Local Reviews
In October 2011, Bobwillir said about Fermain Valley Hotel
arrived late and tired on a Friday evening - and taken to our room - small, next to a busy road, and opposite a pub playing live music until 12.30 ! after much hassle, eventually moved to a decent room in the main building (at an extra cost) - from there on it was a great stay, superb breakfasts and good value evening meal.
We we aware that the "venue" was not in the main building, but we frequently choose to be in an annex, as they are frequently quieter - the description on the website says "a short stroll through the garden" - gives this impression - but the venue is definately to be avoided at all cost
We we aware that the "venue" was not in the main building, but we frequently choose to be in an annex, as they are frequently quieter - the description on the website says "a short stroll through the garden" - gives this impression - but the venue is definately to be avoided at all cost
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In October 2011, lucilou123Portsmouth said about Fermain Valley Hotel
arrived late in the evening for check in,warmly greeted,we were taken to our balcony room and shown the view and offered a tour of the hotel,on arriving in the bar we had a lovely meal, the local steak was cooked to perfection, the staff are very helpful and polite, breakfast was again fantastic lovelly choice and perfect scambled eggs, the room was quite hot as the weather was unusally mild during our stay but you cant expect the hotel to turn the heating off in the whole hotel!! we slept with the balcony door open and the sea breeze was great and listening to the waves comming into the shore was again great, the free bus the hotel runs is again fab with our driver even taking us to the ocuppation museum, I am already planning my next visit as I dont think you could find a better hotel on the island.
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In October 2011, FizzyD said about Fermain Valley Hotel
I stayed here for a four weeks on business. The staff were generally really helpful and the service was good. Breakfasts were great and evening meals good quality although the dining room lacked a little atmosphere. The location is great, with a great view over Fermain bay. Having stayed in various room I think the gold rooms with balconies are better than platinum unless you really want a large room. The hotel has a relaxed feel with a some comfortable seating/ chill out areas. The balcony areas outside the restaurant are great in the summer too.
The hotel is situated outside St Peter port so unless you are prepared to drive or get a taxi, your dining options in the area are quite limited.
Wi-fi is available but there are some restrictions placed on websites which includes such sites as facebook. This is apparently to stop people diownloading movies which affects the hotels internet. Not a major problem unless you are a facebook addict....
The hotel is situated outside St Peter port so unless you are prepared to drive or get a taxi, your dining options in the area are quite limited.
Wi-fi is available but there are some restrictions placed on websites which includes such sites as facebook. This is apparently to stop people diownloading movies which affects the hotels internet. Not a major problem unless you are a facebook addict....
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In November 2011, MayaSpecht said about Fermain Valley Hotel
Having read the reviews about "The Venue", a kind of annex to the Fermain Valley Hotel, and some restaurant experiences, we arrived quite sceptical about the value of the kgb-voucher, a friend had bought. We didn't mind the walk between the main building and The Venue through beautiful gardens and: our room was lovely and quiet looking onto the garden, though the building is - I admit - close to the road. We slept with open windows and woke up to the sound of birds and the wind in a majestic tree.
I must admit, the door to our room could have been a bit more sound proof, but apart from that we couldn't grumble. I cannot tell how much the pub on the other side of the road at the top of the garden might influence the noise level eg on a warm Friday or Saturday evening in summer.
The food in the restaurant was excellent, the service professional. We even had a go at the risotto, which some people apparently didn't like. It was creamy and light as I experienced it in the best Venetian and Tuscany restaurants. Sometimes in Britain risottos are a far too dry lump of sticky rice, not so at the Valley Restaurant @ Fermain Valley. The vegetarian choice in the Tennerfest menue was surprising, creative and tasty (many chefs seem to know no better than the boring grilled haloumi or pasta).
We would book again.
I must admit, the door to our room could have been a bit more sound proof, but apart from that we couldn't grumble. I cannot tell how much the pub on the other side of the road at the top of the garden might influence the noise level eg on a warm Friday or Saturday evening in summer.
The food in the restaurant was excellent, the service professional. We even had a go at the risotto, which some people apparently didn't like. It was creamy and light as I experienced it in the best Venetian and Tuscany restaurants. Sometimes in Britain risottos are a far too dry lump of sticky rice, not so at the Valley Restaurant @ Fermain Valley. The vegetarian choice in the Tennerfest menue was surprising, creative and tasty (many chefs seem to know no better than the boring grilled haloumi or pasta).
We would book again.
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In November 2011, alwyne said about Fermain Valley Hotel
I've stayed a couple of times at the Fermain Valley in the last three months. The view is wonderful and the beds very comfortable. The staff are pleasant. It's just slightly awkward. The rooms are too hot (I had to sleep with balcony door open) and I couldn't find the thermostat (a colleague says there's one in the floor). There aren't enough plugs to charge phones/ipads etc. I don't like showers which mean you have to climb into a bath. It's not possible to access the BBC website (they suggested it was something to do with having to restrict access to websites to comply with Guernsey regulations). The planes come into the airport rather noisily just overhead. The signposting is a bit odd (so finding The Venue from within the main building can be a bit tricky). I just wonder whether there isn't enough good quality competition?
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In November 2011, twister_9 said about Fermain Valley Hotel
I took my wife for an anniversary surprise stay to Fermain - it was wonderful!
We had a sea view room looking down the valley and literally the sun shone for us - lovely hotel facilities and walks. Take a walk around the gardens....
We live in Guernsey and this is our favourite hotel - haven't stayed overnight locally up till now, and certainly this is worth repeating.
