Having been to Stow in the past I was aware of the problem with the church bells at night and therefore chose the Grapevine, close but not that close.
I suspect I would have been happier with the BELLS !!!
Whilst my wife and I had ann "Executive" room, I suspect that if I had had to work in it my job would have benn somewaht harder, No near plugs to the workdesk, grovel on floor behind other furniture to succeed there.
Small portable television in the room with only four terrestial channels ably complemented the cracked basin and poorly repaired top in the bathroom. A plug in the sink would have been handy.
The general feel of the place gave an impression of being undermanaged, tired arround the edges, dirty in others and with a small compliment of staff either having language difficulties or disinterested.
The food was certainly uninteresting and possibly worse, no rosettes here I am afraid.
The portal between the kitchen and dining room was "filthy" with chipped and cracked paintwork to accentuate it.
A nice touch were the numerous sand filled galvanised buckets dotted arround the place for cigarette butts, most likely those of the staff??
On a plus the bed was large and comfortable and the free wireless internet connection worked well.
Overall most dissapointing.

Overall, we had a really good stay at this hotel.
The food in the restaurant was excellent- we really enjoyed all of our evening meals and the staff were attentive and friendly.
Breakfast was fantastic. We can't remember a cooked breakfast more nicely done.

However....we booked Room 11because it looked so attractive in the picture on the hotel website. What a disappointment! It was dated and faded with ugly old furniture and stained carpets. There was peeling ceiling paper in the bathroom (which wasn't too comfortable anyway) and plenty of cobwebs in the corners. An unsightly old trouser press in the wrong place finished the picture! Not good enough by any standards and certainly not for the money being asked!

We quickly complained and the staff were willing to move us to a much nicer and very comfortable room at the rear of the hotel.
Ultimately, our stay was great - but be warned about that room!

Downstairs areas cramped and not very comfortable and reception staff vaguely friendly.

Charming hotel, lovely rooms and restaurant breakfast, plenty of off-street parking. But we could not get the heating to work in our room and the shower took at least 10 minutes to heat up.

My wife and I stayed here for the 3 night Christmas package with 2 friends and had a wonderful time.

All the staff were friendly and the food was excellent throughout.
Everything was obviously freshly cooked and there was no problem with special requests.

Our room (room 1) was quite small but very comfortable, it had a well equipped bathroom and wonderful fluffy towels.

Only a few minor niggles:
- The TV in our room was old and with poor reception.
- The hotel was too warm particularly in our room and the bar.
- The lounge and bar areas are too small if the hotel is busy.

All in all though a good Christmas at the Grapevine and we would certainly recommend it.