Crabwall Manor Hotel, Chester

I am delighted to tell you that Crabwall Manor Hotel has finally gone through a refurbishment - I even smelt the paint when I stayed their last! Having used the hotel as far back as 8 years ago, what looks like a nice hotel from the outside was a terribly tired hotel on the inside. Not anymore! We visited just under 3 weeks ago - we were staying as we were visiting the area. We stayed in room 45 and crickey, have they made a change. The rooms are now very plush with wide screens TV's and a great choice of colour scheme. Oh and the bathrooms, they are awesome. The rest of the hotel is being refurbed too, so whilst the restaurant was a little shabby, in a few months time this hotel will look awesome!

Hi.

Just come back from this spa for an over night spa package. Nice place, bit dissapointed with the spa though and lack of facilities. Treatments were nice, had a full hour body massage and my Gf had some girly stuff. In reality, this place is just a Gym with a smimming pool and bubble bath. Felt strange sitting in a gym reception eating our lunch with a robe on. Did not feel could relax. We had 2 days to kill almost and a dip in the pool and sauna after treatments and that was all there was to do. No chilled rooms, no squa spa, no experiensed showers, so i dont see how this can be a 4 star spa as i was bored within 4 hours. There was a plus point, or so i thought, there was a snooker table!!, however there was no snooker cues!! Wierd..The bar drinks menu was out of data and very pricey as they usually are. None of the lagers on tap were on the menus..Wierd.. Lots of these little things just showed that they were not 100% organised. Rooms were spacious and averege really, still pretty dated but comfy though with decent TV and shower. The best bit of the stay though was they food. Absolutly spot on. I had a duck dish, fantastic and breakfast was good too. Nothing special would not go here a again though, whittlbury hall is the best ive been to so far!!

Dan