Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel

4.0 star property

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Indoor pool, outdoor pool, sun loungers
Exterior
Reception
Sauna, body treatments, deep-tissue massages, Swedish massages
Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Reviews

7.6 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Gym
  • Bar
  • Spa

Explore the area

Map
South Baddesley Road, Lymington, England, SO41 5ZB
  • Lymington Pier Ferry Port
    4 min walk
  • New Forest National Park
    13 min walk
  • JW Day Spa and Beauty
    2 min drive
  • Southampton (SOU)
    43 min drive

Room options

Superior Room, 2 Twin Beds

  • 226 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Standard Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 226 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 226 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, 1 Double Bed

  • 322 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 269 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed

  • 269 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 226 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the neighborhood

Lymington

With a stay at Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel in Lymington, you'll be within a 15-minute walk of New Forest National Park and Lymington Pier Ferry Port. .This family-friendly hotel is 19.1 mi (30.7 km) from Southampton Cruise Terminal and 1.4 mi (2.2 km) from Lymington Sea Water Baths.

What's nearby

  • Lymington Pier Ferry Port - 4 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Beaulieu National Motor Museum - 14 min drive - 7.5 miles
  • Milford on Sea Beach - 19 min drive - 6.0 miles
  • Yarmouth Isle-of-Wight Ferry Terminal - 41 min drive - 4.7 miles
  • Hurst Castle - 83 min drive - 6.7 miles

Getting around

  • Lymington Pier Station - 4 min walk
  • Southampton (SOU) - 44 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Lymington Yacht Haven - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Six Bells - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Borough Arms - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Lounges of Lymington - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪The Ship Inn - ‬3 min drive

About this property

Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel

Family-friendly hotel with 2 restaurants and a full-service spa
Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel offers 42 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. 32-inch plasma televisions come with digital channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor tennis court and a health club are featured at the hotel. An indoor pool and an outdoor pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves with a trip to the onsite spa, which has 4 treatment rooms. Services include deep-tissue massages, Swedish massages, Thai massages, and facials. The spa is equipped with a sauna.
Stay in one of 42 guestrooms featuring plasma televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including a health club, an outdoor pool, and an indoor pool. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, wedding services, and a fireplace in the lobby.
Enjoy British cuisine at Waterford Restaurant, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. Full breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a computer station, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM on weekdays.
Waterford Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
The Solent - This family restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Tourism Program, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free uncovered self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Weekday full breakfast available 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 26 per person
  • 2 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Restaurants on site

  • The Solent
  • Waterford Restaurant

Things to do

  • Basketball
  • Fitness classes
  • Full-service spa
  • Health club
  • Indoor pool
  • Mini golf
  • Outdoor pool
  • Outdoor tennis court
  • Playground
  • Racquetball/squash
  • Sauna
  • Steam room
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini golf
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Computer station
  • Conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • 4 treatment rooms
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Deep-tissue massages
  • Facials
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Sauna
  • Swedish massages
  • Thai massages

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • 2 floors
  • 9 buildings
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1820
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Bathtub
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch HDTV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 15.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 26.00 per person
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 15.0 per night
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 181 out of 576 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 198 out of 576 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 114 out of 576 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 58 out of 576 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 25 out of 576 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

kirk

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely settings and period hotel, great facilities, food is good albeit a little pricey, rooms could do with updating. But generally quiet and very good amenities.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This hotel is very pretty and the grounds are very pretty. However it needs a serious refurbishment. Everything in the rooms are a bit tired. Almost no outlets to charge your things. Took forever to get things. We were there when it was especially hot and it took three phone calls and four hours to get a fan. Our Nespresso had no pods. I called room service and they told me to call the front desk. I called three times and no one ever answered the phone.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Richard

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible experience - I would avoid !!!
Terrible, dated, hot room in a loud courtyard. The hotel rooms seem to be secondary to a time-share type holiday camp. We asked for a quiet room which turned out to next to the noisy cleaners’ shed and also adjacent to the wedding party getting ready from 6:45am. The room was so hot we couldn’t sleep, it was impossible to have the windows open as these are velux; if you opened them the lights from the bright hotel courtyard kept you awake. No air-con just a couple of noisy fans. I do not believe they delivered a service that matched the (over) priced room. Breakfast seemed very poor, the sausages were cold and others items missing, with guests repeatedly requesting food. Felt like a school canteen. We had booked two nights but due to such a poor experience we left after first night. We requested a refund for the second night but told no. I cannot recommend this hotel and from our experience I would avoid it and stay anywhere else.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay. Great facilities and staff that went out of their way to cater for a food intolerance (unfortunately this is not what we usually experience!). We wish we could have stayed longer!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel in good location, bedroom could do with updating but still good for the price
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We travel by expensive push (road) bicycles and really prefer if hotels let us take them to our room, which they allowed. Did not try the restaurant but room was great.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Over charge
The hotel charged me for a second room that I did not book. Their records indicated I booked two rooms with hotels.com but i have an email that shows I booked one room. The hotel manager said i had to take it up with hotels.com and that he was charging me for the extra room. My wife and I liked the place except for the fact that we were charged an extra room. Can I get reimbursed from hotel.com?
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Night away
Picked this hotel as it looks like it has a load of character, so was a bit disappointed with the room, which was in a square annex separate to the hotel with zero charm! Room itself was large and clean. Enjoyed both the restaurant and bar and had a lovely meal.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Paul

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Penny

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel . Wonderful pool . Clean and comfortable room but mattress on bed completely gone - needs replacing as unable to sleep due to large dip in middle
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carl, Saint Augustine

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property is very quiet yet it is only a few miles away from Gatwick.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable spa holiday
We enjoyed our stay at Elmer’s court. There is an outdoor pool which made us feel like we’re not holidaying in the UK. The room was clean and well-kept. We had balcony which was good for relaxing after our walks in the New Forest. You can also see the Solent from the hotel grounds! The spa facilities were also good. There is sauna and indoor pool, and treatment rooms! I had the signature treatment and I absolutely loved it! There was wide variety of options for the full and continental breakfast (try the pan au chocolat, they’re absolutely divine!). The staff were all friendly and they were also very understanding when we requested for a late check out as my treatment finished after the regular checkouts. The food at the Waterford Restaurant was also something you should try whilst staying at the hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Joe

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent stay but room for improvement.
Lovely venue and location, very good facilities. The room is pretty dated and the balcony and stairs could do with being repainted. Bed is really comfy and the room is a very good size. The breakfast was very average considering a £20 cost per person. Too greases and the food wasn’t very high quality.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quite good.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Nicky

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely staff and a great swimming pool
We had a lovely stay, all the staff were very friendly and helpful. The swimming pool was beautiful and the changing rooms clean and well equipped.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024