Nice hotel, nice setting ( take an eye mask,light getting in room at night, that’s the trouble with curtain poles and curtains with eyelet holes) Lovely breakfast very filling so much choice

Steeped in history. Bang smack in the Forest of Dean & very doggy friendly. The history needs to remain in the hotel bar & restaurant but the bedrooms & bathrooms certainly need to be updated. Menu mediocre but sufficient for visiting but you wouldn’t book a table & go out of your way to eat there.

The attention to detail, both with the helpfulness of the staff and the restoration of such a classic historical building. As the four poster bed was so high, there was even a stool provided to help you climb in. The room felt of its period in every way, but the bathroom was fully up to date.

The Resturant food was very good indeed. We had a delightful evening meal with attractively priced wine. The ‘four poster’ room was large and well equipped. Just missing water and dressing gowns.

Very friendly staff, good clean hotel in a good position for walking

Nice property, friendly staff. Showers need temperature stabilisers. Overall good place to stay

Charged twice and very slow. But the food excellent

Pleasant and helpful staff. Courtyard rooms compact, but enough room for our stay, with comfy beds. Be aware all courtyard rooms are dog friendly. Lovely breakfast with plenty of choice.

Relaxed, enjoyable; brilliant woodland walking with our dog. Food was excellent. We have stayed here many times, and look forward to our next visit.

Beautiful setting in the Forest. Great service and lovely staff.

Basic but clean. Evening meal was nice. Stayed in a cottage room - bit dated and small bed, but ok for a night.

Great afternoon tea and breakfast. Walls a bit too thin in Garden rooms

Service excellent staff polite and attentive breakfast had a good choice

We only stayed for 1 night but found the experience excellent. Staff were very efficient and friendly. Would definitely stay again if in the area.

Great place Food exceeded expectation Staff friendly and warm

I have stayed here before and it never disappointing the staff are friendly and room's are immaculate. The food is excellent with a good choice on the menu. Will return again in the Autumn 🍁.

Lovely rooms great parking great location.

This trip was to see a part of the country we had never visited and to see how well our newly re-homed little dog adjusted to being away. We could not have chosen a more dog friendly hotel and everyone made us and Daisy so welcome. A particular mention to Chaz and Anna who really made our stay feel special. It's a lovely hotel in a beautiful part of the world and even the weather was kind. The food was amazing and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you to everyone.

This was our second visit to The Speech House. The first was a few years ago as part of a large walking group. On this occasion we had been meeting friends for a lunch a few miles away and wanted a single night stopover. We enjoyed a snack evening meal in The Orangery and made good use of the reading room. It was a bit of a shock the next morning to wake up finding the grounds covered in snow but that gave a magical appearance to the property and the surrounding area. A thoroughly enjoyable stay, albeit very brief.

We had a one night stay, the courtyard room was compact but comfortable. The bathroom needed a revamp, although it was functional Staff were friendly and the breakfast was excellent.would stay again

Speech House used to be my local restaurant and these days I stay when visiting family who still live in the forest. Service is always friendly and of a traditional style with the Orangery being a favourite of my dog. Food always of good quality and they do not skimp on service or quantity. Great to see some new local staff and especially impressed with both Annie and Jayne who both excelled in their respective roles.

Been passing this place over a number of years since 1974, and just finished an overnight stay. Long overdue and defo coming back again.

My room 30 smelt badly of dogs it was also so hot, so i opened the window, noisy air pump outside window, didnt sleep well, room smelt bad all the time, there was mould in the shower, lets not mention the Wifi in the room as a business person i couldn’t communicate online at all, it was also odd to see one man at dinner feeding his dog at the table from his cutlery odd at best, over a bad night sleep, pick another room i had a better time in 36, food was ok.

History, staff was great!

Given a nice room on the top floor, but impossible stairs and no lift. Moved us to a ground floor suite across the car park, which was very good. All the food was excellent, with even simple dishes nicely presented.

My room was far from the reception and Internet very poor.

I was disappointed that for £88, the room size was very small. It was also a shock to discover that breakfast was NOT included in this price so that made it even less value for money. The stud walls separating the rooms need some more insulation as we could hear snoring from the next room. Having said that breakfast was good, there was plenty of hot water for showers and one could walk around outside quite easily to see the Cyril Hart arboretum.

We only stayed one night, but had a lovely stay, lovely room, comfy bed, nice breakfast and friendly staff 😊

Typical 2 - 3 star UK hotel building, cheaply renovated, maintained to a basic standard, everywhere feels like things could be better, brighter, cleaner, as expected. Unlike most UK hotels, most staff were quite friendly, very helpful-tried hard to help-provide good service. Mostly an average menu in content/variety in open seating restaurant, never used fine dining. Often specials board empty. Food served was very good. Well cooked, presented, good quantities, always hot. Although menu was limited our family ate at the hotel for 3 days. Bit fed up with limited variety by day 3 but any other restaurants appear to be a drive away. Some family members had requests, assistance given cheerfully-politely by both waiting staff and chef. No complaints about the food, very good, the breakfast probably one of the best I ever came across in a mainland UK hotel. The bar was well stocked-kept going night & day. Nice gardens outside, of course the Forest of Dean outside the door. Location excellent. Seems to be about 40 rooms. About 17 main building rest in car park at rear of hotel. Seemed all family rooms with double bed-two singles were outside. One room had some sort of canopy above the bed, this was very dusty and dropped dust on bed regularly. A bit of the “UK - can’t be bothered” not far away as is usual. Parking not allocated to rooms, any event stopped guests parking, that’s just pitiful. But compared to other UK hotels,very good, I would recommend & definitely stay again.

Beautiful hotel in idealic location, restaurant evening meal superb .service during evening meal and breakfast was amazing, nothing asked was ever too much Our room was comfortable but bathroom layout was a bit snug for a larger or less able person.

seems to have gone downhill since our last stay

A comfortable & welcoming place to stay. We had a room in the old building, with a four poster, a little faded in places but we loved it. Nice large window in the bathroom. There was a wedding one night but that didn’t affect us at all. Friendly & helpful staff.