Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings
Coatham Mundeville, Darlington, DL1 3LU
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington
A beautiful sixteenth-century house set in 67 acres of parkland and gardens near the city of Darlington. With extensive leisure facilities on-site and shopping ... more
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Sue ( Group of adult friends)
from Chelmsford , GB on October 7, 2008
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Peter ( Mature couple)
from Dunstable , GB on October 7, 2008
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Good" (97785980)
Very good value for money
Didn't get early morning call as requsted
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Bernard ( Mature couple)
from Ormskirk , GB on August 27, 2008
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Great am trying to bring all my family for Xmas." (107213960)
My wife was recovering from a broken hip and we were allocated a room equiped with emergency call bell pulls and assistance to get in and out of the bath. We were allowed to park within 20yds of room No21 to help in walking to and from. The bed, its linen and pillows were OOTWorld. The close proximity of the pool and its ammeneties were a great bonus. Because of the bad weather the golf course was a little wet but the greens (apart from the worm casts) were some of the best I have played on. That includes The Belfry St Andrews Wentworth Penina and many more in Spain and Australia, playing off a five handicap. Altogether a lovely weekend to celebrate our 55th wedding anniversary.
uuhhmmmm can't think of any unless perhaps having to go to a super market for a cash machine.
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Jack ( Other)
from Chester , GB on August 11, 2008
Excellent location. Modern but small room.
Untrained staff.
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Andrew ( Group of work colleagues)
from Chesterfield , GB on August 5, 2008
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Very nice hotel and friendly staff. Will definately consider staying at the hotel again if am in the area :-)" (108017405)
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John ( Mature couple)
from Saffron walden , GB on February 20, 2008
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"This is a beautiful hotel with fantastic main public rooms. the grounds are also stunning. The staff were very polite but in some cases were not verywell presented. Their uniform is also too harsh and would probably suit a hospital. I did however enjoy my stay as the pluses outweigh the minuses." (97638011)
Qaint and in a nice area
Stayed in converted barn area room no 18. Found it very nosy due to people passing room in the early hours of the morning. This Disturbance was due to very thin walls between the room and the corridor. The design of the room gives no scope for hanging clothes. I would suggest the tea point be moved to the dressing table to allow more hanging space. Final attention to detail from independant personnel is sometimes very useful.
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Anonymous ( Other)
on July 22, 2007
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Staff were very helpful, cheerful and well organized. Kudos to the wedding planner, she kept everything running like clockwork with a group of 150 people!" (99392081)
1st night we were upgraded to a suite in the Stables part, older building near pub. Bed was very comfortable. Peaceful area. Pub shuts at 11pm, but the noise did not drift along the path anyway.
2nd night we were in main/new part of hotel. Bed was worst we've ever slept in - you could feel the coil springs poking through. Loud slamming spring-action doors. Thin walls. Could hear the music from the function rooms below.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on July 6, 2007
NOT A LOT REALLY THE ROOM WAS TINY FOR THE MONEY WE PAID
MOST THINGS
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Natalie ( Young couple)
from Edinburgh , GB on June 26, 2007
Surroundings
Size of room - way too small
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Stephen ( Young couple)
from Ryton , GB on May 23, 2007
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"A lovely hotel with good facilities and friendly staff" (99870784)
clean, well decorated, with efficient facilities and good range of leisure facilities
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Ruth eileen ( Mature couple)
from Chester-le-street , United Kingdom;GB on April 14, 2007
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The room was very nice, if a little small. We were informed that the swimming pool was closed, but no reduction to the rate was offered because of it. We did at least expect that breakfast would have been included because of the lack of facilities." (99076737)
The room and bathroom were very nicely furnished although extrememely small
Room was very small for the cost
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on April 6, 2007
The room was well furnished, with contemporary feel to both room nnd bathroom. The setting was a beatiful location.
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on January 20, 2007
You had everything you needed in your room. Room sevice was excellent always on time and food was lovely.
The pool area is in desperate need of a face list, it appeared a little unclean.
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on January 20, 2007
Private and quiet accomodation. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The buildings were lovely.
problems finding reception to check in.
