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PeterOddie
Carlisle, United Kingdom

Nice hotel but customer experience falls short

3.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed Sep 16, 2023
The room was clean and a good size, no issues at all with the room, but the corridors upstairs smelt damp. Decent TV choice, but Netfix wouldn't connect.

One thing we weren't told at check in was that the rooms were only serviced on request, We found out on day two when we queried this. Speaking to other guests, who also weren't told about room cleaning, requesting the room to be cleaned didn't always mean it actually happened.

Breakfast was the worst part. That ran out of items midway through the breakfast hours every day, e.g. we stayed three days and there was no butter or any sort of spread available on all three days. They also ran out of bacon, hash browns cinammon buns and jam on various days and this with at least an hour left till breakfast closed.

The hotel is brand new, so maybe these are teething problems and will be rectified.

The hotel had a query about our payment and I was told about this by a phone call from reception jaround 7am on the check out day and was asked to go down to sort it out. I tried to check the payments I had aleady made to the hotel on my laptop, but the hotel had aleady cut off my internet connection. Twenty minutes after the first phone call, so around 7:20am I got another, rather brusque call asking if I am going down to reception now. The query raised was valid, but had not been mentioned at check in, nor during my stay, so why the hotel deemed it so urgent that it had to be sorted at 7 o'clock in the morning, several hours prior to standard check out time, is not great customer service.
Date of stay: September 2023
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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    Reviewed July 13, 2023

    Terrible service!!! Booked a room on our way to Strathcona, since we were too tired to set up camp. After booking the room on the hotel website we went for dinner close to the Holiday Inn. After 1hour at 8pm we got a call that they had a double booking so they gave up our room and we didn't have a place to stay anymore! Just like that!! Very disappointed and will never recommend this hotel!!! Worst service

    Date of stay: July 2023
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    Reviewed July 6, 2023 via mobile

    There is nothing negative I could say here. We dealt with Vanessa at the checkin desk and most of our visit. The second she greeted us at the door we felt right at home. Every person in this hotel was amazing with us and our dog. The rooms were beautiful and clean and very comfortable. Very quiet and blinds keep the room nice and dark at night. TVs have lots of options for entertainment including games and Netflix. The breakfast is fantastic. Not your typical hotel breakfast. It’s close to everything you need also.

    Overall a great experience and will definitely be back. Thank you for such a great experience. I highly recommend this place to anyone travelling or needing somewhere to stay. It’s worth every penny.

    Room tip: If you need a quiet, comfortable, and pleasant place to stay. This is it. Don’t think twice! It’s fantastic!!
    Date of stay: July 2023
    Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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