Birthday, Anniversary, Family gathering? Last weekend we helped Gliffaes fan Donald Lamb throw a fantastic 40th Birthday weekend  at Gliffaes. There was very little Donald had to do; Choose the date. Send out the invitations. Pay the bill. We took care of everything else, Donald even let me choose the wine for the celebration dinner [...]

One of our favorite guests and very loyal friend of Gliffaes, Ken Phillips asked us to a arrange a private dinner in the Drawing Room for his wife’s birthday. “My pleasure”, I said. “What would you like to have on the menu?” “I’ll leave it up to you James, but I would like four courses [...]

Your Party, Your Wedding, Your Celebration – Our Pleasure Gliffaes is the perfect place to hold your party or celebration. A 50th Birthday Lunch, a Christening Tea or indeed a Wedding we have hosted them all and a few others to.  Standing on our sunny terrace with a glass of Champagne gazing over the river [...]

What a difference the weather makes to running a hotel in the country. The sun comes out and the first thing to be done is not sort out the parasols on the terrace but rush to the boiler and turn down the heating, that is the first sign of spring for an oil burning hotelier [...]