The Peacock at Rowsley

I'm not sure we can better the wonderful reviews that have been written. Suffice to say, our stay has been one of the most beautiful experiences ever. Peaceful place helpful and friendly staff, exquisite food. Need we say more? I only wish there were more hotels like this throughout England. Thank you for a lovely stay.

Stunning building & exquisite food. Unfortunately after a lovely warm welcome we were forgotten about in the bar. A couple that came later received there amuse bouche before us and were then taken through to their table. We sat for a while before anyone recognised this. An apology would of gone a long way especially when paying 12.5% service. Eventually when moved through before the bread even hit the table the starters were out which felt like a mad rush to catch up. We finished with coffee in the lounge accompanied by Miley Cyrus acoustic playing - not the right choice personally but the swearing in the music killed it more so. The wine was beautiful & the food was to die, we live locally so naturally will be back but hopefully the service will reflect the price next time.

We stayed for two nights recently. We’ve stayed twice before (new year package) and once again the hotel exceeded our expectations. We stayed in Room 7 which is now our favourite - large room overlooking the garden with a nice (compact) bathroom, and air conditioning which was welcome as it was quite mild weather at the time. We had dinner in the lovely bar on our second night and it was wonderful. The staff at the Peacock are exceptional, every single person was so professional, yet friendly. Thank you to Laura for sorting out our stay. We hope to be back very soon for another visit. Thank you all.

Impeccable discreet accepting truly old fashioned service Wonderful peaceful atmosphere What an utterly marvellous hotel. Lovely in every way. Absolutely standout service - like the kind of service you would find if you lived at Chatsworth or similar in the last century. Absolutely delicious haddock and chips in room. Wonderful breakfast. Beautiful room. Lovely bar, lovely garden. Simply wonderful. Peaceful is the right word

I cannot understand why someone has moaned about being 1 minute late for breakfast. If they state breakfast finishes at 9 30 am , then breakfast finishes at that time. Simple isn't it !!. Then moaned when offered something different . Get out of bed a bit earlier .

We booked two double rooms at the Peacock for one night as we were visiting Chatsworth House for their Christmas event. We paid over £640 for two rooms. The hotel is in a good location for Chatsworth. The rooms were ok. Comfortable and clean. Would probably benefit from a refresh. Tea and coffee is provided but you need to ring reception if you want milk or a biscuit. Breakfast service was unsatisfactory. Service finishes abruptly at 9.30am. At weekends I feel this should be later. Having missed it by 1 minute we were offered a tray in our rooms. The offerings were paltry to say the least. A slice of ham, cheese and a tiny croissant. We checked out of the Peacock feeling disappointed and hungry!

We only stayed here for one night whilst visiting family. We found our experience here a bit of a mix, although we would stay again for a second try. The positives are: A lovely warm welcome and personal service with very friendly staff, especially in the bar. Beautiful old building with gorgeous grounds in a peaceful setting. The rooms are warm and a generous size, although our bathroom was compact. It had nice towels and toiletries though. Excellent bar with great drinks selection and lovely log fire. The negatives: Our pillows were like wooden logs. Really hard and full like I’ve never seen before. Breakfast was surprisingly poor. I ordered a Full English breakfast. The sausage and mushrooms were good, but the bacon was hard and impossible to cut, the toast was weirdly dry and almost disintegrated into dust when I cut it, and the egg was pale and had no flavour. I was surprised because whilst we didn’t have evening dinner here, the menus looked superb. So we will look forward to staying again as I am sure we just had a bit of bad luck.

Had dinner in the bar. Log fire & autumnal food done to perfection. Perfect balance of comfort food/healthy food/local food/seasonal food/fresh food/traditional food & superb chocolates with your coffee. I just love this place, thank-you so much.

We booked the hotel for a birthday celebration.I’d seen a beautiful picture on Instagram from someone else’s visit, and the reality was even better. Our 3 night stay was wonderful; a comfortable room matched by excellent food and faultless service. My overriding memory will be of how warm and welcoming every member of staff were. We will definitely visit again.