Samphire At The County

Great location,lovely room.Staff are so friendly and helpful especially reception.Food is really good.We will definitely stay here again when back in Chemsford.

Based on the excellent reviews, I booked the afternoon tea at the Samphire restaurant for my wife's birthday. The food was delicious and Chris really added to the experience, with her exceptional and attentive service. 10 out of 10 from us!

I've never stayed at this Hotel before, and was pleasantly surprised when I spent a night there earlier this week. Nice quiet rooms, plenty of friendly Staff, lovely breakfast and a great location. Will definitely re-book when next in the area.

We’ve eaten here for lunch, supper, and breakfast. All meals were very good, above average. The wait staff was very attentive. In particular, at breakfast, Chris, showed personal interest and attention. She really added to the enjoyment of our experience here.

We enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea celebrating our Mum's 90th birthday the food was very good indeed and there was plenty of it. We received excellent service from our waitress Chris who took care of us throughout the afternoon ensuring we had a good time. All in all, it was perfect!

This supposed four-star hotel gives you a room far too small with no air conditioning on a hot day of the year. Then charges you an extra 50 quid when you have the temerity to ask for air conditioning. I always thought the definition of four-star hotel was that it had a swimming pool? No gym either. The whole place is tired to. AVOID

Tiny rooms for the price, over priced breakfast and have to pay for parking at the hotel. Ended up costing more than staying at a Moxy but with the quality of less than a travel lodge. The shower head even shot off and hit me on the head! The quality of finish on the rooms is appalling. Was at least clean and the staff were friendly but defo wouldn't use again for the price. This is a £60 a night hotel at most and that's if it were to include parking in that!

Great experience throughout. Great service from every team member encountered from initial booking enquiry, reservation, check-in with night porter, breakfast, and late morning check-out. Family booking package with multiple rooms plus breakfast was accommodated, fair price. Modern rooms within a historic setting, ideally located for Chelmsford City centre and surrounding area. Stayed in one of the 'Airbnb style ' two-room ensuite apartments away from the main hotel which were very well furnished with suitable appliances for a multiple night stay for small groups or family. Breakfast was good quality. Would recommend. Would revisit. Would book direct again.

The staff were the saving grace to be completely honest. Really great reception staff and service staff for breakfast, but I'm afraid the compliments end there. For what we paid we felt really cheated to be honest. The hotel feels like a really cheap American motel, while commanding similar prices to amazing hotels like Moxy/Raddison (when you add parking and breakfast it works out in the same price bracket) The bathroom was finsinished to a really poor standard, lots of cracks and flaking paint around the bath. The shower head pinged off and hit my partner in the face mid shower. The room was far from reception and getting to the room was just really strange. Lots of corridors, different st...