Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn, Castleton, Derbyshire > Reviews > Get the price in writing when you book!

Author's product rating:   

Value for Money	Poor
Standard of Menu	Average
Atmosphere	Average
Standard of Service	Terrible

Advantages:	Central to Castleton and olde enough .
Disadvantages:	Locked in the premises between 12 m/n and 7am .  Hard beds .

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

Full review

On booking in Nov/Dec the price of a 2 night stay was £140. On arrival the price had gone up to £160 despite a deposit 6 months before hand. We were told we had been 'mistaken' and the price 'always went up on a B/H weekend'. When I said I thought it was wrong but would pay the extra anyway and would talk to trading standards, we were asked to leave on the basis that by mentioning trading standards, we had threatened the managers so he 'escorted' us back to the room to collect our belongings and we asked to leave. We found a wonderful alternative, luckily.
The room was cramped with a view of a wall from a window that only opened about 6 inches and the beds knocked against the walls and were hard. Food prices were rather high.
Apparently, the downstairs is alarmed after midnight and guests can't get out without alerting the landlord til the cleaning staff arrive at 7 am so if you want to get out before hand or if you are a smoker and want to go outside for a cigarette in the night, it would prove quite difficult.
The place was 'cute' with lots of teddies and patchwork and seemed clean for the couple of hours we were in the room but our experience was far from a good one.