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Reviews of Wivenhoe House Hotel

4 out of 5
Wivenhoe House Hotel
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, England

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 276 out of 400 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 103 out of 400 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 400 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 400 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 400 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jeanette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved this property we had my sons wedding there on march 29/30th the room was clean and very big with a balcony was really nice The staff were amazing couldn’t do enough for you 5* highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Irene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

mike

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

D

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely classic building with traditional high level service rarely seen outside the very top establishments.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matthew Coates

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay with friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We only spent one night, but would happily have stayed for more! The reception in the hotel smelt lovely and we were greeted by friendly reception staff. The room felt luxurious and it was very spacious. The bed was a good size too. The setting was quite unique - as you drive pretty much onto the university of Essex campus, but you’re far enough away from everything for it to be quiet. We enjoyed a little winter walk around the lake before we left…I’m sure it’d be lovely to go further in summer, but it was a bit muddy! Overall, we had a great stay & will keep it on our list to return again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were lovely, friendly and super helpful
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lesley

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Stallon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel. Incredible greenery surroundings, one of the main highlights. Big spacious room. Great staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tanya

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

10/10 Excellent

ridwan

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice property, quite,very lean and nice rooms! Good brekkie too :)
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cecily Avril

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed my stay.Nothing was too much trouble.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

MDoriah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Only stayed for one night, however the hotel and room was clean. Limited transport options so unless you're driving be sure to book your cab in advance. Hotel doesn't have any additional sports facilities however when asked, they did say I could use the university facilities although I didn't persue. Good dining options.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katie

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

10/10 Excellent

i claudiu

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had the best time ! Everything was as expected.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Julian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A well run grand property
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Allan

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Peaceful and quiet yet only a mile or two from the city centre. Great food, friendly service. Big room with a lovely bath and shower. Loved the balcony too.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Max

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed my stay, room was clean, staff were friendly etc.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Rose

Beautiful house. Brasserie service poor. Very tired furnishings. Bathroom sink inadequate. Pillows terrible.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gregory, Nassau

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The estate setting. Quiet, historic but yet modern. Very friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Amy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Having checked in and headed to the bar. We were sat in the beautiful gardens enjoying our drink, only to be told the gardens would now be closed to the public due to a high school prom. We were moved round to the restaurant patio in the shade, within 20 mins we were then told that no members of the public were allowed outside at all during the prom. And promptly moved indoors. Feel we should of been made aware at booking or at least check in that the facilities would not be available to us. Given a free drink for the inconvenience but staff very uninterested and blamed last minute risk assessments. Laughable considering when we left the restaurant we had to walk through the prom to our room. Dodging all the students having photo shoots in various parts of the hotel. Very disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best hotel
The Hotel-hospitality-Food-staff were amazing’ so friendly definitely would go back there’
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Grahame

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Three day break
A great three days spent here. Dined there each night - good menu and excellent service. A great experience
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Louise

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, lovely location.
Nice hotel, lovely setting. The rooms were spacious and comfortable but too warm, it needs air conditioning not just a fan which didn’t do much. The breakfast was ok, the cold part of the buffet breakfast was fine but the hot wasn’t good enough, it was cold !!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Agnese

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Upal

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall, an excellent A+ hotel.
Fantastic hotel from condition of the room to service to breakfast. Area is fantastic. Eating outside in Spring/Summer/Fall is a great opportunity there. Bar is really nice too. Rooms are fantastic, very modern. Overall, an excellent A+ hotel. Will stay anytime again. Will highly recommend to all, without any reservation
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is well kept in a beautiful setting and the staff are competent and friendly. The choices available on the dinner menu becomes very restrictive if you stay for three or more days. The hotel would benefit from a proper bar where one could sit and relax in place of the counter in the restaurant.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness
Beautiful room, gracious staff, great supplies
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rosemary

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Harani

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Saffron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
A lovely hotel, our room was very comfortable with everything we could need and a beautiful outlook
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff were all very polite and lovely. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

sherrie

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

teresa

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The newer garden rooms are comfortable and those with a balcony have a very nice view ovr the hotrl gardens and university sports grounds. Plenty of walking around the hitrl and area. Hotel reception seemed a little tired but the public rooms and the new block sre sll very comfortable. A very pleasant stay.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent, Highly recommended
The overall stay was excellent,the only down fall was the shower wasnt working (no hot water) but very pleased will definitely visit again. Thankyou
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing one night stay
Impeccable service, the staff could not have done enough to make my stay pleasant. The food in the brasserie was beautifully presented and extremely tasty. Overall a fantastic stay, only problem was it wasn’t longer than one night!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Toby

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First class hotel
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lynn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the hotel it was very clean tthe view was great also the staff was very helpful especially a lovely lady gabby when we asked her to upgrade us it was no bother.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great customer experience
What an amazing hotel! The staff were always very friendly and helpful. A true customer focused culture
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful stay
We had a really good time and would come again
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very comfortable hotel near Colchester
The hotel seems new, tastefully decorated and in excellent condition throughout. It is a training hotel part of the University of Essex and is on the edge of the campus which is to the south of Colchester. The staff were very competent and friendly. The breakfast and dinner we had were also very good.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jill

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Venessa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Lovely house but up and down in lifts and stairs up to reception struggle as in our seventies
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023