Great Fosters
Stroude Road, Egham TW20 9UR England
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Probably built as a Royal Hunting lodge & very much a stately home since the 16th century, Great Fosters is now a hotel, awarded 5 stars by the AA in December 2022. Set in 50 acres of gardens & parkland, the hotel is a Grade One listed building blessed with the grandeur of 16th century England & luxurious facilities. Its past is evident in the mullioned windows, chimneys & fireplaces, while the Saxon moat, crossed by a Japanese bridge, surrounds three sides of a formal garden. The 56 bedrooms are individually decorated. Rooms in the Main House are adorned with tapestries & antiques, while the bedrooms in The Cloisters & Coach House are more contemporary. The hotel has two restaurants - The Estate Grill holds 2 AA rosettes & serves a simple seasonal menu with many dishes using produce grown on the estate. The Tudor Pass, headed up by Executive Chef Alex Payne offers a tasting menu & is an intimate restaurant open for lunch & dinner Wednesday - Saturday. The summer months bring dining al fresco and the hotel has plenty of terraces on which to enjoy afternoon tea, lunch or supper whilst overlooking beautiful gardens. Great Fosters has heated outdoor pool (open April - October) complete with 1930s listed bathing huts and three treatment rooms.
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Had the best evening at Great Fosters. We came for my mother's 80th birthday, we had dinner in the estate grill. Our waiter Freddie was excellent, gave my mother a glass of wine as it was her birthday. Made sure everything was OK during our stay. At the end of the evening, he made sure we all enjoyed ourselves and wouldn't accept a tip. Freddie deserves an award for his hospitality 5 stars. Will definitely return
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
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Responded 3 days ago
Dear lorraine m, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review following your recent visit for dinner in our Estate Grill restaurant. We are so pleased to hear you enjoyed your visit and that our team were able to deliver high levels of customer service. We have ensured that your feedback has been shared with both Freddie and his manager, to ensure he gets the recognition deserved. Thank you for choosing to visit us to celebrate your special occasion, we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters again in the near future. Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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My husband and I were invited for an afternoon tea at Great Fosters, a place where I had previously enjoyed an excellent afternoon tea prior to be taken over by Alexander Hotels. We were looking forward to and expecting a very similar experience, however we were sorely mistaken. Although the staff were friendly and the ambience lovely the food, however the rest was a dsappointment in comparsion with our last visit. This included extremely slow service 15-20 minute wait for a couple of things including the bill; no offer of more sandwiches; not enough cutlery which meant wiping our our sandwich knives before use on the scones and cakes and a spoon too big to reach the bottom of the trifle in a shot glass. The scones were dark brown and overcooked and after our request for more, were replaced after a 15 minute wait with scones if anything even worse although it was obvious that the scones on the other tables were the usual pale golden colour. We were provided with 1 tiny pot of cream and 1 of very bland red jam for 6 scones and after requesting more they eventually came after a very long wait. After a complaint about all of this the Manager offered all 3 of us a complimentary glass of champagne, however as I was the only driver only I could take up this offer despite me saying that if there was anything more appropriate for the drivers then that was fine, but nothing else was offered instead. In the end after a 15 minute wait we had to ask where it was and it eventually came. Once we had finished we had to wait for the bill and again after 15 minutes had to ask where it was. Finally we were expecting a walk around the gardens as before and after asking 2 members of staff how to get outside who had no idea and then trying to find our own way by going back out of the building. It appears that this is now not possible and I can only assume it is for the exclusive hotel guests. Altogether a very disappointing experience all round and definitely not up to the standard you would expect from such a place. I was fortunate as I did not have to pay as it was a birthday gift for my sister in law and I was her guest. However she kindly paid for my husband and for that I do feel that she has been sadly let down. She is in the process of making a complaint to the management which unfortunately is definitely needed and I do hope that things improve markedly before the Mother's Day weekend! …
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Date of stay: March 2023
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Responded 3 days ago
Dear jilleH9396FZ, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review following your recent visit for Afternoon Tea. We are saddened to hear that there were some areas of disappointment during your time with us. The service and food quality described certainly does not match that which we aim for nor pride ourselves on, so for this we sincerely apologise. Your comments have been shared with both our Restaurant manager and our Head Chef, for them to review and address with the team members concerned. With regards to the gardens, these are still open to the public to walk around whether they are staying with us, visiting for a meal or just coming for a walk. So it is disappointing to hear that some of our team were unable to assist you in accessing this. Thank you for choosing to visit us to celebrate your special occasion, we apologise again that the were some shortcomings on our part and we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters again in the near future. Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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We booked lunch for 7 people and were very pleased to get a private room for our party! It was certainly a very nice gesture. We opted for set menu 3 courses for £45 or 2 for £37. The food was wonderful. Beef roast dinner was huge with all vegetables and Yorkshire pudding! I had scotch egg and Cornish cod. We also had cocktails pre dinner and vice in the nice bar. The gardens must be stunning in the summer. It was a bit quiet this weekend as out of season
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear 265irinaj, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review following your recent visit. We are so pleased to hear that you and your group had such a good experience with us. We have shared your comments on the food with our Chef and we know he and his team will be thrilled to hear how much you all enjoyed your meals. Thank you for choosing to visit us, we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters again in the near future. Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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November 2021 - A nice hotel stay. Minus the disabled bathroom, which I didn’t like so much. Had a nice sleep. I liked the decor. My dog liked the room too and the walk I took her out for several times around the grounds. Was able to get nice food from a food app. Was a nice stay. Would come again. Just no disabled toilets. It great they have it of course. I just didn’t need it. :)
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Date of stay: April 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear Samsamwes, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review following your stay. We are so pleased to hear that overall you and your dog enjoyed your visit. Thank you for choosing to visit us, we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters again in the near future. Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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I went there for an afternoon tea with my family to celebrate my mum’s birthday. Very beautiful hotel and the afternoon tea was enjoyable. We were served by Delton who was very helpful and very professional. I highly recommend this place and please look out for Delton to serve you.
