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4 out of 5
Cowdray Lodge
Cowdray Golf Club, Midhurst, England

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 44 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Richard

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stick to Golf. Not hospitality
The accommodation was quite nice although the carpets were heavily stained. I think the Gold club should stick to golf as their hospitality is shocking. We arrived early as we were meeting friends. Our intention was to arrive early, identify where we are staying and get a taxi into the near by town to meet friends and not having to worry about drinking and driving. I approached one member of staff who was very polite and explained that we were staying and what our intentions were. As i was talking, someone rudely shouted out from an office that check in time isn't until 4pm. Although it clearly states 3pm on the arrival email. After looking at the room location, I went to the bar as being new to the area, I did not have any taxi numbers. I spoke to a member of staff and asked if they could call me a taxi or give me a number so I could ring. I had to ask again as she just stared at me. I asked again and explained that I do not know the area and would like to get a taxi into town and again asked if she had a number or could call one. She again looked at me, eventually saying No. Eventually one of the locals came to my rescue an provided a number. I found a complete lack of hospitality. To not even be able to get a taxi number and the rudeness of check in times.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Anna

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very good
the place is very good the club house closes early but the white horse around the corner was good for food and beverages
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Julie

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Clive

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend
Beautiful setting to relax for a few days. Accommodation is very comfortable and spacious with a wonderful view. Staff were very friendly. Breakfast is excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Mathew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely room. Disappointed with Golf Club food availability. Booking advised open until
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Margaret and Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The POLO Suite - so good
We were very pleasantly surprised to see that the suite had been made up with two beds as we had hoped. Great accommodation and amenities. Breakfast was good with plenty of choice and excellent service. We will certainly be returning. Only comment to make would be air conditioning would make it perfect, less traffic noise. Margaret
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rupert

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay. If I looked for fault would be that they stop serving food at 4.30. Booked local pub and on arrival they let us know they have no chef! So sorry was starving
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Frances

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Christopher

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Cowdray Suite is well designed and cost effective option for a familly, with a nice main bedroom and a smaller room with twin beds, both ensuite. Brekfast was good. However, there were a couple of niggles. Unfortunately, there is virtually no mobile or wifi signal in the main bedroom. We couldn't turn off the radiator in the small bedroom, and we had to wrap it in blankets to stifle the heat it was pumping out. Finally, the lodge is next to the road. We didn't find it too intrusive, though I was awoken at 5.30am by motorcycle racers one morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joe

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful setting, great value
Such a beautiful setting with the golf course clubhouse as a breakfast venue. Room was very comfortable and we looked out over the Cowdray park ruins in the distance. The lodge room is just a room complex - if you want to stay in the little round house that is called the Bothy. There is a nice pub called the White Horse nearby for pub grub
View from bedroom window
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Cowdray Lodge on 24 Mar 2022
Thank you for your review. We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope to welcome you again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

Sean

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Toilet leaked!
Place was nice- however, toilet leaked in the middle of the night and the water covered half of the bathroom floor. Wanted to speak to someone on our departure but there was no one to speak to other than the waitress that served us breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Melanie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
Beautiful setting overlooking the golf course and perfect for the Cowdray Christmas light up trail event. LOVED it! Room was amazing too ....... more like an apartment
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cowdray lodge
The room was lovely and breakfast nice. Most of the staff we encountered were very helpful and friendly but when we wanted to ask about taxis one evening we were told they were closed by a very rude man. So in the evening there is no one to help if you have any queries. Just glad we had no issues at check in.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business trip
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Ms M

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant
What a superb place to stay. Lovely and clean, really friendly welcome and a pleasant walk to the nearby White Horse pub for a pizza, where the welcome and friendliness matched.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleased
A really pleasant place to stay in a lovely accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

Georgina

Travelled with group
Disliked: Room comfort
Very disappointing
Regarding our previous conversation - Booking described as lodge, not room. Image shows lodge but lodge isn’t provided. Multiple images imply interior of showed DETACHED lodges. No photo of shared building that was actually provided. Advert qualifies as gross misrepresentation. VERY disappointing as we only booked because we thought we were getting the detached lodge the listing shows. We wanted peace and quiet and didn’t get that as heard people in the room above and adjacent.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely small lodge in a great location.
A lovely little place to stay in a great location. We have stayed here before and we will return again. A small number of rooms in a lodge beside the golf course. Breakfast is in the clubhouse. On site parking is good.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to stay.
Stayed in the Polo Suite. Very comfortable room next to the golf course, great views towards the castle. Good breakfast and staff were lovely. I had to ask how/where to check in but this was swiftly handled. I'd stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

