Reviews from customers who have stayed with us
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Rating of 2.29 out of 5 Unique ID (107929307)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Same sex couple
Bad stuff: The bathroom was not clean and smelled strongly of cigarette smoke
Overall: The pictures online are of the main reception areas which are very nice howevey they are not representative of the room we stayed in, which was in a different building across the street and was damp and a bit grubby
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Rating of 2.71 out of 5 Unique ID (107325925)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Mature couple
Good stuff: clean and tidy
Bad stuff: k
television was at best useless
doors to passages kept slaming
kept waiting for an hour to check in after allotted time
Overall: not too good would not stay again if other hotels in arera had same price tags
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Rating of 3.29 out of 5 Unique ID (107997859)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Young couple
Good stuff: short walk to town
Bad stuff: partner unhappy with mattress(old)
Overall: plesent stay, didnt spend much on the hotel accomodation and didnt spent much time there either.spent our time exploring york.
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Rating of 4.0 out of 5 Unique ID (107620912)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Group of adult friends
Good stuff: Value for money
Bad stuff: Room foisty (slightly)
Overall: Good value for money. Hotel a little jaded but functional. Shows signs of having been very grand, but now a little past its best. They might have charged more if they were to upgrade. We wanted inexpensive and functional and we were not disappointed.
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Rating of 4.0 out of 5 Unique ID (107935746)
Guests Name: paula was travelling as Group of work colleagues
Good stuff: price of room and close to town centre.
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Rating of 4.43 out of 5 Unique ID (107299067)
Guests Name: Sheila was travelling as Solo leisure traveller
Good stuff: Fantastic interior art nouveau decor.
Good central position
Good value for money
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Rating of 4.57 out of 5 Unique ID (97359688)
Guests Name: Warren was travelling as Mature couple
Good stuff: Very good
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Rating of 2.86 out of 5 Unique ID (97807872)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Family with older children
Good stuff: The large family room was great. The Old fashioned style of the hotel was very seasonal, making it very christmassy. Most staff very pleasant
Bad stuff: Staff could not understand some of our requests especially at meals times.Kept bringing us the wrong food in the wrong order and rushed us too. Food not very good and we did not feel it was good value. we paid £92.00 for a family meal and it was cold and boring. We were on a christmas break and wanted a xmas meal (which we got) but were put in a cold uninviting room that was empty of decoration and no one else in there. We would not of booked the meal if we had known that. The family room was a great size but the creaking above it was awful. such a shame.
Overall: I really liked the position of Hotel,style of hotel.However it needs a little refurbishment and was not very clean in some places. We were given a double room on arrival which was cold and dismal and badly decorated(room 209 I think). So we refused it and all stayed in the family room which was a great size. Not the break we asked for but turned out well in the end. I would stay in the hotel again but would not have meals and would ask for more information about the rooms. Also the Bar could be more welcoming. The best place in the hotel is below the lovely stair case.
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Rating of 5.0 out of 5 Unique ID (99713504)
Guests Name: Gemma was travelling as Group of adult friends
Good stuff: The hotel was really good value for money with a warm and friendly atmosphere from the moment we walked in. There were plenty of tea and coffee / refreshments in our room and the room was clean and tidy. We also liked the fact that the hotel was so close to the city. We have already made plans to come again and stay in the hotel for a weekend break.
Overall: The hotel was clean / tidy and comfortable. The staff were friendly and helpful. Plenty of refreshments and clean extra linen in rooms. The car park is spacious and there is a comfortable reception / bar area inside the hotel. Real good value for money. We would definately come back.
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Rating of 1.14 out of 5 Unique ID (99442191)
Guests Name: Allan was travelling as Mature couple
Bad stuff: From the moment I stepped in the door until the moment I left. Extremely poor accomodation, dirty, unhelpful/uncaring staff.
Overall: Had payment not been demanded as soon as we stepped in the door - we would have left within 10 minutes of arrival.
