Lunch and dinner served, al fresco dining

Reviews of Magnolia Park Hotel, Golf & Country Club

3 out of 5
Magnolia Park Hotel, Golf & Country Club
Arncott Road, Boarstall, Aylesbury, England

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 32 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 19 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 100 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nicely decorated. Welcoming staff. On site parking and good breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not worth the price we paid.
Room was mediocre. First room we were given the toilet was broken so we had to move, our "upgrade" was a smaller room but had a balcony. Breakfast was very average.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous place. Good great. Rooms super comfortable and clean. Katie is especially fantastic and deserves a mention. Super helpful and goes that extra mile
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a bit of trouble with the door lock, but otherwise fine. Spacious room, view of the golf course. Breakfast good.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Reception staff helpful and friendly but couldn’t solve any problems. No robes or slippers in our room and room not serviced once during 3 night stay. (Someone came at 15.10 one day when we had a taxi booked at 15.35 to go to an event. They could not return 20 minutes later). Large notice saying breakfast closed at 10.20 on Sunday despite advertising 10.30 and hardly any food left, couldn’t even get a piece of toast. Shame the overall experience was so disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in general in a quite old condition. Room was ok and fairly clean.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Ben on 25 Nov 2019
Thank you for taking the time to score us Look forward to welcoming you back

8/10 Good

SHEZAN

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ruth

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gareth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Stayed here before and as I was working locally I returned. Check-in was quick and given a ground floor room which was nice. I was able to unpack and relax for the remainder of the evening. Due to work I didn't stay for breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Benjamin Gaignierre (General Manager) on 21 Oct 2019
Dear Gareth Thank you for taking the time to write your review. I am glad we were able to look after you once again and that you enjoyed your stay with us Hope to speak with you on your next stay Kind Regards

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Ben Gaignierre (General Manager) on 10 Oct 2019
Thank you very much for choosing to stay with us at Magnolia Park Hotel

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Ben Gaignierre (General Manager) on 10 Oct 2019
Thank you very much for reviewing us

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Hotel for golfers not for business people
Hotel is designed for golfing holidays and all the emphasis is placed on golfing guests even to the extent of serving breakfast to these clients and guests having to ask to make a breakfast order. If you are not a golfer do bother, I stayed a Sunday night and was one of 2 guests, only person in the cold, bar with poor choice of dinner menu and TV blarring out a football match. Waited at reception on leaving for a good while and nobody came to the desk in the end I left my room key as I had a meeting and could not wait for attendance.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Ben Gaignierre (General Manager) on 29 Sept 2019
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for taking the time to share your review of our hotel. I am terribly sorry that we didn't manage to meet your expectation. Would you be able to elaborate about your dining experience. We do offer a large selection of food items on our menu, which range from West Indies to European and Asian food. I am not too sure I understand your reference to the breakfast order, would you be able to contact me so that we can have a conversation about your various points. I would love to understand what happen during your stay, as my team and I are working hard to improve our guests experience and can only achieve this by receiving feedback. Look forward to hearing from you Kind Regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Ben Gaignierre (General Manager) on 29 Sept 2019
Dear Anonymous, Would you be able to let me know why you have rated your experience at Magnolia Park Hotel 6 out of 10. This would assist me in developing my team and/or the facilities to meet our guest expectation. I hope you will update me on your experience Kind regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Pretty average. Needs a customer care course. Waited 10 minutes to check in nobody in attendance! Then found previous occupants chips and kebab remnants in my regards I’m fridge. Might have been an idea to suggest I get my £10 breakfast complimentary maybe?? Nobody thought of that idea £24 for a pretty average steak Go elsewhere! It’s a good club not in my opinion a decent hotel
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Benjamin Gaignierre (General Manager) on 22 Sept 2019
Dear Mr Godsman, I am terribly sorry that our housekeeping team didn't carry out their duty fully when servicing the room. Our Housekeeping supervisor has gone over the required training with the rest of the team to ensure this doesn't happen with anyone else and remain an isolated incident. I don't recall you having Breakfast in the morning of your departure, nor did we discuss you poor meal from the previous night. I feel the issue of the steak could have been brought up to our attention so we could have made amend to the situation. You did on the evening use the Expedia Realtime Feedback to share your experience. I feel disappointed that you didn't mentioned the dinner experience at the time we could have made a difference I hope you will stay with us once more to give us the opportunity to ensure you get a better experience whilst staying at Magnolia Park Hotel Kind Regards

