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Visited this hotel for the wedding of two friends. The house served as the venue for the reception after the ceremony at a church a short drive away. The whole experience was excellent and it seemed like the staff couldn't have been more helpful if they tried.The facilities for the reception and evening 'party' were good, we were lucky with the weather and so also managed to take advantage of the Italian Garden whilst having a disco inside. The food served to us was great and plentiful. There were also plenty of staff around the whole time to cater to all our needs. We also envisaged checkin would be a slight problem as so many people would arrive from the service at the same time. However this was handled well with plenty of efficient people around to check in whilst others handled the drinks reception.Our room was housed in the garden wing. Whilst I would agree with others that this building is not particularly attractive from the outside, I would say that it is pretty good inside (contrary to some comments). We had an excellent room that had all the facilities that we would need. Also many of the wedding party commented the following morning that the beds were some of the most comfortable hotel beds that they had experienced.The only downside to the stay was finding a rogue dusty sock on the floor just under the bed as we were checking the room for departure. This was the first time that we had to question the cleaning standards of the hotel.Overall, a fantastic hotel for a wonderful occasion. Would happily stay there again when I would hope to be able to take advantage of the pool facilities.

A most enjoyable stay, very nice clean large room, with a large very comfortable bed. Nice atmosphere and bar area. All the staff had a very pleasant manner.Breakfast was good but not the best l`ve had, nevertheless plenty to choose from as you would expect.The main house is beautiful along with the grounds and Italian walled garden which would be a fantastic place for evening summer party / barbecue etc.The spa / pool was good enough except for the the tiny changing room which would service about three people at one time, but as l was the only one changing at the time it was perfect.

I didn't stay overnight, and comments based on meeting/conference facilities only.Everything was average - nothing bad but nothing great either. The meeting room was fine, and the equipment provided worked. Good coffee and cakes/biscuits. Lunch was typical canteen - good but not special. Overall a very nice location and grounds, but could be a lot better.

Top drawer, everything you need for a perfect break, friendly staff, good prices, comfortable rooms, central location for sight-seeing and decent beer. Only criticism would be that the spa/pool changing rooms are far too small, tiny in fact.

We stayed two night at Milton Hill House for a combination of reasons, both our anniversary, my partner's birthday but also a family wedding being held locally. We had been advised by the wedding party to try and same in the same local village for convenience but it was all booked up by the time we got round to it and Expedia recommended MHH. As usual I googled and looked at reviews on Trip Advisor which were mixed but with time against us and a good deal avaliable for the weekend we went ahead. Reading many of the reviews on here the majority of mark down has been due to guests staying in the 'Garden Wing'. It's not hard to see why, the house its self is beautiful until you drive round for the additional parking to the right of the house and see the grey block square - The Garden Wing. Now many guests say once in the rooms they are fine, during our stay at the hotel there were weddings on both the Friday and Saturday and it seems the majority of the wedding parties stayed in the Garden Wing, we overheard at breakfast on the Saturday that the rooms had been great so appearances are deceptive. Knowing that I wanted our stay to be the best I phoned ahead two weeks before to check out location in the house - we were based in The Ridings, this is what must have been the stables in years past and has recently been renovated to a very high standard. Just before our stay i also contacted Wendy in Reservations to double check that we hadn't been moved (and also very cheekily ask if we could get any form of free upgrade). Well this paid off as when we got into our room (314) we were gobsmacked - it was beautiful. My partner had a birthday card signed by the manager and we had been left a complimentary fruit platter!There was a large bath in the en-suite, massive wall mounted plasma TV, what i can only assume was a king sized bed and all the other mod cons you would expect (hairdryer, iron, tea making services). Needless to say the in-laws were quite dissapointed they hadn't booked in at the same hotel with us! Now the down sides, although very few - the fan in the bathroom sounds like a boeing jet taking off and takes a while to cut out (automatically comes on when the lights are switched on in the en-suite) the views from 314 are non-exsistant....you are above another section of the hotel and have flat roof outside the two windows in the main room. We slept with the windows open one night and woke up with a start the next day as the fans kick in periodically, however you soon get used to it and don't really notice it. We only had breakfast one day, i'm surprised people belittle it so on here, i could'nt fault it at all. The food was piping hot, a great variety and the staff attentive when serving drinks and cleaning tables.So overall it was a great visit, the standard of the hotel fantastic and what you get for the money you pay - gutted that we didnt get the time to try out the pool although it looked great. The only down side i would say about our stay was the arrival - obviously the house is a prime wedding venue and when we arrived on the Friday a wedding had just taken place, this meant that the guests had filled up the recpetion area and we had to stand in the lobby while they finshed taking pictures, this was not very well controlled by the staff and we ended up having to push our way through the wedding party to check in. Note - we did'nt eat any where locally as prices for pubs in the local area are astronomical - ¿¿13 for fish and chips?!