We found this place by accident about a year ago hidden away in the countryside, such a classy and…read moreserene place. Apart from the hotel, there is also a Spa, Club, Gym and Play area for the kids, its like a smaller version of a wacky warehouse called Woodys, its a lot airier and modern, with big glass windows! The inside play area is more for the under 5's but they also have a large park outside for the older kids. The staff are helpful and friendly, and they also have an offer at the moment for Parent and Toddlers from 11.30 -2.00pm you can get a free hot drink if you stay and play.

There's a Spa, Club, Bar, Restaurant, Hotel, Conference Facilities and I believe you can hold…read moreweddings there too. I visited recently with my family to have a Sunday meal in the Hotel Restaurant and it was awesome! We met up in the Conservatory first then made our way to the restaurant. We were shown the menu and there was an excellent choice of starters, main courses and desserts - something for everyone! The staff are very friendly and professional and the table service was excellent. From ordering our food to having it served at the table was very quick and the food was hot and delicious. We didn't feel pressured or rushed to finish, it didn't matter how much noise we made (within reason!), there were strains of happy birthdays being sung around the room at other tables! Well worth the price, which I think was £15 for a three course meal served to you at the table (we were with family members who paid for the party, so not 100% sure of the price). Definitely worth a visit for a Sunday lunch! Highly recommended.

Stay somewhere else when traveling to Barnsley. Not a nice place. Walls are paper thin, if next…read moredoor neighbor Uniates you'll hear it, if next door neighbor has TV on you should watch the same channel on your set in your room or the sound of theirs might over ride yours. Old uncomfortable beds, pillows that are literally 1.5 inches thick or about a third as should be, no hair drier in room, air conditioner would not turn on, and you have to pay separately for breakfast. Holiday Inn Express a few miles away was much nicer and less money. Not a horrible place but if you can stay somewhere else, do it.

Stayed here overnight on the way 'up North'…read more Although I arrived late, I was greeted with a friendly welcome at reception. The hotel had also rung the night before to let me know the opening times for the adjoining leisure centre as well. Pretty impressive. Good size rooms with double power points under the bedside tables. Room has a work desk and kettle with tea and coffee. The room itself was clean but the kettle and cups could have done with a little tlc. Pre book breakfast and save £4 The breakfast buffet at the hotel is probably a bit risky if you've got a heart condition but it was superb! Free wifi for just 2 gadgets which could be tricky if you are travelling with kids but there is one of those handy TV hubs in the room which is also pretty impressive for this level of hotel. I tried the famous Barnsley chop in the hotel restaurant when I arrived. If you are a southern softy like me, I would recommend sharing this winter warming dish with at least one other person.

Stayed at the hotel including dining in. Room was spacious, nicely decorated and clean. We enjoyed…read morea good nights sleep in a large must of been king sized bed. The next day we enjoyed breakfast, lunch and dinner in-between relaxing on the grounds of the hotel which itself is a mix of old and new. Staff attentive and friendly. Would definitely stay there again!

Great venue for weddings and afternoon tea. I visited with a group of 12 other ladies to celebrate…read morea baby shower. It was a busy day for them as they had 2 weddings going but we were sat in a lovely room to ourselves and had a lovely waiter just to ourselves .We were offered lots of refills on teas and coffees and we were presented with lovely afternoon tea platters. The food was tasty however, my friend who is pregnant struggled as she couldn't eat some of the items such as the smoked salmon or the brandy cream dessert. The rest of us helped her out though! The grounds are lovely, despite the fact that it chucked it down! I would recommend if you are in Sheffield, it's about a 20 minute drive from the centre. Afternoon tea costs £15.95 per person.

Came here for a Saturday night birthday party and stayed overnight…read more The welcome and treatment by the staff was exemplary at all times. The rooms are clean and comfortable with good televisions and shower etc. We had a room overlooking the street and it had a bit of road noise so I suggest that you ask for a room facing the other if you want a quiet night. Breakfast was absolutely awesome - with a great choice of hot dishes which were very well prepared - kippers, salmon and scrambled egg, omelette, eggs benedict as well as the classic English breakfast to say just a few - much better than I get in Hilton's or Marriotts etc!! recommend!

