Understand this is a get-away in a pricey area, and its at the top of the its mark in terms of service and offerings... you will get a lot for your money, but you will spend a lot to get it. We had a wide variety of places to visit and travel to in our quick 2 weeks down under, but this was one of those locations I decided to splurge on our trip and spend 2 days exploring Hunter Valley. You could do a lot worse. The estate is quiet, the wine is not even sold like other places here, its so small you have to belong to buy, but there is no cellar door. The food was AMAZING, truly. The service was excellent, the staff was friendly, offering after hours cell contact and all the amenities you could want. The room had but a few minor issues, like the upstairs noise was a lot more than promised, and the stairway next to our room as quite loud, so reserve upper if you can. But it was luxurious, plenty of space, fireplace pre set up with wood, and heated everything, floors and towel bars and a private patio to enjoy. The local animals were always present and a nice country add to our quite stay, in room pests were not welcome and reported but there is only so much you can do about them, so that is something they can do to earn a 5... mind you not much more as they are very close to it already. Worth the stay if you want to have a bit of luxury, but be prepared- its going to be one of the more expensive places in the area. read more

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Feels like a recently built guesthouse. It's a really good hotel. It's small, so you don't bump into many other guests. It was full on the weekend we went up to the Hunter Valley and we felt like we were the only ones there. It has a restaurant onsite called Botanica which has excellent food. We arrived on the Friday night from Sydney and service was excellent on checkin, as was the cocktail on arrival (they send cocktails out to all the rooms at about 5 or 6pm. We stayed for a couple of nights and had breakfast in the restaurant each morning which was very well done. A good selection of their food is grown onsite, and they also have some pigs onsite as well for restaurant use. I really like that, making it as local as possible. We also had inroom dining on the night we arrived and it was very well presented - usually inroom dining tends to be bumpy and cool by the time you get it. Inroom dining from Spicers is hand carried from the restaurant and very professional. It's easy to get to and it's local to most of the Hunter (with a car). The guesthouse has some nice features - pool, very large checkers and chess set and also a massage place onsite. Will be going back. read more

The room's facilities and furnishings are exemplary - we couldn't want for more as far as physical comforts. But how can we get totally immersed in the 'tranquility' promised on the website (and their own Do Not Disturb cards) when every step and move made by upstairs guests in and out of the room is thundered through our room? There was nothing extraordinary about the people staying above us; they were just at times early risers, late sleepers and restless walkers. The flimsiness of the isolation between our room and the one above is the sole aspect of our stay that has impacted my rating of our accommodation, and meant we are unlikely to consider staying at this property in the future. For Spicers to promote the 'Relaxed Luxury' of this property, when the ability of a guest to relax is so dependent on which room they get (and if there's an occupant above), smacks of crossing fingers and hoping for the best. read more

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