De Vere Latimer Estate

Steak room has been broken for weeks now! Rooms are dusty and hot

Room was like a youth hostel, tiny, sweltering and walls were paper thin (we were woken up by next rooms alarm clock). We booked breakfast but it was chaos, in the end we managed to find a table but had to clean the table and get our own cutlery and cups. The small number of staff were difficult to get hold of. I mentioned this when checking out and was told the duty manager would contact me; they didn't. The pool area was nice albeit steam room and jacuzzi were closed...

Hotel was lovely, room was lovely, food was lovely although a little expensive.

From only providing one towel and cup in the room, to having the window blind cable tied up because it didn’t work, this hotel does not live up to its images. It took 24 hours to receive a second towel, but the safe was never fixed. No response to messages through the app, reception never answered the phone and the pointless room phone had no operator number. The rooms in the red building are extremely hot, the heat in the glass reception space is overbearing. One thing to note when requesting a room is that some of the rooms have a fire escape running alongside them. Early in the morning at approx 6.30am we experienced a man walking past and he could see straight into one of the rooms, this was really quite unacceptable. The other room also had no working safe, only one towel, cup etc but it’s blind was working, but its shower was leaking. Also noted was the 4 spiders that appear to be living rent free in our room! If you are staying in hot weather, please prepare yourself. Only one small deck top fan was provided, completely inadequate. Breakfast was good, parking adequate, the drinks in the chiller in reception are crazy. £7 for a standard bottle of beer.

The history.

Heaps of history in a beautiful setting, the staff really make the hotel special and it is clear a lot of thought has gone into selecting them.

Breakfast was excellent

the estate is stunning however we had rooms in the mews block, more like an office annex. 33.5 degrees room was like a sweat box. Good job the shower was powerful...

I booked a “Superior Twin Room” at Latimer Estate for my mother-in-law’s 70th, expecting something special. Unfortunately, it didn’t live up to the name. The room was outside the main estate (not made clear at booking) with a lovely view of... a rooftop. The beds were two singles pushed together then hastily separated. The mattress hadn’t been rotated in months (thanks to the sticker I spotted at 4 AM while failing to sleep). No air con—just a small fan pushing around warm air—and a thick winter duvet made it unbearably stuffy. Cleanliness? Awful. We found a urine-stained duvet and a mouldy bathroom bin. That alone was enough to put us off, but by night two we were too tired to leave, so we tried the bar food. Sadly, that too was underwhelming—limited options and bland. Staff were polite, but the overall experience felt more like a budget motel than a relaxing break. Wouldn’t return or recommend unless serious improvements are made.

Excellent stay for a weekend getaway, room was big and the grounds were amazing. Good amount of vegetarian options and we loved the bar area outside in the good weather. Service was good in the bar, only thing which was missing was room service as we asked for an ice bucket and glasses and we waited an hour and no one came otherwise as excellent stay.