Cumberland Lodge - Windsor

Rüdiger R.

By far the most exciting place I ever was on a workshop. Impressive rooms, good food and friendly staff.
Although be read their description on how to get there.

Konstantinos G.

The place looks magnificent from the outside. Inside, it is a bit cold, so bring your jacket. Wonderful walks all around, if you have time. I had pre-ordered the vegan option, and it was great to find both soya and oat milk next to the tea. However, at lunch, everyone had the same basic garnish, and on top a) the omnis got beef fillet, b) the veggies got a nice-looking tart, and c) the vegans got... the top of a cauliflower..! It is 2023, so "zero" for effort; no excuses there. At the end, the dessert cakes were left unlabelled on a random table, without any staff members around to ask for allergens/ingredients, so quite disappointing as well. It could have been a lot better with only a small amount of effort from their end.

2024 update: I returned for the same event one year later, and I must say that the vegan food was now of much better quality, and the dessert cakes were labelled this time around, so I am increasing my rating. Further work needed on how the staff makes event guests feel, so I will leave this as "homework" for next year.

Iana A.

Great ambience and great food. A great place to disconnect with technology and connect with nature. Amazing history as well!

Alex

Old mansion with significance to British history. Now functions as a venue for events with overnight stay. Rooms are very large and laid out to be very traditional. To the point of being rather ridiculous: Victorian bath with no curtain or place to hang shower head is an unnecessary pain. So are split taps. Water in the rooms is not drinkable. This raises concerns - led pipes? The restaurant attempts to be better than it is: they have a gimmick of serving same main cooked in two different ways. I was not convinced. Overall, I think the place can do with a bit of rethinking of their concept.

Cam M.

Very beautiful place - well furnished - very good European cuisine with a british twist - staff could not be more welcoming and helpful. Lovely atmosphere.
Only negative point is the pipework as showers don't work so well...but it is an historic house so...

Nik I.

I am just giving this place 1 for the desserts and the country side sceneries it offers.
1. The staff are rude. There were some candies at the reception, just normal candies that you can find at every hotel reception. I asked the staff whether I can take one, he replied: “absolutely.” Then in the morning the receptionist was changed, I opened the container to take another and he suddenly took it away from my hands in a very rude manner, saying that these are not meant to be eaten by the students. First, if you don’t want your “precious” candies to be eaten why do you put it on the display? Second, I’m wondering how much is a price of A candy? 1p? 5p? 10pence? I am sure it’s cheap enough that you don’t need to take it away from someone in such a disgraceful and embarrassing way. You could’ve at least put it away later after I was gone.
2. The quality of the food is unacceptable. Obviously, I understand that they need to keep their costs down in this period of high inflation and costs of living crisis but if you are those kind of persons who thinks your college’s canteen is of a low quality then you have to try this place’s food to get to know what low quality food means. I’m not going to explain the disastrous dinners and awful launches. The only good thing about the food is the dessert, which is indeed extremely better than the rest and it’s usually designed beautifully.
3. The quality of maintenance of the building is at minimum, it can be better. At current level it is just ok.

Pradeep D.

Excellent location. Well maintained. Great staff and service. However, this place does not have a direct public transport service.

"International Student Christmas" event organized here gave an excellent insight into the rich tradition of British Christmas celebrations. Furthermore, the icing on the cake was our visit to Royal Chapel near by.

Chris J.

I was fortunate enough to hold my wedding reception here three years ago. Service second to none, food fantastic and setting perfect. Jane, Robert and the team pulled out all the stops for it to be an exceptional day and people still talk about our wedding to this day. Can not recommend high enough