drpellypo Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Wanting to book dinner and an overnight stay for Mrs P and I at Slayley Hall in July. Anybody know of any way to get a deal/voucher codes etc? I'd really appreciate it if so. Thanks muchly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) Don't bother. Slaley Hall is a disgrace. We stayed 2 nights in a suite there last November at £300 per night and I stay in Premier Inns with better rooms. I slaughtered it on TripAdvisor and many more people have been doing the same for a year now. It is now a 3 star hotel at best, yet somehow retains the 5 stars. p.s. and the food was bloody awful too. Book somewhere like Close House instead. Edited April 2, 2014 by NewNiceMrMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Ah boo! Had discounted close house because of poor reviews on trip advisor! Are they to be believed? Really wanted to stay at gadds but the only weekend we can do it it's the miners gala and whole city centre closed on the Saturday so we'd struggle to get home. Used to use the gbym at Slayley and found it great. Few friends have recently been for food also and said it was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 House of Tides for dinner and then Hotel Indigo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 thanks for the suggestion. Did look at Hotel Indigo before we decided on Slayley. Does the hotel have parking, do you know? House of Tides doesn't appeal. The menu is not to my taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) Ah boo! Had discounted close house because of poor reviews on trip advisor! Are they to be believed? Really wanted to stay at gadds but the only weekend we can do it it's the miners gala and whole city centre closed on the Saturday so we'd struggle to get home. Used to use the gbym at Slayley and found it great. Few friends have recently been for food also and said it was good. I'd not looked at TripAdvisor where Close House is concerned, but on previous experiences it was certainly much better than Slaley Hall. If your friends think Slaley is good, change friends. Seriously, I gave it 1 star and wrote to the manager too. No reply. I was one of a number of guests (wedding) that were appalled with a number of aspects about the hotel. Their service was dire, the food was average for a main meal and bloody awful for snack-type meals. The whole place needs a complete overhaul. I am genuinely not exaggerating when I say that a £29 to £89 Premier Inn room is streets ahead of the suite we stayed in. WiFi didn't work, carpets were stained and worn, furniture was battered, the room had an awful stale smell and the bathroom was just about the oldest I've encountered. MrsMe's sister had a suite too and theirs was exactly the same. Edited April 2, 2014 by NewNiceMrMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Haha - I'm not sure I'd change friends just cos they thought the food was good! To be fair, they didn't stay over. Judging from what you and others on TA have said though, I think I will give it a miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) It was in jest, obviously. I'm afraid my views on restaurants in the NE are tainted by a lot of bad experience in recent years. Standards have slipped and too many seem to think that by charging high prices and giving themselves a posh name makes them a good restaurant. Davanti's in Whitley Bay is excellent. Never let us down. But it's not a hotel and not what you'd call a high end restaurant - but it is a league miles above Slaley for food. Close House was reasonable when we went last. Decent meal, good service. Not cheap, and whether it was worth it or not I'm not sure. Six (at the Baltic) - no. Just no. Loud, overpriced, over-rated and full of people who seem to think the view of the bridges is worth the price and experience. It isn't. Jamie Oliver has opened a restaurant in Newcastle, not sure if you knew that? Not tried it but we'll give it a go soon (link here) Edited April 2, 2014 by NewNiceMrMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Looking at Slaley Hall I realised I did stay there once for an evening party. The party was good but I remember absolutely nothing of the hotel. Took the parents to Matfen Hall a few years ago. That was pretty decent. http://www.matfenhall.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Jamie's Italian - an expanding chain of exceedingly ordinary Italian restaurants where you pay a premium for the fat lipped mockney tw4t's name rather than good service or food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Matfen is good. The problem is the people. You need a lucky night to avoid the pretentious twats who think their Bentley's entitle them to talk to staff like they're shite and ruin a meal for everyone else. Oh and you absolutely must ask if a wedding is being hosted on the day you eat/stay. They are superb wedding hosts but they do allow the party to take over the entire place and it definitely impacts the experience for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 The problem is the people. You need a lucky night to avoid the pretentious twats who think their Bentley's entitle them to talk to staff like they're shite and ruin a meal for everyone else. Mrs T's sister is dating a chap like that, we refuse to eat out with them any more, he's an utter bell end and constantly talks down to waiters/waitresses etc, pisses me right off. Jamie Olivers in Brighton is actually very good, as a rule, I tend to go for more downmarket but long established family run restaurants rather than the new trendy places charging silly money for poor food that change names every six months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Seems as though Slaley Hall has really slipped. I stayed there about 10/12 years ago and everything was superb - lovely room, great staff, good food, fantastic golf course, superbly kept grounds for walking, etc, etc. Sounds as if nothing has ever been maintained since I was there ten years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Busby, the grounds and the golf course are superb. I believe the course still hosts championships and is certainly a favourite for golfers. However, I think if you stayed 10-12 years ago you'd be spot on to say it hasn't changed since. I think our room would be lucky to have been refurbished in the last 20 years to be perfectly honest. The concierge was good, I should say that. Then again we did give him a £20 tip. He put the X6 in the disabled bays at the rear of the hotel because plenty of cars are packed into the main parking areas and we spotted two getting the typical "whack" off the door of others (it was the reason we tipped him and asked him to look after it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 House of Tides for dinner and then Hotel Indigo? Have you tried House of Tides? I wasn't impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 The soup is rather watery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Their service was dire, the food was average for a main meal and bloody awful for snack-type meals. The whole place needs a complete overhaul. I am genuinely not exaggerating when I say that a £29 to £89 Premier Inn room is streets ahead of the suite we stayed in. WiFi didn't work, carpets were stained and worn, furniture was battered, the room had an awful stale smell and the bathroom was just about the oldest I've encountered. MrsMe's sister had a suite too and theirs was exactly the same. Sounds like standard de Vere stuff, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. Oulton Hall and Cameron House have both impressed me in the past and they're De Vere too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. Oulton Hall and Cameron House have both impressed me in the past and they're De Vere too. Not been to Oulton Hall but can certainly vouch for Cameron House being excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I'll second, third and fourth Davanti's ...... I could happily eat there over and over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I sent somewhere there the week before last, Chick. Bloke was all geared up for a nice romantic meal with his wife. Can you guess what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I'm still raving about it ..... and I'd come up again for the good company, and the restaurant booked as a clause, maybe we should insist on birthday cake next time tho 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Have you tried House of Tides? I wasn't impressed. Not yet but I've heard good (and bad) things from foodie mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) The 8 course taster food menu and the wine tasting menu would be my recommendation. Over £100 a head and while some of it was excellent, I didn't feel it was quite right for the money. Edited April 2, 2014 by Milo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I've not tried that place. Might have to now. Taster menu's aren't for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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