The Greenhouse is headed by award winning Michelin star chef Mark Treasure. A Dorset man, Mark has previously worked in London hotels and restaurants such as The Capital Hotel, Mirabelle Restaurant, Cafe Royal and Langan’s Brasserie.

On leaving London, Mark worked in the Lake District and the Cotswolds before settling in Dorset. Now heading the restaurant team, Mark brings years of experience and is committed to bringing local produce, livestock, fish and game to the table to share what he describes as 'traditional European food for the modern palate'.

The light and airy L-shaped 70-cover restaurant features a warm combination of colours, painted floorboards, stone fireplaces, dramatic modern art and contemporary lighting. The very popular 'Chef's Table' allows guests the opportunity to have a direct insight into Mark's kitchen whilst the private dining room, with its own fireplace, offers an ideal setting for an intimate dinner or meeting.  

==========================================================

To all the staff and management @ Hotel Grovesnor

My partner, Vanessa, and I had the pleasure of staying in your fabulous hotel earlier this week.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the wonderful welcome, service, food and above all friendliness that you extended towards us on our stay. We have been through a particularly difficult time recently and were badly in need of a break, no matter how short.

As a result of our stay, we are still buzzing with the enjoyment of our time at your establishment and telling all who will listen.

I have stayed in many hotels around the world but I must say, yours is right up there with the best of them. The attention to detail and the decor is simply fabulous. Clearly, a great deal of thought, love and hard work has gone into getting the hotel up and running and you are all to be commended with the outcome.

The food and service in the restaurant was particularly outstanding. The easy banter we had with the waitresses was infectious and the food was to die for!

What made you so good? Well, I believe it is the passion and pride you all show for your hotel. And that clearly comes from the top.

We will be back again to visit, that is for sure, and probably in the summer so we can have a cigar in the courtyard when it is warm!

Best of luck to you all (somehow, I don't think you will need it but there it is anyway!) and thank you once again for making our stay so enjoyable.

With Best Regards
Paul & Vanessa
(Room 11 - March 2010)