Howard's House Hotel

This Country house hotel is exactly as its title. Its not modern and contemporary - it’s beautiful and comfortable. So very peaceful and lovely garden to enjoy. Ideal for time together, to focus attention on each other rather than other distractions. The room was clean, cosy and comfortable, the staff were incredibly friendly and helpful, welcoming and nothing too much trouble. We had the tasting menu (8 course), and after watching the latest series of Masterchef - we actually felt as if we were experiencing it! The food was absolutely delicious, it was cooked to perfection and tasted amazing. Great choice of wine, and a fabulous lounge when you could chill out and kick your shoes off!! Breakfast was perfect too. We will 100% be returning - thank you to everyone x Dawn & Helen Crossley-Knowles

1st time visitors to this beautiful hotel for a birthday treat of afternoon tea. The setting is beautiful and so quiet, the choice of tea was superb with plenty of refills, the scones were light as air and went beautifully with the homemade jam, the rest of the food selection was divine and our waitress, Georgina was attentive and knowledgeable about the local area and the wildlife. A perfect way to spend my birthday afternoon, we will definately be visiting again.

Desperate to spend a Xmas gift voucher with only a 6 month time limit, my wife and I enjoyed a wonderful and comfortable overnight stay at this rather special hotel in the Wiltshire countryside providing a fine dining experience. In fact the dishes they served us were on par with the Chewton Glen Hotel standards which we regularly visit. We passed on our comments to the chef via the proprietor.

This is a charming, quiet, shall hotel set in the depths of the Wiltshire countryside. We found the kitchen outstandingly good with some interesting wines at amenable prices. We have stayed here several times. The one gripe is that the beds are too soft.

This is a poor excuse for a hotel. We booked it for a much needed break without children, last weekend. We arrived, there was nowhere for us to sit, clearly greed got the better of them and they had overbooked it. The bins were lined up outside at the front, which were not only unsightly but also smelly and didn't exactly scream country house luxury. The room they showed us was filthy. We were ushered into a cold dark side room, the only thing to do was look at their "ornamental" collection of old batteries (very weird). Were there papers to read? No. Could we sit by a fire? No. We were asked to order our food for the evening at lunchtime as they had "significant staff shortages". This is a classic example of a tired hotel, with apathetic management and greedy owners. Although, it's rare to find such a lack of empathy and hospitality in this day and age. Rereading the website tag-line is laughable in hindsight: "a genuinely warm welcome from proprietors whose pride and passion shines through every aspect of their hospitality. Life’s pressures will soon seem far away." I’m afraid this statement could not be further from the truth (and is almost certainly in violation of The 1968 Trade Descriptions Act!). The whole experience was so bad we had to move to another hotel. I gather Howard's House is about to be taken over- Good - it can't come soon enough. Noelle and Simon should be ashamed of themselves. Do NOT book this hotel - go to the Beckford Arms (10mins down the road) instead it's much much nicer and the food is lovely.

I have just returned from 2 nights at this hotel. Don't be fooled by the lovely picture of a table set for afternoon tea in their garden. The place is overrun by wasps. You would stand no chance of eating your afternoon tea uninterrupted. The wasps were bad enough with just a cup of tea. The staff did not seem at all concerned that their guests could not enjoy the garden. Breakfast inside the dining room this morning was also plaqued by wasps. They were all over the butter, jam and marmalade already out on the tables. Another guest exclaimed they had never had so much exercise at breakfast before, as he attempted to keep swatting away the numerous wasps. I also queried why my bill for 2 night single occupancy was £300 when my friend who stayed the same 2 nights was only charged £216. We booked on the same day. The lame excuses from the staff were first of all that the rooms maybe different... well not that different to justify and extra £84; and the second excuse was that I must have booked a double occupancy room... well £42 per day for an extra breakfast would have been extortionate, however my booking clearly showed single occupancy! The staff member did not seem concerned until I told her I was not happy and that my unhappiness would be reflected in this review. All she could offer was that I should contact **********! The property was also a bit tired in a few places, and certainly does not justify the price. I will not be going back.