cant really fault this place nice. Good value clean smart …read more Top class for the price . I would stay here again.

I recently booked a table for me and a few of my friends at The Carlton Hotel. On arriving I was…read morepleasantly surprised at the modern exterior to the hotel and the contemporary décor in the bar. The meal was lovely! For starters I had the mussels with white wine, garlic and chilli, which was full of flavours, delicious! For mains I had the chicken stroganoff, which I opted to have with fresh vegetables instead of rice, which was very tasty, all the mains were silver served as well, a lovely touch to our meal. There was a large choice of delicious homemade desserts and we were even offered petit fours with our teas and coffees! We all thoroughly enjoyed our meal and we will definitely be visiting again soon!

This is a small old hotel/pub located near the railway station, at the poor end of Rugby, away from…read morethe town centre, on the opposite side of town to the famous school. I can only comment on the food, since I didn't stay at the hotel. Basically, we went along for the Mothers Day meal, £16 for three courses, and it was a bit abysmal. I don't know what their regular meals are like, but with this it felt like everything came from a packet or straight from Iceland. I don't think anything was actually prepared in the kitchen, just heated up. To make it worse, plates did not come to the table full, but instead 4 different waitresses arrived with different things and started building meals on the plates. This would have been fine if they could actually get round the table, but three of our party were so close to the wall they could barely move, so the waitresses had to lean over the whole length of the table. One waitress was brusque to the point of bossiness, one of those people who don't want to be doing their job and see customers as an inconvenience. The casserole tasted and looked like it came straight from a can with suspiciously easy to chew 'beef' which could have been anything, and the roast pork and roast beef other people had looked like packet slices, heated up. I think it's always suspicious if you can't see a roast being carved. As much as i dislike the president restaurant in London at least they do a decent proper roast, that you can actually see in front of you being carved up. My starter was melon, and you know what? I think it was just those sliced chunks you get in Tesco. Desserts could easily all been defrosted from Iceland. Nothing was fresh baked. Just disappointing. You get much better quality meals in a Wetherspoons, it's much cheaper, and they give you booze thrown in. Would dearly love to see this place on one of those Gordon Ramsay programmes.

My group stayed here for two nights. We checked out and checked back in on a different day (which…read morewas planned in advance) My first room seemed nice at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it was a bit of a mess. Cracks in walls and tiles, dirty carpet, hairs on the bed, drawers that won't stay closed, windows that won't stay open. The second room was not as bad, but had pieces missing on the old blinds, and broken windows with tape holding them together. This once impressive building has fallen into a state of disrepair and is desperate for some TLC. Nice buffet breakfast, staff was friendly, but ill informed on the history of the building.

Brownsover Hall is a magical place, especially if you appreciate history and architecture. It takes…read moreyou back in time. My husband and I stayed there the week before last on a recent trip to Rugby. It was one of the most romantic places I have ever stayed, but also a little creepy. Room 45's door to the closet room (which you must walk through to get to the bathroom) closed all by itself about an hour after we settled in, and loudly too. It could be that the building is not level, but still, it was weird. Then a couple days later we were sitting in the lobby and the door to the grandfather clock just swung open by itself. Again, probably a leveling issue, but still weird. We stayed in two different rooms, the first was room 45 (in the stables). The WiFi was not good in this room so we had to move to room 34 the next day. Reception was incredibly helpful. They immediately fulfilled our every request. Here are the pros and cons that I noticed during my stay. Cons 1) There are spiders everywhere. It must be an absolute nightmare for housekeeping to try to keep up with all the spiders. Whenever I encounter a spider inside, I typically catch it and let it outside, but being on vacation and not wanting to worry about spending our precious time doing this over and over again, we just killed them. I killed 7 and my husband killed 10. They were in almost every corner, behind both toilettes, in the hallway, and above the shower. I feel very guilty killing all of these wonderful little creatures, but nothing freaks me out more then feeling insects crawling on me as I am trying to go to sleep. 2) It appears that the carpet in both rooms has not been updated since Brownsover Hall was converted into a hotel in the 1970's. It grossed me out a little to think of everything that has happened on these carpets. 3) Privacy was a major issue because there were no sheer curtains to let natural light in while keeping our room and its contents private. The curtains, also from the 1970's (or earlier) are very heavy, torn, and difficult to maneuver. 4) There were not enough towels or toilette paper in either of the rooms. We had to ask for more. Pros 1) The staff is excellent and fulfilled all of our requests. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. It really made our stay a pleasant one. 2) The grounds are absolutely gorgeous . The variety of plants is really incredible and the lawns are so well kept. The scene makes for the most romantic walks. My husband and I walked from the hotel to the nature preserve on a beautiful fall day (see pics). When we crossed the canal bridge it was like stepping back in time. Once you are inside the gate of the nature preserve, you can walk along a beautiful path, lined with rose bushes, berries and mint. Magical. 3) The closets and bathrooms in both rooms have been recently renovated. They were very nice and both bathrooms had bathtubs, which I appreciated. There is nothing like a nice hot bath after a long day exploring a new place. 4) The food was incredibly delicious. I especially liked the pumpkin soup and salmon. The presentation was great and so was the service. I felt like I was eating in a five star restaurant. The owners of this hotel may not be interested in renovating guest rooms unless absolutely necessary, but it would be nice if they did because they could do a lot more business with some modernization and some simple aesthetic improvements. Their guests would be more comfortable as well. My recommendations for improvement to this hotel are the following... just incase management is reading this and wants feedback. 1) Mitigate the spider issue using a nontoxic method and take preventative measures to prevent more spiders from coming in. 2) Renovate the rooms by adding sheer curtains for privacy and some sort of hard floor. There are also too many walls that are blank. At times I felt like I was staying in a renovated warehouse. It would be nice if for example, there was a painting of horses in the stable rooms. The rooms could definitely use a theme. 3) Make 4 large towels, 2 hand towels and 2 full rolls of toilette paper standard for every bathroom. Staying here was one of the highlights of our vacation in England. I will definitely be staying here again and would recommend it to anyone who has an appreciation for historical places.

