Bate's Motel!

This is like the Bate's Motel! Stayed here for one night and to be honest even that was too long. We entered through the broken front door and were led into a very dark almost medieval lounge area complete with suit of armour. Our host was, well, strange to say the least, not very welcoming and relcutant to give us any information.He could barely tell us how to get to our room, although he did inform us that there would not be a tv in our room due to it getting broken somehow. Don't expect much for your money! We had a sink, a broken chair, some weird wardrobe type thing and a wall light that had blown, there are holes in the wall, bunged up with tissue paper, the wallpaper had been touched up with paint that isn't even the same colour and the carpet was stained with goodness knows what! We were lucky to have a towel which was the size of a face cloth but it was like a piece of cardboard so needless to say wasn't used! I don't know if any of the other rooms are 'en suite' but ours wasn't and the toilet on our floor was so tiny that you could barely get in the room to use it (oh and there was no hand basin to wash your hands, that was on another floor!) I was told and it was stated in the room that no cooked food was served on a Sunday yet when we went down to check out there were other guests tucking into breakfast. But by the state of the room I dread to think about what the food would be like. For those of you who are getting married, this place does weddings and has a bridal suite, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you want a divorce! We thought staying here would be ok as it was close to the cricket ground (which is where we needed to be and the only good thing about this place!) but PLEASE don't stay here, it really is not worth wasting your money and besides you might not even survive the night! This place seriously needs knocking down! PS. And before anyone bothers to make a comment about getting what you pay for (£20 pppn), cleanliness shouldn't cost anything and neither should furniture that isn't broken.

Katy Harrington - 29/06/2009 | report this review