Cotswolds Hotel & Spa

Fantastic venue, great staff especially in the pro shop. Very helpful and friendly. A really enjoyable (and hassle free) time was had by the entire group. Many thanks!!!

Excellent accommodation, friendly staff and food reasonable given that it was all buffet style.

Nice clean bedrooms Course played well considering the recent weather. Breakfast was good. Evening meal was not up to much. Good time had though.

The accommodation was excellent, large, clean rooms with a lovely bathroom and shower. The bar area was nice. The buffet dinner was average at best.

This seems to be a purpose built location for golfing trips, with everything catering for a group of golfers. The course is very well maintained and a great golfing challenge. Our trip happened to coincide with the oppressive heat waves and the one major drawback of this site is the lack of air-conditioning in any of the rooms (they do provide a pedestal fan) or any of the golf facilities. The food buffet is a perfect fit for a golf getaway but the selection was very minimal and could have been a lot more varied and appetising.

Overall, the hotel itself was okay and the accommodation was adequate, but the facilities and level of service, particularly around the bar and restaurant, could definitely be improved. On arrival, we were not informed that we needed to book a table for our evening meal, despite the meal being included as part of our stay. We had not been made aware of this requirement beforehand. As we had a late afternoon tee time, by the time we checked in and attempted to make a reservation, we were told that the restaurant was closing shortly. This left us with around 20 minutes to shower, change and get to the restaurant. Unfortunately, the staff were not particularly helpful or accommodating in trying to find a solution, which made the experience feel unnecessarily rushed. We had a similar issue with breakfast. Our tee time the following morning was 7:45am, but breakfast did not start until 7:30am. There was no option to pre-order an earlier breakfast or arrange anything to take away, so we effectively had to miss a breakfast that was included in the price of our stay in order to make our tee time. For a hotel catering for golfing guests, these arrangements really need some thought. Tee times, particularly early starts and later afternoon rounds, are completely normal, so the restaurant and breakfast arrangements should be flexible enough to accommodate them. At the very least, guests should be clearly informed in advance that evening meals need to be booked and an early or takeaway breakfast option should be available. The hotel itself was fine, but the bar and restaurant facilities, communication and customer service let the overall experience down. With some relatively simple improvements, particularly around accommodating golfers and communicating meal arrangements before arrival, the stay could have been considerably better.

Elegant rooms, a lively bar, and a spot-on location. The evening buffet meal was a tad disappointing; breakfast was excellent.

Everything went perfectly, the staff were excellent, rooms clean and tidy, my room mate didn’t snore so that was a plus. The only thing that we weren’t keen on was the first night’s evening buffet, not very good, otherwise the whole break was good. Course was difficult but in excellent condition.

The room we had was very basic twin beds, small tv, ground floor nothing to look out at. The food was a buffet which was lukewarm warm poor choice. So I won’t be booking this venue again, which was a shame as we had been to this hotel some three years earlier and were very happy with the service and menu .

Disappointed to discover that the evening meal had changed since our last visit 2 years ago to a buffet. "Golf package" guests were in a separate room to the main restaurant which didn't make you feel valued

Considering the drought this summer, the tees and greens were in great shape....with the fairways still recovering in places. The greens needed a lot of thought...no flat boring putts on this course!!!

A good layout with some very well designed holes. Challenging in part but mixed with more straightforward holes. Condition generally good but the course has obviously suffered in the summer drought.

Very busy on the 2nd round, up to 5-6 groups on 17 and 18th And generally slow during Saturday. Friday was steady.

A nice lay out that can be testing at times but also suits higher handicap players in that the tee shots are easy. 40 + points is very achievable. The course like nearly all courses was probably not at its best visually due to the long hot summer. Greens were in ok condition in the circumstances visually but ran true. Would love to play again when the grass regrows.

For a site this large and seemingly purposely built or adapted for golfing excursions, there are very minimal practice facilities. The course itself is very well maintained and a great challenge, the bunkers need work and the greens are very hard to read.

Really enjoyed playing the course. It was very well maintained throughout, with the fairways, greens and surrounding areas all kept in excellent condition. The course itself was challenging without being unfair and offered a good variety of holes that made you think about club selection and where to position your shots. There were enough hazards and tricky areas to punish poor shots, while still giving you opportunities to score if you played well. Overall, a really enjoyable and challenging course in great condition. Despite some of the issues we experienced with the hotel, I would definitely recommend the course itself and would happily play it again.

My son, with a handicap of 5, loved the course. I had a marvellous time too. I might even go back, which I never do.

The course rating gave us all extra shots but it was fair for those who played well.

The tee boxes were very poor, holes and long grass not of a good standard. The greens were better but the bunkers had not been raked and with footprints in them gave the course a very average ratting

The greens were quite patchy and the tee boxes had no signage to show the layout of the holes. Fully appreciate that in keeping with many courses at present the fairways are burnt out, but this meant that certain holes were pretty much unplayable (eg holes 10 and 11)