We had a sea view room looking down the valley and literally the sun shone for us - lovely hotel facilities and walks. Take a walk around the gardens....
We live in Guernsey and this is our favourite hotel - haven't stayed overnight locally up till now, and certainly this is worth repeating.
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In December 2011, pickworth919 said about Fermain Valley Hotel
Exellent hotel with very good staff,clean and well organised,very good food with wonderful dinners, the whole hotel runs like clockwork with staff being very helpful.
My only disappointment was that it is in the flight path of Guernsey Airport,planes starting from around 6 o`clock in the morning!!!
My only disappointment was that it is in the flight path of Guernsey Airport,planes starting from around 6 o`clock in the morning!!!
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In December 2011, Graybabes said about Fermain Valley Hotel
Guernsey is not a big island, but this hotel gives a feeling of seclusion. Situated in a pretty valley its a pleasant stroll down the road through woods to a small stony beach. Most people will drive to the hotel - it would be quite a walk from St Peter Port. All the rooms to the front of the hotel have views down the valley towards the sea in the middle distance. I have used this hotel many times on business. There is free wifi. Food is OK in the dining room but not fabulous. There is a new bar opened up - the "Rock Garden" which might appeal to the younger guests but feels incongruous. The old bar is still there and conservative. As elsewhere in the CI, staff are mostly Eastern European - but very friendly and efficient. Public areas in the hotel are to a good standard. We often use the business meeting room "The Venue" which is good for private meetings and dining.
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In December 2011, m w said about Fermain Valley Hotel
I only ate at the fermaine but wow terrific, superb service superb food and a really friendly but professional atmosphere definately five star.
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In December 2011, DaveLevy said about Fermain Valley Hotel
We've just had the most marvellous family Christmas at this hotel; looked after by the most friendly, efficient and cheerful staff (even though they were working through Christmas), who made us feel that anything that added to our comfort was no trouble. Our room was enormous, very clean and comfortable, without a balcony, but with a big window and a beautiful sea and sunrise view. The lounges, which ran through two rooms (one with log fire, very Christmassy) and on to a library and a tiny, secluded, computer room, and the bar and terrace areas were all very comfortable and you could find a quieter or noisier spot, to your taste, with free wifi everywhere. (Limited number of standard UK sockets in bedroom for recharging gadgets and not in convenient positions, but it's only a tiny gripe!)
The pool was clean and warm with large windows onto the decking area; and the cinema (in the Venue building, uphill through lovely gardens) was brilliant; big comfy armchairs, room service would bring drinks and snacks and a bucket of hot popcorn was provided. We took our favourite Christmas DVDs, which we booked times to watch, and also watched the Doctor Who Christmas special on TV in the cinema.
There's a lovely stroll, through the well kept and interestingly planted gardens, to the beach and leading on to the coast path which takes you to St Peter Port in one direction (about 3 miles). The trek back uphill makes you feel you've worked off the superb breakfasts a little bit.
Dinners were beautifully presented on the plate in the modern Masterchef way and I felt very picky to be adding some salt and pepper here and there. And I ate absolutely delicious desserts though I don't usually go for the sweet course. (Orange ice cream with chocolate tart for Christmas dinner dessert - gorgeous), though you could have Christmas pudding instead if you wanted it! Reported good by other diners. The Rock Garden cocktail bar was open Christmas Eve and had a good fun atmosphere with a great variety of cocktails made with style.
The hotel ran a minibus and it could be booked to take you into town, but very sensibly, they gave airport/ferry trips the priority. There are planes going overhead, but compared to the jets taking off from London City Airport in the mornings in our usual week, the sound of the turboprops was almost humming and soothing.
The staff, the facilities and the hotel's position, (with well designed decking levels and gardens), making the best of the valley views to the sea, deserve to be thoroughly praised but I'm now wondering if I should have let on so much on TripAdvisor because we will be going back and we don't want to find you all there in our favourite spots!
by Mrs Dave
The pool was clean and warm with large windows onto the decking area; and the cinema (in the Venue building, uphill through lovely gardens) was brilliant; big comfy armchairs, room service would bring drinks and snacks and a bucket of hot popcorn was provided. We took our favourite Christmas DVDs, which we booked times to watch, and also watched the Doctor Who Christmas special on TV in the cinema.
There's a lovely stroll, through the well kept and interestingly planted gardens, to the beach and leading on to the coast path which takes you to St Peter Port in one direction (about 3 miles). The trek back uphill makes you feel you've worked off the superb breakfasts a little bit.
Dinners were beautifully presented on the plate in the modern Masterchef way and I felt very picky to be adding some salt and pepper here and there. And I ate absolutely delicious desserts though I don't usually go for the sweet course. (Orange ice cream with chocolate tart for Christmas dinner dessert - gorgeous), though you could have Christmas pudding instead if you wanted it! Reported good by other diners. The Rock Garden cocktail bar was open Christmas Eve and had a good fun atmosphere with a great variety of cocktails made with style.
The hotel ran a minibus and it could be booked to take you into town, but very sensibly, they gave airport/ferry trips the priority. There are planes going overhead, but compared to the jets taking off from London City Airport in the mornings in our usual week, the sound of the turboprops was almost humming and soothing.
The staff, the facilities and the hotel's position, (with well designed decking levels and gardens), making the best of the valley views to the sea, deserve to be thoroughly praised but I'm now wondering if I should have let on so much on TripAdvisor because we will be going back and we don't want to find you all there in our favourite spots!
by Mrs Dave
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