http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T20:17:14Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/England%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/5269/48750 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/cotswold88.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p><a href="http://www.cotswolds88hotel.com/"><b>Cotswolds88</b></a> might sound more like a username than a hotel, but it is actually a new hotel that takes the 88 of its name from numerology. Also per its name, it's located in that increasingly snobby part of the English countryside known as the Cotswolds.</p><p>A recent UK Times reviewer was more than a little critical of its small rooms, relatively high price (mid-week rates start at &#163;170 (US$335) and go much higher) and crazy website (we have to agree on that--what's with the elephant and the flying strawberries?). He was also unimpressed with the small motel-style TV bolted to the wall of his room.</p><p>Apparently owner Marchella De Angelis has a very modern attitude towards customer service; amandak 2008-06-23T10:21:08-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/13/214815/63 <![CDATA[<p><p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Senior Editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliana/stories">Juliana</a> heads to England to see if there has been some unlawful trademarking of her name. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/juliana_restaurant2.png" class="imgborder"><p>I'm already sick of sifting juliana 2007-11-14T15:40:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/21/5923/18296 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ickworthHotel.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Our first reaction is that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ickworth+Hotel/local/587"><b>Ickworth Hotel</b></a> in Suffolk, England, has a name that makes it sound a bit "icky". Fortunately, beyond the name everything is pretty good, at least if you go by a UK Times reviewer's <a href="http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/where_to_stay/east_anglia/article1804782.ece">recent experience</a>.</p><p>The Ickworth is housed in one part of a historic National Trust Property, which makes it not only a spectacular building but also home to a good deal of gossip and interesting stories--the family who lived in the wing currently occupied by the Ickworth were involved with drug and gun dealing and jewelry theft, and you can read related newspaper articles on the walls.</p><p>As a hotel, it's quite crime-free and instead quite luxurious. There are only amandak 2007-05-21T09:28:27-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/13/23922/9050 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/deancourt.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p><p>With this week devoted entirely to traveling with kids in tow, The New York Times reminds us that it's family travel season. Which explains why writer Jennifer Colin <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/travel/13check.html?ref=travel">checked into</a> the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/BW+DEAN+COURT+HOTEL/ian/209393/">Best Western Dean Court Hotel</a></b> with her three kids to survey things from the inside out. Despite the chain name--and being there with her "boisterous" family--she found the place to be pretty flash.<br> <p>The staff even helped corral her kids:<blockquote><p>What's more, when our youngest child sleep-walked outside our room in the middle of the night, a friendly telephone call from the reception desk alerted us to our somnambulant son.</blockquote></p><p>But as with so many non-kid-friendly things, only the first one is free: the Hotel also arranges pbb 2007-05-14T09:00:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/18/8353/28139 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/queensberry_bath.png" class="imgborder"/><p>We like the UK Times regular feature where they send a <a href="http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/where_to_stay/south_west_england/article1557812.ece">Mystery Guest</a> into a hotel: of course, the Mystery Guest is usually just a staff writer enjoying a weekend of perks, but the logo they use in the write-ups is kinda cool. Recently an MG hit the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/THE+QUEENSBERRY+HOTEL/ian/213265"><b>Queensberry Hotel</b></a> in tourist-mecca <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2006/8/8/161440/6515/travel/English+Soaked+About+Bath's+Baths">Bath</a>.</p><p>In true British style, the MG summed up the Queensberry as "agreeable". As we understand it, that's a pretty positive rating. On the positive side, the Queensberry room picked out for the Mystery Guest was</p><blockquote><p>pleasant, soothing and quiet, with high ceilings, a huge sash window looking on to the terrace, and a big, light-filled white-and-chrome bathroom with decent toiletries.</blockquote></p><p>So far, so good. But amandak 2007-04-18T09:13:25-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/