was fantastic. Highly reccomended!
View of the grande House from the rear  gardens
Garden path to the lodges
Morning tea x
Cooked breakfast cooked really well
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very clean room not as pictures on web site
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Helen

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gabrielle

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Average
Short and sweet. Room was clean and tidy, felt like an inconvenience while checking in. It did the job, won't be back.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Anne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice setting, very quiet
Nice pleasant setting, hotel could do with a bit of updating inside, but beds were comfy and there we no issues with anything, very quiet and no late bar which was a bit disappointing, other than that it was fine.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Karl

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel for the settings and the peace and quite but you need transport as there is only a garage down the road so its about ha room we stayed in need a shelf putting for 4 miles back into bury, Pluss there is 20 pounds authorisation fee to be paid. The room we stayed in needs a shelf putting up for wash bag and the hotel needs to spend money on repairs to the property.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Khwanruan

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Benjamin

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Elaine

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Nisha

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Alan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Ok stay, but not great.
shocking wi-fi in the bedroom (10), even in the public spaces. Went to get a beer from the bar at 10.35pm as I had been previously working in my room, but it was shut early! Overall clean, but bedrooms are dated, breakfast was good, bar meal was good. Ok stay, but could have been better.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022