"We had a wonderful stay in a fabulous property in celebration of family birthdays."
The Dining room was superb and enabled all 17 of us to sit comfortably with each other. Kitchen was very well equipped and the 2 fridges were definitely needed. The games room was well stocked with a variety of games as well as the snooker table. Something for everyone.
Just one slight problem, in that the heating was on full blast and we found it hard to turn down.
Reviewed by Janice5.0★ Apr 2024
"We had an amazing time here, 17 of us across four generations celebrating a special birthday."
Henstead Hall was spacious, spotlessly clean, and well equipped with beautiful gardens and a fantastic games room.
Reviewed by Des5.0★ Mar 2024
"The property was excellent in all aspects."
The snooker room was a big hit with everyone and caused much hilarity.
The dining room was great as it sat all 12 of us comfortably as was the kitchen.
The only problem we had was the downstairs toilet door lock trapped a person inside twice and had to be rescued.Other than that we had a fabulous weekend and would not hesitate to go back anytime
Many thanks
Michael
Reviewed by Michael5.0★ Mar 2024
"Shower on first floor (bathroom with roll top bath) the water did not drain away, so couldn’t use."
Apart from that, it’s a great place to stay
Reviewed by Stephanie4.1★ Jan 2024
"Amazing house perfect for large families and groups of friends."
We celebrated a milestone birthday and had so much fun!
Reviewed by Karen5.0★ Dec 2023
"The perfect accommodation for a large family / friends group to celebrate a 30th birthday."
kitchen is modern and very well appointed. Bedrooms and en-suits are huge. Snooker room and piano room kept us well entertained. Dining room ideal for that special birthday meal. Sufficient space to lose yourself for quite time. All our guests knew they were staying somewhere special as they drove through the gates, and saw the house for the first time. An excellent week, and a great time had by all.
Reviewed by John5.0★ Nov 2023
"Beautiful house with everything we needed for the 60th birthday celebrations."
Fully equipped kitchen with plenty of crockery, pots and pans for us to use. Warm comfortable and spacious, snooker room popular with the fellows!
Reviewed by Sally3.8★ Oct 2023
"We absolutely loved our stay at Henstead Hall, it is perfectly suited to our group of friends who meet up once a year for walking and catching up with each other."
The bedrooms were all large and airy and the communal rooms were big enough to all be together for games and chilling. The billiard room was a big hit.
We even had good enough weather to sit outside and enjoy the garden in October!
This is a house we’d all happily come back to.
Reviewed by Carol5.0★ Oct 2023
"We had a wonderful family of 14 holiday at Henstead Hall."
Lovely, huge house in tranquil garden. The bedrooms were all interesting with very comfortable beds. Kitchen is perfect and well equipped.
Lots of local activities available with excellent quiet beaches nearby.
Thank you
Reviewed by James4.7★ Sep 2023
"We booked this property for our family as part of our Ruby wedding anniversary celebrations."
The property was lovely and a very spacious place to stay. The kitchen was well equipped and we made good use of the large grounds. Southwold was an easy drive for a day on the beach and Tesco in Beccles was convenient for shopping.
Reviewed by Steve5.0★ Aug 2023
"What a glorious weekend at Henstead Hall."
Stunning property and great location. Arrived to find a very nice welcome pack and property in tip top condition. There was plenty of everything you could ever wish for and more. .. the whole group loved it and hopes to return.
Reviewed by Liz5.0★ Jul 2023
"The property was excellent; however, there were two issues and neither was properly addressed."
Firstly, during the stay it was necessary for some bedding to be washed (due to a small child being ill). By late afternoon it was clear that the bedding would not be dry enough to reuse that night and I therefore requested fresh bedding via the website. None was forthcoming. Secondly, one of the guests left an orthopaedic pillow behind when we left. I quickly informed you prior to the new guests arriving as I thought the cleaners would be able to retrieve it and send it on. I even informed you of the room that the pillow would be in. The pillow was not retrieved. Six days later, after chasing this up twice, I received an email saying that the pillow could not be found. This is not good enough. I wonder if the property owners even actually looked for it. Very unsatisfactory.
Thank you for your feedback, and we are delighted to hear how much you enjoyed your holiday at the stunning Henstead Hall. Our apologies that you did not get the bedding as requested. Our team will always endeavour to ensure you have a comfortable stay and try to help in the event of any unforeseen circumstances. We encourage our guests to call us on 01728 638962 for immediate help.
