Cumberland Hotel, Workington

The Cumberland Hotel - Marble Arch, London

Advantages: Right in the heart of London - off Oxford Street, good facilities
Disadvantages: Expensive. Room features, car parking, congestion charge

I stayed for a business conference/exhibition - the company managed to negotiate a deal for £130 B&B delegate rate - but was quoted £195!!! Advantages - in the heart of London, next to Oxford Street - Excellent internal decoration - great foyer - Very modern bedrooms/decoration - Gary Rhodes Restaurant on site - I've eaten here before - great food but expensive/over rated! - Great bar - Great Business facilities - conference rooms/facilities - Multi-lingual staff - Great breakfast (again expensive if you were buying it separately) - Lots of rooms - plenty of availability Disadvantages - Expensive! But this is what you expect for a London 4 star hotel - try and get an internet deal/last minute booking or if you are travelling on business a company deal - Room decor - a) safety green light in the bedroom - what ...

Elaina18 18.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of London Marriott Hotel Marble Arch, London

Liquid Cumberland Sausage!

Advantages: Good, well crafted bitter, with a well balanced taste.
Disadvantages: Not in the same league as Sneck Lifter.

After my recent praise of Jennings Sneck Lifter, we came across another of their beers while out on a tour of the area a week or so ago. We were rating various pubs in our CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) branch area and stopped at The White Horse at Woolley Moor (a village between Chesterfield and Alfreton in Derbyshire). They usually have a good selection of beers and we each chose a different one ~ I opted for Jennings Cumberland Ale. ~~~THE BREWERY. Jennings Brewery, as I have mentioned in other reviews about their products, is an old family business. It was set up in 1828 by John Jennings and can be found at the place where the Rivers Cocker and Derwent cross ~ Cockermouth in the Lake Distance, under the gaze of Cockermouth Castle. All Jennings beers are brewed using natural ingredients and locally drawn well water. As ...

tange 22.03.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Cumberland Ale

They're anything but Cumberland

Advantages: Okay for a plain sausage
Disadvantages: Not spicy enough to be Cumberland

Asda Cumberland Sausages, well in my opinion they should be sued under the trades descriptions act because Cumberland sausage they are most certainly not! I know living in Cumbria means that we are spoilt when it comes to Cumberland Sausage because there are plenty of places that sell the real deal, but sometimes it's a pain driving down to the Coast Road to buy a couple of rings, so occasionally I will buy from the supermarkets. This is the first time I've bought the Asda version though and it will definitely be the last. The sausages aren't to bad as far as plain old sausages go, but the first thing that differentiates them from proper Cumberland sausages is the skin, on these sausages the skin is very thin and splits easily, the skin of Cumberland sausages is quite thick and doesn't split. The next difference is the sausage meat ...

Fiver29 13.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Asda Cumberland Sausages