Myself and my Husband stayed for 2 nights for our honeymoon. We had booked ebrington suite but on arrival we found it had been booked out to somebody else, very disapointed however the hotel manager was happy for us to choose another suite and we moved on our second day to the ebrington which was no trouble at all to any of the staff. included was a 5 course meal which was really only 4 courses unless you count bread as a course! all in all we had a very good time, leisure facilities are good and the staff are all very friendly and nothing is any trouble we would stay again and recommened

Beautiful manor and great service. Stayed in the room under the stairs!! Try and avoid if possible but didn't ruin our stay. Welcomed with a bottle of bubbly on ice always goes down a treat. Then the 3 course meal after. You always know you are eating good food when you are offered little nibbles between courses to clear the palette! Leisure facilities are good. And great little village down the road.

After reading some of the positive reviews on this site for Charingworth Manor and looking at the photographs of the rooms, my wife and I booked the Ebrington suite and stayed there last night (10 Jan 2012), on a special low season dinner+room deal which cost less than half the normal rate. As the title of my review suggests, we felt overall experience was quite ordinary (not special at all).

Being a very light sleeper I was particularly influenced by some comments on TripAdvisor about how quiet and isolated the hotel is. It certainly looked very promising as we approached the hotel after dark via their long driveway which emphasises how far back from the road the hotel is situated, but what you don't see is that there is another road at the rear of the hotel which turned out to be immediately adjacent to our bedroom! Vehicles came past our bedroom regularly until quite late at night and started again quite early in the morning.

Another disappointment was the fact that the majority of the bedrooms, (the Ebrington suite included) are not actually in the old manor house; they are situated in a two storey wing which appears to have been built in the last 25-50 years, albeit it in an olde worlde style. There is obviously no sound insulation to speak of between the floors because we could clearly hear other guests talking, coughing, using the toilet etc in the rooms below us. I discovered the following morning that there are apparently 7 rooms in the old manor house itself. These may be quieter and may explain some of the comments in other reviews.

The room itself was quite nice, as was the good sized bathroom with a good sized standalone bath, however the water runs into the bath very close to the plug hole and the cheap plastic (non original) bath plug had to be held in place until there was a considerable amount of water in the tub, I ended up weighing it down with a glass ornament! The tap over one of the sinks leaked water onto the bench top every time it was used and the top of the taps were filthy (see attached photo).

The room was nicely furnished and the bed itself was comfortable, but the six pillows were filled with cheap synthetic fibre rather than feathers.

The restaurant was quite nice and cosy, although unfortunately we were the only guests eating there (I appreciate that it was a quiet time of year). The 3 course meal included with our room rate was reasonably good, but nowhere near "one of the most exciting dining experiences in the Cotswolds" as stated on the hotel's web site. There was nothing wrong with it per se, but there is much better available in the Cotswolds, in fact we had a better meal at lunch in a pub the next day. The limited wine list was okay, but I wouldn't want to have chosen from it for several nights in a row.

In summary, it was questionable whether the experience was worth the price at less than half the published rate. If we had paid full price we would have been very upset. In our opinion there are numerous better places to stay and/or dine in and around the Cotswolds. Needless to say we would not stay at Charingworth Manor again. It wasn't actually our first choice for last night but our first choice of hotel was fully booked, while Charingworth Manor was almost empty, this in itself speaks volumes.

To qualify this review, although we now live in Australia we have family in the UK whom we visit regularly and we have stayed in and around the cotswolds many times over the last 20 years, including holding our wedding reception at another old Cotswolds manor house.

We stayed for five nights. I think I heard a jet fly over in the distance once. Isolated but only a short drive to Chipping Campden and Broadway (shopping and sights). Professional and kindly staff, great food and drink. You just can't beat the atmosphere. I recommend getting a larger "named" room--large bathroom!

We will visit again!