We appreciate your frustration regarding your lost property, but we are unable to double check properties when another guest is in house. I can assure you that the owners of Henstead Hall take the comfort and happiness of their guests very seriously, which is reflected in other guests reviews, and would have checked everywhere they can for your lost property, and we apologise that it was not where you initially thought you may have left it.
We hope to welcome you back to Best of Suffolk and Henstead Hall again soon.
Property Owner
Reviewed by Kirsty4.4★ Jun 2023
"As a big family of 15 we loved our stay here."
Plenty of room and things to do. The kitchen was so well equipped. 2 dishwashers. 2 fridge freezers and so much crockery and cutlery - nothing worse than not having enough for a big group like that. The garden is fantastic and all of the house amazing.
Only thing we felt as a family was the kitchen was so far from the garden and games room where most of the family were and as spent so much time cooking you feel a bit isolated. We loved it here but prefer a more open plan home so we can be more social.
That’s just personal preference though. Nothing wrong with this property at all. It’s stunning.
Thank you
Reviewed by Becca4.7★ Jun 2023
"It would be interesting to have some information of the history of the house."
We selected this property because ther was a piano We were disappointed because the piano had not been maintained or tuned and was unusable for our rehearsal. Depite my enquiries nobody could inform me inadvance on the state of the piano. If I had been told that the piano was out of tune we would have selected another property.
Reviewed by Adam4.7★ May 2023
"The drink tray in one of the fridges broke, so we left a note, but otherwise a fantastic stay in a beautiful house."
It was a perfect way to celebrate two big family birthdays with 4 generations of the family all together.
Reviewed by Darren5.0★ May 2023
"Fabulous property, perfect in every way for our family to celebrate our Mother's 90th Birthday, all 14 of us."
The venue was a surprise, Mum thought it was amazing. Perfect!!
Reviewed by Robin John5.0★ Apr 2023
"Please post my name as Maria."
Henstead Hall is certainly something to behold, it’s perfect for a large family/friend get together which is what we were. Each bedroom was very comfortable and the bathroom facilities were plentiful which means you’re never short of somewhere to shower or bathe.
We couldn’t believe the size of the property and having a formal dining room was great because we could feed the young kids in the kitchen where we didn’t have to worry about spillages on the solid flooring, but for our meals we could retire to the more formal dining room (although the dining room was large enough to seat us all if needed). The billiards room with games was a great room used by us all and the large drawing room has enough seating for all. I think the property is ideal for families as it’s not a museum, but is still well kept. Bedding and towels are of a good quality so it felt like a proper holiday.
The kitchen is well appointed with two dishwashers, plenty of cooking pots and pans, and something to note which wasn’t clear on the listing is that in the kitchen there are two fridge freezers (the kind with a larger fridge and smaller 3 drawer freezer under). It suited us fine for a group of 16 for a week. The only thing I thought was missing was a food processor/blender type thing for soups, mass chopping onions.
There was a small issue early in our stay because it seems the ladybirds living locally had come out of hibernation, but the owners were swift to do an extra clean of the property to remove the additional visitors.
I think the property represents good value for money, is nicely located for shops in Beccles and the seaside and other attractions. I’d definitely recommend it for groups of friends and families.
Reviewed by Maz4.1★ Mar 2023
"Beautiful and comfortable house that is kitted out very well for large family groups."
Very comfortable with plenty of room for everyone.
Our only suggestion would be that when cooking for such a large group it would be helpful to have a couple of very large saucepans but we were very well provided with everything else. This was our second visit and we hope to return again.
Reviewed by Amanda & Philip5.0★ Dec 2022
"Amazing property."
The high quality bed linens and towels were appreciated. Thank you for providing so many glasses, mugs, plates, cutlery, etc.
lovely and clean throughout. The perfect venue for large family gathering.
Reviewed by Tim5.0★ Nov 2022
"We had a great stay."
So much room and touches like the Snooker Table with Chalk !! and Netflix/YouTube on both TVs. Cant fault Henstead Hall, we will be back. Also when leaving, bumped into the maintenance team - really nice people so we stayed a bit longer for a chat !
Reviewed by Jim5.0★ Oct 2022
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