Applegarth Villa - Kendal

Definitiw worthy of his 5*. we were 2 nights bed breakfast in a suite with a whirlpool, which we enjoyed especially because of the wonderful view from the balcony. it was also so nice to have table service to breakfast. close to are friendly bars restaurants, but far enough that our stay was not disturbed. the accommodation was immaculate, friendly staff.

Can't fault the Applegarth, stayed for 3 nights with the wife for her birthday and really pleased with our choice. Excellent position for getting around windermere and the lake, hot tub suites are very comfortable, food is faultless as are the staff who are very helpful and polite. Ample on site parking and easy walking to the town if/when you stay just be aware it's a good 15-20 minute walk to the lake, if you struggle it's also uphill on the way back. Worth staying here, thank you to all the Applegarth team.

First visit to this Hotel. Celebrated my 60th Birthday during our stay. We stayed in the Brodcrag Suite with lovely views and the Hot Tub was superb. The Bathroom was wonderful too. Breakfast was awesome, cooked to order. Lovely. Had a superb meal on my Birthday. Nice touch when the waitress brought out some Fresh Strawberries Local Fudge with Happy Birthday written in Chocolate Sauce on the plate. Great location for not only Windermere and the lake but many other locations and attractions in the Lake District. All of the staff were great and made us feel welcome throughout our stay.

We’ve just been to stay at Applegarth Villa hotel for two nights, what an excellent stay we had, we have stayed at plenty of hotels over the years (and I still do due to work) and Applegarth Villas has to be the one of best we have stayed at, its on our doorstep, and not in London! The minute you walk in you do think it cannot be this perfect throughout, but how mistaken you are as it is perfect and impeccable, with attention to detail. . . . . Everywhere. You walk into a room that is spotless, clean, and absolutely amazing, plush carpets, quality bedding, towels and furnishings, immaculate bathrooms with not a spot of black anywhere on the white silicone around the bath, sink or grout in the tiles. Dust free light shades and fittings, no residual fingerprints on anything . . . 10 out of 10 for being perfect. The nice touch is the little box of chocolates in the room and a great selection of tea, coffee, biscuits and the nice bottle of simple plain water, just sitting there waiting for you, its not hard to just make things like this right for your guests. The blackout curtains where excellent and actually did block plenty of light out, given it was July and long light nights, this was spot on. You will find all you need in the room, hairdryer, iron, safe, so there is no need to bring much apart from yourself and your clothes. Then its down to the bar for a drink, what a place this is, well furnished and perfectly laid out, its just like a gentleman’s club must have been, you know you are somewhere nice when you sit down and await your drink and relax. Great selection of wines by the glass to choose from, spoilt for choice, the same for some lovely single malts too. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff while you ponder what to have as you will find it hard to decide what to have to drink. Amazing views over Windermere when you sit in what is the restaurant area of a morning or evening and just take in the scenery that is the wonderful lake district. We had afternoon tea on the terrace and just relaxed there taking in the lovely gardens and scenic view of the mountains in the distance, you really could be anywhere as its so quiet and tranquil and not like you are so close to the town itself. If you want a getaway place that is really how all hotels should be and aspire to be like, then come to Applegarth Villas, its adult only, great food, great location, great bar, friendly welcoming staff and no children running around shouting or crying and ruining the atmosphere. All the staff here are so helpful, chatty and nothing is too much trouble for anyone, as everyone has time to chat with you, you cannot single out one person in particular as being outstanding as everyone really is so nice and genuine. A 2 minute walk and you are in the centre of Windermere itself, it's a 20-minute walk downhill to the lake and Bowness from Applegarth, and uphill back, which is not bad on a nice day, Ambleside, Grasmere and Coniston are all around 30 minutes' drive away. All of this makes the hotel a great place to base yourself and then explore the surrounding area.

Very disappointed. Upon our arrival at the hotel we were met with a gentleman at reception and he asked if we had a booking I replied yes and gave him my name he said thank you. He then said you've paid a small deposit which was about £190 so far so could you please pay the remaining balance and sign the paperwork please. I was a little surprised by this but paid the balance Deluxe room booked at approx £200 night bed and breakfast should be 3 star at best. When you book a 5 star hotel you expect at the very least a quality bed and king size as a minimum. The bed base was an old divan base covered in a stripe base cover to hide the dated base. The mattress was simply appalling and should be replaced, quite simply the worst 3 x nights sleep we've experienced in a long time. The room was small and you couldn't even open the bathroom door fully 30% at most without it banging on the bed which was a double only to gain access into the bathroom. When you went into or out of the bathroom you tended to stub your toes on the base on the bed When we left the room for a day out we put the please service our room tag on the door. When we returned we found the room to be not vacuumed and no replacement soaps. I asked the lady if she had done our room and what type of service we should expect from a service she replied with... why? Have you got a problem? I responded with.... do you vacuum the floors? Her response was, depends how busy we are. If we've got time we will. I asked her if she wouldn't mind vacuuming our carpet which she did but not very willing. Breakfast is served in the dining area and you have to wait to be seated into the remaining tables all laid up with cutlery. I ordered the cornflakes but no spoons on the tables, we looked at other tables and there were no spoons The waiting staff weren't very visible so I continued to eat my breakfast with my tea spoon. I'd have thought simple cutlery on the table was the norm not having to ask. Second day at the hotel after our day out we went for a shower and again no shampoo replacement in our room My wife went downstairs and asked for replacement hair and body wash. The lady promptly came up to our room with replacements and apologised. These may seem like minor little things to some people but to a hotel that promotes itself as 5 star myself and my wife left disappointed. Surely if you put the tag on the door to service your room then the obvious thing for the servicing team at the hotel to do is to replenish soaps and a swift vacuum. We wouldn't recommend this hotel for the deluxe rooms and we would definitely not return. I feel the deluxe room and service overpriced and is 3 star only