Buxted Park Country House

We visited today to celebrate a 21st birthday. What a fabulous cream tea experience. The staff absolutely made it with their jovial approach. The food was delicious and the surroundings are stunning. I thoroughly recommend it for anyone looking for a great cream tea in the South East.

We went back after having our wedding reception at this hotel 30 years ago.It had exactly the same atmosphere we lived all those years ago and the ballroom and grounds as spectacular as ever.We had a lovely meal in the Orangery,served and looked after by the charismatic and very entertaining Marc Desseaux.As utxwas our Anniversary, we had a few treats along the way,and he made us feel very special.The staff were truly charming and attentive and very professional. We will be back for afternoon tea and the many events Marc arranges throughout the year.Its a very special place for us with special staff to enhance your stay.

After holding our daughter’s wedding at Buxted Park it was the obvious venue to hold her baby shower just under a year later. Buxted Park and the wonderful Marc Desseaux all go above and beyond to ensure a perfect afternoon. As there were 18 of us we hired the library which was ideal. Nothing was too much trouble and our cups and glasses were topped up constantly. The tea was huge and well worth the money. Individual boxes were provided without asking to take the excess home and enjoy later. Dietary needs were also catered for seamlessly and alternative drinks offered to those who don’t drink tea or coffee. Wish we could do it all over again

From the especially warm and friendly welcome from Andrea to the hearty fond farewell from Duncan we thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. With the hotel being quiet during our stay we were fortunate to be offered a discounted upgrade to a gorgeous Suite which we made the most of. We had a very peaceful and comfortable sleep each night in the king sized bed. As you’d expect from a Hand Picked Hotel, it is beautifully presented and appointed. The vast grounds and walks are very picturesque and the staff friendly, courteous, professional and always on hand. The food, dining experience and beverages were excellent. Eating in the Orangery adds a special touch. The cocktails prepared by Vad were unsurpassed. We enjoyed the snooker room too. There is lots to see and do locally. We enjoyed a sunny day at Eastbourne, a lucky day at the races at Lingfield Park and topped off with a superb Golden Arrow dining experience onboard a steam train at the Bluebell Railway. A fabulous stay. One that will linger long in the memory.

We went to the Buxted Park Hotel for a Father’s Day Sunday lunch, the food ambience and service was simply magnificent. The Orangery setting is beautiful, and the staff are an absolute credit to the hotel. They have a wonderful children’s menu which is very reasonably priced and their interaction with families made the whole experience very pleasurable. A special mention to Duncan and the maître D as well as the other gentleman from Marseille whose name we didn’t catch. The lunch itself was absolutely delicious, we even managed a few mocktails which were very, very refreshing. Thank you we will be returning.

We had our religious blessing/aka big white wedding in september 2013 at the Buxted Park hotel. My best friend got married there in the April, and as guests we experienced first class service so we were real excited about ours. Sadly it felt like a very different venue on our day! Coming up to the wedding our contact at Buxted was rarely available, and i constantly had to chase. It seems she was away on holiday more than she was ever in the office. On arrival on my wedding day i was greeted by a dirty and untidy venue, from the wedding the night before. The roomy bridesmaids and I got ready in still had full bins, dirty glasses and cards lying about - it hardly screamed glamour. Uptstairs there were dead bugs by the window, dirty glasses, and crumbs over tables. The carpet in the main room was turned up at the corners and almost caused one of my bridesmaids to twist her ankle. It felt like everything we had organised in the months prior had fallen on deaf ears. The lady who was in charge of our wedding was not there on the say. A fact I was only made aware of at 4.30 on the Friday when I called with a question. She advised she was leaving in 30min, and that if I needed anything else I would need to contact someone else. That contact was not there to talk to on the day either. When I first arrived in the morning I went around room to room to show the bridesmaids the venue. The idea was that we would all complete our set list of things to do, and then head downstairs to start to get ready and be girly. Instead of the spotless and tidy room we visited prior, we entered a mess. One room had food and crumbs everywhere, sweetened by a few dead bugs in the window, and dirty glasses on top of the fireplace. Of course this set alarm bells ringing and meant that instead of relaxing and starting to get ready I then had to double check all the details. I noticed that the hotel had set out the wrong number of chairs for ceremony. Not just a few wrong but 15 wrong! They had no record of anything different either. The menus on the table were wrong, and had to be re-printed. Also the fairy lights that we paid to be supplied by the hotel were in the wrong room. After 2 hours a maintenance man turned up to change them, but seemed quite happy to leave all the wires out on show. It was me that came up with a solution, and had to help explain to them how to rectify. We had arranged for a wooden chopping board to be supplied to cut some bread on during our blessing, but the board I was offered was the type you get in a kitchen. In fact even my kitchen chopping boards are in better nick. The chopping board was an off grey, presumably previously white, with brown and red stains engrained in the scratched and sliced board. Hoping that it was just those blips I went downstairs and started to get ready. The ceremony was going beautifully well until the loud sounds of people singing happy birthday began – mid ceremony! It seems they had a birthday party in t