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The epitome of country-house luxury with gourmet dining, this former hunting box built for a wealthy brewer stands in beautifully landscaped gardens on a peninsula above Rutland Water. A Relais & Châteaux hotel, it has been owned and run since 1980 by Tim and Stefa Hart (see also Hart’s Hotel, Nottingham). 'Very comfortable and well-equipped bedrooms, quiet, lovely grounds, superb friendly and professional customer service and top-quality cuisine and wines,' a reader sums up. Interior designer Stefa creates the bedrooms. Each has its own style – maybe Nina Campbell fabrics, Toile de Jouy or Colefax and Fowler wallpaper, a half-tester bed. The adjacent two-bedroom, two-bathroom Croquet Suite has its own sitting room and breakfast room. In the fine-dining restaurant, holder of the UK’s longest-retained Michelin star, a sommelier can advise on wines to accompany chef Aaron Patterson’s creative menus of dishes such as fillet of wild turbot with sea vegetables and Cornish crab, radish, ginger and yuzu. 'They had me at the canapés,' reports a Guide insider. 'Every mouthful of every course was divine.' Readers agree about the ‘top-quality cuisine and wines’. Such spoiling comes at a price, of course, ‘but we never feel it's not worth it’. (Anthony Bradbury, Garth Pollard)
'Rest and Relax' Special Offer
Rest & Relax…..And do very little else! £550.00 per couple. There is no better time than January & February to escape to the countryside to rest and relax with this special offer. Make the most of the colder months and sit by the cosy fire, glass in hand and recharge. The offer includes: One nights accommodation in a Standard Double Bedroom. 3 Courses from the Menu Of The Day. With full Hambleton Breakfast & Morning Newspaper. Inclusive of VAT & based on 2 people sharing. Limited availability, excludes Valentine Day. Additional food & beverage, outside the offer, subject to a discretionary service charge of 12.5%. To benefit from this offer, please mention The Good Hotel Guide when booking.
Hotel Details
Address
Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8TH, England
Telephone
Bedroom
17. 2-bedroom self-catering cottage in garden.
Openings
all year.
Background Music
none.
Children
all ages welcomed, cot £25, extra bed £35, children's menu, no under-5s in restaurant.
Dogs
allowed in bedrooms and in entry hall (max 2, £20 per dog night, not unattended, bowls, food, biscuits, toys, waterproof coats, towels).
Prices
B&B doubles from £355, singles from £245. Set-price dinner £125. 1-night bookings normally refused at weekends.
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Facilities
lift, hall, drawing room/bar, restaurant (veg menu), 2 private dining rooms, in-room TV, civil wedding licence, 17-acre grounds (tennis, swimming pool, croquet, vegetable garden), EV charging, public rooms wheelchair accessible, no adapted toilet.
Location
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