Norman Hurst Hotel  

I have stayed at a number of hotels in Sale and Altrincham over the years and the Normanhurst is by far the best hotel in .the area.The Hotel staff are great (the barman actually engages in conversation with you) The quality of the food is excellent and in general the whole place makes you feel relaxed. Having spent years travelling on business the last thing I want to do after a full days work is to arrive at a hotel and then go out because the hotel and the staff make you feel uncomfortable or the restaurant is so impersonal that you would rather go somewhere else for a meal. It has been about a year since I last stayed here and was given a double room in the extension part of the Hotel. The first thing I noticed was that the rooms must have been modernised since my last stay.here. The room was bright and clean with an LCD TV in the corner and the bathroom had recently been completely reconstructed to more of a walk-in type shower room. I asked at reception what had changed and was told that some of the standard rooms had wetrooms in them as part of a current upgrade process. All in all I would thoroughly recommend this Hotel if you were in the area.

I thoroughly enjoyed my recent stay at the Normanhurst Hotel , I thought that the room was excellant, food fantastic, staff extremely helpful and courteous, breakfast in the morning was of a very high standard as was the evening meal also a very reasonable price for such a fantastic dining experience . I am extremely happy to have found such a wonderful hotel and when ever I stay in Manchester I will definately stay at this hotel, overall a great stay .

I liked the hotel because it was in a nice quiet location yet not far by car to local amenities. We were visiting Tatton Park rhs and the hotel was ideally located to get there, from. The evening meal was excellent! Our room was fabulous.

I first stayed @ this hotel approx 45 yrs ago when I moved to M'chr to work, and as I was attending the 150 yrs celebration Sale rfc Ball @ Heywood Road knew that it was situated in close proximity to the ground, and that there was an excellent chance that one or two other ex players would also be staying there, which proved to be the case, although other friends from Scotland had to cancel @ the last minute.

We returned to the hotel in the early hours of the morning and had to gain entry via the rear doors. Unfortunately, the entrance and side driveways had no form of illumination whatsoever yet ironically after stopping in front of the rear door a sensor light came on!!! The frontal appearance of the hotel could do with a good coat of paint and although the bulk of the gardens were quite well maintained, the aspect immediately to the right side of the entrance drive was badly neglected. Both of which give a rather run down appearance to what was once a very imposing building.

The gardens wre very peaceful - and of course, it is very convenient for Old Trafford football stadium.

The breakfast was not at the same standard as previous stays. Soggy in places and a little tired around the edges. For that reason I am going to try another hotel on my next trip.

The evening dinner choice, quality and value for money were exceptional. The bedroom was generously sized and well equipped.

At breakfast, it was not obvious where essential items eg fruit juice and milk, were to be found.

Nice and friendly, very helpfull, nothing to much trouble. Set in nice grounds.

Good friendly hotel staff, large room, new bathroom and the food was very good.

It took the radiator too long to warm the room up.

It was relaxed; it was friendly; the staff couldn't have been more helpful; the diningroom offered an interesting and excellent menu. I chose it because it was 'family run' and it more than lived up to what I had hoped for.

The main part of the hotel had character and was very nice. There was a welcoming fire in the reception area and the place was warm and cosy. The staff were pleasant and helpful. The breakfast was very good and the waitress attentive and very friendly.

Our room was in the extension and was very cold. The radiator was not turned on and considering the warm fire in the main hotel this was very disapointing. Especially as it was mid December.

Efficient booking system, friendly booking in, good breakfast.

Lack of parking, difficult manoevering in car park. Apprehensive about leaving the car where it could have been dammaged.