Harte & Garter Hotel

We had room 314 corner tower great view of castle but that’s all the £269 paid for. Bed was sagging and awful. Noisy and hot and furniture was wonky and shabby.

I actually didn’t stay at the hotel but a friend did (I was in another hotel) so we had a few drinks a few times there. It’s a nice restaurant and bar. There are several different beers on offer, about a half dozen draft, but alas, all foreign ones except for the Tetley’s Bitter. The place was quite comfortable too and there was also a television. I saw some enjoying cream teas and regular teas with some nice looking cakes.
Best of all, the place is right across the street from Windsor Castle, so a great view!

The restaurant attached «The Tower» has shockingly poor service. They will shoot for a grand slam — ignore you when trying to order or pay, get the order repeatedly wrong and take unbelievably long to serve you. You would get better value by throwing your pound bills at pigeons.

Stopped in after touring Windsor, at the recommendation of a local with whom we shared a cab from Slough (broken down train; also the location of the original Office). Sorry… on to the food. The boys continued their meat fest this week with gigantic, flavorful burgers and the «best fries we ever had.» They appeared to be beer battered and were indeed fabulous. Daughter and I shared our first, proper afternoon tea. Finger sandwiches, scones, clotted cream, jam and 2 pots of tea! She loved it, as did I. This fave us the energy to then slog around quaint Eton.

See my check in notice. Hotel nice and in great location. BUT, check your room before you commit. Our room was on ground floor in the back of the hotel; only way to get there was to walk through hidden gate that went through the courtyard of the kitchen, laundry and trash area for the hotel. It stunk to high heaven getting to and from our room. Otherwise was a lovely place in a good location. This put a massive damper on hotel! Love the town however!

There’s a difference between being an Historic Hotel and being old. Harte & Garter is stuck between the two.
I checked in and the front desk staff was very helpful and nice. My room was on their second story and I took the lift up. Like other hotels that are older, the floor was not all on one level so I had to carry my bags up 3 steps, down 5 and up 3 to get to my room. Not easy with roller bags weighing 75 lbs total.
The room was small and did not have AC. But the window sash was stuck open. I called the front desk and their bell man came up, couldn’t get it to close and promised me a new room. It was a nicer room and for 30 pounds more it had A/​C. The windows in that room, while «closed» were still not shut all the way (see pictures).
Anyway, it was an okay stay but not amazing. The restaurant was good and the location is right in the middle of everything. Staff made the stay better.

Smal boutique style English hotel. Across from the castle and within walking to distance to great shopping and restaurants.

I was here on a business trip in September 2012 & stayed here for a ~3 days. A great place to stay since the castle, loads of local shops, pubs, restaurants & train station are all within walking distance.
Double Room Review:
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–Decently sized (good fit for 2), tastefully decorated, modern & tidy
–Includes an in room safety deposit box
–Bathroom was spotless & more than adequately sized. Hairdryer was provided, quite strong unlike most hotels.
–No heat? There was a wall radiator, but could not determine how to turn on.
–Some of the nights you’ll get loud noise/​music from local pubs, nightclubs & people! It wasn’t to invasive to me
–In suite breakfast is quite nice, and delivered on a timely basis.
–skip the fish n chips though
–Coffee and tea in the amenities tray, but not enough «add ins»
Warning — they only have one lift, very small (can squeeze in 5 – 6 ppl w/​o luggage) & its SUPER DUPER SLOW. I took the stairs most of the time.
Overall, H&G is a lovely hotel to stay at! Room prices were a little high, but there’s a spa onsite and it is near the castle.

Booked via the website as I was pulled in by the photos of the spa… that’s another review though.
We paid £118 for a room for a double room mid week so I imagine weekends are ridiculous. If we hadn’t been upgraded I’m not sure I would have been happy paying this price as we had a little peek in one of the standard double rooms while they were being cleaned and they weren’t big enough for the price.
Upon arrival at 2.20pm (check in from 2pm) our room wasn’t ready so we were upgraded to a bigger room on the top floor with a view of the Castle which was wonderful. Except the lift was broken. The man on reception wasn’t the most efficient but managed to sort us out in the end and we carried our own bags up the stairs.
The hotel itself is lovely — spacious with plenty of reception rooms and the bar/​restaurant seemed big.
One thing I would advise on is parking — all of the open air carparks aren’t clear on how long you can stay for. We worked out one was maximum of 18 hours and the others max of 4 hours, so we had to park in the shopping centre car park and for 24hours it was £20.

