Name: The Fish Hotel
Address: Farncombe Estate Broadway,Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Broadway, Broadway, WR12 7LJ, United Kingdom
Rating: 9

Smoke-free property

Heating

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Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Bridal suite

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Interconnecting rooms available

Hairdryer

Shower/Bathtub

Bathrobe

Linens

Toiletries

Rooms

Iron and board

Wake-up service

Telephone

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Diet menu (on request)

Snack bar

Packed Lunches

Coffeemaker

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Billiards

Hiking

Sun Deck

Recreation

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Business center

Fax and copy machine

Meeting and presentation facilities

Business

Darts

Cycling

Tennis court

Sports

Playroom

Kids

Pets allowed

Pets

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Anderson Gallery

Broadway Museum and Art Gallery

Priory Gallery

Gordon Russell Design Museum

Broadway Golf Club

Gloucestershire Airport

Raf Brize Norton

Oxford Airport

Coventry Airport

Birmingham International Airport

Asaba International Airport

The Fish Hotel

Broadway

child-bed

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

We eventually managed to park up to go into reception as the car park at the top and in front of the main entrance was absolutely full. So it is either VERY popular at 3pm or have a lot of staff !

Check-in was OK in a nice seated lounge. Everybody – staffwise - with laptops seemingly surgically attached to them !!

Room was at the bottom of the area in a large ‘block’ called the Stables. It has another car park and plenty of room (just a couple of hundred metres below the main building). Comfortable room and no problems. Corridor doors which do not slam shut which is good. 

Reception/restaurant/bar from here is a short easy walk away although quite a few steps (you can walk up/down the small access road). But easy none-the-less. And it is lit at night.  So we had no problems at all.

As it was only after 3pm and relatively early we went out for a walk into the nearby village and upon return sat in the lounge which is away from the bar and had a drink – or two. We had a £20 card included which allowed use of a wine dispenser (new one to me) BUT wines were £13/£15 per glass. And so with 2 people you could not use the card for the 2 drinks. A really nice waiter came to our aid and topped up the card somehow to allow 2 £13 glasses to be ‘bought’. So that was good service. 

Lounge service was good-ish (really nice chap) but slow (and I do mean sloooow). Likely because of the ‘distance’ to the bar and perhaps interrupted by other guests along the way who might need help/attention. Although I did go to the bar area to see what the delay was and there was just one barman. 

At dinner we were greeted and immediately asked if anyone had any allergies etc and one of us stated that she could not eat cheese. All good and so we were taken into the restaurant and seated.  Menu nice (it is expensive. 4 slices of bread £12 – yes £3 per slice). Starters all good, crab tart, gambas prawns, scotch egg. Then mains arrived and, oh no, one had lots of cheese on it (when the menu description did not include cheese and the original waiting staff asked and were told that one of us could not eat cheese). So this is bad. Staff are not talking to each other in the restaurant/kitchen. It seems the original enquiry about allergies was just – maybe – box ticking as someone obviously did not take any notice at all. And then that is a real dilemma. It ruins the meal because what do you do ? Wait for an alternative dish to be made and let yours all go cold (or let the kitchen put them under a hot lamp or in an oven which is not ideal for the food)? Or eat yours and then the other diner watches you and then eats theirs on their own. It really is a lose v lose situation. Our diner chose not to have any main at all. 

Desserts all nice. Although……£17 for a few slices of cheese is more than heavy. And then a 10% service charge added on to add insult to injury. But the diner with no main and almost a cheese accident wasn’t charged for the starter or dessert.

So back to the bar and we decided to use the 2nd £20 wine card (there were 4 of us) but this time a different chap was really unhelpful. He said wines in the bar area were £13/£15 per glass but the wine dispensers in the accommodation blocks were £10 (I think. And may have been even cheaper like £5 small & £10 large. But you could definitely get 2 glasses with the one wine card). This chap refused to help with the card. We even offered to pay ourselves to top it up ! Useless.

Sleep was OK. Bed was OK. Shower was OK. To be fair we didn’t go there to spend time in our room.  Breakfast was all good. Actually better service (different staff) and the lady serving our table was excellent.

So all in all half good and half bad. I don’t mind paying for the good ½ but don’t like paying for the bad ½. It felt overpriced for what it was and just didn’t live up to expectations. I don’t mind paying anything (well, almost anything) for a very good hotel and very good food and service to match…..but it has to be worth it.

Disappointing

Went for a weekend with my adult kids and the dog and stayed in two 'suites' in a block of three near the main reception. The dog loved it! (He wasn't paying) although the dog field (where they can be off the lead) was a muddy slope. The rooms were fine, though not particularly luxurious and there were a few items still in the room from the last guest. The noise insulation isn't great, and even there was only one room next to ours - we heard the children in the room in the early morning. We ate both nights in the hotel 'bar' and the food was ok - even if the service was patchy - if enthusiastic. We booked some clay pigeon shooting, which took a fair few emails to confirm, but was actually very well organised with an excellent instructor. We had a fun - but very muddy walk down to the village, which was nice, but I can't see anyone staying here for longer than a weekend.

The dog loved it...

We stayed in The Lancaster with a family of 4 and a Labrador for one night during the Easter holidays. 
Our first and last impressions were very positive. This is a lovely place with warm welcoming staff and the dog was made to feel really at home! We had lunch in the bar which was all very fresh and tasty. I wanted to eat in the bar at night too as we didn’t want to leave the dog in our room but the menu is small and limited pretty much to pizza. That disappointed me and if we’d have stayed for longer we’d have had to have travelled out of the Estate which I didn’t fancy. We settled for room service at the kids request! 
The room was nice and spacious and had everything we needed. The Boot room was great and some of the walks (whilst waterlogged) were fabulous. Even the kids were kept interested which is no easy feat. 
We will return but wouldn’t stay for longer than a couple of days as whilst the restaurant (Hook) looks good the limited menus would become problematic for us - liking a drink and not wanting to drive.
I booked this following a Sunday Times recommendation and loved our short stay. Thanks to all the staff who made our trip that little bit more special.

