“Very near Beamish Museum which is why we stayed here.
The Good: Clean, well decorated room. Food was good. Breakfast staff were very pleasant.
The NOT so good:
The hotel has many visitors during the day meaning the car park was very busy but almost empty later in the evening. A separate are for guests parking would be useful! It was difficult to get parked. The spaces are narrow. Getting suitcases and bags out wasn't easy. My wife had to get out before we parked be cause there was no space to exit the car.
In the lounge it was very difficult to access the bar because of the men sitting and standing drinking at the bar, chatting to the bar staff, who didn't allow access between them. This was the situation for the two afternoons we were there. From what I could gather some of them were off duty staff. Very poor.
Bar prices were high. The room at night allows most of the light from the courtyard outside in. The courtyard is well lite which is good and safe but I prefer to sleep in the dark! The curtains did little to prevent light entry, which made the room difficult to sleep in. I ended up scrunching the curtains as best as I could. In my opinion a blind is required.
We couldn't add drinks and food bought during the day onto our hotel room but had to pay upfront for everything.
Overall it was expensive to stay and we had much better experience from other venues on the same trip which were much cheaper in price. For the extra cost I expected a better.
Rooms: Lots of light at night. But very clean and otherwise comfortable.
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“Very near Beamish Museum which is why we stayed here.
The Good:
Clean, well decorated room.
Food was good. Breakfast staff were very pleasant.
The NOT so good:
The hotel has many visitors during the day meaning the car park was very busy but almost empty later in the evening. A separate are for guests parking would be useful! It was difficult to get parked. The spaces are narrow. Getting suitcases and bags out wasn't easy. My wife had to get out before we parked be cause there was no space to exit the car.
In the lounge it was very difficult to access the bar because of the men sitting and standing drinking at the bar, chatting to the bar staff, who didn't allow access between them. This was the situation for the two afternoons we were there. From what I could gather some of them were off duty staff. Very poor.
Bar prices were high.
The room at night allows most of the light from the courtyard outside in. The courtyard is well lite which is good and safe but I prefer to sleep in the dark! The curtains did little to prevent light entry, which made the room difficult to sleep in. I ended up scrunching the curtains as best as I could. In my opinion a blind is required.
We couldn't add drinks and food bought during the day onto our hotel room but had to pay upfront for everything.
Overall it was expensive to stay and we had much better experience from other venues on the same trip which were much cheaper in price. For the extra cost I expected a better.
Rooms: Lots of light at night. But very clean and otherwise comfortable.
Nearby activities: Beamish Museum - superb
Food and drinks: Good food. Expensive drinks.
Noteworthy details: Parking poor.”