The Mitre Hampton Court

Beautiful period hotel overlooking the River Thames. Extremely friendly and helpful staff. Lovely room and great choice of dinning and drinking spaces.

Stayed at the Mitre years ago, it has been renovated and was so much nicer. Room was clean as was the bathroom, I wasn’t keen on the toiletries that were in the bathroom, but I usually travel with my own anyway. There was a/c in my room and considering the whether it was very welcomed. I was given an upgrade to a room that overlooked the river which was very nice. Only one complaint was the Service in the Restaurant that overlooked the river and the Cooked Breakfast which was not as nice as I remember when I stayed before. They now serve Streaky Bacon which was very fatty, they used to serve Back Bacon, I ordered one egg but got two both over cooked, hash browns which were like the ones you buy at the supermarket. I’m sure they were fresh potatoes cut into cubes cooked with onion, before. You seem to have to serve yourself to coffee, tea and juice at the buffet unlike a server that used to comes to the table. The Restaurant seemed a lot smaller as was the Buffet. As a senior I prefer to have a server bring everything to me as I do have a bad wrist and worried I would drop something. I had paid in advance for the Breakfast but decided to go elsewhere to eat my last morning. Other than that I enjoyed my stay which is right opposite Hampton Court Palace and the paths that you can walk along the river. You can catch boats that take you up the river and I think you can hire small boats at the Mitre. Nice restaurants, pubs also close by.

What a hidden gem of a place. We came to celebrate a birthday with an overnight stay. Arrived at 14.00 and sat outside on the river bank watching the world go by. All of the staff were unbelievably polite and couldn’t do enough for us , there was a real family approach.. We had Sunday lunch outside which was lovely and breakfast was magnificent . Would recommend to anyone thinking of getaway. Please thank everyone who worked on the 2/3rd August who made my daughter’s birthday a memory she won’t forget.