Donnington Manor Hotel

I would give this place a 0 star review if I could!

Me and my wife booked our wedding here 2 years ago - Due to covid we had to change the date to June 2022. With a month to go last minute they said we had to pay more as their costs had increased. We agreed everything - Flowers,DJ, photographer and Food choices, everything was in place! Even our guests had pre paid for rooms worth a lot of money.

When we refused to pay more they made it very difficult for us and in the end they agreed to honour their original price. We cancelled as we were left disgusted with what they tried to do, especially when it had been booked for over 2 years, prices agreed and deposits paid. Not only did they keep our deposit which was a substantial amount - when our guests tried to get a refund for their rooms they were told they could not be refunded and they were offered coupons instead. Which most would never use as they live too far away.

Due to this some our guests were left forking out hundreds meaning they could not make it to our wedding at the new venue.

Please do not use this place! It will be the biggest mistake you ever make!

It's an OK hotel with clean and functional rooms. Nice outside area which is cutely illuminated at night with spots and floods. The food is good, though nothing special, and the staff are pleasant and accommodating. There's possibly a dearth of staff at the weekend as tables remained uncleared for hours and the bar randomly staffed. The restaurant is ill-equipped (under-staffed?) to cater for a full hotel at breakfast as the sole employee seemed to be run ragged on the Sunday.

See my review for the Chartwell Restaurant which is inside this hotel. Not stayed in hotel so would be unfair to review. The building looks very nice and clean. Car park is massive. Seems to be owned by Elon Musk great if you own a Tesla. Couldn't give me one.

I really enjoyed my stay here. The hotel was quite accommodating to a late check in. The ambience was very inviting. The rooms were very modern for a hotel that looked very vintage from outside. The bed was comfortable and there was options of streaming from YouTube or Netflix which I found great. I wished, the rooms had a fridge though. Breakfast was buffet styled and was OK, however, there was no staff around to ask for other hot options. I would definitely come back here soon.

Beware if your Tesla brings you here to supercharge. We charged there for 30 minutes in our rental car and received a £100 fine for parking there for 30 minutes (in the middle of the night, no less).

There are no signs indicating this so it’s impossible to know unless you’ve already been hit with a fine.

Electric vehicle charging for non Teslas (pod point) is a bit of a joke if you want to charge for more than 3 hours (charging overnight is a no go as it will charge you £5 per hour after the first 3 hours regardless of whether you are still charging or if it goes over midnight or not!)

Rooms are nice. Corridors smell like cannabis. Restaurant and bar are both nice and some OK pricing except for the Camden pale ale.

My mum and her partner stayed here due to visiting us.
Their evening and breakfast meals where included, breakfast seemed OK but they didn't eat the evening meal due to a function on the Saturday night and was told can wait in the bar but have to wait. Which really they should of been told at booking
So went to the Rose and Crown down the road which was lovely food and ate put the night after too.
Rooms they said where ok for what you needed

Hotel is a little gem Immaculately clean and the staff are attentive and so lovely within nothing being a problem for them. Our only complaint is that the duvet on the bed was so thin the cover was almost as thick Unfortunately the room was also cold but I wish I'd asked for covers.