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Rating of 3.57 out of 5 Unique ID (99109839)
Guests Name: Andrew was travelling as Young couple
Good stuff: The main communal areas had excellent decoration, was comfortable and sympathetically lit
Bad stuff: The ensuite was very dated, and the shower was extremely difficult to set to the right temprature, my partner found the mattress quite hard, and wasn't comfortable, i on the other hand was quite happy with the mattress!
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Rating of 1.29 out of 5 Unique ID (3304975107)
Guests Name: Jorgen was travelling as Solo leisure traveller
Good stuff: proximity to York City sights and railway
Bad stuff: the appaling state of the bathroom with fallen down tiles and other unrepaired damages. A poor English breakfast at a high price in a narrow room with a howling draught.
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Rating of 3.43 out of 5 Unique ID (3304912934)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Solo business traveller
Good stuff: The hotel is a splendid art nouveau building, close to the centre of the city
Bad stuff: In my room, the lodge across the road, the curtains did not fit the windows so I woke very early.
Overall: I chose this hotel because it is an hostoric building and I think that its state of preservation and upkeep is very much to be admired. The staff were very helpful. But my stay was ruined by the very skimpy curtains which meant that I woke very early in the morning.
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Rating of 3.29 out of 5 Unique ID (3304758370)
Guests Name: sheila was travelling as Family with older children
Good stuff: rooms were clean and well presented, hotel was beautiful
Bad stuff: unable to smoke in room. reception staff were not welcoming which is not ideal way to start any hotel stay no matter how beautiful the surroundings. A smile would not have gone amiss!
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Rating of 4.14 out of 5 Unique ID (3304468350)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Mature couple
Good stuff: Available for one night (unlike many in York.)
Overall: A little further from center that antisipated,especially if raining.
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Rating of 1.71 out of 5 Unique ID (2702174)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Solo business traveller
Bad stuff: cleanliness and shabbiness
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Rating of 2.86 out of 5 Unique ID (2636907)
Guests Name: Stewart was travelling as Mature couple
Good stuff: Arts and Crafts interior decoration
Bad stuff: More car parking
Better sound attenuation - other guests were noisy
Overall: Room smelt smoky for a non-smoking room.
Had to park a long way from the hotel.
Brown bread for breakfast please.
Dinner menu not inviting - but we walked into York and had an excellent dinner.
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Rating of 2.86 out of 5 Unique ID (2411091)
Guests Name: Nicholas G was travelling as Mature couple
Good stuff: The location. The rooms in the Elmbank lodge. The patina of the hotel itself.
Bad stuff: Customer service.
Overall: We were staying in York to visit our son who is at the University. We ended up using the hotel just as somewhere to sleep which was perfectly satisfactory however:-
Reception were unable to accept my Credit Card to pay for the room since it was not of the Chip & Pin variety though a perfectly valid card. Fortunately I had sufficient cash to pay for the room but what would have happened if I had not? The staff were very offhand and not helpful in this situation.
We asked about an electric fan for the room - it was very hot weather - and were informed somewhat curtly that they had neither air conditioning nor fans.
When trying to book the room, we had forgotten it was Royal Ascot at York week. Whether prices were inflated just for the week I don't know but £105 for the room excluding breakfast (at an additional £10 each! - we didn't bother) and £3 for a pint of beer all felt a bit of a rip off.
We would not stay there again if rooms in other hotels (which we did attempt to book but because of Ascot, availability was a problem) were available. I'd rather pay a bit more in a really good hotel rather than get ripped off in this one.
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Rating of 4.86 out of 5 Unique ID (2285110)
Guests Name: Neil was travelling as Young couple
Good stuff: the feeling of grandeur the building gave and friendly staff!
Bad stuff: Our room was quite small, although, expecting no bigger for what we paid.
Overall: Very interesting building with some original features. If the breakfast was cheaper we would've eaten at the hotel.
Generally a very pleasant stay.
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Rating of 3.86 out of 5 Unique ID (1970217)
Guests Name: Anonymous was travelling as Young couple
Good stuff: The room was a great size and it was very clean
Bad stuff: There was no iron in the room
Overall: The hotel was set in a really excellent location. The room we had was a lot bigger than normal rooms. The staff were friendly.
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