The Duke of Richmond Hotel, Cambridge Park, St.Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands GY1 1UY Tel 01481726221   www.dukeofrichmond.com

 

We recently spent a weekend in Guernsey, flying from Southampton Airport with Flybe, arriving Friday evening, staying at the above hotel which we can now highly recommend.  The Hotel is situated above the town of St. Peter Port, giving us a fabulous panoramic view of the Port and the sea beyond. Our Bedroom, No 407, was vast and very well appointed, as were all the others.  As we were a party of 12 and therefore not easy to accommodate in restaurants with no booking we had arranged our first evening meal at the hotel. 

 

We all agreed and we are a fussy lot, it was a really good choice!  We stuck to the Table d'hote Menu - 4 courses with coffee and mints for £19.95.  The food was to a very high standard, well presented and served, and excellent value for money.

 

The breakfast for the 3 mornings we stayed was buffet style but the hot food was cooked to order.  Yummy bacon, sausages and fluffy scrambled eggs.  The poached haddock with a poached egg on top was scrummy!  Our wonderful Restaurant Manager, Olga from Madeira, always checked we were happy with everything.  We all agreed, having stayed in many hotels around the world, that Olga and her restaurant staff were very well trained and attentive as were the rest of the staff in the hotel.  Full Marks to Stephen Purtill (General Manager).  Our tariff was £49.50 per head B & B so excellent value!

 

Other Restaurants we visited over the weekend were as follows -

 

Saturday Lunch - Guernsey Yacht Club - can get in if you are affiliated to another Club.

Saturday Evening - Christies Restaurant in St. Peter Port

Sunday Lunch - Crabby Jack's, west of the island, overlooking Vazon Bay

Sunday Night - Duke of Richmond Hotel ('cause we liked it so much)

Monday Lunch - The Boathouse, North Esplanade, St. Peter Port (opposite the Information Centre)

 

We enjoyed all of the above lunchtime venues as we were able to sit outside in the sunshine!  Overall the food was good, our only complaint, in Crabby Jack's the crab baguettes and cocktail were a bit short on crab!  Whereas I chose a crab salad and it was huge!   The Saturday Night venue Christies was very busy, the bar area was packed, fortunately we had booked as we were 12 far too many dishes to describe to you!  All was good and a great evening was had by all!!   Needless to say copious amounts of wine and G&T's were consumed over the weekend, at such reasonable prices it was compulsory!   Tip for the gin drinkers, we bought 2 litre bottles of Gordon's Export for £15 on the plane on the way home!!!

 

For those who have not visited Guernsey before, it is a lovely unspoilt island, not as commercialised as Jersey.  Great shopping, VAT free and only 60p bus fare to go around the whole island.  We bought a pass that covered several journeys and was excellent value.   The  Duke of Richmond Hotel made the weekend for us all, plus we were lucky with the weather of course!! 

 

Reported by SM