This pub is a really friendly pub, with a great atmosphere and some nice regualres, really great…read morebunch. They have a good selections of beers and wines, and they also serve some great home cooked britsh classics and the typical pub grub, which always goes down nicely, they also used to do cheesy chips which are so yummy. They also often have some good nights with their house dj providing a great disco and always have a good time and a bit of a boogie when I visit. The staff are really friendly and always a great atmosphere and banter behind the bar.

I visited the golden lion a few weeks ago for thier sunday carvery…read more I must say i was really shocked on how very much i enjoyed it, i'm normally a regualr at another carvery in the area, but they could not get myself and family in on this particular weekend, so we visited the golden lion instead, and we were not disapointed. really reasonable, at about 9.00 i think for the carvery i considered this to be great value. my hubby was very impressed and being a chef, he is normally very fussy.. there roast poatoes were great, really yummy, crispy round the edges and fluffy inside. You could tell they used quality ingriedients. We will definatly visit again, and we do want too try them out mid week also as i have heard from friends that thier meals in the week are just as good. really fantastic atmoshere and really cosy family feel to it. hidden gem in my opinion

good food but staff were slow because it was busy but they coped good enoughread more

I usually like Doubletree and I was not disappointed at this one. I arrived very late and was…read moregreeted by pleasant and helpful staff and my fresh-baked cookie! As I have read in other reviews, the hotel looks not to have been renovated in a while but that was not a show-stopper for me. It was older but my room was cozy and clean and my housekeeper took excellent care. It was so wonderful to get in from a long day of working to find towel animals with candy pieces and a heart! The food in the restaurant was good and the kitchen and bar staff were equally great. I had an all-around good experience here. So long as I am treated well and my surroundings are well kept, I am satisfied. I will stay here again on my next business trip!

This is an okay hotel. A few positives and negatives but overall an okay stay for the price we…read morepaid. The staff were friendly and in the main pretty helpful. Their was a long check-in queue when we arrived and the manager came over to apologise and say that one of the bar staff was going to come round and get us drinks to apologise. A nice gesture until we were told it was a choice of lemonade or coke! All areas of the hotel were clean and our room & ensuite were a good size. We were on the third floor which for some reason was very, very hot! The air con in the room worked well, but the corridor and communal areas were toasty. The hotel has a Living Well gym and pool attached. We never used the gym so I can't comment but did use the pool. We had a 10 minute wait when we arrived at the gym reception as they had ran out of clean towels, not ideal with a wriggly baby to entertain. The pool is a nice size but seemed to have a lot of sand at the bottom. Urgh. There is also a jacuzzi (which was out of order), a steam room and a sauna. The food at the hotel was good. There is a large retail park across the road from the hotel with a Nandos, Cinema, Tesco etc, and originally we were going to head out to eat dinner. But after the long wait to check in it was way past my son's dinner time and he was cranky so we ate in the bar (as the hotel restaurant didn't open till 7pm). Children eat free with a paying adult and the choice of food was great. Fresh veggies and hummus dip to start and pasta with a tomato sauce which was rammed with veggies go a big tick from me for being healthy and a big tick from my son for being delicious! Our food was tasty, a generous sized chicken burger. And breakfast the next morning had a great selection from the usual cooked selection, breads, pastries, fresh fruit, meats, cheeses, mmmmmm. One real annoyance was the lack of any baby change facilities in the communal areas of the hotel, made for some interesting nappy changes! This could be rectified by the hotel so easily.