From signing in at reception, the rooms and food was excellent. The only negative I can offer is, as a group of friends we were attending the Aintree festival on the Friday, along with a high level of other guests attending too, the Cat and Lion missed an excellent opportunity to enhance their hospitality by not opening the bar until 12 noon. Upon getting changed and meeting in the beer garden at 10.30 prior to our transport arriving at 11.30 we were expecting to be able to get refreshments but instead just had to wait around for an hour. This is the 17th year we've been attending and for the previous 16 years staying at two different hotels (one for 13 years closed down and the other for the previous 3 years making a booking error) meant we had to seek alternative accomodation this year for our two night stay. Disappointing, especially as I'm sure a more personal touch could have been added especially when they knew they had over 20 guests, male and female waiting outside for some time. 😥
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