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Reviews of Madingley Hall

4 out of 5
Madingley Hall
Madingley, Cambridge, England

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 276 out of 586 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 215 out of 586 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 60 out of 586 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 26 out of 586 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 586 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

URIRE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful. Its amazing how this property is managed. Well done to the good work and keep it up.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Pam

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent surroundings, well kept, inside rooms could do with a hoover running over them, overall pleasant stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay - the staff went above and beyond for us.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helen, Lancaster

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stay here for the WOW factor when you drive up the long driveway. Beautiful gardens, large bedrooms, large breakfast and a great university vibe. And they serve meals in the bar each evening which was a real bonus after a long drive.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Francesc

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The surroundings are very beautiful and also the hotel itself.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alejandro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are fairly basic, but the location is exceptionally beautiful and of historic interest.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Ryan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Darren

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recomended
One night stay for business. Good breakfast. Room was ok (single) nothing fancy but nice and warm.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommend
Historic building, great value, clean, comfortable.smazing gardens and grounds.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
All good but bathroom needs a bit of tlc
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

bethany

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a nice simple room
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Luna

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Lovely
Beautiful location very convenient for visiting Cambridge city centre. Room was very nice but not what I’d term a superior room Decent breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

lee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay gardens lovely. Easy access to park and ride. Local pub restaurant within walking distance.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Jenny

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value!
It was tremendous value. Although student accommodation it was as expected. Very interesting venue. Glad we stayed there
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ashok

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Great for a one night work stop. Could perhaps do with a few more dinner options. A little worn around the edges but nothing bad, all nice and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Lovely Building But We Won't Be Back
Beautiful building and lands. But, I'm afraid that's where it ended for us. When we booked there was 'restaurant' listed but when we asked about it we were sent to the bar area of the hotel which only did bar snacks - not what we were expecting at all. Luckily we found the Three Horseshoes across the road and although on the pricey side the meals were lovely. Breakfast was included in our two night package and the first day it was fine. The second morning was very poor. The coffee machine broke down and after someone tried to mend it and failed a pot of coffee was brought out which was soon emptied and taken away never to be seen again. The hot food was cold - not even mildly cold - and the times we had to ask for plates/bread/butter etc . . . We also feel we should have been told before we booked that the hotel didn't have their heating on before November as we had to sit in our rooms in our coats for warmth.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent as always
Excellent as always, lovely breakfast. Always a pleasure to stay here and it's just so close to the University too.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Ashok

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No heating despite the cold spell. We were told it was university policy not to put on central heating until November. What a silly way to determine when heating should be on. If we had known earlier we would have cancelled our stay. On this occasion I was disappointed the room was not cleaned throughly; it was superficially cleaned but there was long standing dust and dirt over the radiators and the telephone. Very poor experience which is unlike what we had experienced on previous stays
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

DANIEL

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Lovely building in beautiful grounds. As it says this is not a hotel, it’s more like university student accommodation; simple but acceptable. The issue for me was cleanliness. It was quite dusty and needed vacuuming. A little more care and attention and this would be good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely beautiful grounds and facade to the building the rooms are clean and comfortable Breakfast was delicious and varied highly highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Jerry

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Charles

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really bad damp
Terrible location that suffers badly from damp, my lads had to stay there for 4 days - never again!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Craig

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Pretty Meh, but not the worst. Friendly staff.
It was ok, single room offered the basics well. TV was small and could only be viewed if you were in the bathroom. Lovely building. Little or no water pressure with a very very sensitive hot/cold dial. Pretty noisy, every time someone in a room near by goes in or out the doors bang loudly. Great staff and food and drink was good in the evening. Breakfast was basic and in the galley layout, which was novel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spectacular setting
The grounds are spectacular. The building is very beautiful. The rooms are very nice however the bathroom was adequate. The included buffet breakfast was a nice touch however the hot food was not even warm.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathrin

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Veronica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jane

Travelled with partner
We had a ground floor twin room and unfortunately couldn’t lock the windows! Other than that we thought it was great value for money
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Darren Wayne

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

8/10 Good

Anthony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money Splendid setting Good breakfast
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Sally

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Handsome building in beautiful grounds
Clean basic room, lovely breakfast, beautiful grounds, excellent value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointing
It would have been a good idea to tell me that it was run by Cambridge University as the room was student accommodation standard. It was as though were in a caravan. The bathroom sink was so low I had to kneel down to use it! It took 5 minutes for the hot water to come through. The Terrace Bar was not serving meals and the Three Horseshoes pub in the village not open on Mondays, so eating out was a challenge, in fact we gave it a miss! The house and grounds are amazing. The breakfast was very good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay
The hotel itself was lovely, very old building with beautiful grounds. The decor was a little tired in places but doesn’t detract from your stay. The bed could have been more comfortable but was ok. The buffet breakfast was excellent and was topped up often rather than having loads there to get cold and stale. The bar had comfortable seating for an evening drink also the terrace had lovely views (providing the weather is kind)
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Harry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful setting and accommodation. Convenient for park and ride to Cambridge. Greta rooms and breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

emily

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great all round
First time were at it was brilliantly. Stsff friendly, room was clean, breskfast edible what more could you want
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property has elegance as well as efficiency in the way it is run. Suggestions are made (eg) as to how you approach your room etc. but up to the individual to make their own choices. The property is an Institution for advance learning when not providing residency for paying guests. The ambience of professionalism is apparent.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

ANDER

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night away
Fantastic location, couldn’t fault the room, but bathroom could probably do with a refresh. Breakfast was a let down, everything had been heated so long it was like eating rubber! Only water or apple juice to choose from and no glasses available. Have to give special praise for the receptionist who was on duty when we arrived. Very friendly and helpful, nothing too much trouble. Overall was impressed and would visit again (but hope for a better breakfast 😏😋)
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Neville

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Limited facilities but omfortable rooms and good value. Just a short drive outside Cambridge. EV charging was a bonus!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Greg Donohue and Fintan

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Craig

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Palatial stay in stunning grounds.
Amazing , jaw dropping building and grounds. Breakfast average though priced accordingly. Manager swapped room as we initially had a dam room. Upgrade was amazing and service great. Would come back.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

DAVID

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Poor breakfast 45 minutes before end of service some food had run out. Had to ask for coffee as that had also ran out. Room clean and tidy. No food available pm.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Karil

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Lovely Cambridge University facility, historic, clean, dom like, very well priced for a short stay if you don’t want or need to be on campus. 👍
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Robbie

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023