The Waring House

The contrast between the beautiful, well-kept grounds and the outdated interior couldn’t be more striking. The lobby is a cluttered mix of worn sofas, coffee tables, a heavy bookcase, and a table awkwardly placed right in front of the main doors. Wall-to-wall carpeting throughout could use a deep cleaning. Our room was spacious but lacked charm, furnished with a sagging sofa, a glass-covered wooden coffee table, old wooden bureaus, and curtains in faded floral prints that felt like relics of another era. The bathroom was clean but clearly dated, and a watermark stain on one of the upholstered chairs added to the overall tired feel.

The Inn carpet has the basement-like musty smell. The room is overly scented, perhaps, to cover up the musty odor. The staff is friendly and professional.

Lovely

Both restaurants were excellent. Best breakfast included with your stay, that we have experienced. Need to advise folks staying upstairs. It was ok for us, but didn't know in advance about staircase.

The Waring house is an excellent resort to visit. The food was great and the entertainment each evening was fantastic! The staff was so polite and helpful. Would go back

We did not get the room that we paid for and on trying to get the staff to honour our booking, they wanted more money to give us what we had already paid for. I will never return there. It was a safety hazard for seniors!

Great location and excellent hotel and restaurant.

accomodation was ok, maybe some minor details would need love but no dealbreaker. The attached restaurant are another story. See OpenTable and google reviews.

The following is a redaction of an e-mail sent to the Waring House in August. “In October 2024 …we had such an enjoyable time that we decided to make the Waring House our go-to destination for 2025.   In January we made bookings, requesting the same rooms we had in October, 1 accessible with 2 beds and a standard room with … dinner in Amelia’s Garden. Our bookings made on January 24, 2025 were for: March … July … [we changed our preferred date to get the rooms we needed] October … (this reservation was cancelled at checkout on July 31). In March we were told the dinning room had not yet opened for the season.  The front desk said there was a small group having dinner in Amelia’s Garden and checked with the kitchen to see if they could fit us in, which they did.  We felt like we had been fit in as the food was no up to the standard we had enjoyed previously, there was an over compensation of quantity in lieu of quality.  In the morning we saw housekeeping in the foyer … and mentioned the light over the fireplace was not working and had not been working the previous October.  When we returned to the room the bulb had been changed. In July when we checked in we were informed our rooms had been changed and I said that was okay providing they met the criteria of the rooms we had requested.  The first rooms we were … [assigned had] no accessibility.  When I explained the need for accessibility we were reassigned …, with the comment that … [the] room had a hot tub, “but please don’t use it as I’m not charging you for it.”  Upon checking into … the accessibility room, it only had one bed.  … the compromise was a cot, which I was told was very comfortable.  (…this was not the case). When we arrived for dinner we were informed there was a private function in Amelia’s Garden and were seated in the dinning room.  Unfortunately during dinner there seemed to be a procession of kitchen pots passing by and halfway through dinner the live entertainment started in the pub and the volume intensity in the dinning room was the same as in the pub. As a result of our experience we felt it necessary to give you a guest perspective.  All of the staff we encountered throughout our visits were most polite and tried to be accommodating; however, there seems to be a lack of attention to details and the finer points of facility checks …, planning/scheduling and adjusting to the guest needs.” We had to request a response as our e-mail was received as an “opportunity for me to let the staff know how and what we could be doing better from a guest's perspective, and I do thank you for this.” The reply came with an apology and an offer for a two night stay with a discount for the second night. Our response was “a more appropriate gesture would be compensation by way of a partial refund for our experiences and inconvenience.” The reply was; “I am unable to offer a refund at this time but I am happy to offer you the discount on a future stay.” WE WILL NOT BE BACK!!

Conveniently located. Very hospitable staff The menu needs a little help. Not enough variations for me