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THE HARDWICK, Abergavenny, Wales, which won a César award this year as Restaurant with Rooms of the year, is this month’s prize-giving hotel. Its chef/patron Stephen Terry and his wife, Joanna, lead a team of friendly, efficient staff. Dine on generous portions of Wye Valley produce such as roast hake fillet, brown shrimps; perfect mashed potatoes. Bedrooms are in a modern inspired courtyard extension with Welsh touches.
All you need to do to win this handsome prize of dinner, bed and breakfast for two at THE HARDWICK is to SEND A REVIEW of your favourite hotel or B&B in Great Britain or Ireland. See COMPETITION PAGE. We welcome reports on places that have never been in the Guide or have been omitted, as well as those that have a current entry.
Richard Osborne from Windsor is the winner of last month’s prize of dinner, bed and breakfast for two at BROCCO ON THE PARK, Sheffield, Yorkshire. The prize has to be taken midweek. The winner this year of a César award as city hotel of the year, Brocco’s owner, Tiina Carr, has created a stylish Scandinavian chic city hotel. The bedrooms are modern, the food is adventurous.
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‘Staying here was one of those experiences which show that British hotels can still sink to depths last experienced c1947. Coming back from the theatre at 4.15 pm we had to ask them to turn on the heating, not due – in March – to come on until 5 pm.’
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The Good Hotel Guide, founded 39 years ago, is totally independent. It receives no payments, no hospitality and no advertising from hotels selected for an entry in the printed edition. Hotels pay to be on the GHG website, but only those which have an entry in the printed Guide are eligible. Selected hotels are recommended by readers, backed where necessary by an anonymous inspection. The British edition of the Guide is published each autumn. Adam and Caroline Raphael, who own the Guide, are award-winning journalists. Caroline, a former BBC researcher and a travel writer, is editor-in-chief. She has worked on the Guide for more than three decades. Adam, who previously worked for the Guardian, the Observer, the BBC and the Economist, is the Guide’s marketing director. Astella Saw, formerly with Penguin and the BBC, is editor of the British Guide. Nicola Davies is editor of the Shortlist, and in charge of correspondence and research. Richard Fraiman is the Guide’s chief executive. The Guide specialises in small owner-managed hotels, inns and B&Bs in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and Ireland. It includes budget B&Bs, good-value hotels and inns as well as grand country houses and chic city hotels, all offering value for money in their price range.
