6/10 Okay
Nick
Travelled with group
20 Oct 2024
Liked: Cleanliness
Ok, here's what was a beautiful Georgian hotel with the front registered as a listed building. No one has done any maintenance work on the front. There are cracks in mortar and one cracked window. There is still what looks like bin liners holding the roof on. And that has been like that for years. Now under another management, they ate least have some beers on tap and lemons behind the bar. which they didn't have a few years ago. I actually went out and bought them some lemons one year.
The website says the rooms have been refurbished. Hmmm. I had a broken light switch. A toilet that I had to take apart to fix the flush system. Shower taps I could hardly turn one off or regulate the temperature. In one corridor, a door marked "PRIVATE" had been kicked in and was hanging off its hinges. Some one could at least have shut it and hidden the line store.
"Each room is meticulously designed to provide a neat and inviting ambiance." My room was clean and the bed was comfortable. There was a long and interesting menu but none of it available at lunchtime.
It's in a great position, right on the High Street but it is slowly falling to bits. It needs a ton of money spending on and I doubt anyone ever will spend that money. It's one thing tidying up the rooms a bit the reputation is becoming a bit of a joke.
Nick
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024