Ashburnham Hotel

The Ashburnham hotel afternoon tea ,we went for a friends 60th birthday 🎂 we had afternoon tea with prosseco.Wonderful choice of sandwiches, savoury mini sausage rolls and quiche and spring rolls .Petit cakes were amazing ,welsh cakes and scone clotted cream and jam fabulous. The table was set with beautiful China and the staff couldn't do enough .Thank you for making our dear friends birthday tea special. Highly recommended my myself .

The man on reception was very helpful I had 3 room changes with 2 young children as telly broke in first room put in 2nd room and it smelt of sewage and the double bed was broken matress springs had gone I was the given the 1st room back and they gave me a telly on a huge stand that stood on the floor.Slept OK went for breakfast the carpets were so dirty leading into conservatory and the kitchen. The owner decided to strim the grass right outside the conservatory while we tried to eat our breakfast left most of breakfast as it was so noisy. Milk was on table before we got there don't now how long it was there. It was worse than faulty towers never again.

We had our wedding at this hotel, including pre wedding dinner, ceremony and reception. We cannot thank Kathy and all the staff enough for what was a perfect weekend. All the food was lovely which was reiterated by many of the guests. Elis was super at ensuring that we all had everything that we needed whilst at the reception and bar. The domestic staff helped us and went over and above in help organising our wedding and admin. I would highly recommend this venue for a wedding. We absolutely loved our weekend. Thank you to you all. Aled and Donna

Sunday lunch 3rd time I have tried this , gets worse every time Although we booked we waited half an hour in a queue to get our carvery , when we got to the front of the line half the options were empty and what was there was over cooked No organisation, no staff member talking to anyone in the queue Shabby interior, too hot, not worth even the competitive prices Will not be going again

What a dreadful attempt at an afternoon tea! Not as advertised and when queried was told it was the ‘old menu’ - that said they couldn’t provide the new one!! Aside from the cheap bread and margarine which tasted like a soggy napkin - their equivalent of smoked salmon and cucumber is tuna mayo and the coronation chicken is non existent! Their attempt at chicken goujons resembled the chicken strips in a fast food chain! Cake anyone? Oh dear what can I say about the cakes - they were so manufactured I don’t think they have a sell buy date! Far from the bara brith and trifle advertised. And at a cost of £30 - The Ashburnham Hotel are in the business or ripping people off! Verdict: avoid!

The hotel itself is three star bordering on two star taking into account what we paid for the accommodation. The hotel's location was pretty good for access to nearby beaches and points of interest. The hotel had a very "tired" feel to it overall. Our room was labelled as an "executive double room" ! The bed was a king size firm, well worn, mattress which was slightly undersized in length so hung over the rear of the two single joined divans). The bathroom was the most odd, a good size with newish appliances but was just wrong! The toilet was situated in front of a low window with just a form of frosted glass to conceal occupancy, quite visible from the outside albeit from the carpark over a flat roof. Probably the biggest surprise was a victorian style bath in the middle of the room which had a shower head attachment. There was no shower curtain so to use the shower head standing up the water would just go everywhere. A walk-in shower replacement would have been a huge improvement although the bath itself did look nice, and we noticed it leaked underneath after use each time! In the room there were many corners and wall paper edges etc that need some work and the carpet did come across as "dusty" and possibly infrequently cleaned. The skylight area above the stairs down to reception was pretty disgusting with flaking paintwork and a rusty veneer all round (photo). On the plus side the staff were very friendly and helpful and the breakfast eating area comfortable and accommodating. The breakfast, although limited in selection, was good (liked the thick meaty slices of bacon). So, in summary "you gets what you pay for" as the saying goes. We hope this helps with any decision making regarding a stay there. The pictures attached may give some idea of the above.