Harvington Hall Reviews Summary

Historical Significance & Tours

Pros:

• "Time travel back to 1600 at Harvington Hall."
• "Visited the hall on 30th August 2013. It is full of history and the lady guide dressed in authentic costume."
• "Wonderfully atmospheric old house, its colouful history brought to life with re-enactment events during the year."
• "With it's history and priest holes, it's such an interesting place."
• "Brilliant guided tour with a very knowledgeable and friendly lady called Gill."
• "Derek H was an excellent guide."
• "A beautiful building full of history, well worth a visit and the garden is free to enter."

Cons:

• "However, it wasn't well advertised so the Events Organiser really needs to address that issue."
• "Visited the hall on 30th August 2013. It is full of history and the lady guide dressed in authentic costume could do with being more fluent and stop asking boring pointless questions."
• "Although one of the tour guides tends to run on a bit, Harvington Hall is one of the more interesting properties in the area."
• "Disappointed overall. No christmas Carol singing as advertised."
• "The only down side its lots of uneven floors and stairs so not very suitable for less able-bodied."
• "Others on the tour never appreciated that the tour was more child orientated than fact filled."
• "Our guide was a disappointment (minimal and confusing info, delivered without enthusiasm)."

Gardens & Cafe

Pros:

• "The gardens were beautiful and we were serenaded twice."
• "The grounds are very nice too with a little cafe."
• "The Hall sits on a moated island and the gardens are dotted with seats and tables for having refreshments."
• "We also had coffee and cakes in the garden which was really good."
• "The tea rooms are also lovely and offer generous portions of home cooked food with friendly service."
• "Good tearooms with excellent cakes."
• "The malt house cafe was the perfect setting for refreshments afterwords."

Cons:

• "Good refreshments to be had from the Malt House but indoor seating not very adequate."
• "Regrettably the food choice here isn't great and sausage rolls were still cooking 😪."
• "Although the café staff need to be better at clearing the tables after previous customers."
• "Beware the service is a little slow at busy times."
• "Coffee in the coffee shop underwhelming but the food quality was excellent."
• "We arrived a little late at the café when most of the food was gone, so they freshly made something for us."
• "Only reason it's not a 5 star is while walking around we had a tour guide close the door in front of us due to our daughters laughing and enjoying themselves."

Staff & Guides

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and the tours are definitely worth the entrance fee."
• "Our guide, Kay, was friendly and very knowledgeable."
• "The staff are friendly and professional."
• "All the volunteers in the house were friendly and very helpful."
• "The guide was brilliant. Very knowledgeable and interesting."
• "Our guild Wendy was so nice and knowledgeable she made the experience even better."
• "The staff really do go all out to help. They make the day."

Cons:

• "Visited the hall on 30th August 2013. It is full of history and the lady guide dressed in authentic costume could do with being more fluent and stop asking boring pointless questions."
• "Although one of the tour guides tends to run on a bit, Harvington Hall is one of the more interesting properties in the area."
• "Our guide was a disappointment (minimal and confusing info, delivered without enthusiasm)."
• "Only reason it's not a 5 star is while walking around we had a tour guide close the door in front of us due to our daughters laughing and enjoying themselves."