The William Cecil

I've stayed at the William Cecil several times but not for 5 years or so, I very much like the face lift throughout the hotel.

The room I was assigned (21) was in the attic and it was a hot sticky day, it was intolerably hot in the room. A large fan was provided but as the lower part of the sliding casement window was permanently fixed shut ( I understand the safety reasons for this) there was no way the fan could draw air from outside! The fan merely circulated the hot air. I spoke to reception who moved me to a smaller ground floor room, this room had opening windows and the supplied fan was able to draw in cooler air. In my opinion unless better arrangements are put in place then room 21 is not suitable for occupation in the warmer months.

Cold tap span around as wasn’t fixed to sink properly. Kettle on short lead so when shelf was pulled forward it toppled. Really dangerous when boiled. Shower so small I struggled to use it effectively, could barely bend to clean myself.

Wedding party in evening, waited for the table service we were promised for a while then just went elsewhere. Breakfast service was very good.

The breakfast was excellent; good quality products and lovely selection. We liked that it was cooked fresh and we could choose on the day. The room was okay. We were switched to a twin room as we'd requested twin beds. Rather strange boho styling (painted beds, odd mix of pictures, etc), mattresses a bit soft for us. However, lovely shampoo, body wash, etc. We had freshly made scones on arrival which were good.

Everything no problem what so ever

Nothing

Well located. Clean and quirky. The staff were super helpful

The food was not up to the standard we would have hoped big gaps in replenishing the breakfast so only ended up having a piece of bacon, tomato and a mushroom