A wonderful place to kick back and relax, especially from Covid craziness. The staff has gone to great lengths to be Covid aware. Everything from check-in to spacing out room occupancy (they are intentionally not filling all the rooms) to physical flow of the interior, to outdoor dining, to disinfecting bicycles, helmets, tennis racquets, etc. It's all done with great care for the safety of the guests and staff The place is kept immaculate, which is always important, but especially now. The guests were all respectful of each other and wore masks, but where there was sufficient distance, mask wearing was relaxed among the guests, which was a relief as we are very attentive to mask wearing in public spaces and appreciated some down time done responsibly. Staff always wore masks.
The staff was extremely welcoming, engaging, and attentive. After the first meal, the waitstaff knew our preferences like who liked half and half and who liked decaf and offered them without our needing to ask.
The food takes a bit of adventurousness, but was done very well, providing healthy, yet tasty choices that we enjoyed greatly. We overheard orders for buttered pasta for children, so there's that too. Breakfast was very large and we found we didn't usually need lunch and were very happy to wait for dinner. If you want lunch or a snack, the poolside is a great place to have it. They'll order from the kitchen and bring it to you. There are local off-premises options, and we picked up dinner at Santos and ate on the hotel grounds one night for a change of pace.
The walled garden was a lovely spot for a walk around, filled with lilies of all different types. Pretty sure one made it to my dinner plate!
WiFi was available with a strong signal everywhere on the grounds we tried, including our room.
The grounds are beautiful, really stunning. The common interiors were also beautiful as well, down to the furniture and art work. Our room was tastefully and beautifully done (catching the word beautiful enough times?), and we liked connecting our phone to the blue tooth radio to play music. There are a number of walking trails and a biking trail to enjoy the surroundings. Right now there is a limit to the number of events in surrounding areas, again due to the pandemic, but we enjoyed kicking back. We took a ride to Millerton and went antiquing. We stopped by Fudgy's ice cream for some really spectacular Perry's Ice Cream.
Would go again in a heartbeat. read more