The Belsfield Hotel

The Room was fine ,bar service frendily staff and Breakfast was good with staff waiting on great stay

Our first stay at The Belsfield, and a delightful experience. Our room was spacious, well appointed, with a delightful view of Windermere. We appreciated the bathroom, with heated floor, large bath and separate shower. The grounds are well-maintained, featuring an attractive shrubbery and an interesting variety of trees and wildlife. Breakfast was excellent and our evening meal was first-rate, beautifully presented and reasonably priced. The exceptional feature of this hotel, is its staff. Every member of staff we met was courteous and obliging and we will certainly be making a return visit.

Generally very good with nice room, bar area, restaurant and gardens. Staff very helpful particularly Ashley on Reception and Joy in the restaurant. Breakfast first class. Fantastic views of the lake from the hotel. My only concern with dining was the limited vegetarian options for my partner in the restaurant. The other disappointment was being charged £15 per day for parking when at the time of booking the parking was supposed to be included. As I had booked through Hotels. com I was informed nothing could be done and I had to pay the cost. It was an unfortunate end to a wonderful stay.

We were only advised of the ongoing construction project after paying for the booking. Checking in was very poor and we had a long wait for the room to be ready. We were then advised the day after checking in that the room would only be made up during our stay upon request each day. As the room had virtually no facilities in terms of water, coffee, tea etc., the need to get the room made up was important. The breakfast room coffee machine was out of action for several days so were reduced to luke warm coffee from an urn, likely made a long time prior to the breakfast room opening. If we had booked a basic room we might have understood some of the issues but we had booked a premier room that we were advised by several staff was one of the best rooms in the hotel and had previously been used by Prince Charles! When checking out we were then advised of a daily guest parking fee for using the guest only parking! The hotel is very tired and in desperate need of the refurbishment project underway. Understandable but to advise guests of this after they have paid for the booking is simply not good practice. Wait until the refurbishment project is complete before making a booking.

Our first visit to the property for a number of years. We use to stay here quite frequently under the Laura Ashley umbrella. We were very lucky to be upgraded prior to our visit, I received a call a couple of days before our visit. However, we were told about the ground works to the garden over looking Lake Windermere. The check isn’t wasn’t the best, computer screen in the way of the receptionist, management tell staffing to stop cleaning the hotel lobby. The bar has been rebranded, we decided to opt to visit a local bar/pub instead of having a drink in the hotel. The room was very warm, but had a comfy bed and a large Tv. It was disappointing to see the ground works from our lake view room. I’m a little surprised this wasn’t mentioned on the call prior to our visit or on check in. There was a selection of hot breakfast options, pastries, cereal with a pre made coffee urn or a coffee machine. Which felt a little back of house. We use to quite enjoy the breakfast menu offered to order from our previous stays. All in all, I was a bit taken away from what is such a special hotel for myself and wife. Hopefully the new management company will keep pushing the property forward but it’s definitely lost some of its charm from the Laura Ashley Belsfield we know and loved.

Lovely stay at Belsfield. Beautiful grounds, gardens well maintained & located right next on the lake with boat services & bus services nearby. This is the first time we refused to bring the car & didn’t miss it at all. The hotel was very peaceful, staff all great. Shout to Diego for being super helpful with several requests we had. Alina provided excellent restaurant service alongside her Manager. Food was of a good quality with breakfast offering adequate choice and everything was efficiently cleared away as soon as you finished eating. Only improvement I’d suggest is housekeeping attend each day, it seemed to be every other day & we found ourselves asking for toilet paper in reception, not ideal! We will be back to stay though and thank you!

Beautiful. Elegant. Imposing. The hotel is a stunning place to stay. We got an upgrade room overlooking the lake. Fantastic location in Bowness-on-Windermere and a hot buffet breakfast overlooking the lake in the morning.

The staff were extremely helpful, the food was tasty and the Garden room was cosy. We will be back.

Beautiful room, staff very friendly. We would definitely stay again.

All staff were attentive and concerned that we had all that we needed to make the most of our stay.

A lovely relaxing stay in a brilliant location.

Lovely hotel with the best views. Great location all-round and staff were so lovely. My second visit and I will be booking again!

All very good . breakfast is very poor this buffet type is very clumbsy lol

Obviously, there is some works going on so improvements are being made, but for example our room, it had a chipped sink and bedside cabinets. The outside seating could be improved, especially how nice an outside area it is. The location and views were excellent though and the staff very nice and helpful. Overall, I would stay again, also knowing there is going to be a swimming pool is an attractive addition. Parking was also a big plus in this location

It was a wonderful experience from arriving to leaving.Every member of staff went the extra mile to make are stay as pleasurable as possible.There we’re however a couple of staff worthy of extra praise and they were Miguel restaurant supervisor,Ali waiter at breakfast and evening meal,Diego guest relations Manager and Ian waiter/porter.I would highly recommend this hotel for location,food,exceptional service throughout and providing us with a very memorable break.

Small garden room almost underground, not nice

Pillows too firm and room very warm - not really classed as a 4 star hotel! Expensive parking which is ridiculous when you are staying there! On the flip side staff were great and very helpful

Loved the amazing views from the grounds and also our bedroom. Would have liked our teas/coffee to be served to our table at breakfast

Hotel excelente! Café da manhã muito bom! Localização privilegiada! Quarto amplo com ponto negativo apenas para o colchão!

The only thing for our family was the mattress was too soft