Friends & Families
Mill End is the perfect Party House for extended family gatherings
We can seat up to 40 over two long or four small tables for dinner, and have plenty of high chairs and cots. We can provide in house catering and party table dressing & styling, and activities such as chocolate classes fun for all the family – http://www.bordellobanquets.co.uk/dining/
We have lots of things to do for small children, teens, young adults, older adults and grandparents including lego, toys, books, board games, a play room, a piano, a pool table, an outdoor play area, fire pits, the hot tub, indoor saunas and cocktail making & baking equipment.
The Forest of Dean is perfect for all the family. Visit https://www.visitdeanwye.co.uk/
We also have some very well equipped kitchens for foodies, an outdoor pizza oven and both pasta making and chocolate class equipment to hire. And we are perfect for ‘come dine with me’ family fun…or mad hatter's tea parties, with 3 fully equipped kitchens if the whole complex is hired.
And for the more mature members of the party we can arrange in house wine tasting or gin mixology. Or a local Brewery Tour or Clay Pigeon Shooting.
And if you would like to have a party with DJs and a pay bar then you can hire The Brewery Tap in Mitcheldean with a covered BBQ area - ideal for hog roasts.
“The weekend went really well. Everyone arrived without a hitch, we got all the cars in to the car park and all the party loved Mill End. We had 20 adults and 24 kids in the end and they all fitted in no problem. The Ocado order arrived as planned and we cooked a lovely dinner for everyone on the Friday night along with movies for the kids and Prosecco for the adults.
Saturday breakfast involved pancakes and croissants from the Forest Bake house in the next village for everyone (all sitting down at the banqueting tables) and then we headed out for the day to Puzzle Wood which the kids loved and meant the adults got some respite from the wine! We played rounders and cricket (in the rain) on the playing fields in Mitcheldean and then got the kids home for pizza and garlic bread all round before settling them down for movies and games. The hired babysitters arrived bang on time and were great – I gave them a little tip as they did so well to keep on top of things.
The wine tasting by Bordello Banquets was fun (fruit wines were interesting!) and my wife orchestrated the preparation of the catering Bordello Banquets had left for us. The beef bourguignon was a hit and we drank champagne and caught up on old times, looking through photos of our university days and singing a few songs round the table.
Sunday morning was a lazy one – cooked breakfast all round – and then out to the corn maze up the road at Elton Farm. The weather, which had been variable to say the least, turned the corner on Sunday afternoon and we managed to get both BBQs going and had a super afternoon out in the garden. The kids did a talent show of singing, dancing and some story telling – using the trampoline as their x-factor stage with all the judges (parents) assembled on the lawn. To close the weekend’s festivities we all sat round the fire pit on the patio and finished off what was left of the food and drinks from our order.
An early start on Monday to get everyone up and out and Mill End straight – lots of recycling that week that’s for sure! All out by just after 10am and a fantastic weekend came to an end.
The cats were a hit with the kids and even brought us a little mouse as their talent! We met the cleaner on our way out to the playing fields on one of the days and your dog said hello – how cute!
So, all in all, a great weekend and lots of happy guests. There was even talk of an annual repeat so must have been good!”
“The accommodation was superb and the facilities amazing”
"Approx 20 of us stayed there from toddlers to the grand-parents. The accommodation was superb and the facilities amazing. A kitchen downstairs and a bigger one upstairs. The hot tub was great as was the sauna. The boys/ men loved the pool table too. Would not hesitate to recommend and would go back. Pizza, Chinese and kebab take outs just round the corner with a small supermarket. Nice views all round."
— Neeta Ghedia - 30 April 2016
