Sedlescombe Golf Hotel

Lovely location, large room, friendly staff and very good breakfast. The bad news was that the room was dusty with lots of cobwebs, the most serious matter was that the mattress protector had numerous stains on it that you could see through the clean sheets. The mattress was also old and discoloured and needs replacing

Decent accommodation, and a good breakfast. There were a few niggles but overall we slept well and breakfasted well. The location is very quiet and there is plenty of parking. The A21 is not far away so access is easy, but there is no road noise at the hotel. You sleep in an annexe with thin walls between rooms. Contact with the hotel beforehand had been rather combative. In particular it was hard work to establish that they don't do any meals after 17:00. I don't know whether is this is 7 days a week -- there are two contradictory statements about it on the *********** website as I write this, and I was given a third variation over the phone and a fourth by email. (We dined at the Claverton two miles away, which Sedlescombe don't recommend.) Breakfast was adequate and well presented, although some tinned grapefruit segments would have been a useful and affordable supplement -- there is only basic cereal and the hot breakfast and toast or croissants, and orange juice. When the boss has a day off you get two conflicting pop music channels blaring in the breakfast room, one from the admin area and a different one where the groundsmen are taking their breakfast adjacent. While the cat's away. To check in you go in through a door prominently marked NO ENTRY and you get to a notice stating "Hotel Check In Here". (We didn't know this and checked in at the wrong desk, having obeyed the No Entry sign.) We had a large bedroom, with two easy chairs but no writing table, so we ended up with our laptops on our, er, laps and the mouse on the arm of the chair. A small table and also a small fridge would have been welcome additions. Also there was no bottle of water in the room, but hey, there was tapwater in the tap. We bought survival supplies in Sainsbury's.

On a recent visit my wife and I booked a room with en suite bathroom*. The staff were welcoming. Our room was spacious with a large comfortable bed. The restaurant food and service were good. However, during warm weather, our stay was spoilt because the the bath/shower mixer tap did not work and was near to falling of its mounting. We telephoned reception to report this but there was no reply. Later when we spoke to the manager we were told that the rooms were not advertised as having a shower facility and he made no apology. Be advise, if you expect en suite* to feature a good shower, do not book this hotel.