Description: The Lea Marston hotel is set in 54 acres of ground, near the town of Sutton Coldfield. The location is nice, right in the countryside, but also easy to find - just 15 minutes from the motorway.
There are 88 bedrooms, all of which, apparently have a view of either the gardens or the golf course. There is free WiFi access in all the rooms. The hotel and all the bedrooms have also recently been refurbished.
We booked directly with the hotel the previous week, and requested a double room. We were pleasantly surprised upon arrival, to discover we had been upgraded to a suite - the Royal Suite.
The suite was very nice indeed - a really large living room with 2 chairs and a huge sofa which converted into a bed. There was the most enormous plasma television on the wall. The bedroom had a large 4 poster bed, lots of wardrobe space and another giant plasma television. The bathroom was spacious with huge corner bath and a separate shower. There was no minibar in the room, but there were tea/coffee making facilities with delicious complimentary cakes and snacks. The room had a view of the driving range.
There is a gym and swimming pool, which also seemed to be used extensively by the locals. The pool was lovely - 14 metres, with huge glass windows so you could see the gardens beyond as you swam.
There were restricted times when children could use the pool - not after 5pm during the week and only after 9am on weekends. One small negative point was you had to used the towels from your room - there were no towels at the pool for guests to use.
There are 2 restaurants - the Adderley restaurant and Hathaways gastro pub. We were on a dinner, bed and breakfast package so ate in the hotel each evening of our stay.
We had dinner the first evening in the gastro pub. It was quite busy, nicely decorated and had a pleasant atmosphere, but we were extremely disappointed with the service and the food. My husband had overcooked and bland duck, I had an overcooked and bland burger - it came on a bun without any garnishes. The children's menu had 5 choices and was reasonable.
The second and third evenings we ate in the Adderley restaurant - this was a completely different story. Service was excellent, the food was delicious and beautifully presented and we thoroughly enjoyed our experience.
There is a very nice bar area with a glass roof and a lovely fire, where they take your order and seat you before your table is ready in the restaurant.
We were also a bit disappointed with the breakfast at the hotel. We arrived each morning about half an hour before the breakfast service finished. It is a self-service buffet, but each morning when we got there most things had been picked over, one time there was no orange juice or fruit and it really did not look very appetising.
All in all though, we did enjoy our stay at this hotel. The location was very convenient for the places we wanted to visit, the room was very comfortable, the pool area is lovely - just avoid the gastro pub!
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