An Inspector Calls… Sopwell House in Hertfordshire was once an Admiral’s country retreat but today’s PVC windows and dry seabass trigger a sinking feeling Sopwell House is located just outside St Albans and it has 128 bedrooms It’s been owned by the chairman of AB Hotels, Abraham Bejerano, since 1986 He’s invested £14m in a … Read more
An Inspector Calls… Dormy House in the Cotswolds has everything from a champagne nail bar to cream teas – but it feels ‘cramped’ and ‘corporate’ Dormy House is located near Broadway in the northern reaches of the Cotswolds There are 38 rooms, two restaurants, a spa and a Delamotte champagne nail bar The Inspector said … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at Native’s ‘aparthotel’ in London’s South Bank where studios come with fully equipped kitchens and FREE food supplies Native has 16 sites in the capital and one each in Glasgow and Manchester The Bankside branch near the Globe Theatre is a former Victorian tea warehouse The Inspector’s ‘premium studio’ cost £120 and … Read more
An Inspector Calls… A Room With A View is a seafront hotel in Brighton where the rooms are cosy and the breakfast buffet is a joy A Room With A View is located on Brighton’s seafront near Palace Pier The Inspector liked the plantation shutters and ‘cheery’ headboard in his room The breakfast buffet is … Read more
An Inspector Calls… The friendly Cornish hotel and restaurant that’s popular with locals (but you wouldn’t want to spend a romantic night there) Mannings has 30 rooms and nine apartments fronting a car park The Inspector checked into an apartment which had a ‘whiff of old shoes’ The a la carte breakfast menu comes recommended over … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at Beechfield House in Wiltshire, which has a swimming pool and rooms with grand four-poster beds – but the dining room was ‘bleak’ with an ‘odd smell’ Beechfield House in Wiltshire features 19th-century Italianate architecture The Inspector was impressed with the ‘tasty’ food and honesty of his waiter But the dining room lost … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at Read’s in Faversham – where his room has a ‘distinct old people’s home feel to it’ and a tiny TV you need binoculars to see Read’s is a statuesque Georgian manor house just outside Faversham in Kent It won best restaurant-with-rooms in The Good Hotel Guide’s 2020 Cesar awards But the Inspector … Read more
An Inspector Calls… A blooming lovely hotel nestled among 6,000 tulips with delicious (albeit fussy) Michelin-starred food on the menu The Inspector checked into Gravetye Manor in Sussex which was built in 1598 Jeremy and Elizabeth Hosking bought the manor nine years ago At the restaurant there is a seven-course tasting menu on offer for £95 … Read more
An Inspector Calls at London’s The Curtain where a ‘poky slit of a room’ costs an ‘excessive’ £263 The Curtain is a six-storey brick hotel in London’s trendy Shoreditch area The Inspector booked the lowest category of room and was charged £263 Red Rooster, The hotel’s Restaurant, is an outpost of a Harlem eatery By … Read more
An Inspector Calls… The Farmhouse in Hitchin has a ‘happy combo’ of offerings, including cosy rooms and a wall of wine The Farmhouse at Redcoats is a combo of hotel, pub, restaurant and party venue Stay in room 42 in one of the barns if given a choice, advises the Inspector He was a fan … Read more