Need to know

Rooms

12, including three suites.

Rates

£130–£260, including breakfast.

Check-out

11am (non-flexible); check-in from 3pm.

Facilities

Restaurant, bar, gardens, library, DVD library, parking, broadband, and complimentary tea, coffee and newspapers. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD player, free bottled water, cast-iron baths or rain showerheads, underfloor heating, REN toiletries.

Children

Children are welcome at the hotel. The suites have sofa beds in the lounge and cots are available on request. Kids are welcome in the restaurant till 7pm; and babysitting can be arranged with a local nanny, at a cost of £8 an hour.

Also

The hotel and surrounding self-catering cottages are no-smoking and no-pet zones.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

Treat yourselves with a stay at the John Pollard Seddon room, named after the architect who supervised the house’s extension in the late 1800s. It’s a bold pear green space, with aubergine purple cushions and a matching plump throw, overshadowed by a sculpted headboard that looks as if it’s been carved from the finest quality dark chocolate. All hail the bed: it’s a looming, majestic super king four poster, with bedposts carved in the same glossy cocoa wood that look like almighty, Lindt-coated asparagus tips. The bathroom boats a deep double-ended, cast-iron tub and a romantic fireplace; a dangerous combo designed for sinfully seductive soaping. For a more modest option, go for the Blue Room (which comes with an aqua and mother-of-pearl colour palette, as well as a king-size bed and views over the sweeping lawn) or the Hanoi Room (a chocolate and raspberry coloured confection, with silk curtains, Asian lacquered artwork and traditional wooden furniture).

Packing tips

Swimwear for the beach; walking boots for traipsing around forests and castles; some old classics to read in front of the fire; bedsocks or slippers for optimum cosiness.

Also

The hotel offers a dinner, bed and breakfast package that can mean a saving of £20. For extra brownie points, surprise Mrs Smith with an in-room aromatherapy massage.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Sit amid the Grove Restaurant’s timber paneling and divide your attention between admiring the décor (ornate fireplace, elegant chairs upholstered in cream, caramel and gold striped velvet, fat milky candles romantically flickering, spotless white linen) and admiring the menu: Italian chef Emilio Luigi Fragiacomo’s creation. Expect modern country food – rack of salt marsh lamb with fresh peas and bacon, venison with pears and peppered celeriac and halibut with laver bread and smoked salmon with lemon butter – alongside an Italian dish or two. Almost everything that features plate-side comes from local suppliers (including cheese, honey, chutney, fish and faggots) and is freshly made in the kitchen. After dinner, linger over a Welsh cheeseboard, tucked up snugly by the sitting room’s open fire, with a glass of port in hand. Breakfast-lovers will be pleased to know that the hotel is currently building the Garden Room; an orangery-style breakfast room with an outdoor terrace.

Dress code

Rural chic, fit farm – think floaty florals, crisply ironed shirts, and obligatory glowing cheeks and wind-ruffled hair for both sexes.

Top table

Go for the window seats to soak up the beautiful garden views.

Last orders

the restaurant is open for breakfast from 8.30am–10.30am, for lunch from noon to 2.30pm and for dinner from 6pm to midnight.

Room service

No room service.

Hotel bar

The downstairs sitting room has a service bar, so you can buy a tipple and enjoy it wherever you desire; fireside, bedside or hillside. However, there’s no need to stray from the drinks tray – the sitting room is a relaxed and informal space. A mixture of jazz, soul and chill-out music will keep your toes languidly tapping while the impressive list of wines and spirits will make deciding what to quaff a little tricky.

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The Grove

Molleston, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, Wales