Avondale Hotel, Bath

Advantages: lovely main meals, great views, good parking
Disadvantages: stingy breakfast portions

...and we stayed in the Avondale Hotel in Bath. We met there around 12noon to 1pm on the Saturday and we left between 2pm and 3pm on the Sunday. When we had decided to go away, we looked online for some information on hotels in the area which were quite cheap. We narrowed it down to a couple, then Ophelia rang up and booked us in – this was about a month ago. Having the shortest distance to travel, I arrived at the hotel first. It is a very ...
...up to 8) £195 per night Dinner, bed and breakfast £14 per person per night, extra to room tariff Avondale Hotel and Waterside Restaurant London Road East Bathford Bath BA1 7RB TEL/FAX 01225 – 859847 TEL : 01225 – 852207 WEBSITE : www.avondalebath.co.uk EMAIL : stay@avondalebath.co.uk ... Read review

Advantages: see op
Disadvantages: see op

...finally booked in to the Avondale Hotel and we certainly chose well. ~~~ The Blurb ~~~ The hotel has its own website at htp://www.avondalebath.co.uk and from the site certainly looks very impressive. “Avondale is a historic building, residents such as author and novelist L.P. Hartley, anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce and Dr. Oliver, inventor of the ubiquitous Bath Oliver biscuit, have all added in some way to the ambience here.” ...
...A huge bonus with the Avondale is that it has a large car park as hotels in the centre of Bath often have limited parking and public car parks can be extortionate. The Avondale is also renowned for its food, for which they have won a number of awards. If you are a resident then you can have dinner bed and breakfast for £16 per person, per night, extra to your room tariff. It’s also handy not to have to go into town and find a restaurant. ~~~ ... Read review

Advantages: near to but not in Bath
Disadvantages: expensive for what you get, manager's attitude problem

...whiskies" referred to on the Avondale webpage (I only spotted 8 or so). As I found out later, I spoke with Sid to make my booking. He offered a double room at £65. Explaining the nature of our visit, I asked him for the best double available. He suggested "no.16, the room with a view" at £85, and I agreed. We got there OK (the map provided on the website was very helpful), and experienced the same momentary confusion as others with regard to where ...
...opportunity to share in the Avondale experience, and if we didn't like it, there were plenty more takers - why should he try harder? I had bookmarked the Avondale website, anticipating repeat visits and recommending it to friends. Instead, I have taken the trouble to publicise my complaint - it was that disappointing. PS. I have had to rate the food as "satisfactory", despite not having tried it, because there is not a "don't know" field. ... Read review