We didn’t stay at the hotel but 10 of us ate in the The Tower Brasserie & Tea Room. After driving to Windsor and walking around for a while we decided to stop in and eat. The menu looked good enough and we were kind of tired of looking.
We should have kept going.
I think I had the same waiter as one of the previous reviewers. The guy was terrible and rude. So was the hostess.
I ordered the worst steak I have ever had in my life. I ordered the 8oz Rib-​eye and it was simply awful. I am not exaggerating, this thing was putrid. My wife had the 6 hour pork belly on savoy cabbage with pancetta and parmesan. I tasted it and it was ok, but I did have much better pork belly later on in the trip. The sides were ok. I had some vegetables and the Tomato, red onion, basil dish. The tomatoes were fresh and pretty tasty but they came in a very small portion.
I must admit that the Rump of lamb was delicious. One of our friends ordered it and I had a little taste. Prior to this experience I hated lamb. Now I am a believer that a good lamb meal is out there but I would not try it here. The painful visit couldn’t be worth the lamb.

Very nice 4 star hotel. Had a great time here, great location, friendly staff (minus the bar).
I was in the bar with a friend and the waiter was a complete chump. He looked at me like I didnt belong there. When I ordered he laughed and I said… is there a problem. He didnt have the balls to man up so he said no. Nobody every came back to my table either, we almost walked out on the bill.
But, the hotel was great. Nice beds, comfy.

I was staying in Windsor on an extended business trip. Had the opportunity to eat at the hotel. Beautiful décor and dinner was very good, considering that England is not generally known for its culinary prowess.

I was here on a business trip in Aug’2010 & stayed here for a week. A great place to stay since the castle, loads of local shops, pubs, restaurants & train station are all within walking distance.
Unfortunally during this stay I didn’t have the chance to check out the spa — too busy w/​work! But I did enjoy the hotel restaurant b-​fast buffet (warning: there is a different cost to the cold & hot side), dinner & bar lounge. Tad bit pricey tho, but my work paid for it~ The hotel staff was friendly, accommodating & even allowed us to use their tea room to do our work at late night! Ahh an absolute plus to my stay — Free WiFi! :D
Double Room Review:
I stayed on the backside of the hotel in room 404 w/​an ok view to their back courtyard/​alley & the buildings beyond.
–Decently sized (good fit for 2), tastefully decorated, modern & tidy
–Includes an in room safetey deposit box
–Bathroom was spotless & more than adquetely sized. Hairdryer was provided
–No A/​C but a fan is provided. Was told only the rooms w/​the castle view has A/​C. Otherwise, rooms such as mine does get stuffy so just crack the windows open & you’ll get the cool breeze flowing in.
–Some of the nights you’ll get loud noise/​music from local pubs, nightclubs & people! It wasn’t to invasive to me
–No coffee in the amenities tray
FYI — although i had placed the Do Not Disturb sign out for them not to clean my room on certain days — they still came & cleaned my room. Which i didn’t mind but others may!
Warning — they only have one lift, very small (can squeeze in 5 – 6 ppl w/​o luggages) & its SUPER DUPER SLOW. I took the stairs most of the time.
Overall, H&G is a lovely hotel to stay at! Room prices wasn’t so bad cuz you are paying for the location to be near where the queen resides at times!~

The good – room accomodations was almost excellent. Across the street is wonderful view of Windsor castle. Walking distance from main Windsor strip with lots of food, shops, and rail train which will take you to Waterloo station. By car located just under 1hr from Waterloo station and 20 minutes from Heathrow airport. The bad-​the room electrical outlets with exception of 1 in bath are 3 prong 1 amp fuse outlets so international folks will need adapter. Hotel does have adapters for checkout but was not able to use with much sucess for Dell laptop so beware. Also in bath no short wash clothes despite having other size towels and could use floor mat to avoid slipping. However even with the critiques and the church bell ringing in background, I found hotel lovely with charming staff which I found very helpful for local knowledge and can not beat location if staying in Windsor.

Super plush hotel! We only stayed 1 night unfortunately but what a night it was.
Rich oranges & greens dominate the room… which has a couch & chairs in the sitting area.
Did I also mention that we have a VIEW of Windsor Castle & it’s not just a tiny view of the castle, it’s the entire castle, big as life — right outside our freaking room
Shower pressure is decent; A/​C cut out in the middle of the night & it got sweltering hot… next time just crack a window for the cool Windsor breeze
Free WiFi!
Would have loved to have stayed here longer but they were sold out & for good reason!

Can only review the tea room of this hotel called tower bar and brasserie where we had tea and cakes. Was pricey@ £12.50 pp for tea, finger sandwiches, cakes and scone. However, you do get a lot of cake for your buck. Service was a bit slow but we had a good view of the castle so didn’t mind the wait.

Never stayed or eaten here but I like the bar. After a dinner at Gilbeys (in Eton) spent one memorable (well memorable right up to the the 4^th or 5^th drink then it all goes a bit hazy.) evening here with a friend working our way through the whisky menu. I am not usually a big whisky fan, but it was fun being guided through all the different ones
They have some lovely leather banquette seating booths, and the sommelier is wicked!
There is usually live jazz music on a saturday night– which really adds to the atmosphere, as it can be a bit too quiet and empty at other times