Hall Garth Hotel, Golf & Spa.

Hotel description

A beautiful 15th-century house with a golf course and spa, Hall Garth Hotel, Golf & Spa is set in 67 acres of parkland. Elegant rooms with free Wi-Fi are 3 miles from the market town of Darlington.

Luxurious rooms each offer a private bathroom, satellite TV and tea and coffee making facilities. Many rooms retain original period features and beautiful views, with room service also available.

For active guests, The Leisure Club at Hall Garth offers an indoor swimming pool, gym and challenging golf course. Relaxing alternatives include a steam room, spa bath, sauna and beauty treatments.

Each hotel restaurant boasts lovely views across the parkland and golf course with their own bar and terrace. Guests can also enjoy afternoon tea in the lounge, or order a picnic hamper.

With excellent transport links, the Hall Garth is just 0.5 miles from the A1, and 5 minutes drive from Heighington Rail Station.

• 8.8/10 Anonymous Mature couple

  United Kingdom
  October 13, 2011

  We were only there overnight but the room was spacious with good en- suite and four poster bed. Breakfast was excellent and staff were very helpful.

• 8.3/10 Anonymous Solo traveller

  United Kingdom
  May 27, 2011

  Hotel room was excellent

  Food was poor - expecting a much higher standard.

• 10/10 Neil Young couple

  Addlestone, United Kingdom
  January 20, 2012

  Having stayed at many hotels around Darlington over the past couple of years, I have been pleasantly surprised by how lovely the Hallgarth is. I will consider staying here again the next time I need to find somewhere to stay. Breakfast was lovely! The small bar was cozy - such a welcoming feeling having driven for 4 hours, and arriving late!

• 8.3/10 Anonymous Family with older children

  United Kingdom
  January 19, 2012

  It's a nice building in nice surroundings. Overall, I was very impressed. Staff (mainly) were very good and the food and service were excellent.

  Clearly there are some building and infrastructure issues at the hotel. We were upgraded due to a water leak but this meant splitting my children into the main hotel and my wife and I staying in a different building - not a problem for us, but not ideal. The IT system failed to charge me for a family dinner and drinks which had I (and others) not been honest, could have cost the hotel a significant amount of money. Male bar staff were a bit (very) dim and I had to wait 15 minutes for drinks in the small hotel bar, even then I had to really spell out what I wanted. Having said that, it won't stop us coming back.

• 8.8/10 Ian Solo traveller

  Egham, United Kingdom
  January 18, 2012

  This 3* hotel is conveniently located for the business traveller, as it is only 0.5 mile from the A1 and close to the large Aycliffe ind estate . It is based around an old manor house which has kept a lot of traditional features. The bedrooms in the old part of the building have sloping floors, low doors etc A more modern annexe has also good but more standardised rooms. There is a seperate pub/bar with real ale and snacks,a leisure centre and golf course. In the restaurant , you can eat in the old main room or in the conservatory which looks out over the golf course

  Hot bar food is no longer available in the pub so you have to go to the restaurant and pay a lot more to eat. We were put in the conservatory where it was rather cold ( same problem last winter when I stayed) as only heated by fan heaters . The leisure centre needs updating . The pub was rather dead and at one point we were the only customers. From past visits the few bedrooms above the Stables pub are rather small and should be avoided.

• 9.6/10 Ben Solo traveller

  Bridgnorth, United Kingdom
  January 16, 2012

  Excellent Value and the Staff were all very friendly and helpful. Will definitely stay here again in the future.

• 9.2/10 Philip Solo traveller

  Elland, United Kingdom
  January 15, 2012

  Excellent hotel with high standards throughout. Staff very friendly and welcoming. Good location being approximately 5 miles from centre of Darlington

  I have stayed at the Hall Garth on a number of occasions and will continue to stay. I was disappointed however, that there was no hot water on the second night of my stay and none the following morning. While staff were very apologetic, they said the problem had been caused by the boiler blowing out and that this had been a problem since Christmas. Given that I stayed there in mid January I would have expected this to have been remidied earlier.

• 10/10 Anonymous Young couple

  United Kingdom
  January 6, 2012

  When we arrived at the reception we had found that we had been upgraded. The hotel was nicely situated away from the main traffic and it had a nice atmosphere to the place.

• 9.2/10 William Mature couple

  Dudley, United Kingdom
  January 3, 2012

  We stayed on te evening of 23 December and all of the staff were very sweet.

