The Wordsworth

Plenty of public areas with comfortable seating. A public bar on site A restaurant/ breakfast area, all area's very clean and well decorated , even a open log fire in the foyer/ reception area. Public toilets well kept and clean with good lighting. Well kept outside grounds and gardens with plenty of seating to enjoy fine weather with great views. A decent sized car park , bays well marked. Staff friendly and polite and well groomed . Food well presented and tasty with excellent choices. Will definitely choose this hotel again. I recommend the Wordsworth Hotel.

2 years ago · via Google

What a gorgeous old hotel. Smack in the centre of Grasmere with a large customer car park. The staff were great on reception and in the restaurant too. Our room was on the ground floor, dog friendly, a good size, and the bed was super comfy. The room was about a gazillion degrees however, far too hot, and as the window didn't open we had a sleepless night. In the room is a kettle and also a coffee machine. Hairdryer, good sized wardrobe. The bathroom had a full sized bath, shower. Shampoo and shower gel provided, and snuggly towels. Breakfast was both a buffet and menu to order from, so plenty to eat. The prices in the bar aren't cheap- £8.50 for a glass of wine, but it's a tourist town, so I guess it's to be expected. There's lots of seating in the residents lounge and gorgeous gardens with outdoor seating too. I'd happily go back again.

2 years ago · via Google

This hotel was a mixed bag. I went for my birthday weekend with my husband, dogs, aunty and uncle, cousin and his two girls. We had room 2, a ground floor with garden view and porch roof; for us this was perfect and the highlight of our stay because of the dogs and because it afforded us with cover from the rain to sit outside. There was a small bottle of wine and card for my birthday which was a nice touch. The room was nicely decorated, clean and small, it met our needs but the toilet door hit the toilet, I'm not sure how disabled guests would work that but for us it was fine. However for the price I wouldn't have been happy of we didn't have the dogs. The service was generally good but the food was often inedible. The night we arrived my husband sent back his food and wasn't offered an alternative. Breakfast twice was again inedible for him, barely cooked bacon and hard poached eggs. The second day we both sent our breakfast back as was cold, my second one was lovely but my husband's poached eggs were solid again and for him inedible. There are clearly issues with the food/kitchen which is such a shame, especially as I wanted the famous Thai afternoon tea (recommended by my uncle and hence the reason we went there) which they wouldn't do as they have a reduced menu and reduced clearly means reduced quality. Unfortunately the spa wasn't open but when I originally enquired in May I had hoped it would be by August, sadly not although other hotels had opened their pools etc. I asked if I could use the spa on another occasion without booking a room.and they said no. My family's food was also inedible but their rooms were bigger upstairs. We also had charges on my bill for things we didn't have like puddings and room service, so if you go double check! Overall the view and garden was the best bit, potential to be so much better - it really let itself down.

5 years ago · via Google

We stayed at the Wordsworth Hotel a couple of years back and at the time I said it was the nicest hotel I’ve stayed in. Welcome card and wine on arrival, amazing breakfast, the pool and sauna facilities all nice touches. Sadly that’s mostly gone now. We booked for my birthday a couple of months ago based on that experience. So when we didn’t experience the same this time around we were a bit disappointed. I went to find out how to access the pool only to find out it’s no longer in use. It was a feature I was looking forward to after a big day out on the fells. Had I known this had changed I wouldn’t have booked the Wordsworth, there’s equal facilities for less or an air b&b. Real shame that the Inn Group have taken over. Other things such as Costa coffee signs stuck on windows and the sign lose some of the mystique of the venue. Feels more like a travel lodge but pricier. I wouldn’t stay again sadly. The redeeming side of things was the staff, particularly in the bar and restaurant who were so friendly and accommodating to us throughout our stay.

2 years ago · via Google