Ye Olde Bell - Retford

We booked the Relax and Rejuvenate package, which included a whole day’s use of the spa, 2 treatments, lunch in the spa dining area, dinner in the hotel restaurant, overnight stay, breakfast, use of the gym and a late checkout (midday). The spa is probably the best one we’ve been to: very relaxing environment and the staff were very helpful, and the massage was really good. Lunch was very slick. One of us had a starter and main, the other had a main and dessert; we were booked in for 2pm and were seated bang on time, and we were finished within 45 minutes allowing us to get back and maximise our time in the spa. The food was very good, well presented and hot. After finishing in the spa we checked into the hotel, hit the gym then showered and got down to the bar for pre-dinner drinks. Dinner was extremely good although having three waiting staff, each trying to take parts of our order, led to confusion (e.g. asked for a glass of red wine and was brought a bottle of white). After a sound night’s sleep in a decent (standard) room, we had a very nice breakfast; there was a good selection of cold choices and the Eggs Benedict and Full English were well cooked (nice runny eggs). Overall, a great Relaxing and Rejuvenating experience and we are already planning our next visit.

Good traditional English hotel and restaurant. Rooms: 4 Service: 4 Location: 4

Always have a good stay here for work. Staff are lovely. Great food. Spa is delightfull. Rooms: 4 Service: 5 Location: 4 Hotel highlights: Quiet, Great value

Visited for festive afternoon tea, very nice, lovely hotel, great staff and ambience Service: 5 Location: 5

Food drinks: Christmas lunch, delicious Service: 5 Location: 5 Hotel highlights: Luxury