Of all the places we stayed over two weeks in the UK, the Eastnor House was the most expensive and (by far) the least pleasant. Although the proximity to the touristy part of Stratford-upon-Avon was good (5 minute walk), the actual location was terrible in that it's on a very busy road. Motor cycles and drunken, late-night revelers interrupted our sleep throughout the night. The room itself was very unpleasant. It was a very hot July day, so the room was roasting (no air conditioning) and smelled terrible. The bathroom smelled a bit of mold. The room (in fact, the whole place) looked like it had not been given much attention recently. It was a bit rundown and dirty feeling to us. We felt very uncomfortable at the Easton House, and we certainly would not stay there again.

My wife and I stayed at the Eastnor house for two nights in June as part of a to week trip throughout England and Scotland where we stayed primarily at B&Bs. The Eastnor house was easily the worst of the places we stayed at. The location was great, about a five minute walk to downtown, and the house it self was pretty nice looking architecturally. However, I would echo the problems that the previous reviewer had.

The over all décor of the place was pretty much a mish mash. It did not appear that much care went into it. This was most evident in the breakfast room where there was a whole bunch of mismatching serving trays and coffee machines. Additionally, I found the house quite messy. Storage room doors were left open and vacuum cleaners were left in the hallways. This wouldn’t have been bad if it was in the morning or early afternoon when they were cleaning the rooms, but it persisted throughout the day.

The breakfast was definitely not ‘lavish’. On the first day, there was a sparse buffet of cold eggs and ham. I noted above the mishmash of serving equipment in the breakfast room. It wouldn’t have been bad if it was all being used but most of it sat empty. I found it ironic that the B&B with the most elaborate set up had the least amount of food. It could have been due to a small number of guests at the hotel, but we were there during the high season.

Overall, I found this B&B overpriced compared to the other B&Bs that I stayed at in England and Scotland. We stayed in pretty touristed areas so I don’t see any reason for the prices difference.

Having just spent two nights at this Guest House I feel somewhat disappointed having read the great reviews featured on this site. Maybe things have slipped a little in the last twelve months. The greatest thing is it's location and we did have a very large twin room which, with two double beds, was great for just two people. However, if you like fresh air in the room at night beware .. the windows at the front of the house do not open. The beds were comfortable and bed linen very attractive. However, the decor could do with updating and the first evening there was no hot water when we wanted to have a bath.

Most disappointing was the breakfast, (which had been described as 'lavish' in previous reviews). It seemed to have almost disappeared by the time we came down at 9am. (Breakfast served from 8am to 10am). The 'hot' food that was left was no longer hot but warmish and the egg was now an unrecognisable yellow lump! However, there was plenty of fresh fruit salad and gorgeous yogurt. Some of the other fruit in baskets was past its best.

Our host came in to the breakfast room once to point out where the coffee was, again it was obvious that the coffee was there since breakfast started at 8a.m. Bread was white/brown sliced pan, no granary, croissants etc. The breakfast room itself wasn't particularly attractive, reminisent of early 90's style with loud patterned carpet and fake flowers on tables. The second morning however, we were asked if we would like an egg cooked as there were none remaining on the buffet.

Surprisingly, our host did not seem to have much local knowledge re internet cafe/left luggage facilities etc. (We did find the one internet cafe in Stratford by asking around and there are no left luggage facilities at the railway station). We were able to leave our luggage at the Guest House until later that day.

On the plus side, the house is warm and cosy enough, great location for the theatres (about 5 mins walk through park) and the host, whilst not over friendly was pleasant enough and helpful most of the time.

We were greeted warmly and our host was most helpful. We had room 10 which worked out perfectly. The location is perfect, just a short walk to the town center and I can not say enough about the breakfast or how clean everything was. I truly didn't want to leave!