• 5.4/10 Anonymous Solo traveller

  United Kingdom
  December 14, 2011

  Location and most staff were friendly

  Very cold. Rooms basic and bathroom facilities were of a very poor standard.

• 7.5/10 Anonymous Solo traveller

  United Kingdom
  December 14, 2011

  The room was very clean & comfortable and at an affordable price.

  The restaurant service was apalling, both for dinner and breakfast. Hye eveing menu was overpriced and the quality not up to expectation.

• 8.8/10 Anonymous Mature couple

  United Kingdom
  December 12, 2011

  Lovely staff,friendly and helpful. Beautiful grounds,building full of character. Nice comfortable room,needs some up-dating. Nice lounges and quirky bar.

  The hotel was chosen because it had a swimming pool and spa-the pool was disappointingly small- any more than three people swimming and it is overcowded. Our room (no.2)was pleasant but could be so much nicer by new carpet/plain walls/bathroom more luxurious. Food was not of a consistant high quality,some dishes were really good but others mediocre.

• 9.2/10 Cheryl Mature couple

  Stamford, United Kingdom
  December 12, 2011

  The suite we had

  The deal that we booked was excellent value for money. We had a suite which we were not expecting. The staff were helpful.

• 7.1/10 Paul Solo traveller

  Ilkley, United Kingdom
  December 6, 2011

  A very good hotel, ideally located for the motorway. Good leisure facilities. The golf course is not very good, but for a knock around its ok.

  The bed in the room was one of the hardest beds I have ever slept on! I took hours to get to sleep and then slept terribly. Maybe I was just unlucky, but I hope not all the beds are like this one.

• 5.8/10 Philip Solo traveller

  YORK, United Kingdom
  December 5, 2011

  Room very small and warm.Unsuitable areas to work from.Unable to open a window for fresh hair.No lift facility to rooms.Room facilities were below Premier Travel Lodge standard but much more expensive.Difficult draging suit cases ect across the unmade car park and us stairs to reception.

• 8.3/10 Gary Mature couple

  Plymouth, United Kingdom
  November 3, 2011

  It was a very relaxing few days

• 9.2/10 Paul Mature couple

  Darlington, United Kingdom
  November 1, 2011

  Great location in countryside with easy access to A1 motorway and Darlington centre.

• 5.5/10 Anonymous Mature couple

  United Kingdom
  November 1, 2011

  Considering the price we paid for two nights we found that having to pay £12.50 for each breakfast was way over the top that added £50 quid to th bill. Breakfast was quite good however, but no better then many I.ve had for less than £6-7 . The waiting staff was very poor and very slow , especailly at dinner . Food was average but ok Found decor to be below average with a good paint job neeed , public areas cold, even though outside it was mild . Room had a very odd smell has was quite noisy at times The tall lady receptionist was friednly and very nice and always working with a smile Overall I would rate the hotel 5/10

• 7.5/10 Paul Solo traveller

  Sheffield, United Kingdom
  October 27, 2011

  I didn't want to stay in a hotel in Newcastle and this hotel is perfect being just 2 mins from the a1. It's quiet, well maintained and has good leisure facilities. Choice of food is also good.

• 7.9/10 David Mature couple

  Durham, United Kingdom
  October 19, 2011

  Nice location friendly staff great food

• 10/10 Anonymous Mature couple

  United Kingdom
  October 13, 2011

  All staff are extremely courteous and friendly. All guests have free use of leisure facilities so bring your swimwear and gym clothes. Remember to ask reception for the internet acess code to use the wifi. Reception will happily supply fresh milk for teas and coffees.

• 7.5/10 Anonymous Family with older children

  United Kingdom
  October 3, 2011

  Comfortable rooms

  Noisy - there was a wedding reception being held in the function room below our bedroom and a party in the bar below our daughter's room

• 6.3/10 Graham Mature couple

  Halifax, United Kingdom
  September 25, 2011

  Food, it was very poor, unlike previous visits. The chef can't have any taste buds.hugos restaurant was exelant on our last 3 visits, but I'm afraid something as gone very wrong.

• 5.4/10 Che Young couple

  Kowloon City, Hong Kong
  September 22, 2011

  The WiFi cannot be connected until midnight. The staff was not helpfull. Just saying that they could not do anything. The facilities are very disappointed.

• 10/10 Elaine Solo traveller

  Glasgow, United Kingdom
  September 15, 2011

  Lovely Hotel just off main roads great location for my business trip.