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    Belhurst Castle

    2.5 (306 reviews)
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    Outdoor seating

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    Tammra S.

    Wow! I wish I took more pictures. I was here for a networking event and breakfast. The food and the service was amazing. Walking through to the banquet room I realized I really need to get here for a local getaway. We will be back.

    Tower view from inside the Dwyer suite
    Dumond A.

    The reviews here are surprisingly bad, but don't let them fool you or keep you from visiting this gorgeous spot if you're anywhere near the Finger Lakes; and ESPECIALLY if you're looking for a great Wedding venue. Bottom line about 99% of the bad reviews, is that the people writing them mostly seem annoyed at (a) the castle being antiquated, and/or (b) the wine at the Winery being a bit too sweet / not that stellar. ...these same people are surprised that a CASTLE built in the 1800s isn't ultra-modernized, and that Belhurst Winery serves FLX-style wine - which is known to be quite sweet on average. Make of that what you will. We've been to this spot at least 5-6 times over the last year, as we've toured Seneca lake and Geneva for special occasions. And we've had a great time, every visit. The castle itself is gorgeous from all angles, but especially from the lawn right by the lake. And you can rent suites (with genuine history) for nightly stays INSIDE the castle itself, and get a gorgeous view of the grounds and the lake depending on the room you select. Pretty awesome bonus and not very common in the United States. We've found the staff here to always be insanely sweet, kind and professional. From the wine tasting experts to the front desk team, to the superb Wedding Planners and special roles that are constantly kept busy at a venue this gorgeous. It's also situated in a great spot - close enough to Geneva to get downtown within 2-5 minutes, but far out enough to not feel crowded and still have that exclusive, somewhat secluded feel to it. The kicker for us though, is that after trying to work with 15-20 different Wedding venues along the East Coast last year, we finally found a place that was genuinely willing to tell us what kind of wedding we could have, with the specific budget we had in mind. 99% of other places will outright lie or exaggerate in order to get your business - and then charge you extra the second you confirm with them. Belhurst was the ONLY location that was willing to work with our budget and make reasonable suggestions / give us a genuine breakdown of what the costs would be, before we ever signed up with them in the first place. So whether you're just visiting or planning the day of your dreams, this is a terrific option to check out; we just stopped by for our 1st anniversary recently and loved it, can't wait to come back again.

    Cuban sandwich with fries
    Deb B.

    Reviewing the hotel and the Stonecutter's restaurant. Hotel: Positives: close proximity to Geneva, especially if you are seeing a show at the Smith Opera House. Beautiful grounds if the weather is good. On Seneca Lake....gorgeous. Wine spigot in the hotel hallway ( limited to one glass per person). We received a coupon for the wine tasting with 10% off of alcohol purchases in the store. The Continental breakfast had a nice assortment of drinks and cold items. Negatives: one word comes to mind...dated. Our room was small with a very limited lake view. The windows haven't been cleaned in a very long time. The television is tiny, like a computer monitor. The spring rod to the curtains kept springing off every time I tried to open or close the drape. The shower is tiny and you can barely turn around. There are few outlets, the only ones I was able to access that worked were in the bathroom ( only one of the double outlet was functional). The carpet in our room appeared to be about thirty years old and worn. This room, called the clay room was advertised on the website to have a queen bed and a refurbished bathroom. The bathroom has not been touched in years and the queen bed turned out to be a full-size bed. Stonecutters: wonderful waitress, who kept our beverages filled and was attentive. My broccoli cheddar soup had negligible cheddar or broccoli. My salad with grilled shrimp was okay. My husband's Cuban sandwich arrived on a stale roll and he thought the fries (weirdly shaped) were reheated. His chili arrived lukewarm. Not a good experience overall. Despite this, the staff are lovely, upbeat and helpful.

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    Jeanine L.

    The staff was simply lovely from checking in in the castle, lodging to the wine tasting to the store for nice souvenirs. Thank you for an excellent experience, my first time in a US castle. The wine was delicious and excellent, and we will be back. It was worth the drive from Washington DC.

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    Christina A.

    UPDATE-After giving negative reviews and days of no response, I was finally contacted via email and informed they were refunding $75.00. That is LESS than 10% of our over $800.00 room charge. I recommend using their formula for gratuities when there. Imagine having a dinner bill of $200.00 and only tipping $20.00, apparently that is all the expect, or at least that is how they value their guests. Not worth the money SO DISAPPOINTED WE WILL NEVER GO BACK AND DO NOT RECOMMEND TO ANYONE. Service sucked! Mold in food, no porters for luggage, no valet parking. I'm sorry for $400+ a night I expect some services. You get better service and breakfast at a Holiday Inn Express!! Just spent 3 days/2 nights in Bellhurst Castle. My niece got married and between our family and his family we rented the ENTIRE castle. Every family suite, every chamber room, rehearsal dinner, wedding, reception. Obviously it cost a shit ton of money. We stayed in the 'Clay Chamber # 5 or 105' both numbers were on the door. GREAT ATMOSPHERE throughout entire castle. Here is the kicker- breakfast was prepackaged muffins, bagels, donuts and coffee. For $400 a night it was a huge disappointment. Everyone drove to town for breakfast. I grabbed a bagel and started eating it before I had my contacts in and it tasted funny. I was eating Mold!!!!! I spit it out and vomited my guts out. Took it to front desk and asked for a manager to contact me via phone or email- nothing.

