The Grove Reviews Summary

Category: Hotel Cromer

Address: 95 Overstrand Rd, Cromer, NR27 0DJ, United Kingdom

Phone: +441263512412

Rating: 4.4
based on 171 reviews.

Accommodation

Pros:

  • "Rooms and everywhere immaculately clean and comfy."
  • "We stayed in the Sunburst room which was lovely, peaceful and clean, plenty of tea bags and milks, with the most comfortable bed."
  • "We had a supremely comfortable [Orchard] room down the garden, with plenty of space, a great bed and a bathroom with a powerful shower."
  • "We stayed in room 1 which was ideal as it had a slightly separated sleeping area for the kids."
  • "Our room was quiet, well-appointed and elegant, the amenities were very good."
  • "The room (8) was gorgeous and spacious."
  • "Rooms were of a good size, bath/shower, comfortable super king-size beds, very quiet, all set up for a good nights sleep."

Cons:

  • "Only downside I can say was the room could have done with a bit of dusting."
  • "Nice orchard room which had a very strange bad odour."
  • "The room was Victoria one of the lodges outside, it was not very clean."
  • "There were some areas of the grounds particularly around the gardens and the swimming pool that could have done with some attention."
  • "The towels did not get replaced during the 4 nights stay even though they got quite dirty."
  • "We stayed at the Orchard rooms which had a strange muggy smell and looked a bit tired."
  • "The only downside was the sofa, carpet, and vacuum cleaner smelled heavily of sweaty feet and dog."

Food

Pros:

  • "The food.....OMG......the food was incredible. So beautifully presented and tasted amazing."
  • "Food was generally good, a bit hit and miss in places - Beef was excellent."
  • "The sandwiches are fresh and full of flavour accompanied by delicious cakes and scones."
  • "We both had lobster which was so fresh and tasty it was like it had wandered up from the beach that afternoon."
  • "The actual food was delicious and my husband got a fresh cheese scone as well which he really enjoyed."
  • "The food was divine, the flavours were so delicious it was like an explosion in your mouth."
  • "The food both vegan and non vegan was outstanding, service was exceptional."

Cons:

  • "Food was decent but not excellent, service was slow and somewhat awkward."
  • "Service was bad we had tiny macaroons cut in half, half each."
  • "The scallops were mediocre the main course of beef with dauphinoise potatoes was a disaster."
  • "The food was not up to the standard we would expect, undercooked scallops and dry pork and then to top it all, they had run out of dessert - not good."
  • "The cakes were dry and quite unappetizing."
  • "Menu in evening very limited and food not very hot, breakfast was worse."
  • "The afternoon tea, however, was bland and, well, a bit tired."

Service

Pros:

  • "The 2 staff members that served us were really friendly and attentive."
  • "The staff were very friendly and relaxed, nothing was too much trouble."
  • "The staff were so friendly and very helpful."
  • "Particularly impressed by the service - we checked out late and weren't charged."
  • "The staff were Excellent and attentive."
  • "The staff were friendly and accommodating."
  • "The staff were friendly, efficient, helpful."

Cons:

  • "Service was bad we had tiny macaroons cut in half, half each."
  • "The service slow and inattentive - strange considering the number of staff there!"
  • "Shower facilities weren't great, quite run down and weren't cleaned the whole time we were there."
  • "The staff seemed to ignore us during our entire stay and the breakfast was not great both in terms of service and the food itself."
  • "Staff were rude and didn't appear to want to serve us."
  • "Let down unfortunately by the service. Staff were lovely and friendly but poorly trained - attention to detail was poor, product knowledge lacking, not very attentive."
  • "When seated staff were friendly but very slow coming over to serve."

Location

Pros:

  • "A lovely hotel set in beautiful grounds."
  • "Plus there is a lovely path through the woods which leads to a cliff walk with panoramic views, only 10 mins into the centre of Cromer."
  • "Lovely walk up through the woods to the lighthouse or Cromer."
  • "The Grove is just ten minutes' walk from Cromer town centre, and five minutes from the clifftop walk above the beach, so it's very well located."
  • "Pleased with the location which was near the town and beach yet nicely secluded in lovely grounds."
  • "It's a short 5-10 minute walk through the woods to the beach and center of Cromer."
  • "The hotel is perfectly situated with a great woodland stroll towards the beach, at Cromer."

Cons:

  • "Few areas of the ground was a dump."
  • "There is no sun-lounger that can be used and considering the lovely grounds, it is a shame."
  • "The whole place seems in need of upgrading."
  • "We were going to have 3 evening meals there but went elsewhere for 2 and we were also going to book for May but on returning one morning we couldn't park anywhere as cars all over the place, we have a disabled badge."
  • "The main hotel was not very clean especially the little hobbit reception, very dirty and didn't look like it had seen a vacuum for a while!!"
  • "Went in the yard with my beer, bird poo over the chairs, yard looked like it hadn't been swept in months."
  • "The building is lovely but inside you'll find very dated furniture, poor quality pictures."

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