Foxhills Country Club Reviews 12

Stayed for just one night? It felt more like a pit stop than a proper stay. You’re allowed into your room at 2pm and expected to be out by 11am the next day—so you’re barely there for 21 hours. For the price, it didn’t feel worth it.

Foxhills Country Club is a true retreat, where peace and beauty come together effortlessly. Nestled in lush greenery, the surroundings are simply breathtaking, offering a serene atmosphere perfect for relaxation. The facilities are top-notch, from the luxurious spa to the stunning golf courses, making it ideal for both rejuvenation and recreation. It’s the perfect place to unwind, enjoy nature, and indulge in a little luxury—all while surrounded by tranquil beauty.

Over the years my family and I have chosen Foxhills as the venue for special occasions. This has included my wedding, my parents wedding anniversary, birthdays and special family events. So when we were looking for somewhere special to celebrate Christmas Day there was really only one place which we felt could match our expectations. After all in your own brochure you state: ‘it’s all about getting together and having a good time with loved ones, celebrating in style and making it extra special.
We’ll once again be transforming our historic Manor House and 400-acre estate into a winter wonderland, providing a magical venue for your Christmas festivities and giving that all-important dash of elegance and glamour.’ Foxhills, Christmas Brochure 2024.

We chose your premium package for our Christmas Day lunch: The Manor House. As you can imagine for nine adults and one child this was not a minor expense…almost £1,500 just for the meal. But to be in the beautiful Manor House with its timeless decor and sumptuous surroundings, it was worth it for this special day. We booked as soon as the bookings opened in August.

Imagine then our horror on Christmas Day when we were led, in our coats, past the cloakroom and dining rooms to a soulless conference room. The bright overhead lights on, no ambiance, no music, no table decor, no character - just conference tables in full glaring light. Apparently this is the ‘Library’, except there are no books, pictures, lamps, chairs. Just plain walls, conference circular tables and conference seating. The large recessed lights bore down on us and the whole room was soulless. We even had to hang our own coats on the makeshift rail placed in the corner! Certainly not the ‘celebrating in style’ we were lead to believe we had booked

We deliberately did not choose the Golf Club offering, which was cheaper, because we wanted the ‘Manor House’ experience. Even the golf club offered a live pianist. When we said there was no atmosphere then someone brought their laptop and plugged it in to provide a Christmas playlist! It took three different members of our party to ask for the lighting to be altered before anything was done. Elegance and glamour…I think not!

The advertised five course meal started with our first course being a bread roll and a pot of something unknown and unexplained to spread on our roll. Is this honestly a first course?

The water on the table and the wine we purchased was put on the table…no tasting the wine to see if it was acceptable. None of the drinks were poured for us…not once!

Surely if you know a group are unhappy with some of your experience you try to improve things by making sure their service is exceptional. Sadly that was not the case. Your staff stood at the welcome drinks table watching as one of our family members got up and moved around the table serving the drinks.
The calling of the meal was clearly disorganised. Having guests at that table used to working in luxury events, to sit down and see the placement cards with the relevant guests’ food labelled on them, felt lazy. Even with the food detailed per person at that table on their placement card, the staff were obviously not being given a proper calling brief per table. Those with dietaries were made to wait, and / or plates of food were then taken back to the kitchen to ‘check’ the allergens, wrong plates were placed and a team didn’t place the food on the table at the same time. These are all aspects of basic dining that you would expect - let alone fine dining at a five star restaurant and establishment!!
The food was good but honestly the whole experience was not ‘something special’ as you had advertised. It must be noted that we had a guest eating the risotto, a fork had been laid instead of a spoon. Again, a grave mistake when selling a premium product!

We weren’t the only disappointed family on Christmas Day. Two other groups who came after us refused to stay and requested to be moved. When it came to the final course of coffee and mince pies we refused to stay in that soulless and, now empty, conference room any longer and said we wanted to be in the lounge. We waited fifteen minutes to be given that space and even then after a long time in the lounge we had to ask for our coffees to be served.
n all the final cost was £2,000. WE would be happy to pay that if we had received what we had booked - a five course meal in The Manor House. What we were given was not what we had booked…a soulless conference room with no ambiance, elegance or ‘dash of elegance or glamour’. The service was poor, it was not five courses and quite frankly it was below par with a pub Christmas lunch.

We keep coming back with more and more relatives ;-) Very beautiful grounds and spacious rooms. We love the fact they have kids activities like tennis, swimming and they also can try out golf with adults. People are always well mannered and helpful. We love that place for SPA with hot tub outside and golf area. Thank you and see you in the summer!

Foxhills exceeded all expectation. Everything was perfect and customer service was fantastic. Special thanks to Georgina Tyson for her amazing help.
We can’t wait to come back!

Foxhills never disappoints. The staff in the Manor are so polite and lovely - Luis goes above and beyond as does Scott. The spa is super clean and the classes are excellent. The location is super easy to get to and the grounds stunning.

Love it

I went to Foxhills for my works Christmas party. I had the best time excellent staff food was great spa and breakfast in the morning. The room was lovely and clean spacious lovely bathroom. There are no usb sockets in the rooms so make sure you take adaptors. I would recommend staying here you will not be disappointed. Thank you to all of the staff at Foxhills for making my stay a memorable one.

Wow.... I came here today for a birthday afternoon tea. The gentleman that greeted us at the entrance (wish i got his name), was fabulously fun and cheerful. The venue was gorgeous, presentation, coffee and food also. Staff when seated were great! Went to sit in the garden area, another gentleman served us, again great fun. The whole thing was great, but the staff made it a whole lot better!!! Definitely recommend!

Oh how I wish zero star was an option
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It’s udder rubbish

My wife and I spent our 18th wedding anniversary there and we couldn't have wished for a better place to stay. Christopher went above and beyond to make our stay special and nothing was too much trouble for the staff. The main restaurant is also outstanding and our evening meal was delicious (I would especially recommend the pigeon and mackerel starters!) We will definitely be returning to stay again.

I was really surprised how beautiful the hotel and the nature is. We went there for a weekend out and had also lots of fun in the hotel`s swimming pool and sauna. It`s also great for children, it has even an adventure playground. It´s all on a very high standard. Would come back anytime. If you have any problems get in touch with Scott or Ursula, they are very helpful. Thank you to the team!

Very nice and well set out hotel. Large rooms with everything you need in side them. Lovely helpful staff. Thank you for a great stay