Stayed at Careys Manor for two nights in July. The old part of the hotel we only briefly walked through when arriving, as our room was in the garden view annex. The staff are incredibly polite and friendly. I'm not sure what the rooms are like in the main house, in the garden view annex they are roomy, with large beds, the bathroom was clean, not tremenously large - overall, I felt the room just a teeny bit "travel lodge" with very ikea type furniture and no real character and I think a little overpriced for what they are. The hotel was full on both nights we stayed, Sat and Sun and we did have a great time, just were everso slightly disappointed with the room when we initially checked in.

Check out the Senspa though - fantastic treatments, great service - as was the service from the hotel itself, but the spa is great. We ate both nights in the french bistro on site and the food was great, again Careys Manor seems to have a whole host of friendly and helpful staff working in all areas of the site.

It was a great stay, and my only very slight niggle was that the room was quite ordinary for the price, however, still had a great time.

Spent 2 nights here in a garden room. The hotel is split between the old manor and the new wing with garden rooms and spa. The manor house itself is quite beautiful but the modern wing lets it down a bit. The garden rooms are classic generic corporate style rooms with access to a very small walled garden. The room was clean with all mod cons you'd expect. Only real complaint about the room would be that the beds weren't the most comfortable.

On the plus side the service was excellent. Laid-back but efficient and pleasant. You have a choice of 3 restaurants; a thai restaurant, french bistro and the main restaurant. We only ate at the french bistro which was fine. Decent food and pleasant staff. The main restaurant seemed far too pretentious for our taste. No jeans or casual wear allowed. If you do want to eat at the restaurants then be sure to make a booking as they seem quite popular with non-residents.

All in all was a nice stay with no problems. If you're looking for a hotel with lots of new forest character then look elsewhere but if it's a standard hotel with good service and mod cons you're looking for then this place would be my top pick for the area.

We visited Careys Manor for a 4 night break. We booked direct with the hotel and they were efficient and helpful. Our room was very nice, with good facilities and efficient service. We ate at The Manor Restaurant for two nights and the food was wonderful and the staff excellent, especially Anna. The spa is wonderful with lots of different areas to relax in, and we especially liked that they have a notice of suggested programs to follow which we did. We enjoyed a Rassould mud treatment and I also had an excellent facial where I felt totally pampered.

All in all a wonderful retreat, and I am sure we will return.

My daughter and I went on a special offer, which we thought was a very good deal. It included dinner, bed and breakfast, and a Rhassaul mud teatment.
The spa was fantastic. The staff were all very helpful and the facilities were very nice.
The hotel was ok. You can hear talking from the next room, and we had a couple minor irritations, such as only one spa dressing gown and slippers in our room.
Our dinner was fabulous and the service was very efficient and friendly. Breakfast was very nice, and included a nice vegetarian option.
We will definitely visit again.