The Speech House  

Very pleasant surroundings and friendly staff.

Upstairs cottage rooms could be quite difficult for elderly people to access. WiFi reception is only available in the immediate reception area.

When we arrived Suzanne and Denise where so helpfull and give us a free upgrade as the room we C/I to was dirty. The dinner in the Restaurant was the best food I had for longtime - and our waitress Kasha was very profesionel and friendly.

The hotel is in a beautiful location, and the building is amazing with such a wonderful history, your staff are to be commended, they are friendly and helpful. Service in the restaurant was quick and the food was hot. The room was a lovely room, the bed was comfortable.

I know its an old building and the floor boards will creak a little, but omg the creaking from the room above was really bad, it woke me in the night when they got up to use the bathroom. And the noise from the main road was quite bad too, but that is the only down side, everything else was very nice.

The buffet breakfast was good and the staff were friendly

Room was too small for a room in the courtyard. this was considerably smaller than the room that we stayed in approx. 1 year a go.

Extremely friendly staff, especially reception area. Went out of their way to make us comfortable. Good food great location.

Would have liked a bath, but opted to stay in chalets so just shower, but as we were only there one night all ok, as much my fault as should have read the spec.

The location as we were meeting up with family members close-by and to visit my husband's mother's grave at the cemetery in the Forest as my husband is originally from Cinderford. The Speech House is a place my husband always talked about whenever we visited the area but this was the first time we had stayed there.

I would rather have stayed in the main part of the hotel and guess this is what I should have stipulated when booking. However, this wasn't evident when booking on-line.

The staff were all superb, notwithstanding the cheerful 'Hi Guys' greeting from a young waitress... Food magnificent. Room in need of some decorative restoration and bed cover urgently needs replacing but bed itself comfortable and linen clean and lovely. Bath rather small for a good comfortable soak after a long drive. Overall a good experience.

The room we had was in the roof and two 'mature' old buffers had to puff and pant up several flights of stairs with the luggage. Note to self - next time ask for a room on ground/1st floor of any hotel without a lift :-)

Friendly, comfortable hotel with great food

The location both because of a family event held locally and it's position in the forest. It really has no competition. Clean, welcoming and helpful.

Time for a bit of an uplift in decor but not desperate. More like nice b and b than hotel. Could do with putting local information in the rooms there was nothing.

a special place for our wedding anniversary, 7ftx7tf four poster bed, historic location in forrest !

The room's 7 ft bed was spectacular, and the whole experience in hotel was excellent. Location in centre of historical forest is beautiful. It is overall a warm friendly hotel, with lots of stories to tell. The dining room, and old court house, is a joy. The restaurant food was very good and a delicious breakfast!

Whilst I appreciate and value the traditional decor, some areas are a little tired and worn, with architrave and door glossing a large requirement. I was also very disappointed that the main WCs had been updated in such a modern style, totally out of keeping with the comfortable traditional style the hotel requires. I would ask the new owners to think hard before over-modernising the rest! It needs more styling as a classy country pursuits hotel for families.

From the moment you walked in the staff were all very polite and pleasant. Nothing was too much trouble and they seemed very happy in their work. Food was vey good and the choice at breakfast was excellent. The history of the Speech House was very interesting and although in the country, it was close to the all amenities & places of interest. Although we understand they may have weddings at weekends, it was very quiet during our visit. We have stayed at several hotels in this area and we must say, this was by far the best

The quality of the Hotel was outstanding with a great location in the forrest while still being central and close to many attractions, top marks all round