Summary - The dirtiest hotel I have ever stayed in! Dated…read moreyes, some furniture & fittings broken yes but it was the cleanliness that really upset and shocked me! I was told by reception on check out that the company 'Brilliant Hotels' have only just taken on the Staindrop Lodge and the pandemic has a terrible effect on the hospitality service. I appreciate these are challenges BUT the hotel SHOULD NOT be open to the public & taking bookings in its current state. Visiting Sheffield for the university open day. I booked Staindrop Lodge having read the reviews online, without taking into account the date of the reviews. Turns out they are very out-of-date. Since the hotel changed hands the older reviews definetely no longer apply! Neither does the AA 3+stars, in fact the hotel is no longer listed on the AA website. I was the only adult with 3 childern, 4+ hours from home. If I could have moved to another hotel I would have done! But despite constant checking through out our stay the nearest availablilty was in Leeds. Our visit:- We arrived late Friday evening. There were parking spaces in the car park but there was also a very large overspilling skip. I was surprised at check-in, Covid QR code display, no symptom check list or any mention of covid at all. We went to my daughter's room first, on the stairs outside the room door was a pile of dirty towels, crockery and used face mask. Inside the room, it was very warm/airless & stuffy. The toilet had a skid mark in the bowl and only one towel for two people staying two nights. Mine & my son's room was the other end of the hotel and very grubby. The overwhelming mildew smell from the bathroom (the extractor fan did not work). The kettle had water in it that was black & mouldy. In the wardrobe was balled up pair of used trousers that also contained a used pair of underpants & socks. The carpet was heavily stained and very dirty, used ear plugs around the bed. Ther toilet seat was only attcahed by one hinge, so slipped around if sat on. The cold water pressure tap barely dribbled out. The shower lever was very tempermental, so we had to keep pulling it to get the water to come out of the shower head. We also only had one towel (grey & smelly too). In both rooms the TV and kettles were lasted PAT tested in 2018. During our stay of three days I did not see any staff cleaning the rooms and/or public areas. Other than a box of disposable face masks and a tub of hand gel there was no consideration for covid safety. Yes I complained as did many other customers and continued to look for aleternative hotels in the area. We booked through Booking.com and paid at time of booking (£345). When I checked out there was finally someone on reception that looked as if he may be able to help - he did not. Other than repeat the hotel had just been taken over and they are planning a refurbishment, he just listened to my list of issues but said he was not authroised to make any refund as the booking was through Booking.com. DO NOT STAY HERE!!!!!! I now read that the hotel was leased by the local authority during the height of the pandemic to house homeless people. This would have been over a year ago and the hotel shows no signs of being cleaned in anyway since. The hotel cancelled our booking after we returned home so I can not leave a review on Booking.com. Wow just WOW!!!!

This is a Best Western Plus hotel that is resided in an over 400 years old manor. It has a…read morebeautiful English garden for wedding reception. You can eat at Jacobean Pub or 1610 Steakhouse. My French colleague and I had dinner at Jacobean since it was really dark outside and we were not really familiar with this place. The iPhone GPS took us around circles before we finally reached the hotel. I ordered the Greek Lamb Shoulder and side Greek Salad. They tasted wonderful since we did not have time lunch since leaving Manchester airport in the morning.

Clean rooms, air conditioned and modern, however retains historic feel. Excellent restaurant and…read morebar. Steak restaurant recommended.

Welcome to the 40-watt hotel. Where you can check out anytime you like, but you can't find the door…read moreto ever leave. So last weekend I stayed in Wortley Hall hotel the night before a wedding. Unfortunately though the group were in great spirits there were a large number of things that just made this place unbearable. Firstly the decor: The hotel section especially is in dire need of a full redecoration. Peeling wallpaper, smelly communal spaces and tatty carpets were found throughout. In fact the only place which seemed to have been looked after was our room, however despite the competently hung wallpaper there were still a few crucially lacking features, most importantly a safe (which we were told there would be for the wedding rings, meaning keeping them in someone else's room overnight). The bathroom was a bizarre mess, simultaneously clean and dirty. The cheap lino stuck to our feet getting out of the laughably small showers with it's semi-functional door. It is only fair to say that the house-keeping had done a good job and everything was as immaculate as they could make it, so it's not laziness, just dilapidation and incompetence. Secondly the house-staff: While one of the bar staff and the breakfast staff were very nice and pleasant they struggle to make up for the remaining staff. Upon arrival we were just stared at blankly during check-in (not even a hello), during our evening in the bar the staff were slow and rude, one girl especially had a habit of announcing the prices while thrusting her hand over the bar and not making eye contact. "Five Ninety!" *thrust and look away bored*. Thirdly the smell: I can't comprehend exactly what is going on here but throughout the night we encountered a large variety of very unwelcome smells in the hotel. From a faint whiff of bowel movement in the corridors, to a mixture of urine and bleach in the bar, to a rather unfortunate vomit odour in one of the breakfast rooms. I can't tell if this is a product of recent nights of the long encrusted truth of what happens at your average Wortley Hall bash, but it was unpleasant to say the least. Lastly, the fixtures and fittings: This all culminates in the most bizarre feedback I could ever give to a hotel. The overwhelming impression that the entire building was appointed for the dwarves from Lord of the Rings. "What kind of a comment is that!?" I hear you ask. Well what else am I to think when all the mirrors are at a height of 4'6" and all the light bulbs are so dim I think they actually produced darkness? This decision to make all the rooms the Gimli suite may we be deliberate ("It was deliberate!") but that doesn't make it any less a bad idea. Also, I though I did know Dwarves were natural sprinters, I didn't know that they didn't like condiments with their breakfasts. Not a jot of brown sauce, a dollop of ketchup, or heaven forbid a little piccalilli was on offer. Better get some beanjuice while you're up! The most saving of graces here are the grounds. Lovely, well kept and well described. I would only add this, go see them before someone sets up a bouncy castle or a sumo ring in them, which appears to be a daily occurrence around 11:30.

Super happy to have stayed a couple of nights here last summer while we photographed Michael and…read moreManasi's wedding. Loved the area, breathtaking gardens and great staff. Also, if you are getting married here its well recommended by us. Stunning all around - http://blavou.co/wortley-hall-wedding-photography/ Thanks guys! http://blav

Nice hotel, very good service no complaints. Lost a mark because a pint of lemonade cost £3.10 from…read morethe bar. Fortunately there is a pub next door and an Aldi opposite that are cheaper.