The Sweeney Hotel Group Review

We were disappointed with the overall cleanliness. Cobweb's in bedrooms and windows upstairs needed a good clean .conference room dirty from previous wedding two days ago .front glass doors jamming when you tried to open them .and main front door frame is loose .they need to spend to upgrade the hall

Lovely place shame the food wasn't as good. Staff very good.

Charismatic location, lovely wedding reception with helpful staff.

Lovely country house hotel with good food and lovely bar

A very old mansion house with a lot of character and history. A very good choice of food both for evening meal and breakfast. I have visited here twice and highly recommend a stay here and the staff are very friendly.

Had our wedding reception here and have been back every year for an anniversary meal and quite a few other times as well. I ve attended the gin festival and can honestly say it s one of the most stunning places in regards scenery and grounds for quite a distance.
The staff here are always pleasant and friendly and the food is lovely, it s one of the few places that I ll go to and try something completely different to my normal tastes as I can rely on the quality.
If you re in the area I d recommend stopping off just to have a look and stay for a drink, there s a well appointed bar with a good selection of gins.
Probably my favourite place to go for a guaranteed special occasion.

Love it here, great food, lovely staff and beautiful surroundings

Excellent accomodation, service, food and location.

Absolutely freezing in there. No heating on in there. Sat and ate our meal in our coats. The fish and triple cooked was tasteless and the chips were not triple cooked. Ladies toilets only 1 out of 3 working. One was locked with towels on the floor the other was full to the brim. Yuk. Disgusting really considering the prices you pay. Very disappointed won't rush back there

Lovely atmosphere and the food is consistently good. Perfect place for a birthday celebration dinner.

Excellent afternoon tea.
Staff always make you welcome

Coffee latte not very nice. Had to ask for my change twice.not very impressed with the waiter ask 4 times 4 change

Always Very Professional Service and Very Friendly, Great Venue.

Should have been more sandwiches and less cakes.I've had better and cheaper.

Beautifully cooked Sunday Roast in picturesque surrounding with very helpful staff

The food was very average at best. Mainly let down by the cheesecake that had the consistency of custard because they hadn't let it set.

Lovely hotel, room was elegant and unique, bed and bed linen fabulous and comfy. Staff great. Food superb too. Thank you for a great stay

My sister in law had her wedding here. We had an afternoon tea and a buffet evening meal and the food was excellent. The staff were friendly and helpful. Highly recommended. Great place.

Atrocious meal last month. Gristly ham hock starter; beef obviously not carved from a joint (uniform thickness and shape and tough); tepid gravy; oversize and overcooked, brittle Yorkshire pudding; tasteless vegetables; a poor excuse for a crumble pudding (stewed fruit with what appeared to be bird seed sprinkled over the top). Poor, indifferent service to boot.
Never again. This experience spoiled a birthday celebration.

Great staff and a lovely meal. Everything was as I'd hoped it would be. Thanks

Great food, lovely staff....just a shame no water in the loos

It was a real struggle to decide between 4 and 5 stars for Sweeney hall... For: dinner (10 out of 10 food) and service was brilliant, the staff generally can not be faulted and are EXCELLENT, the grounds and scenery are great. Against, breakfast was only good (7 out of 10), and sometimes it feels like the line between shabby and shabby-chic is being too finely trodden, it's not bad by any means, just a few areas could be tidied up to make it feel more special... However, still feel the stay was good value for money, and would more than happily stay again... Four and half stars then. :)

Upmarket Country House Restaurant. Good wholesome Sunday lunch . Good service.

Yep really good this morning! Cattle loaded really well!

We had our wedding here (summer 2017). The service and attention to detail from the staff couldn't have been better. It was the perfect venue, the food was wonderful, and it was clear that Sean and the team really cared about making the day as special as possible for us. Can't recommend it highly enough.

Fabulous Sunday Lunch . Excellent food and wonderful service.

Mothers day
Went for Sunday lunch. All 3 courses very good, particularly the roast beef. Can't comment on price as we were taken as mothers day treat

Attended a family party here. Had a great time. Facilities very good venue great service first rate staff very friendly and extremely helpful. Will be highly recommending this establishment to all my friends and family. Thank you to Sweeney Hall for making it an extremely entertaining visit

Fantastic venue. This really is a rare gem and well worth a visit. The food is excellent and the bar well stocked. The environment is great with a roaring log fire on entry. Very friendly staff. It has a touch of old fashioned class sadly missing from modern hotels. Highly recommended !!

Beautiful location, reasonably priced, excellent food and lovely comforting rooms. Fantastic and attentive service. Would definitely return!

Excellent quality food, lovely staff, with amazing views

Visited before when service and attention to detail was superb. However today's service was poor.

Evening Wedding Reception.Great service food and ale.Lovely grounds and views of Shropshire Hills.

Never been disappointed with the food here. We go 2 to 3 times a year for special occasions for the passed 25years or so

I recently visited Sweeney Hall as I was trying to find a suitable venue for a business meeting and lunch and found it difficult to see anything decent in Oswestry or Wrexham. What a superb find. Friendly and professional staff, excellent, well-priced food and elegant but not pretentious. I understand it is family-run and perhaps that is why it is so good. Recommended.

Hidden Gem of a place.

Wonderful location, good rooms, fine dining, great breakfasts.

