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Reviews of Plas Dinas Country House

5 out of 5
Plas Dinas Country House
Plas Dinas, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, Wales

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

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Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 225 reviews" "
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9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

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Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alessandro

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Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
This is an elegant country house with a story. It was once home to Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden, whose family owned it. The house is wonderfully furnished and the dining experience worth reservations for dinner. Breakfast options plentiful and delicious. Very friendly place and great location to key sights in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Low internet speed & pricy meals.
Nice room, but menu was pricy, limited selection and time slot mealtimes. Internet was very poor and had to go elsewhere to attend online meeting. Nice grounds, nice room.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

George

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Treat yourself to this Country side bit of heaven
This is a beautiful, historic country home that is a now a hotel with a gourmet (Country famous chef) restuarant on site. The grounds are large and beautiful. There are historic documents, pictures and furniture all throughout the property. Beautiful sitting room / bar. Staff helpful and friendly. Would love to go back.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love Plas Dinas!
Plas Dinas is a truly beautiful hotel - a real treat. This is our third visit and enjoy it more each time.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Cristiano

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Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

chris

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Amazing place, utterly spotless and pristine, super high quality fixtures and fittings all in keeping with the original building. Restaurant and food awesome
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

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Delightful historic house
Delightful historic house featuring its own history very well.. comfortable, clean, quiet and set in its own delightful grounds away from town or traffic disturbance.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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Beautiful Property
Lovely place. Very friendly staff. Very pretty room. But very expensive considering lack of seperate shower; no lift. A property that is clearly well lived by the owners but lives on its history.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Plas Dinas Country House on Jul 13, 2022
Thank you for your feedback and your kind comments regarding the team here and the pretty room that you stayed in. I just wanted to cover the points you made regarding the costings. Each room is individually designed with different amenities in each room. Some have separate showers, some baths with showers and some with showers only and the prices are categorised into room class. Plas Dinas Country House does certainly celebrate the royal connection and history of the Armstrong-Jones family. All of the rooms have recently been redesigned by the owners to represent a person or role within the family, such as Princess Margaret or Lord Snowdon, with much of their memorabilia carefully placed around the house. This was carried out since 2020, with just 3 bathrooms yet to redesign. The fabulous restaurant and extensive refurbishment I would hope, doesn't point towards a company or accommodation provider that lives on it's history. We absolutely adore it and will continue to develop the beautiful house where we can do so. I am sorry that you felt this way. Unfortunately a lift would not be permitted to be installed in our graded country house. The stairs are fairly gentle and we do have one room located on the ground floor if walking is an issue. Booking with a 3rd party means that hotels pay around 20% commission before additional fees such as VAT and the general costs are taken off. Due to this and the huge costs to run a 400 year old building we are unable to reduce the prices any further. We do appreciate your comments but at this time the prices just about cover the running costs. We do it because we love it. Thank you once again for choosing to stay with us. We really hope the lack of lift doesn't stop you from returning.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

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great
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

JASON

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Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Clive

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Yeah it was great and the food was exceptional.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

C D

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Superb in every respect
Superb boutique hotel in an excellent location for touring North Wales Lovely little touches in the room make any stay special The icing on the cake is the quality of the food in the restaurant Surely would be deserving of a future listing in the michelin guide
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

lesley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful birthday stay
Beautiful 5 * historic hotel with fabulous service, extra touches and restaurant. Perfect for a special occasion.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ms Jazz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This was the first time to Wales and have not ever stayed in a historic hotel before. This was an amazing experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Asna

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You can’t not fall in love with this luxury accommodation! The people were so helpful and nice. The entire property was beautiful and so worth staying at. We’re definitely going to come back and stay here again. Thank you to the Team for being an absolute delight.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Laura

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Amazing stay, would highly recommend!
Amazing stay, would highly recommend! Dog friendly, excellent food, stylish rooms and first class customer service!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
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Very relaxing lovely food
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely room although shower room a little small, however separate toilet. Otherwise very comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming country house
Such a gorgeous and charming property, filled with so much history. All of the little touches took our stay to the next level, and the staff were nothing but professional and friendly. Would highly recommend staying here!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mike

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Wonderful break
First time away from home since the start of the plague. Arrived full of anticipation and was not disappointed. Lovely hotel, exceptional service form Dan and his team and great food with an equally good wine list. No hesitation in recommending Plas Dinas. We'll be back!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Alex, Manchester

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The property was more modest and less grand than I expected, although the service was genuine and welcoming. Very good Covid measures in place, although guests should note there are only two sittings for dinner - 6pm and 8pm. The breakfast is also staggered and guests must pre-order. However, Covid measures don't detract from the stay if you're a little organised. The room was clean, well appointed although had a couple of maintenance issues. The rooms were just about warm enough - but only just. The breakfast, in particular the vegetarian breakfast and avocado on toast were disappointing. The vegetarian breakfast was nice, but not very filling, whilst the cooked breakfast was reasonable. The avocado was hard and not ripe.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

