8/10 Good
Eddie
Travelled with group
17 Apr 2025
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friends break
Bannisters Soldier's Point.
Great place for a mini break or holiday treat and to use this hotel as your base. Staff in all areas are excellent. Hotel itself is very clean and comfortable, and an efficient daily service is done, but no denying that it is a remodelled hotel of years gone by. Owners do their best with what they have available. Pool and the relaxed setting and bar around and pool is welcoming and calming. The continental breakfast is fabulous - plentiful in the array of options, and its quality is second to none. I have eaten at Rick Stein's restaurant for dinner on a previous stay but not this time. Definitely a nice meal was served but I found it to be a little over-rated and not worth the cost of the small servings, even trying to use Rick's name to promote the restaurant.
On the bottom level of Bannisters is the Cheeky Dog Hotel that is pumping, busy and noisy on the weekend when I went. Not my scene! The Club across the road served me much better.
Disappointing aspect of Bannisters is the parking options for guests - it is all such a hassle with a steep driveway for most guests to conquer. Most need to park their car far away from reception. However, there is a little walk to the small lift from the street level at the lower car park where the Cheeky Dog is. This lift carries guests to the reception level but it is still a level walk once out of the lift to physically get to reception. From reception one needs to walk to a different small lift if w
Eddie
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025