What a fabulous hotel, breathtaking scenery, outstanding food and first class service from the wonderful staff. We were attending a 70th birthday party and were totally looked after from the moment we arrived to the moment we left.

Today we attended a wedding here. Beautiful venue and staff so accommodating. Amazing food and service thank you xx

Standard has gone down since last visit in Dec 2019.

Delicious food and setting for the Christmas party night. Disco was in marquee off the bar, was a bit chilly until people filled it up.

Wonderful place. Service beyond expectations. Food amazing. Staff helpful, friendly and polite. Would recommend Sweeney Hall to anyone. They made my son's wedding day perfect.

My mother's day was fantastic and all the better for my excellent meal at the Sweeney Hall Hotel

This is a very special place. Lovely food, beautiful surroundings and great service. Has to be one of, if not the top restaurant in the area.

Beautiful room with garden view and food was really good

This is a 'hidden' gem! A real country house feel...

We had a lovely meal and overnight stay for our Ruby wedding anniversary, typical British character, the staff were wonderful and very friendly a good family run business, the food was superb, my husband was raving about the belly pork and scallops

Always quality food and efficient staff makes a pleasant afternoon out

Found staff welcoming and experience of staying room lunch breakfast very good would definitely stay again thanks

Went there with family members for afternoon tea - absolutely fantastic

Attended a drinks reception, beautiful hall and grounds, and attentive and friendly staff.

Lovely building and setting with good food at a reasonable price and superb attentive service

Excellent Food and Service. Staff very friendly and welcoming.. would highly recommend Booking first though as Restaurant Fills up rather quickly!

The food was excellent, the staff very friendly and helpful. We were there for 2 nights for a family gathering. They were very attentive and the management were very hands on. It felt like a family run hotel with personal interest in the guests well being and enjoyment of their stay. The grounds are lovely too. Super for children to explore. There are some beautiful old trees within the grounds. Well worth a visit. We would happy return to this hotel in the future.

Haven't stayed but just been for Christmas Lunch with a group of about 40. Always been superb food and service but today, if am afraid to say, was a shambles. Excellent food but no co-ordination in service. Starters came at different times, some people had finished before others were served. Main course was the same, meat was almost finished before the veg were served. Sweets the same. Coffee cold before the milk/cream/sugar served. Whatever has gone wrong? Someone needs to get a grip very quickly.

Excellent facilities for a "Special Birthday" celebration. The food, refreshment and atmosphere all lived up to our expectations. Would highly recommend the Sweeney Hall Hotel.

Unfortunately there was no internet and the shower packed in, and the next morning there was no hot water for a bath. Breakfast was reasonable but not the best. Disappointed as it is such a wonderful setting. Bedroom with high ceiling and nice decor. Would try again only to compare visits!

5 * Perfect atmosphere and food in lovely setting. Dining rooms nice and quietly conducive to good conversation across their ample tables set so well with great linen too!

Very nice old quaint house in its own grounds, looks stately. Good service and not bad food. Good choice of beers. Good midweek saver menu

My friend and I had booked afternoon tea outside for a belated birthday catch up. It did take a little while to get someone's attention when we first arrived (we did ring ahead to check if we could arrive early for a drink), and we did have to go into the restaurant itself to find a member of staff. Once we were seated though the staff were pleasant and efficient, and they didn't forget us, even though we were the only ones on the terrace.

Tea and coffee were nice and there was lots of food included in the afternoon tea, with a good variety of sweet treats (Victoria sponge, meringue, profiterole, and scones), and the vegetarian sandwiches I had were tasty (can't comment on the meat ones!). One very minor suggestion would be to perhaps include some pats of butter with the scones, but I really wasn't bothered enough to ask for it, and they were fine with just jam and cream.

It was an overcast and rather windy day, but it's obvious that the terrace would be absolutely glorious on a warm sunny day, with gorgeous views, lots of space, plenty of comfortable chairs, and big tables so it was easy for my friend and I to sit at appropriate distance from each other which was reassuring - neither of us has been out at all really since restaurants re-opened.

One thing that could be improved would be to bring out individual jugs of milk with hot drinks, as my friend and I are trying to be cautious as we both have vulnerable family, and she has a small baby, so we ended up using napkins to pass jugs between us. We did have to go inside to pay at the end as the card machine wouldn't have worked where we were, just in case that other customers are trying to stay outdoors like us.

Overall it was a lovely afternoon catching up, and for what we paid (including the government Eat out discount) it was very good value.

I love this place, the country setting is beautiful, the staff are so friendly and attentive. We stayed bed and breakfast and dined in the restaurant, room spotless, food first class, cannot wait to visit again. Couple of miles from Oswestry which is a lovely market town well worth a visit.

Absolutely beautiful hotel..the owners are so welcoming and can't do enough...one of the nicest hotels I have stayed in.

Loved the decor. Very tongue in cheek. We were too early for food but tea and biscuits was lovely. Dogs were made welcome. Garden was beautiful. Best asset was the really welcoming young man who greeted us at the door and was so friendly. Fantastic first impression!

Just love working at the Sweeney Hall, just a perfect venue for my wedding couples

Very large and delicious afternoon tea. Friendly and helpful staff. Great

Great building with a history that's quite interesting. The staff are fantastic and go above and beyond to help and make your stay here one to enjoy and remember.