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Nick ( Mature couple)
from Kings clipstone , United Kingdom;GB on January 12, 2007
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The hotel was easy to find and very conviently located to the A1. The staff were very pleasent and eager to ensure we had a good stay. The barn bar also provided a good evening location to relax in. Just ashame we could hear every intermate word from the room next door. Im sure they would have blushed if they knew we could clearly hear every word" (99901070)
the location - the staff - the food.
The walls or the room were very thin. At 00:30 I had to request the people in the next room to reduce the level of noise as they had guests in the room. Their laughter and remarks woke us up. This they did do and the guest left. How ever an hour later our room was filled with grunts and grones. It sounded as if they were in our room. this did spoil and otherwise good stay
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Jean ( Mature couple)
from Sunderland , United Kingdom;GB on January 10, 2007
the stables bar and the gentleman who worked behind it. if it wasn't for him we would have had an awful stay, but his niceness softened it a bit
no lake, dirty room,tiles cracked, bits missing, a few health & safety issues concerning screws in cupboards.
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Clive ( Solo business traveller)
from Chester , United Kingdom;GB on December 28, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Staff, facilities and service were all excellent" (99117843)
Generally everything was OK
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on December 28, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Nice hotel in beautiful country surroundings but not too far from Darlington. It helps to have your own transport or relatives that live nearby as there are no local shops and the nearest bus stop is up quite a steep hill. But hotel is thoroughly recommended." (99665515)
The size of the room and the friendliness of the staff
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Sarah ( Young couple)
from Richmond , United Kingdom;GB on December 19, 2006
Very friendly staff, good food
Room could have been cleaner
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on December 7, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"In terms of a one night stay we would book again for a similar function as we enjoyed the restaurant food and setting. However the room standard would mean we wouldn't stay for longer. The staff were all very helpful and pleasant." (99200218)
Hugo's restaurant
Room very small, bedding clean, bathroom clean but room very dusty below eye level.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on November 16, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Very plesant stay only down side the leisure centre a bit shabby" (99729131)
character and location
food a bit pricey
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Anthony ( Solo business traveller)
from Stone , United Kingdom;GB on November 16, 2006
Very comfortable
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on November 15, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Generally good value for money. Staff very helpful and welcoming" (99873685)
adequate but a little tired
slightly cramped room
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on November 6, 2006
A big room, very well equiped and very confortable. Clean and quite.
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Anonymous ( Same sex couple)
on October 24, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The offer of " (99799491)
The room (no. 3) was stunning, the receptionist was very helpful and gave me a better room than was orignally booked. Touches like this make me more inclined to stay again. We chose to dine in Hugo's which too was a great experience with fantastic quality food. The wine was a little over priced but other than that I had no complaint.
The door handle to the bathroom was broken so thankfully we noticed prior to going in!
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Clare ( Young couple)
from Lincoln , United Kingdom;GB on October 18, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"It was fantastic, I only paid " (99049747)
The hotel is set in beautiful, peaceful surroundings but also has a lovely pub on site. It is full of character and also very clean and well looked after
The lake in the photo doesnt exist anymore - it's about a tenth of the size it appears in the photo and is overgrown with weeds - there should be a new photo for adverts. The shower in the room could do with re-newing, it took a long time to get to the right temperature.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on September 7, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Warm welcome. Good food in Restaurant. Good parking." (3305207908)
Upgraded to an Executive room - new and pleasant.
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Mark ( Family with older children)
from Sunbury on thames , United Kingdom;GB on September 3, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"We were overall happy with the standard of the hotel.The rooms were of a good standard.Staff were polite and helpful.Facilities were good.We did not try any food whilst staying at the hotel as the GM warning on the bottom of every food menu is quite alarming to someone who goes out of their way to ensure all food that is eaten by her children is as natural as possible.This meant that we had to travel looking for food every day which was inconvenient.This is the reason why we will be not be returning in the future.If eating GM food is not a problem for you then I would recommend this hotel." (3305239781)
The rooms were of a good standard.Staff were polite and helpful.Facilities were good.
Adult content on television too easily accessable.
