The Mitre
East Molesey, Surrey
Good Hotel Guide Review
In ‘a lovely location’, with riverside terraces, just across the road from Hampton Court, launch venture for Hector Ross’s Signet Collection (see The Retreat at Elcot Park; The Barnsdale) received our inspectors’ full endorsement. The 18th-century building, on the site of the Toy Inn (built 1665), has been revamped with no loss of character. Bedrooms have ‘a classic feel with a modern twist’, bold and subtle paint finishes, exuberant lamps and wallpapers, regatta stripes and ginghams. The Henry VIII suite has a four-poster, a copper roll-top bath with a view of the palace the king swiped off poor old Wolsey. Our inspectors’ room had Ottoline’s Chintz Constance green and lilac wallpaper, a coffee machine, homemade cookies, vintage books, Bramley toiletries in a ‘simple, clean bathroom’ with ‘powerful shower’. In the circular, river-view 1665, ‘good brasserie fare’ included ‘perfectly cooked chicken Milanese’. The signature cauliflower popcorn was ‘tasty, with perhaps too much teriyaki sauce’. A ‘really excellent’ breakfast brought smoothies, ‘coconut and chia-seed compote, croissant, pain au chocolate’; among cooked dishes, ’perfect eggs Florentine’.
Hotel details
Address
Hampton Court Road
East Molesey
Surrey
KT8 9BN
England
Telephone
020 8979 9988
Bedrooms
40. 3 above café at Hampton Court gates. 1 room semi-accessible to wheelchair.
Open
all year.
Facilities
brasserie, bar, meeting/private dining rooms, library, pamper room, café, in-room TV, civil wedding licence, EV charging, limited free parking, riverside terraces, electric-powered boats, partially accessible to wheelchair.
Background music
ambient, 'suited to location'.
Children
all ages welcome, family rooms. Children's menu, high chairs.
Dogs
allowed in 8 ground-floor rooms, café, bar, orangery, not in brasserie (max 2, £30 a night, bed, bowl, treats, toy).
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £150. À la carte £50.
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