Wife and I stayed four nights including a weekend, using the hotel as a base to explore. Booked through Marriott at a reasonable rate (£89 for first night, £129 a night subsequently) - room only. Congenial, helpful staff at reception and in the restaurant and pleasant, sizeable room with Marriott soft beds (too soft for our ancient backs as it turned out). Very efficient check-in and check-out.

Our only compliant concerns the food in the main dining room on Saturday night. The long wait between courses might have been expected since the hotel was hosting a wedding. An apologetic manager gave us complementary coffee. Less excusable was the unimaginative fix-priced starters and the dessicated chicken main course. Another table sent their chicken dish back; we suffered in silence, being too exhausted from the car journey to complain. We vowed not to eat again in the restaurant.

We chose an out-of-town location to avoid parking problems.This worked very well for side trips to Saltaire and The Quays in Manchester. We used the park and (tram) ride system near Eccles on another occasion; this worked well once we found the car park location.

Our best meal by far was at Puccinis at Swinton; excellent food and friendly, fast service - ten minutes drive from the hotel. (We had considered the Milan restaurant in Worsley until we read the damning reviews.) The Terrace restaurant at the Lowry was also pleasant and good value.

We are glad we visited Manchester and enjoyed the Quays and strolling the streets.. However, as a city it lacks (or we failed to find) great architectural sights. Although we are told by friends that Manchester works very well as a city, as tourists we preferred Liverpool, despite the extensive building works in its supposed year of culture.

We would stay at the hotel again but avoid its restaurant.

a party of 6 stayed of us stayed overnight on the 5th july
the 3 men played golf while our wives shopped at the trafford centre
we had an escape package which included golf breakfast evening meal free parking and use of facilities
may i say the staff were excellent and everything at the hotel was great from the welcome by the concierge, quality of food, comfort of beds and general service
there are cheaper places to eat and drink locally but i don't know if they match this quality

There are many qualities that this hotel has to offer. My stay centered on a family event with people coming from both Lancashire and Yorkshire so the Worsley Park was an obvious choice for location as it is less than three miles from J13 M60. Drive into the magnificent grounds and into the car park - this is not that big but there is an large overspill round the back of the hotel.

Head for this hotel on any weekend in Spring and Summer and will, in all probability, bump into a wedding party. This is one of "the" places to have your wedding reception - is it just so popular.

The first encounter in any hotel is usually the Reception Team and first impressions count. Here they are just superb friendly, efficient, courteous, willing and they all smile! In fact that is a very striking feature of this hotel - the staff smile and speak to you.

My smoking room (there are 11) was on the second floor in the courtyard area and it was very Marriott. The bed was superb, the room and bathroom were spotless, plenty of complimentary tea, coffee, milks etc. The mini bar is adequate, in-room safe, iron and board, trouser press etc in fact everything you would expect.

The bars in both the hotel and adjoining sports club were very good, not cheap it must be said but comparable to any city I have stayed in. Same for the restaurant - the food was excellent with a good choice.

For me it is the staff who make or break a hotel. I often stay in hotels on my own and they can be very lonely places. Not so here, if you want to talk they will stop and talk to you and seem genuinely interested in you. There are several nationalities represented at this hotel and plenty of locals as well, all ages and plenty of them. Not once did I or my family feel that we were having to look for someone to serve us, answer our questions, direct us etc.

For us this was an excellent hotel and we will definitely be back.

I have stayed in this hotel a few times. My stay last week was much better than the previous occasions. The staff were friendly and helpful. The rooms have been refurbished.The service at reception and the restuarnt were excellent. The gym is open at all times to residents. The room was clean. Would defintely go back there. The hotel is only 10 mins drive from the Trafford Centre by taxi.