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Jeremy ( Mature couple)
from Northallerton , United Kingdom;GB on August 30, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"excelent facilities at the right price. Staff friendly and helpful" (3305215870)
The bedroom was a fantastic size although the furnishings were a little dated but the overall experience was just great would definiteley come again
The Bed head was stained and could do with a good clean
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Gillian ( Mature couple)
from Forest row , United Kingdom;GB on August 29, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The hotel was in a lovely setting and clearly has loads of potential. It does look a little dated but when we checked out the receptionist confirmed that the hotel is awaiting a major refurbishment which should make it delightful. The food in the pub attached to the hotel was not great but the food in the restaurant was very good and the staff very willing to please." (3305245705)
The setting was lovely and the hotel's potential is clear
The hotel is clearly in need of a refurbishment. When I pointed out that the mattress on the bed was showing its age it was confirmed that the hotel is due to be refurbished shortly which should make it absolutely lovely.
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Davina ( Young couple)
from Leeds , United Kingdom;GB on August 15, 2006
the seperate living area to the bedroom
there was only one mug for two people
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Jenna ( Other)
from Clapham , United Kingdom;GB on August 8, 2006
Well decorated, good size room with great view over the golf course
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Graeme ( Young couple)
from Stevenage , United Kingdom;GB on August 7, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The room was neat and tidy and everything worked. Surroundings beautiful, food reasonably priced (except Breakfast), good and well presented." (3305127146)
The service was excellent, every member of staff was polite, efficient and courteous.
The corridoors were constantly cluttered with housekeeping equipment, fold-up beds, used towels and linen. The cleaning cupboards were left open frequently, making it difficult to walk through.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on August 2, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The breakfast was poor. To be fair, the charge should have been a B&B all-inclusive rather thna separating the items out. This would then have made us less focused on whether the breakfast deserved its " (3304948989)
Clean, spacious, friendly and helpful service
The shower was not as powerful/easy to regulate as in other hotels.
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Peter ( Mature couple)
from Wigan , United Kingdom;GB on August 2, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"A memorable overnight stay." (3305100721)
A truly relaxing environment, delightful setting, superb food and excellent value.
Leisure Club changing facilities were rather 'tired', as was the 'welcome' in the same area.
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Audrey ( Young couple)
from Glasgow , United Kingdom;GB on July 22, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Very nice staff, gorgeous setting, shame the rooms are so noisey and the shower burnt my back." (3304764276)
Lovely setting and nice room
The rooms were very noisey. We could hear every noise in the corridor and the people in the next door room talking.The shower was not very good, very unpredictable temprature.
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Martin ( Young couple)
from Cockermouth , United Kingdom;GB on July 19, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"A very nice hotel in a lovely setting, polite and helpful staff, nice room and a fantastic breakfast ! I'd definitely stay here again - why don't you try it too ?!" (3304780226)
Accommodation was in a lovely setting, well equipped and tidy with excellent staff.
Some parts of the leisure facilty needed repair (broken coat hooks, lockers in the swimming pool changing rooms etc). Also, we would have preferred a shower to a bath.
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Anonymous ( Other)
on July 18, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The hotel was easy to find and well located for visting Beamish Museum. The welcome was warm and friendly, with good directions to the room. The room was adequate for its price and star rating, but was extremely hot, and only one of the two windows opened. We eat in the club pub, which had a good varied menu, well priced with good servicec. Check out was easy and friendly. The putting green at the golf course was appalling ( although the greens on the course looked OK), and the course didn't look very interesting, so wouldn't advise as a golf stop over" (3304814725)
Comfortable bed
Room waas like a sauna, and only 1 window opened.
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Valerie ( Mature couple)
from Denmead , United Kingdom;GB on July 17, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"You could not have informed me on the internet that the conditions would be so bad. It was lucky for us we were only passing through. When I filled out the questionaire in the hotel the receptionist said she could not comment as she had not been in this room, and let me leave very disgruntled. I had thought as we were staying in a Corus Hotel the quality would have been of a higher standard, we would have been better off staying in a Travel Lodge it was the same price." (3304980076)
location to the A1
very shabby room and general areas, the food was expensive we had a bar meal in the pub and the cheapest dish was
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on July 15, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"Would not stay at the same hotel again though we would book through Activehotel without any hesitation in future." (3304901278)
Not much
Too noisy as it was directly opposite the boiler/kitchen extractor fan which was on constantly, and the noise from the bathroom fan was loud and stayed on for too long after switch off.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on July 11, 2006
It was close to Darlington and set in pleasant surrroundings and the room was an adequate size and in reasonable repair
We were right next to a fire door which banged all night and from early in the following morning . there was also a problem concerning the adult channel which my boyfriend( who is not english) accidentally logged on to, i was present at the time and we tried to switch it off and ended up switching off the television as it was the only way to stop it after about three minutes of trying. we were still charged for watching all of it and were embarrased and outraged that we had to pay even though it was obvious thast as we had taken the trouble to bring it upn with reception we had not wanted it. I think it is too easy to accidentally find yourself in that position and I do not like ither this fact , or the way the staff handled our situation.
