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Limited breakfast cereal choice.

Really helpful staff, moved us to a room with 2 single beds, cannot thank them enough, the cleaner was lovely and friendly chatting to us and wishing us a safe journey home

Been there many times but this time the place seems to be a bit run down.

I understand Apex have just recently taken this property over. Extremely disappointed to be honest. The soundproofing throughout is terrible, didn’t get much sleep due to an ongoing wedding taking place, I used to love coming here when Hilton had it, can’t see me returning, rooms feel dated and in need of work, I was in room 235, windows rotten and due to the interconnected rooms, I could hear every conversation from the room next door, from the outside hotel looks lovely but that’s where it ends unfortunately.

The room was basic but very clean. The restaurant (for both an evening meal and breakfast) were very disappointing. The evening meal that I had (tikka masala curry) was average and overpriced. The breakfast was particularly bad. We arrived at 08:30 on 2 days and found that there was nearly nothing left on the 'continental' section, except for a few cereal boxes and a sorry bowl of prunes. The cooked breakfast is buffet style and was equally bad...the eggs had a hard skin on them and everything wasn't above luke warm. The staff were friendly, but there appears to be a lack of them in the restaurant (1 friendly lady running around doing everything was our experience). The location and hotel is very good for those out hiking, but as for meals I would try elsewhere. One thing that the 'spa' photos didn't capture was the "swimming lessons in progress" signs... The spa is actually a somewhat disappointing leisure centre that is not ideal for a couple on a relaxing getaway. Overall, the hotel is tired and in need of development, but if you're looking for somewhere comfortable to stay whilst hiking then it is an affordable option.

All areas of the hotel were immaculate and very clean, plenty of parking spaces and very quiet at night, no noise from corridors or banging of room doors. Staff were extremely helpful and pleasant. Their recommendation for food at Cooks Bar and Kitchen was an excellent choice, the Kelpies was a short pleasant walk, once out of the trading estate. The only downside was not being able to walk to a pub/restaurant for food, although the drive to Cooks was less than five minutes.There was a staff kitchen which guests are welcome to use.