Court Colman Manor

It was my first visit here for a wedding, and was pleasantly surprised how nice it all was. The wedding was very well planned out, and the food was to die for. The starters was tomato soup, it was the tastiest I have ever had, and the main course, the beef was to die for, it was well flavoured and it fell apart. (I needed more gravy myself) but it was delicious with all the rest of the vegetables, roasted potatoes and a huge yorkshire pudding. The dessert a chocolate brownie I think with ice-cream (I'm not a dessert person lol) was lovely too. I would give 5 stars, but we were a bit squashed in the seating layout, other than that, it was perfection.

This hotel makes great play of being the location for the filming of Smithy and Sonia’s abortive wedding in the finale of Gavin and Stacey. If like them you’re looking for somewhere special, either for a celebration or just a few days away, after our experience you might like to choose elsewhere to avoid disappointment. The location is certainly “lush”, as Stacey would say, and the grand entrance fills you with anticipation. The young staff on duty tried very hard to look after us, but they had some real challenges to deal with. When we entered our bedroom, styled The Moroccan Room, on the first floor, the first impressions were of space and comfort, with a great view over the grounds in front of the hotel, albeit without a view of the “Sydney Opera House, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon or herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains”. Closer inspection, however, revealed some rubbish left in a bedside drawer, which we put down to an oversight and decided not to mention. Turning the kettle around in anticipation of a cuppa, we discovered an enormous dent in its side, which meant the kettle leaked as a result. Our first trip down to Reception brought someone scurrying up to photograph the damage, but it was over 24 hours before a replacement was found. The first replacement didn’t work, so one of the staff gave up the kettle from their own room so that we could enjoy our morning tea the next morning without boiling water spurting everywhere. By this time, we’d also discovered that the impressive wall-mounted TV didn’t work. In response, Reception warned us that the maintenance man would be pretty busy the next day (…we suspect he’s pretty busy every day…) but they’d ask him to replace the remote control if he had time. A replacement duly arrived the following evening but, despite the best efforts of the young man from the bar, it wouldn’t connect to the satellite, so we were without TV throughout our stay. Housekeeping visited the room every day, changing all the towels despite the fact we’d left them on the towel rail to signal that we’d use them again, but doing nothing else: nothing was wiped down or cleaned, dirty mugs and spoons were left on the side, no replacement teabags or biscuits were provided; these were all things which were being done each day in the room of other members of our family a floor above. Once again, the young girl from Reception hurried upstairs to us with replacements, which was particularly good of her as she was the only member of staff on duty in the entire hotel on Friday evening, flitting between looking after guests, running Reception and serving in the Bar: what could possibly go wrong? When we checked out on Saturday morning, Darren, whom we hadn’t seen before, told us cheerily that our preregistered credit card had been charged for our stay, so there was nothing left to pay. When we explained the problems we’d experienced, he took on a solemn, sympathetic face, and took careful notes, promising t

We got married her in May 2025, and it was a fab day, fab run up, nothing was too much for the team :) Would definitely recommend!!