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Dr J JONES
Review of Hinton Grange Hotel, Hinton by
johnjones11
Advantages: none
Disadvantages: many
Quaint but tired and in real need of a spring clean and re-decoration. Avoid room 6 with smelly corridor leading to it. A 4 poster bed again, quaint but creaky and small. Cold room even at this time of year (stayed there fri evening 26th Sept 2008). There is an open fire grate and an invitation to light a fire but you'll get charged an extra £10 if you do....I cant begin to think what this room is like in the middle of winter...... Anyway, ..we arrived ... ...the night so no meal available. So we went up to the Bull pub up the road where the landlord glared at us when we asked about eating and was rude and snarled that there was only fish and chips and some fishcakes left. So we had those and v nice indeed plus a real good ale ....shame the landlord was not a little more civil. Anyway, the bathroom in room 6 needs a complete overhaul, (see review in 2006 of rooms 5 and 6.....obviously the owners don't ...
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02.10.2008
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Cheesy Lodgings..?
Review of The Bell Inn, Stilton by
Cat199
Advantages: Character property, large and spacious rooms, good service
Disadvantages: nothing worth mentioning
I first stayed at the Bell Inn over 15 years ago when I was a young trainee accountant and was sent to Peterborough on an audit visit. It was very different, in a good way, to the usual type of establishment I was booked into on an audit visit and for that reason I have never forgotten it. So last weekend, I was due to head up north to visit my dad and decided that it might be nice to break the journey up by staying somewhere along the way Friday ... ...see if I could find the Bell Inn. Five minutes, one google search and a phone call later and we were booked in for Friday night accommodation and dinner.
The Bell Inn is an old fashioned coach house situated in the village of Stilton just outside Peterborough. According to the inn's own website the current buildings (or part thereof) date back to 1642 but previous incarnations of the inn date back to the 1400's. There are 22 individually styled ...
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02.10.2008
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THE ROMES FOR A PRINSESS
Review of The Old Orleton Inn, Wellington by
vikkisbest
Advantages: THE SETTING WAS GREAT
Disadvantages: COSTS A BIT
THE OLD ORLETON INN Shropshire Well what a surprise i got when for a joint birthday and valentines present my fiance took me away from Friday till Sunday night and this where he took me a 17Th century coaching inn that faced the Wrecon hills it was in the middle of no where and very posh a five star hotel with five star food and rooms
the location
set in the country side of Shropshire this was just the best setting not far from iron bridge and ... ...the four poster bed with all the drapes and cushions it was more like a room for a princesses there was satellite TV a keyboard with Internet access and a lovely old sofa the dressing table was nice even a lovely stool for when i wanted to do my makeup
the room was ensuite so we had a bath with shower and a toilet there proved a hair dryer soap shower gel and shampoo and conditioner there was a travel size kettle with lots of coffee tea and hot ...
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01.10.2008
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Holm House
Review of Holm House, Penarth by
wilding2004
Advantages: Outstanding luxury, outstanding food
Disadvantages: Price, no kids(but is that a disadvantage?)
...wife and I stayed at Holm house in July 2008 for our wedding anniversary. It was a fantastic, long weekend of indulgence and luxury.
The emphasis is most definitely on quality. At roughly midnight on the evening before we arrived, I remembered that I hadn't ordered any flowers for my better half. An e-mail and 10 minutes later, and job done. A member of staff had returned my e-mail and informed me he would personally get some flowers when the florist ... ...Somehow, the staff at Holm house just know the "right" amount to leave everything. We had nearly finished our drinks and the canapes, which were excellent, had been devoured, when we were taken through to the dinning room.
The standard of decoration in the dinning room was even higher than it had been in our room. Everything from the flock wallpaper by Osborne and Little to the pristine Wedgwood china was perfect. I was nearly speechless when I ...
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29.09.2008
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WEDDING DISASTER
Review of The Black Lion Inn, Saint Albans by
Bells2k8
Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Poor management, bad service, waste of time
The NIGHT BEFORE my sister's wedding at 8pm the Black Lion Inn called to say they had re-booked the rooms we had reserved for all our wedding guests to people coming from a conference at the last minute. Not only did they leave all our wedding guests stranded and preparation ruined (invitations sent out, directions sent, hotel confirmed over a period of several months, visits to the location made), but the "manager" suggested we would move to another ... ...of this 4 hours before the big day. No amount of champagne could fix this problem and strangely on the night of the actual wedding the "manager" had turned her mobile phone off and was nowhere to be found. We were also told by the owner that night not to "abuse the system" of ordering too many taxis to ferry around our guests with their luggage and the bride and groom in order to spend the evening together.
It was clear that the Black Lion Inn had ...
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