6/10 Okay

Laura, Buckinghamshire

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property was very clean. The room booked was unfortunately on the ground floor and there were noises from other guests moving around above us and going out early morning,(5am). Bathroom needs refurbishing. The restaurant was closed the 2 nights we stayed although light bites were on offer, again disappointing!. Interesting property to visit.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Manager on Sep 28, 2020
Thank you for your feedback. The room has been recently refurbished during lockdown. Having only taken over in September last year we have carried out extensive works to the hotel. The bathroom will be refurbished, although in perfect working order but there is a limit to what we can do in the time that we have so far had. Sadly during lockdown there is very little chance to get a trade person to renovate a bathroom but we are unbelievably proud of the extensive works that we have done with incredible reviews from guests, including this room which features incredible swag and tail curtains and a bespoke 7ft headboard. The chef is unique and of special high standard, we are yet to find another chef alike so we advertise that we close the restaurant on a Sunday and Monday to give him time off with his family. We offer light bites on these days. We are sorry that you selected to stay with on days of which the restaurant closes. The hotel is situated in an extremely quiet area and is very unusual that a guest would leave at 5am, we ourselves live here and its incredibly quiet. You wake up to birds singing and fall asleep to the beautiful wildlife that surrounds us. I am sorry that you were disappointed. The rooms are clearly listed and sold individually and each floor listed. We are sorry that you were disappointed with your stay. There is an additional internal door to prevent noise that we recommend closing but as we say the building is in such a quite location that there really are very little noises. The building is of significant historic value and any other measures to a 400 year old house would not be approved. We kindly thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Romantic Escape
Stayed in Princess Margaret Suite, beautifully presented room only dissapointment was the TV in the bathroom as advertised did not function. This however did not spoil our beautiful stay at this lovely house. Especially enjoyed the drawing room with selection of games. Restaurent was fantastic and the food brilliant. Lovely romantic escape.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really lovely country house, lots of history and interesting decorations/ pictures around the house. Every room is very stylish, the staff are very welcoming and accommodating, I arrived late but it wasn’t a problem. The room was really nice, lots of space, comfy bed, has all amenities you’d need in the room which was nice. Bath shower was very nice and has complimentary molten brown in the rooms (very nice!) I unfortunately arrived too late to enjoy dinner, which I’ve heard is exceptional, but i did have breakfast and it was brilliant, there is a continental Buffett with yoghurts and croissants etc, then the range of cooked breakfasts is wonderful, I had the eggs benedict and it was perfect! Really enjoyed my stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Nice grounds and interesting history to the stately home. Stayed in Princess Margaret suite, large room, huge bathroom. Room could have been cleaner though. Poor mattress with no support. A shame there is no food service in the afternoon, but there is an honesty bar and nibbles available in the front room. Breakfast was ok, but disappointingly small continental selection. Didn't try the restaurant in the evening but looked very cosy and interesting gastronomic menu.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful country house in gorgeous countryside. The staff were attentive and the dinner excellent. I would definitely go back again.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca, San Francisco

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a wonderful stay in this historic home tucked back in a lovely and spacious garden/park. It was a perfect oasis to visit Snowdonia and surrounding sites. The welcome by the staff was warm and helpful, the furnishings elegant with many historic mementos, and the breakfasts and dinners were superb. It is an older house, so it has no elevator. We look forward to returning.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Food was excellent. Staff was attentive and accommodating. Room was comfortable and pleasant
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Vicki, New Jersey

Traveled with partner
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This is an amazing property and close to Caernarfon. The grounds and building are beautiful and add to a peaceful stay!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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This was a beautiful property steeped in history and stunning gardens. We spent 3 nights here and
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

ALAN

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Almar1608
The staff make you feel special at Plas Dinas. Lovely room,very spacious but shower room very small and cramped (not suitable for anyone with disabilities). Lovely relaxing hotel and grounds. A special treat.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, we enjoyed our stay here. We had a very late check in because of traffic and thet were happy to oblige and make arrangements to let us in
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Pat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely property with wonderful, helpful staff. A really special experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the fact that the original house was built in the mid-1600s, the history of the families that have lived there, the history of the house use (private residence, elder care facility, B&B), and the personability of the current owners and staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I found the property to be a well maintained home, it would be something you proud of if it was yours. I believe that the staff, all helpful and friendly, also have pride in their workplace.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Was disappointed in the condition of the hotel. We had wall paper coming adrift in our room and patches of damp. For the price we paid it was not worth it
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Friendly hotel
Lovely Friendly hotel where you can relax. Grounds are fantastic and great they are dog friendly nothing was too much bother Excellent
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Neil on Jul 28, 2019
Many thanks Steve, we are thrilled that you and your four legged friend enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Neil on Jul 7, 2019
Many thanks for a 10 out of 10 Jonathan!

8/10 Good

Sandra

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Left a little disappointed
A very warm welcome, and dinner in the Gun Room restaurant was great. The general decor is rather tired, e.g. The carpet in our Lady Armstrong-Jones room was stained and the rug a trip hazard. However the amenities in the room were lovely. The breakfast service on Sunday was poor, having to wait too long for our breakfast order to be taken and then ask for dirty dishes to be removed, but good service returned on the Monday. Paula was outstanding and we shared these views with her prior to leaving.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Cocoon Retreats on Jul 1, 2019
Many thanks for your review and we are glad that generally you enjoyed your stay with us, we have taken your points on board and will certainly be looking at improving on some of the issues you have mentioned.