6/10 Okay

Declan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Room was a great size smart tv comfortable bed and clean, WiFi good speee, breakfast was good, staff were friendly but in the bar downstairs despite me being the only one in the bar ordering food I was made to wait a long time for a sandwich on both occasions. Housekeeping knocked on my door at 8:45 am on the day I was due to check out they should know when I am checking and not be knocking my door at such an early time.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Benjamin Gaignierre (General Manager) on 22 Sept 2019
Thank for your review. I am terribly sorry that our Housekeeping team has disturbed your stay by knocking on your door. i have brought that issue with my housekeeping supervisor to ensure that it will not happen again. I hope it will not deter you from staying with us should be in the local area Kind Regards

6/10 Okay

Dave

Could be so much better
Sauna and Steam room reeked, slow check in, says in hotel info that tea and coffee to go are available near reception but no cups and receptionist didn't have a clue about this. Room clean and tidy (room 6) but buzzing sound from roof and no blind so as soon as the suns up its in your eyes so your awake. WiFi good as was TV with Netflix on it but wouldn't stay again. Didn't opt for breakfast because of the price.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Benjamin Gaignierre (General Manager) on 21 Oct 2019
Dear Dave, I am sorry to read your review about your disappointing stay with us. We are aware that our Sauna & Steam room are dated although fully functional and cleaned on a regular cleaning schedule. We are looking at making significant improvement to our facilities over the next few months. I hope you may change your mind in the future to stay with us once again so that we can regain your trust in our facilities and customer service experience. Regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
The bedroom was excellent as was the food and service for dinner in the bar. The service at breakfast was poor and the breakfast itself mediocre. You had to use a tear off sachet of coffee put it in a cup and fill it with water from a jug that by the time we got to it was cool. The bar area was vast and furnished for groups of golfers rather than hotel guests. The walls were festooned with trophy winners over the years. There was nothing inviting or pleasurable about it for hotel guests
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Benjamin Gaignierre on 22 Sept 2019
Thank you very much for your review. Please accept my most sincere apologies for the experience received whilst staying at Magnolia Park Hotel. We have over the past few months reviewed our general guest experience and have highlighted couple of area were we must improve. Breakfast is something that my head chef and restaurant manager are working on to offer a much better, healthier and appetizing option. We are also investing in redesigning the bar area and create a restaurant that would suit more and feel that you are staying in 4* Hotel. I hope you will return to us in early 2020 to experience our new restaurant Kind Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In the middle of nowhere, but cheaper than closer to where I wanted to go. As it turned out the premises were excellent!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I don't want to add anything to this section of the review.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

graham

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Not impressed.
Dissapointed that the restaurant was closed on a Monday night which meant I had to eat in the sports bar.. which was full when i arrived so had to wait for a table which though not the sort of table you would eat off.. was more for holding drinks. Had been a long day so had to endure have a live football match played on the large tvs. Food was good though just ambience not what i was wanting. Window could shut which meant it was very drafty and cold and bedroom fire door would not close without pulling hard.. pointed out these points to the duty manager who promised they would be rectified. Wont be returning.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Al, Glasgow

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
The hotel and rooms were really nice, couldn't fault it one bit, especially considering the price. On to the negative, we decided to book a room to freshen up and take a short nap. we had a long day travelling, shopping and had more travelling later at night. we arrived at roughly 6pm and only planned on staying for a couple of hours. Upon arrival we informed the receptionist of our inebriated for a very short stay. We entered our room and shortly after we received a phone call from the receptionist who said "hi there, just to confirm you're only staying for an hour or two, why would you pay £48 for this, what's the real reason", this was incredibly humiliating and insulting as it insinuated soliciting. Our short stay became very sour. During check out we questioned the receptionist, why she felt necessary to ask, she started that she was confused and it didn't make sense, whilst holding a very condescending grin on her face. This was a very humiliating start for us, we'd spent money to be questioned in a very distasteful manner. Only for her to not being apologetic whatsoever.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

