I held a party lunch for my 70th birthday at Highfield Park mid-November. Everything was fine except for being 70. Some of my guests joined us for dinner the previous evening and stayed overnight. We had a very pleasant spacious room in the main building. The dinner was delicious. Breakfast the next morning was also very good. The lunch party started at 12 in the Wellington room with spillover into the bar which is directly accessible from the room. Guests (there were 40 of us) gradually moved over to the bar and most stayed until about 6 pm! The canapés and fork buffet were excellent. Even the weather was fantastic so we could enjoy the lovely view and have a stroll round the grounds and the old church next to the venue in the morning. All the staff were very pleasant and helpful. A special thankyou to Zoe who was very helpful in helping me decide what I wanted for the party and made sure everything was right for us, Rob who was very friendly and helpful in the room and at the bar and restaurant and a couple of other people whose names I can't remember (sorry!).

I met a colleague here early evening for drinks and a bite to eat, so I can only really comment on my first impressions . Unfortunately, the vegan choice was heavily processed and not very appetising . As I was a guest, I didn't raise this at the time . Others in the group didn't get their correct orders. For example, burgers with cheese were without, and those not wanting cheese got cheese . 1 person in the group just got starters, although he had ordered a main, then the server was questioning this. All in all, it's not what you would expect from this kind of establishment