Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel

The St David’s restaurant looked very appealing, standing very close to the reception desk, nicely decorated, with unusual fixtures, But it turned out to be rather disappointing. The table and chairs were far to close together, some guests hardly had enough elbow space, far too many people crammed in together, it gave the feeling of being a typical holiday camp rather than a hotel. The food was not of same standard as other Warner hotels, and staff were certainly not as happy as other places. The buffet bar was crowded, messy food all over counters and not being wiped up quick enough, rather off putting I’m afraid. We chose waitress service and ordered off menu, but disappointed again. After diner, we joined guests for the late evening cabaret show, which you can enter showroom on a short passage opposite reception desk, but found it difficult to find a spot to place the wheelchair, and even that meant getting out of chair to sit on one of their seats. The show itself was ok, very noisy, but too much for us, so when an opportunity presented itself, we embarrassingly left the show lounge passing along seats full of guests wondering how two old souls had the courage to get out. We simply sat at the coffee nest and had a nightcap mocktail before an early night in our comfortable room watching a tv programme.

Getting ready to depart the castle visit, we topped up our EV car, by leaving the car park and heading towards the main castle entrance, then turned left to drive along castle walls, and reach the corner of the castle, turned right and drove just a few yards to a castle entrance on the right, signed for the Royale Room car park. Inside we found four EV charging points on the left, and started the charge. Leave the car there, and walk back towards the car parks, and then enter the reception area, before walking up ramp to reception desk area, and then entered the St David’s restaurant. You can then go directly to the table you have used for dinner, and enjoy the quite good selection of breakfast food available, which included kippers, and freshly made pancakes. Fruit is available and The hot food counter offered well prepared dishes, and we were quite satisfied with the selection on offer. Then it was time to depart our Bodelwyddan castle break. ================== OUR FINAL THOUGHTS. Disappointing, as we felt that this has more of a holiday village feel about it, far to crowded for comfort, food not quite up to the usual standard, staff certainly not happy about their lot on life, and the general atmosphere very flat. The show room did nothing for us, certainly not designed for disabled people and as it’s a small room, far too loud and noisy. Sadly we would not recommend Bodelwyddan castle to you.

A pleasant hour or so can be enjoyed walking through the walled gardens, although it’s a bit hard for a wheelchair user or their carer, because there’s so many paths of compressed ground to get across, but visitors in good health will have the benefit of seeing everything the gardens provide. Most of the garden can be enjoyed if you can cope with a few low small steps, but it won’t stop disabled from seeing most of the delightful areas of mixed shrubs and trees.