NEIL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic stay Thank You
The staff were superb . There was a slight mix up when we arrived on accessing the accommodation but John [the chief chef!] sorted us out with a super room ..Room number one . Would not recommend Room number 4 as it "basement -Like " with low ceilings. Ollie and Camryn were superb in making us feel very welcome .Also would have liked another seating area outside to see the view .There is only one seating area which was occupied . Great breakfast and very easy parking.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

2/10 Terrible

JOANNE

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A clean and comfortable stay. Nice views overlooking cowdray estate and a lovely breakfast on the golf club terrace overlooking the course. Nothing to fault really.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

6/10 Okay

Lara

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A favourite with us
Our third visit to Cowdray Lodge this year. We love staying here. The Polo Suite is very comfortable, with beautiful views. Precautions against Covid were clearly in place, and we felt protected. The breakfast was delicious, and the staff very helpful and friendly. We would recommend the Lodge highly, and will plan to stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Maya, London

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice looking logde right next to the golf club. Small room but very clean and nicely decorated and very cosy and comfortable. Breakfast in the morning was nice too especially that they offered a vegetarian option. The only problem we had was that we never received an email from the hotel giving us intruction on how to get the key. There is no staff at the logde so it was a bit tricky to get help. Luckily the guys from the golf shop was really helpful and gave us a number to call. After half an hour, we finally managed to know what room we were staying in and what the code was to open the safe and get our key. A bit stressful on arrival and could have been avoided.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Smith, Stevenage

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a lovely relaxing stay. The views were beautiful and the breakfast was delicious. Our only issue was the heating. The suite was incredibly warm with no instructions as to how to adjust it, affecting our sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

2/10 Terrible

Shani

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed in the polo suite which was spacious and comfortable. There is a great view as well. The lodge itself is situated on a golf course a 5 minute drive from the local village so it is quiet and peaceful although it is next to a main road so there is some traffic noise. The golf club shuts in the evening so you are unable to get food or drinks and there is no kitchen in the lodge or even a fridge. I also noticed that you cannot lock the outer doors to the lodge which could be a slight security issue. Breakfast was good and the staff at the golf club friendly and helpful. All in all a nice stay I would recommend especially for a golfing experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

simon

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
great location but Bothy too hot to sleep
The Bothy room was smaller than the pictures show. Beautiful views from the front door. The room was very hot in the evening which I think was caused by the water heater being located in the small bathroom. We had to sleep with the windows open which is not ideal for security. We also had to have the front door open while awake. We could not get the temperature below 22c what ever we tried. The weather was not. Could be cosy over winter. When we arrived found it hard to check in and nobody available to check out so left key in key safe outside by front door and left. Breakfast was very good and the staff were lovely. We would not stay in the Bothy again but could try another room in the main lodge. A great location with lots of things to explore around the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Cowdray Events on 16 Sept 2020
Thank you for your feedback, we very much appreciate you taking the time to get in touch. We value all feedback and will look in to the heating in the Bothy, as well as the check in and out process so that it is clearer for our guests. We hope to see you at Cowdray again soon

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location, delicious breakfast, lovely staff. Only downside is there is nowhere on site for supper. A fridge in the room would be appreciated alongside a lick of paint in the rooms. Access to accommodation is down some steps which would benefit from a hand rail. We witnessed an older lady fall down them in the evening.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Cowdray Events on 4 Sept 2020
Thank you very much for your review, and we are pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us. We value all feedback and will certainly take on board your suggestions. We hope to see you at Cowdray again soon

6/10 Okay

Fred, Hampshire

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Rooms were clean and comfortable. All staff we spoke to were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast, which is served in the clubhouse opposite, was of an acceptable standard but nothing special. The main difficuly we encountered was that the fire alarm developed a fault at 3 am and a persistent buzzer prevented kept us awake. There was no contact phone number in the room at all so we had to look the switchboard up on the internet and listen to the recorded message to find the number, after which it was resolved aftet half an hour.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from Cowdray Events on 25 Aug 2020
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch with feedback from your stay, and we are very sorry that you encountered issues with our alarm system during the night. We take on board all guest feedback and have looked to rectify the issues and improve the guest experience following this. We do hope to see you at Cowdray again in the future

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
We had a wonderful stay, the bed is very comfortable and the bath runs so hot and is very big. The local pubs do takeaways which are wondeful. The breakfast is lovely, although, an extra touch such as jam with the croissants would be lovely.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020