Mr & Mrs Smith

Strattons

Norfolk, United Kingdom

Tucked off the high street of the market town of Swaffham in Norfolk, the family-run Strattons hotel is a beautiful Queen Anne Palladian villa. Whether you're in the mood for kitsch and contemporary or antiques and fabric-festooned decadence, each room is individually decorated with a unique theatrical flair. Not just a pretty face, the hotel has won awards for its restaurant and eco-policies; it's a child-friendly hotel, too.

Need to know

• Rooms 14.
• Rates Double rooms from $201.95 (£129), excluding tax at 20 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (£129) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include breakfast.
• Facilities Café/deli, free WiFi in some areas. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD player, radio as well as honesty bars.
• Check-out 11am. Earliest check-in, 2.30pm.
• Children Very welcome. Babysitters can be arranged, and children are well provided for, with monitors, highchairs and various other kit available. More...
• Also Billy Blades Cottage is a cosy conference centre of sorts and an inspiring meeting space.

Food and drink at Strattons

• Hotel restaurant

  The Rustic is celebrated for its organic and local ingredients such as tasty cheeses and free-range meats. Enjoy one of the inventive dinners daily from 6pm. Hearty breakfasts are served weekdays 7.30am–10am and weekends 8.30am–10am. The afternoon teas are becoming legendary thanks to home-baked delights such as poppy-seed cheesecake, moist chocolate fruit cake and lavender shortbread. Lunch is on offer in the Rustic on Sunday and Monday (noon–2.30pm); on other days it’s served all day in Strattons’ eco-friendly deli, CoCoes, right next door.

• Dress code Eco boho luxe or hip in hemp.
• Top table Perhaps go for a corner table, the banquette at the back, or in summer, a window table.
• Last orders Food: 8.30pm. Drinks: normal licensing hours.
• Room service They can rustle you up supper from the restaurant; there’s an honesty bar in every room for late-night drinks. Carrot cake at teatime makes a nice complement to the in-room tea/coffee facilities.
• Hotel bar There isn’t one as such but there is an intimate sitting room in which to enjoy a tipple of your choice – why not try an ale from one of Norfolk’s micro breweries?
  

Strattons 4 Ash Close, Swaffham, Norfolk PE37 7NH