Crown and Castle

Gorgeous little country hotel in a lovely village next door to Orford Castle which is amazing. Staff are very welcoming Food was good Be warned some of the rooms described as garden rooms are actually in a prefab style space so it is like a tired travelodge and so £180+ is expensive. The rooms in the main house look amazing and I would recommend staying just in the right room.

We stayed for two nights in December. The rooms are very clean. We stayed in 'Wild Man', one of the outside rooms - it was quite, warm and very spacious - the bath/shower room is huge! Our friends stayed in the mainbuilding and did not experince any issues with noise from below. The staff are very professional and courteous. Breakfast is an amazing 2 course experience that should see you through to dinner!

Having spent our wedding night here, we returned for our Silver Wedding Anniversary. The hotel went that extra mile, surprising us with petite fours abd fizz at the end of our dinner.

The Crown and Castle is an ideal, luxury getaway, from the lovely, well appointed room, to pre-dinner drinks in the bar, followed by an excellent dinner .... not to mention a breakfast to set us up for the day ahead. Orford is a lovely town, right out of a picture book. Everything about the stay was perfect. We love the hotel and all that the town has to offer. A visit to the castle was fascinating and we brought lovely goodies home from the smoked fish shop and bakery.

Stayed in a garden room that was spacious and well appointed with a little private terrace overlooking the garden. The breakfast was excellent in a pleasant dining room. Friendly and helpful staff.

We stayed a few nights in a superior seaview room, including evening meals on a couple of evenings. First, the positives: service from all of the staff is excellent, helpful and attentive. Public rooms are pleasantly decorated and the overall hotel position is fantastic in a lovely village, surrounded by easy walks with a walking map provided if required. Breakfast ingredients are of high quality and overall breakfasts are good; a complimentary paper is provided. Our bedroom was certainly bright and was larger than average. Fresh chilled milk is provided. There are some slight downsides. For one evening meal a vegetarian main comprised 6-7 sorry pieces of gnocchi served with (plenty of) broccoli and a completely tasteless puree. It was rather underwhelming. Evening mains overall are ambitiously priced and I’d expect something more special for what was charged. Despite the lovely views, the rooms lack personality. Largely painted in white, offset with grey cupboard doors and a black radiator, they felt to us to be stark and anodyne, crying out for a bit of wall-art (a tv screensaver doesn’t suffice) and maybe some marine ornamentation: public rooms have it, so why not upstairs? Beds are ok but furnishings looked like they’d come from an Oak Furnitureland catalogue. It was quite cool weather when we stayed but the room was hot. A fan is supplied but I can imagine in summer it could be very sticky. Bathrooms are all in white, which is fine but does show up mould, which needs to be kept on top of. Overall, a pleasant and relaxing stay with great staff but room for improvement here and there.