Guest User
September 3, 2024
Stayed for business. One night. Thats enough. Travelled 180 miles. Was ringing the hotel over the entirety of that 4 hour journey as wanted the car park instructions. No one picked up. Arrived after parking 400 yards away and being verbally abused by very drunk homeless people outside. The building looks fabulous. I was therefore very surprised at entering this period building to blaring techno. I actually don;t mind techno, but.... Spoke to the receptionist about trying to ring, she said she was on her own, so wasn't taking phone calls. I enquired about the car park... Good luck with that. 1st come 1st serve and they shoe horn cars in like you would not believe. I was informed by receptions she couldn't advise anywhere for me to park. Ace. I went into the bar / restaurant. Despite being in the hotel, it opens into the town centre. It has a late night 2 shots for £2 vibe. Cheap, very cheap. Sticky. Its my own fault. I ordered food. More fool me. Fish and chips. easy right. Not so, I got the fish and chips except the fish was minus any fish, it was just batter. Returned the fishless fish, ordered a new meal, chef was obviously disgruntled and my second meal came out deliberately cold. I ate my second meal in a smog as clientele and staff smoke in a doorway entering the bar area to watch the TV. I retired to my room as quickly as I could. I can't add anything further. The building is grand, the carpets however, facades, balustrades, decor have needed updating since the cavaliers and roundheads stayed there. Rooms are frankly crap. Windows old, broken etc. I stayed on the look of the place and felt with 400 years of history it would be better. It isn't. Its lamentably crap