Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel, Golf & Spa

Food was amazing, staff were just as good

staff where excellent , great value food was good

Hotel clean and bedroom spacious and comfortable. Breakfast had plenty of choice, hot food was served by Staff so long queues formed. The meal in the evening was ok and reflected our package price. Wine list very expensive. Understaffed throughout the Hotel though Restaurant Staff very pleasant. We received a free bucket of beers courtesy of Your Golf travel but no bottle opener accompanied the beer, my husband asked for an opener but non was forthcoming, we found our own bottle opener in our car.

The hotel was very good. Clean welcoming staff very friendly and helpful. The only let down was the food quality breakfast and our first evening meal ( avoid the beetroot salad ) The spa and pool facilities first class

Great hotel

Staff have been excellent throughout. When we started to arrive at a busy breakfast, staff quickly sorted us out with coffee, etc. No problem. All requests were dealt with promptly. Rooms were very well appointed. Hotel is modern and comfortable. We had a separate room for our group of 40 which was a good bonus. Drink and snack prices are a bit steep, but profits have to be made and the 20% off bar drinks helped. It didn’t hold anyone back!

Hotel was bery clean, nice rooms and great facilities. The restaurant seemed a bit short staffed at times however which prolongued times btween courses but bothing too bad. Would definitely be returning

Went on a very busy bank holiday weekend. There was also a large wedding reception underway as well. The rooms were roomy and very well appointed. The staff did an amazing job in looking after even though we could see they were under real pressure .

Very accommodating and helpful

Really good value and this place has huge potential to be much better. The hotel and facilities just require some updating.

Course should of been shut due to how wet it was. But pro advised he was really sorry he couldn’t move us onto other course as a convo was on all day.. even though it prob should of been shut anyway but couldn’t they couldn’t turn that sort of money away. Electric trolleys wouldn’t even work on the fairways/paths as it was so wet, after trying to push them up the first with no joy we had to retire after 1 hole.. not impressed. Ruined the weekend 0 value for money. Had we been informed before we arrived we would of gladly rescheduled as the whole weekend was a waste of money. Managing only 9 holes in 2 days. 👎

Course was unplayable due to recent rain. Only managed 8 holes. Should of been shut, but couldn’t as “ can’t turn down the money generated from a am am comp on the sun”. Very disappointing as we would of reached had we been informed, even though phoned earlier and was told course would be playable.

the weather was bad and course wet but fully understandable - but the greens held up well and the course just about was playable

Hired a buggy, used the pathways as the course very wet and boggy, so the game obviously took longer to play than expected. The course was challenging in places. The greens were quite fast but held some moss and previous players had not repaired greens from divot marks. Would play again in better weather.

Great condition the better if the 2 courses by far Beware the 17th green Definitely require a buggy fir this one

Considering the amount if rainfall tbe previous col day the course was in really good condition greens true and fast

We were offered another round on the Emerald on our second day. I suspect this was because the Sapphire was not well maintained. Very little effort had been done on the greens which were patchy and sandy. The fairways were quite long grassed and the course condition was poor.

The better maintained course of the two

Judging by the results from our group of40 seniors, this was a challenging course, but it was in very good condition and looked superb. After quite a lot of rain, the ground was rather greasy in places and the ball did not run as it might but the greens were fast. Everyone enjoyed the course and all reactions were positive regardless of results. As tour organiser, I was very happy to have brought my group to Hill Valley.

This shorter course is quite challenging and was the correct choice as a warm up before two rounds on the Emerald. However, as the pro shop admitted, the course is in need of improvement. It is a tight tricky course with only one par 5. There are too many trees and they are too large, narrowing a tight course even further. Too much searching for balls in trees and undergrowth. The greens are patchy and do not run evenly which further frustrates. My members came in from this round with moans and criticism. However, I understand that plans are afoot to sort things out over the winter and it could be a much better prospect by next summer. Having said all this, a course is a course and you have to play it as it stands.