    View from the tower in room 101
    Todd W.

    This is an older mansion and it is apportioned as such. It was fun and completely fine. It's not been updated and retrofitted to meet unreasonable expectations. The food was good and the service was fine. They have two restaurants operating at once. So slow down and prepare to wait a bit. The view is great and the grounds are kept in good order. We loved the giant tower suite. Sure it's not a high-end and modern accommodation. But the price is reasonable and the experience is unlike anything else I've found Seneca Lake. Enjoy your stay and the free wine spigot. Loved it!

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    Heather M.

    We were disappointed by our recent visit to Belhurst. We stayed one night in the manor house offsite. The good things were the beautiful setting on the lake, pretty house, and tasty cocktail in the lounge. And, for Valentine's Day, we were given a sweet bottle of wine, a small box of truffles, a free wine of beer tasting in the gift shop, and a 20% off coupon for one of the onsite restaurants. Unfortunately, the rest was subpar. The wine tasting was too sweet for my taste. The bed was very uncomfortable. And, we had a very unfortunate experience at the onsite Edgar's Restaurant where we ended up walking out after almost two hours without food (see my review for more details). All in all, we won't return to Belhurst.

    Not only was the room and view spectacular, the staff at the front desk and in the restaurants were amazingly helpful, friendly, and cheerful. We loved the wine tastings and the food was delicious. Maya at Stonecutters was a delight to have as our waitress and Alicia made everything from check in to check out superb. If we had issues they were treated as a top priority and we felt very special. The castle is charming and so beautiful! Can't wait to find another occasion to make it down here again!

    Danielle A.

    It's a beautiful place but their service does not reflect how beautiful their castle is. Cheap breakfast, literally just coffee and bagels in bags. The winery was annoying because we had to stand the whole time, it felt kind of rushed. I will say the lady who poured our wine was such a sweetheart. We were satisfied with our room because it's big however it was very old, you can just tell everything hasn't been updated in a Long time. I was a little surprised at the quality of the experience but we made the best of it

    Complimentary bread and compound butter, excellent!
    Josh S.

    We went to Belhurst Castle for a quick wine tasting, dinner at Edgar's, and to buy some wine to bring home. We had a large gift card which ended up causing some issues throughout the evening. The wine tasting was pleasant and the staff was knowledgeable about the wine. Pours were consistent as well. The Viognier was the best that we had, while the "Neptune" and "Red's Red" were both solid, semi-sweet table wines. At dinner, the service was friendly and once again knowledgeable. We had a shrimp cocktail, sauteed forest mushrooms with burgundy and herbs, a prime rib, and a Delmonico steak. There was also complimentary parmesan bread with a few compound butters, which were delicious. The shrimp came out quickly, and it was a generally good dish - the shrimp itself was slightly overcooked, but still very edible and the cocktail sauce was very good, with just enough horseradish kick. Unfortunately, after this things went south. The prime rib and Delmonico steak were both ordered medium rare, but came out medium well for the prime rib, and very well done for the steak. To their credit, the waitress did ask that we cut into our dishes and see if we were satisfied. Since it had been about 45 minutes since we placed our order, we decided to just eat what we we received rather than wait for a new dish. The flavor of the prime rib was quite mild, while the Delmonico still had a very good flavor, appropriate amount of seasoning, and a nice char on it. If it had been cooked even to medium or medium well, I'm sure it would have been an excellent steak, but ultimately it ended up being fairly dry and stringy in texture. Both meats came with creamy mashed potatoes, which were pretty good although they needed a bit of salt, and asparagus which needed a few more minutes of cooking as half of the stalks were nearly raw. The mushroom side was extremely bland, and in terms of texture, was a little overcooked. Logistically, it was a bit of a pain using a gift card. We used a large gift card to pay for the tasting, the dinner and the bottles purchased after dinner. Only one employee at the front desk is authorized to re-issue new gift cards with a reduced balance, so each time we paid for anything, we had to wait 10-15 minutes to get our new gift card back. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but, within a 2.5 hour visit, we spent 45 minutes waiting to receive gift cards back, so that was rough. We hoped to spend more time taking in the sights outside, but after the time wasted, could only spend a few minutes sightseeing before heading out. Kudos to the staff who were friendly, attentive and helpful in each case, but seemed to have their hands tied by a process that could be improved in the future.

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    Terrible service. Sat down and completely ignored for 30 mins, staff wouldn't even make eye contact with us. Awful. Got up and walked out.

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    Great meal. The Sea Bass was a hit as was the lamb. Services was excellent and the ambiance is elegant.

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    Cute place. Overworked and cranky staff. Some overtly obnoxious. One more ma'am and I'm taking somebody out.

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    We stopped here for the wine tasting... Service and food was good. The wine is always good. We always get the cheese and salami samplers

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