Danesfield House Hotel & Spa

Danesfield House, February 15th to 17th

Beautiful hotel with very good room. We were told we had received an "upgrade" and certainly the view was wonderful but the shower was awful. We were unable to balance the hot and cold as the hot water was boiling. We ended up showering in the spa! Moreover the shower curtain prevented any pretence of a comfortable experience anyway. The restaurant on our first night was cold warmed only by temporary and noisy fan heaters. Our meals were brought separately because of mix-up between the waiting staff so my wife's meal went cold and had to be reheated while I ate mine as she waited. We were not the only couple to complain. Although offered a free bottle of wine, we would much rather have eaten together in a warmer room. The next evening we took the bar meal option but had to eat in the Great Hall as there were no available tables. Even then our meals arrived without cutlery which took a further 10 minutes to arrive.
Our stay was certainly off-peak but "luxury" it was not. You are definitely not making the best of a magnificent setting.

Danesfield house

Was very nice room, house keeping excellent. Only had one dinner in restaurant, disappointing menu.
Bottle of champagne was not in the room on arrival. Had to ask for it at reception on the second day, again this was also disappointing.

Good hotel

Very nice hotel with setting and grounds, nice staff and helpful. It is very expensive for drinks though, no draught beers, peronii at 5.50 for a small bottle and glass of prosecco at 9.00 a glass. You can easily spend 60/ 70 before you know it for a quiet drink in the afternoon.
Marlow is 10 minutes away with Hen.ey 15 minutes. I asked at reception for cost of taxi to Henley they staed 25.00 each way and 15.00 to Marlow. Not true as asked taxi company who stayed 15.00 to Henley. I think they wanted you to stay at the hotel. There is a bus stop right outside which is every 20 minutes to both locations at 4.00 return which we tried, very good service, would recommend.
The room we had ( Victoria suite) was big but needs updating, bathroom tired and shower is placed in middle of bath with shower curtain. Not nice.
Overall I would have even abit annoyed if paid full price on there website. At 840,00 for 4 nights with meal on first night and afternoon tea the next day, not too bad.
The meals in the evening don't have much for vegetarians. Very basic.