This Hotel is NOT in Aylesbury and we had our weekend ruined because it states it is. In fact it is 17MILES OUTSIDE Aylesbury and is near Oxford. CUSTOMERS BEWARE
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great rooms but hotel reception and bar needs some attention. Executive rooms really nice and food good for price
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Room was OK but TV didn't work and the room was freezing cold even though the thermostat was set at 2 4 degrees
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Holly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Horrendous Visit
It took the hotel 1 1/2 hours to get us a satisfactory room. The keycard for the first room failed to operate the door. The receptionist showed us to the incorrect room for the second room, so again the keycard failed to open the door. The third room we couldn't get wifi and we were initially not informed of a different wifi password. Eventually the fourth room we were were given was fine and as we had expected. The receptionist was initially very pleasant, but was unable to rectify the situation or put us at ease over the issues. This then turned into sarcasm and a very unprofessional approach to us. In the morning the fire alarm was activated by steam from someones shower. It took hotel staff around 10 minutes to silence the alarm and investigate the reason. Most of the hotel staff just continued to do their job instead of evacuating the hotel with guests. Staff should have more training with regard to the fire alarm system and procedures to follow in the event of an alarm going off..
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Sharon

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Try and avoid if you can.
Checking in was like hell given wrong room, only one staff working she was cleaning rooms and checking in people which resulted in waiting for half n hour to checkin but was given a wrong room. Booked a executive room but was given a standard room apparently fault between communication between hotels.com and the hotel. Waiting for an hour for this to be changed. Wasted a lot of my time at 8 am someone put the fire alarm on. Everyone had to leave the rooms and was due to something in the kitchen of co2 level high. Not a great experience ruined my birthday.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it and will be back. I travel a lot and will be looking out for expedia hotels
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient location, good and friendly service. Nice rooms but hard mattress
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tanya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel, very friendly service, lovely location.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

sandra, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable ,friendly , good location.
Helpful staff in the bar. Moved a table into the bar area ,as there wasn’t enough room to sit and eat a meal in comfort .excelent food . Room was very modern and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Below average, tiny room overpriced.
Room looked like it needed some maintenance, shower was overflowing, glass panels littered around. Some kind of Chinese condensation extractor in the room ? Didn't even have off an on written on it just Chinese writing. 20min drive from the M40 due to the poor country lanes which look like they only fit for horse and carriage.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Hotel was noisy, but room was nice
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel stay near Bicester
Hotel room very stuffy, one tiny window so had to have loud fan on all night. Not much going on nearby, the hotel was in the middle of nowhere.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Yatul

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Yatul

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Problem with TV
Bathroom had a sewage smell, but not to strong. Had to be moved to another room as the TV was not working.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Very friendly staff, very nice room. Only negative was the hoovering in the hallway at 9am... we'd had a very late night and wanted a lie-in but this woke us up. Other than that, would definitely stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Kyle

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
nice hotel
good hotel with a nice little gym
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Steady place
Steady place to stay at when the prices are over inflated in oxford , I’ve stayed here a few times it’s always been ok
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

4/10 Poor

Yatul

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad smell in room
The first room had bad smell from the bathroom and the air conditioning was leaking. The room overall had a damp smell and noisy. Continues humming noise. Offered an alternative room but the TV was not working.

6/10 Okay

Melanie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Average
Our stay was good and we could enjoy playing some golf. However there were some downsides, for example over the phone the lady did not tell me there was a dress code for playing golf: conlusion we had to buy a short for £36 which i dont believe is good customer service. The food for lunch and diner is pub food; i was expecting to get better food than a wetherspoon. Finally we arrived one hour early and even if our room was ready, they would not let us getting into the room before usual check-in time. I have never seen that before.