What we love this September

Welcome to Guildford Paper Moon, a glorious new bookshop that has just opened in Jeffries Passage, a place that is already causing quite a stir among book lovers in and around the area. It is, as you would expect, packed with great books covering just about every...

Mandolay ‘a hotel for Guildford to be proud of’

There can be few businesses in Guildford that embrace the ‘independent spirit’ more enthusiastically than Mandolay, the 4 star hotel and events venue on London Road. Tami Vickery, Sales Director at Mandolay explains why being independent is so important to Mandolay,...

What’s on in Guildford May 2025

We will begin our monthly roundup of shows and events with our great friends at Guildford Cathedral, and the commemoration of a very significant milestone in British history. VE Day 80th Anniversary Listen out on Wednesday 8th May, 6.30pm as eighty years after Victory...

Afternoon Tea with Bottomless Cocktails at Mandolay

It’s amazing where a simple question can take you, and when we introduced the idea of Afternoon Tea with Bottomless Cocktails earlier this month, our duty manager asked… ‘Which came first, cocktails or afternoon tea?’ In a busy management meeting, the room was split...

Oh Adrian, what have you done?

On March 20th, respected broadcaster, writer and journalist Adrian Chiles used his regular (and usually brilliant) column in The Guardian to launch a bitter attack on ‘bedspreads and cushions’. What, you might wonder has Adrian got against cushions? Our managing...

Unbelievable Reaction to The Residence at Mandolay

In January we were delighted to announce the opening of our brand new ‘aparthotel’ facility, The Residence, and like any new idea we were unsure of the way that it might be received. Just two months later and it is 100% certain that we had absolutely no cause for...