Hotels in Stratford-upon-Avon

A lovely place but my oh my, I thought we had accidentally booked Silverstone, the amount of boy racers driving expensive cars way too fast and revving like crazy at the MacDonald's right next to our hotel. Luckily the noise didn't go on to late into the night. And the smell of weed/pot/marijuana is everywhere. The place has a serious problem, we witnessed people blatantly skinning up and smoking everywhere from outside our hotel to on the river (while steering a boat). Having said that we had a lovely stay here, we especially liked the riverside where there was a great atmosphere. We had a lovely day at Kenilworth Castle, a short drive away, and enjoyed a boat trip which we highly recommend. We ate at several restaurants including Encore (great Sunday roast), Zizzi's, Boston Tea Party, Cafe Rouge and Pierre Bistro. All were superb but particularly recommend Boston Tea Party (dog friendly) for breakfast and and Encore.

Lovely place, with. Beautiful canal and many swans and ducks to feed. The restaurants we went into had all tried their best with the current Covid19 system. I must say one place the Encore didn’t seem bothered about the Track and Trace laws in place, and the Wetherspooons pub couldn’t do enough with regards this, actually watching you complete the forms or scan the code.

We had a short walk in to the town centre, were there were plenty of nice shops and lots of cafes and restaurants to eat. We ate The Thatch Tavern, lovely home cooked food and at Zizzi. Would recommend visiting The Butterfly farm and The Mad Musuem. We also did a boat trip on the river which was lovely and very relaxing. We had lunch at Cafe 57, which does homemade Quiches and cakes, it has a court yard at the back which was nice to sit out in the sunshine.

Stratford-upon-Avon is a pleasant and interesting city to visit with many historical features and architecture. Unfortunately, due to COVID many features were closed but we still found several things to enjoy.

Beautiful town, well worth a visit, we went for 3 days/nights and that felt about right. A really good choice of pubs and restaurants, with lots of character. If you are foodies, there is plenty of choice, particularly the row of restaurants on Sheep Street, some of which seem to be owned by the same people. We went to Lamb's which I would definitely recommend but there are several along that road which are good. If you like a drink there are lots of characterful pubs.

Plenty of places to visit ,plenty of places to eat Wetherspoons and a curry restaurant.easy to get about walking distance to most things.lovely boat trip on the river would recommend will go back again