Great place to stay. Really English style accommodation with a traditional flavour that is both quaint, welcoming and displays a sense of style that is difficult to find. Excellent restaurant and bar with good reasonably priced food. Great service by very friendly staff. Good size secure hotel car park. Very clean spacious and tidy rooms. Very stylish large bathroom and Colchester in Essex is a lovely place to visit. Definitely a great place to stay.

Lovely house and gardens; easily accessible location. Gracious hosts. Very comfortable room. Freshly prepared delicious breakfast. The village of Felstead is a very pleasant hub from which to explore this attractive corner of Essex and it is conveniently close to Stanstead. Laurels beats nearby airport hotels into a cocked hat!

The hotel was clean and well maintained - even though The Green Room Restaurant was in the process of being renovated. We were attending an Open Day at University of Essex and needed a parking permit printed which a member of the hotel staff did for us with a smile and no extra charge.

Lovely decor throughout, lovely room and comfort was great. Very comfortable bed. Very clean. Nice continental breakfast with great choice. If ever in Essex again, I would stay here. Really nice hotel.

The Finchingfield Lion is located in the beautiful village of Finchingfield, Essex, England. Everyone was friendly. We enjoyed our holiday. The food was delicious. The room was clean and comfortable.

The Staff were very helpful and friendly and always happy to help with our queries. Perfect location for us whilst in Essex for Family celebration. A

We always stay here when we visit family and friends who live in Essex. If we did not like it we would not stay there.

Thaxted is unique. Traditional Essex domestic architecture and exceptional midaeval church.

The overall feeling of Lifehouse Spa & Hotel was excellent. We had a very relaxing long weekend and enjoyed the facilities it provided. The pool was large and although we didn't use the steam room and other poolside facilities (for medical reasons) it all looked very good. The extensive gardens were a delight to walk round. The proximity to Frinton-on-Sea was good as it allowed us time to visit the coast and take in the sea air.

What a nice hotel! The room was clean and nicely decorated. the restaurant had nice period features, the staff were polite, helpful and friendly. The food was excellent and not overpriced. Although I did not use the facilities I did have a look at the well equipped gym and the pool looked very attractive. This was one of the nicest places I've stayed and also one of the best value. I highly recommend this hotel.

We arrived too late to eat in the restaurant but we drive to get Pizza and Ice from a place nearby and the lovely bar lady waited for to come back so we could enjoy a pint of beer and a half of shandy as we ate our pizza in the bar area. The decor is lovely as I have come to expect from a Best Western. There is always a pleasant supersize in store in the interior design of best westerns.

Excellent long term staff with over 30 years service at the hotel excellent courteous service accommodated our early arrival from Dubai without any issues.

The ensuite is amazing. Massive and with double balcony. The bath fits two and the bed is enormous.

Beautiful location and stunning hotel - very clean - perfect!!

The bed was very comfortable, storage for clothes was ample.

It's all about the staff, excellent people, like family.

Staff were very helpful. The room was very clean and tidy.

Overall our stay way excellent will come again

The staff are friendly and really helpful