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Anonymous ( Other)
on July 5, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"with the exception of the small bed, the room was wonderful - we got this room at a cheap rate so i didn't feel justified to complain. The only problem we encountered was noise until aprox 2.30am - this seemed to be coming from the bar area. This was not a large group, just a small gathering but this carried very noisily into our room, they appeared to be arguing but this carried on for quite some time!With this exception the hotel was quiet and relaxing. Staff were excellent - frinedly and efficient." (3304921869)
good food, pleasent surroundings
The bed was too short! my partner couldn't get comfortable and ended up sleeping on the floor!
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 29, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"WE ONLY STAYED THE ONE NIGHT BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO STAY LONGER. THE STABLES PUB WAS VERY RELAXING AND INFORMAL. THE STAFF WERE VERY POLITE AND HELPFUL. WOULD DEFIINETLY STAY AGAIN." (3304840292)
THE ROOMS WERE VERY SPACIOUS AND CLEAN, PLENTY OF TOWELS AND LINEN
NOTHING TO DISLIKE ABOUT OUR ACCOMMODATION
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Paul ( Mature couple)
from Leicester , United Kingdom;GB on June 21, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The only to our stay was that there was a wedding reception being held at the same time which resulted in the traditional punch-up right outside the room of the other couple we were staying with!! To be fair, though, you can't blame the hotel for this at all." (3304620054)
The grounds of the hotel are well worth a wander
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on June 7, 2006
We were looking for a peaceful weekend getaway and the Hall Garth and surrounding area fitted the bill, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and will indeed look forward to planning our next break away.
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Cheryl ( Mature couple)
from Huddersfield , United Kingdom;GB on June 7, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"As stated above, we have stayed before, however, this time I booked via the internet and found it so much quicker and easier, the whole booking process being completed in minutes. Our stay resulted in a relaxing weekend, with a beautiful meal in the Restaurant on the Saturday evening, and an enjoyable hour in the swimming pool on the Sunday morning. Whilst my partner played golf, I booked a full massage treatment which I found relaxing and theraputic and would recommend to anyone. The staff, whilst highly professional are welcoming, helpful and discrete where necessary. A superb weekend break, well enjoyed. Cheryl Perkin" (3304799984)
We have previously stayed at Hall Garth and we loved and enjoyed the old listed building set in its natural environment, overlooking the well appointed Golf course. Yet it has been tastefully brought into the 21st Centuary, whilst maintaining it's character both externally and internally, with it's decor and en-suite facilities as well as with it's amenities. Facilities available are golf, a well appointed swimming pool area with Sauna, jaquessi and gym. Also available are the Treatment Rooms where you can take the opportunity to enjoy relaxing, with specialised treatments including Massage and Spa treatments. The staff make you feel welcome, they were all friendly and helpful, yet maintain a highly professional manner, whether at reception, in the dining room or using the amenities. We will definitely visit again at sometime in the future.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on June 6, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"This is a comfortable friendly hotel, which is good value for money, th only down side the the hotel are the rooms which are a bit on the small side and the decor could do with a bit of updating." (3304762878)
The hotel was comfortable and good value for money
The rooms were a bit on the small side and decor could do with a bit of updating
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Anonymous ( Group of work colleagues)
on June 5, 2006
shower was bad, either ran scortching hot or freezing cold. when it was hot it was hotter than kettle water!
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on May 31, 2006
Hall Garth Country Club, Darlington - Reviews & Ratings"The expectation of the accommodation and service were not achieved." (3304690662)
Golf course on site
Room was not to an expected standard. Mistakes at breakfast and dinner with orders and service.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on May 23, 2006
Nice linens; good facilities; good food in Hugo's; lovely grounds; helpful staff.
Marked/stained side tables and dressing table in room; restaurant layout and our table position meant we had waiters going past us all the time - very annoying; noise from kitchens air conditioning/blowers heard all the time in the room we had.
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