Sunday Times - thank-you!

We were really excited to stay at The Fish, after hearing such rave reviews about it, but unfortunately it really didn't live up to expectation. It lacked a certain level of luxury, and we left feeling it was very overpriced for the experience you receive. The hotel wants to give off a very relaxed & laid back feeling, which at times is great, but is frustrating when you are looking for staff to check you in, or take your food/drink order and no one is around. 

We stayed in the Coach House room because we had our dog with us, which was dark & basic. The pillows were really flat and the furniture was uncomfortable. There were no windows (apart from the main door), and it lacked basic amenities (no iron/ironing board, no soap in the dispenser, no toilet brush, the tea-bags weren't replenished, no smart TV). We tried to call reception & room service, but no one answered either line. You could hear the rooms upstairs, talking and walking around in the evening, and it lacked a sense of privacy. 

We were really looking forward to eating in the restaurants, but again felt quite disappointed. The service in the bar/restaurant is really slow. We waited an hour and a half for a pizza, and had to ask the staff on more than one occasion to clear our table. We were served a desert before our main, and we had to send our cooked breakfast back because it was cold. It generally felt that there was a real lack of experience amongst the waiting staff. 

For the price they charge, we expected much better service & comfort. On the plus side, it's very dog friendly if you're bringing your pet, and it's only a short drive into nice pubs/restaurants in Broadway.

Didn't meet expectations

Almost perfect doggie hotel. Outdoor, heated shower bath for dogs, wellies to use, plenty of outdoor for dogs off lead, you can eat with your dogs next to you, you can drink and lounge outdoors woth heaters and dogs can sit next to you. Bedrooms suites are perfect with fridges, tea and coffee, plenty of space, perfect. However: check in took 25 minutes as the system kept crashing, normal standard bedrooms have only chromecast internet tv which does not work, so only freeview tv: just get normal internet smart tv's, and a fridge please in the standard doubles. Dining: amazing pizzas but please add burgers too as its too tiny a main menu and not everyone likes pizza, please add burgers. The hook restaurant: it was a LOT better 2 years ago, larger main menu and everything on it was amazing wheres this time, dinner took over an hour to arrive with no apologies or notification in a very hot woodburning stove room with a dog to keep happy. No drinks offered as apology, no warning given when we ordered. We had two steaks (excellent) a salmon with mash and massaman fish curry which was not good. The curry was powdery in flavour and lacked coconut so tasted like a packet suae of curry with yet more salmon on top. Dissapointing given how much we enjoyed it 2 years ago. So overall: the most perfect getaway with dog to unwind and chill even though it costs the earth in drink prices, jist do not eat at the hook and go for a lovely pub lunch instead.

Perfect getaway but dont eat at the hook

We first stayed at The Fish hotel when it had newly opened and enjoyed our stay then but this three night break was fabulous.
The room we had was large with a fantastic seating area with everything you might expect plus a number of items you wouldn’t!
We loved the savour snacks which were replenished and the fresh milk. There were drinks in the fridge which we didn’t investigate so can’t comment on those as such.
The en-suite was beautifully appointed and a good size. 
The shower had the best controls but the shower screen was too small and the floor got wet however careful you were. That and a rusting holder for the shampoo etc were the only problems we encountered.
The staff were delightful and the hotel managed that careful balance of being relaxed and friendly without going over the top.
 We ate in the lounge which was perfect for our needs on this trip. All our food was tasty and well prepared.
We hope to back in the future.

Splendid!

A beautiful country hotel set within a 500-acre private estate. With it not being to far away from home, it was the perfect getaway for my wife and I. The room was just perfect along with all of the accessories and little touches provided by the hotel. All of the staff from booking in to booking about went above and beyond. The food was exceptional with a good menu choice. We popped to Broadway Tower and to the small town itself as it’s not too far from the hotel. Overall a very enjoyable getaway, fantastic atmosphere and staff. An absolute 5 start experience.

The perfect getaway

My partner and I stayed in one of the Hill Huts in September 2023 on a week-long trip to London, Bath and the Cotswolds.  We had a lovely stay.  The staff were all so friendly.  The restaurant the Hook was great.  The grounds were beautiful.  The Hill Hut was thoughtfully prepared for our arrival.  We enjoyed a walk around the grounds, dinner and breakfast at the restaurant, and an evening in the hot tub next to the wood burning stove.  We will certainly be back when we are able to stay longer!  

Lovely stay!

My husband and I stayed at the fish hotel for 3 nights after our wedding in July 2023. 
Firstly, the fish hotel is the most incredible place, and the customer service is second to none. 
We had the most incredible stay.

We stayed in boaty mcboatface and the room was amazing, it was clean and cosy and well looked after. 

The staff were helpful, smart and approachable and went above and beyond for us. 

The food was incredible, especially the roast dinner on the Sunday. 

We highly recommend the fish hotel and sing their praises to everyone.

Thank you for kicking off our married life in style 

Mr and Mrs Thomas 

The best of the best 

We stayed 1 night in a treehouse. The outdoor baths were definitely a highlight. 
The attention to detail made our stay, there was a robe and slippers for our daughter and very cute bedding. 
The box of chocolates for my birthday was very thoughtful. 
The food was excellent, maybe a little pricey. 
Only downside was the kitchen extractor fan which we could here at night from our balcony.

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