Muthu Belstead Brook Hotel

“Mutha Belstead Brook Hotel Ipswich”

We booked a garden room for a weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We used the spa facilities steam, sauna and swimming pool and jacuzzi, these facilities were fine but just need so updating. Dinner was fine but was only 3 star service as advertised. Overall we had a nice stay but nothi… Más

We booked a garden room for a weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We used the spa facilities steam, sauna and swimming pool and jacuzzi, these facilities were fine but just need so updating. Dinner was fine but was only 3 star service as advertised. Overall we had a nice stay but nothing was above and beyond.

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“A lovely one night break”

We were last here about 15 years ago so didn't really know what to expect this time. Our first impressions were very good. The reception area was very clean and we were greeted warmly by a friendly receptionist. We were checked in very quickly and told we had been given a free upgrade. Our room w… Más

We were last here about 15 years ago so didn't really know what to expect this time. Our first impressions were very good. The reception area was very clean and we were greeted warmly by a friendly receptionist. We were checked in very quickly and told we had been given a free upgrade. Our room was on the ground floor and was very clean and spacious. We had booked our evening meal for 7.30pm and were seated straight away. Our drinks and food order were taken quickly. I had mushroom ravioli to start, duck to follow and cheesecake and ice cream for dessert. All courses were delicious and my husband enjoyed all his choices too. The hotel was very quiet despite there being a Karaoke event on. We didn't hear a thing in our room and had a very restful night Breakfast the next morning was fine. No complaints from either of us. Checking out was quick and efficient. We paid for the extra food that wasn't included in the set menu which was fair and reasonable as were the drinks. All in all we had a great break and we wouldn't hesitate to go back again .

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“Okay but could be better”

Good but could be better, we spend the night here as a treat for my husband’s birthday, we had a standard room on a half board basis. I asked the question on the booking platform was the evening meal a set menu which I was told it was and to look on the hotels website for the menu, which we did an… Más

Good but could be better, we spend the night here as a treat for my husband’s birthday, we had a standard room on a half board basis. I asked the question on the booking platform was the evening meal a set menu which I was told it was and to look on the hotels website for the menu, which we did and we made a choice as to what to have. We checked in at about 3pm, the reception was very busy with a wedding party, but the receptionist checked us in with a very smiley face and explained what we had to do when I asked about the pool. We went along to the room and it was lovely, so we settled in and got our costumes ready to have a swim, we went to the leisure suite and got a towel from reception on the way, we had a swim, used the sauna and steam room which was fab. The pool could do with a bit of maintenance as one of the rails has come away from the wall so that needs fixing, but on the whole it was a great experience. We then went back to the room to change for dinner, we were seated by a waitress who was lovely and asked if we wanted a drink to which we said just water please, we were given a menu which included the 3 course dinner, a roast offering and was told we could upgrade any of the 3 courses to something off the Al la carte menu, which we decided as we had already made our choice from the hotels own website, to our shock the menu was very different to what we had seen at home, I asked the waitress why it was different and she stated oh we changed it, so we had to make new choices, The choices were quite poor compared to what we had seen previously, the food was delivered in a timley manor, it was nothing to right home about, it was okay but nothing special. We went off to bed and had a mediocre sleep, the pillows need changing, they were very lumpy. We then went down for breakfast, there was cereal and fruit on offer and I spied one yoghurt pot, there was bread to toast too, the cooked option was quite poor, I do not eat fried egg and usually there are scrambled eggs as an alternative which there was, but it had yellow and white stuff through which I assume was cheese but there was no one to ask, we didn’t actually see any member of staff once we were seated. And no one came to check if we needed anything else So all in all it was okay, some things could have been better

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“Nice pool but awful breakfast”

Clean and pleasant, really nice pool but the breakfast was awful, especially as it wasn't included in my booking. £17 I think - I only had it the first day. Sliced bread, rather unpleasant scrambled egg and tomatoes that managed to be both charred and not well-cooked. Nice mushrooms. Some melon, g… Más

Clean and pleasant, really nice pool but the breakfast was awful, especially as it wasn't included in my booking. £17 I think - I only had it the first day. Sliced bread, rather unpleasant scrambled egg and tomatoes that managed to be both charred and not well-cooked. Nice mushrooms. Some melon, grapefruit. Just really not very nice, especially for a vegetarian.

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