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear plancym2023, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review following your recent visit for Afternoon Tea. We are so pleased to hear you enjoyed your visit and that our team were able to deliver high levels of customer service. We have ensured that your feedback has been shared with both Delton and his manager, to ensure he gets the recognition deserved. Thank you for choosing to visit us to celebrate your special occasion, we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters again in the near future. Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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Went there today for afternoon tea to celebrate a birthday. Received excellent service from Stacey who ensured that the party of nine had their needs satisfied. The food served was excellent and plentiful. Promote Stacey.
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Date of stay: March 2023
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear Eric960, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review following your recent visit for Afternoon Tea. We are so pleased to hear you enjoyed your visit and that our team were able to deliver high levels of customer service. We have ensured that your feedback has been shared with both Stacey and her manager, to ensure she gets the recognition deserved. Thank you for choosing to visit us to celebrate your special occasion, we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters again in the near future. Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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I would like to share our excellent breakfast experience in this loveLy hoteL, mainly about the warm weLcome we experienced from all the staff most especially to Larisa thank you all for accomodating me and my friends celebrating my husband birthday... the setting is elegant, food is warm and fresh,brilliant plating.. staff are friendLy what a 5* experienced it is first thing in the morning! SureLy, we are all looking forward for another season of the year to enjoy it again and again :) Lots of Love, Roxie
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear Roxie, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review following your recent visit for breakfast. We are so pleased to hear you enjoyed your visit and that our team were able to deliver high levels of customer service. We have ensured that your feedback has been shared with Larissa and her manager, to ensure she gets the recognition deserved. Thank you for choosing to visit us to celebrate your special occasion, we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters again in the near future. Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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This was a gift to eat in the Tudor Pass restaurant and to be honest I was slightly apprehensive as my experience of tasting menus over the years has been under-whelming. But in this case I am delighted to say it was impressive on many levels. The service was impeccable without being intrusive, numerous courses seemed to keep coming and the presentation and quality was possibly the best I have had, several dishes were outstanding and we got an explanation of how they were created by the chefs. All in all a very enjoyable and memorable lunch and we did nt even pay for it !
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear jameshW5336LU, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review following your recent visit for dinner in the Tudor Pass. We are so pleased to hear you enjoyed your visit and that our team were able to deliver high levels of customer service. We have ensured that your feedback has been shared with the team in the Restaurant. Thank you again for leaving us a review, we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters in the near future. Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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The hotel was lovely, set in beautiful surroundings. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Our breakfast was delicious and the service from Delton was excellent. Thank you Delton. We will definitely be returning again.
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Responded 3 weeks ago
Dear Flyer44006954227, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review following your recent visit. We are so pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us. We are particularly glad to hear that Delton delivered such high levels of customer service, thank you for including this in your feedback. We have ensured that both Delton and his manager are aware of your comments. Thank you again for taking the time to leave us a review, we do hope we will be able to welcome you back to Great Fosters again in the near future, Kind regards The Great Fosters Team
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Rarely have I been so warmly welcomed and looked after as by the barman, Tony, and his assistant yesterdayevening. Arriving from a long day/drive just after 21:30, I was dismayed to find the kitchen absolutely closed, not even snacks available. Tony could not have been kinder, providing some crisps and nibbles from the bar, putting an extra log on the fire and following up with the night manager who arranged a makeshift veggie sandwich that was perfectly sustaining. To top it off, they offered this free of charge. My room was lovely too, with rose petals on the bed and bath for Valentines. This hotel continues to improve but restaurant management has a way to go and the single staff member on the front desk, while very good, is inevitably overwhelmed at peak times.
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from Sam Mortimer, Owner at Great Fosters
Responded 4 weeks ago
Dear American_in_KL, Thank you for taking the time to complete our survey following your recent visit to Great Fosters. We are pleased to receive your comments and glad that overall you enjoyed your visit. We have reviewed your feedback and I do apologise that the kitchen opening times led to some frustration during your visit. I am pleased that the Tony and his team were able to assist you however. We are also pleased to hear that you found your room to your liking and that the Valentines decorations added a special extra touch to your stay. We thank you again for taking the time to leave a review and do hope we can welcome you back again in the near future, Kind regards
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US$203 - US$338 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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Frequently Asked Questions about Great Fosters
Which popular attractions are close to Great Fosters?
Nearby attractions include Xscream Escapes (6.7 km), Air Forces Memorial (2.7 km), and Windsor Great Park (4.8 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Great Fosters?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, a pool, and an on-site restaurant.
What food & drink options are available at Great Fosters?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and breakfast during their stay.
Is parking available at Great Fosters?
Yes, free parking and a parking garage are available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Great Fosters?
Conveniently located restaurants include The Tudor Pass, The Beehive, and Wagamama.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Great Fosters?
Yes, guests have access to a pool during their stay.
Does Great Fosters have airport transportation?
Yes, Great Fosters offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Are any cleaning services offered at Great Fosters?
Yes, dry cleaning and laundry service are offered to guests.
Does Great Fosters offer any business services?
Yes, it conveniently offers meeting rooms, a banquet room, and conference facilities.
Are there any historical sites close to Great Fosters?
Many travellers enjoy visiting Runnymede National Trust (3.8 km) and St Anne’s Well (6.0 km).