Champneys Forest Mere

The staff and and services were exceptional and the spa facilities were very good - perfect for a day or two to unwind. I would also recommend having dinner at the in house resturaunt as the quality of food was amazing. Great for an overnight stay with a day spa add on for the next day - you get what you pay for

All staff were extremely helpful.

Excellent service, friendly staff. Amazing property!

The whole place looked very tired and in need for refurbishment. Poor maintenance. Staff were very laps. It took us ages to check in. Room ok bathroom very dated. Facilities Spa Reception on ground floor 4 people was standing there talking I had to get there attention to get Spa Menu. They just said you need to go upstairs. Outside pool slabs uneven. Pool dirty again very tatty. We ordered food on the terrace. ordered at desk had to wait until he was finishing what he was doing. We ordered simple turkey sandwich and chicken wrap and two juices. Took our number and sat down at dirty table on terrace. Eventually food come. Just one sandwich. he also delivered food to table next to us. He said nothing. Just brought our drinks and again said nothing. We mentioned we are still waiting for wrap. He said yes its coming. 20min later I went in to ask for my wrap, he was busy talking to colleague. He said again yes its coming. I sat down and further 15mins my wrap came. My partner had finished his. In evening booked set menu food was excellent. No fault and service was better but not what you would expect. after our meal we wanted to sit outside with a drink. We ordered drink at bar and girl said she would bring it to us. We sat and chatted. Again 20min we asked girl that passed us do you know where drinks are. She said oh yes one moment please. We sat for a further 10-15mins and decided not to bother. Very dissappointed not Champneys we'd expected.

Hotel is tired and in need of update. Room was extremely warm making it very uncomfortable to sleep, desperately needs air conditioning. Restaurant food is average, choose well…. Spar is good, but lacks service, if you go in the evening be prepared to bring your own towels. Would I go again - no.

Spa was really good but the rooms was a disappointment in the fact we had two single beds pushed together with separate bedding so our romantic weekend was not so. Breakfast we was left standing around for ten minutes waiting to be seated and then had to go find a waiter/waitress to take our order. Wasn’t very smooth.

Very relaxing and all staff friendly and accommodating

All the staff were very friendly especially Claudia. Nothing was too much trouble for them.

Unfortunately this trip left a fair bit to be desired. The most notable part was that I was leaving early the following morning and did make the staff aware of this at check-in (no breakfast needed etc) however when I went to leave there was no one trained to do check outs - so I was told I could leave and they would just charge my card for dinner etc (which I didn't get a phone call about or even an invoice sent).

Room lights didn't work. Was told I could have another room, but no-one got back to me after over an hour of waiting late at night. Following morning I had to have shower etc and get ready in dark bathroom.. Informed reception on check out and asked for manager to contact me. Still waiting for contact 8 days later ... Tried calling but kept on hold and informed that call rates were charged at expensive rate