“Luxurious Stay in Stately Cotswold Manor House”

We stayed in Bibury with our young daughter. Staff was very friendly and attentive - especially to our daughter. Included breakfast was varied and excellent! Bar, lounge and terrace were well appointed. Gourmet tasting menu in the restaurant was fabulous. Four poster room was very spacious with an enormous bathroom. Hotel grounds were lovely and extensive, with a large lawn, trees, arbour, gardens and river. Adjacent church and graveyard were interesting. Short walk into Bibury along the river and past Arlington Row houses. Town is splendid, with lovely Cotswold houses, a nice pub and inn, and an interesting trout farm.

“Luxury in the Cotswolds”

If you are looking for quintessential English country manor style & hospitality this is the place for you. Beautiful grounds, antique furniture, peace & quiet a stone's throw from everything that the Cotswolds have to offer. I am looking forward to coming back for a longer stay !

“Outstanding weekend”

Beautiful setting, lovely grounds, picturesque walks, very helpful and polite staff. Watch out for the chef though; the food aspires to be like Heston Blumenthal's, so there are many surprises. When the food is good it is excellent, but there are some dishes that make no sense. If you decide you want conventional food for dinner, ask at reception, and you'll get a magnificent meal.

“Good character hotel”

Wanting something with excellent character, the Bibury Court hotel fits the bill. The hotel staff were generally attentive and friendly. Our only real criticisms were that the rooms whilst of good size, could benefit from refurbishment and it would have been nice to have had some menu variation of the table d'hote meals each night. Nevertheless, I would certainly recoomend it.

“Very friendly, wonderful location”

From comments read elsewhere, we were a little concerned about what our room would be like but actually it was very large and fine (could benefit from a little updating but perfectly acceptable). Otherwise the hotel was lovely and the staff very friendly and helpful. The best thing about it is the situation - the hotel looks gorgeous and the grounds and location are wonderfull, only about 5 minutes walk from the main "centre" (if you can call it that) of Bibury. On the Expedia rates, I would say this was very good value for money. We paid for the evening meal and, at £40 a head plus drinks etc, possibly wasn't quite such good value - nice but but not as great as we'd hope for what was eventually a £100+ meal. The other tip - on paying on departure we were initially given a bill which included the amount we'd already paid to Expedia. There wasn't a problem when I pointed it out, but best just to double-check (they said their system was playing up).

“Old and Interesting building”

A very old and interesting hotel full of character in lovely grounds with a river running thro', which would be fabulous in the summer. Can be a little chilly and draughty at times, but if you really want to be very warm and cosy then don't stay here. Staff very helpful and attentive. Food was first class and beautifully presented, though staying for three nights, we could have done with a bit more choice. The menu (limited) remained unchanged each night so we ran out of things to choose! Our room was only OK. Could have done with a couple of extra small tables to put a drink down on between the armchairs. Also, the lighting in the room was wrong -needed more tablelamps/standard lamps for atmosphere instead of having to use the main stark overhead light most of the time! Plus, a double hook on the back of the bathroom door would have been nice for hanging bathrobes on! The room was lacking in attention to detail like that, which can be irritating. The shower also wasn't working properly but this was quickly rectified. Yes we would stay here again, but in a different room next time!

“A funny place - good and bad”

Maybe our expectation was too high - we were expecting a traditional, elegant manor house with the old high society charm. What this hotel offered at this point to us was a beautiful shell that used to be a manor house, hectic renovations inside, many many Japanese tourists, Eastern European staffs who barely spoke English, and random ambience destroyers such as "Raw Hide" song during a breakfast. They had wonderful things, such as a gorgeous garden and modern renovated rooms. But it's also totally understaffed and constructions were everywhere inside. My parents' room sink didn't work.We called the front, but nobody showed up. Both our and their room had a compliment gin set by the window, which was wonderful, but they placed cheap, thick, stupid coffee mugs "Mr. tickle" on the tea tray instead of a real teacup. Again, the "Raw hide" during the breakfast was my personal highlight - they can use a professional brand image consultant. It is still a nice hotel in its own way, but don't expect too, too much.

“Bibury Hotel”

Expectations of booking - luxurious hotel at a budget price. Based on price charged by Expedia very good value for money. If I were to pay the going rate - I would not have been so happy. The hotel was stunning from the outside and set on the most beautiful grounds. I was surprised at the layout of the reception for such a grand house - small galley (quite tacky) as you entered the house. We arrived after 2pm, but reception staff had to check to see if our room was set up! Our room (no. 15) was located by going up a small set of side steps (as my partner stated "what would have been the servants quarters!"), our room was isolated from the other rooms. Two windows in our room; one overlooking the conservatory (people dining), the other over the kitchin (you could see the bins) and a hear slight humming from the kitchen extractor. Room was attractive, with high quality bed linin and bath robes, although extremely surprised at dated TV. Food - we had bar menu and were very impressed with the quality of food and service offered by the bar staff. Breakfast - good selection offered and located in the beautiful oak convervatory - breathtaking! Please note, this is for people looking for a retreat - the hotel is very relaxed, but please note, you could hear a pin drop in the bar at night. Although it was more buzzy for afernoon tea.