The Club Hotel and Spa

The reception staff are very welcoming, although in general we failed to experience the ‘amazing’ staff presence/enthusiasm other reviews have mentioned. Very clean rooms, although most are very close to the main road so there is some noise from that, although nothing that kept us awake. What did keep us awake though, until well after midnight, was the noise of the music from the private event in the function space directly below our room (218) and the very loud chatter and laughter from those enjoying the event who were on the outside patio, which was directly beneath our room. When I went down to reception at 00:20 in the morning reception said they could ask for the music to be turned down (like that would happen) but that was all. Being as the hotel wasn’t full (reception confirmed when I asked), why were we put in a room directly in the line of the event noise when the hotel knew the private event was going on?! It ruined our experience of the hotel really as we were there for a relaxing break for a few nights to escape some family health dramas. So long as you’re mobile on foot, it was a great location for the shops and restaurants, and not too far from the bus station. Breakfast was adequate, but not 5* standards. The ‘smashed avocado on sourdough’ was more like shop bought guacamole on white toast We visited out of season though, so wasn’t expecting the breakfast offering to be particularly big, but there was plenty enough variety for a long weekend stay.