Having read reviews on this website regarding noise from people coming in late, I was slightly concerned about the fact that we were looking for a quiet weekend retreat. However, I did email the hotel on the day of my arrival expressing my concerns, and they could not have been more helpful. They emailed me back to say they had very few incidents of this nature but at my request the would put me in a quiet part of the hotel. When we arrived the staff were fabulous, nothing is too much trouble for them. They put us in a room on the 7th floor right at the end of the corridor furthest away from the lifts with no rooms actually next door to us. This room was huge. Very clean and spacious, and quiet. We heard nothing from outside at all. They are also treble glazed so no noise from outside either. Perfect. Tea and coffee facilities, Iron on request, plenty of blankets, and spare pillows and great air conditioning. I am one of these people who likes a bit of air conditioning even on cold days, so I did put it on. There is no room service available, but you can get drinks from the bar to take up to your room with no problems. The next morning I rang reception as I thought the hairdryer was not working, my fault as stupid me didn't locate the switch on the wall, however, I had no sooner put the phone down when there was a knock on the door and the engineer was there, Quick Service there. We had breakfast included as part of our reservation deal. At weekends it is open until 10.30am perfect if you want a lie in and they are still cooking and putting stuff out until about 5 minutes beforehand, so its still fresh and not running out. even at that time. It is a buffet help yourself breakfast so you can stuff yourself with full English or continental or both. Everything was there for the taking. The bar staff were great as were the reception staff and I could not fault this hotel at all. Reading other peoples reviews on ths site, I find that any of the complaints they have listed would have been dealt with by the staff if they brought them up who are quite happy to deal with anything. Nothing appears to be too much trouble for them so therefore I would take any grumbles which are on this site about this hotel with a pinch of salt. We absolutely loved it.