Hotels near St Bees, Saint Bees

Just spent 2 nights here with my sister tracing our ancestors in the area. Our first night there was the first night the hotel had been open for 2 months. We were absolutely thrilled with our room, room 28, it was huge with beautiful views of the stunning gardens and very comfortable beds. The staff, especially Rachael and Jackie, can’t do enough for you and make u feel like family. People say the hotel is dated and it might be, but you are made to feel so welcome, who gives a stuff if the wallpaper is in need of replacement. It is a beautiful country house with history u can feel throughout the building . If u want modern, stay at a Travelodge but there will be no history and just a Travelodge bed, which i have suffered before. Thank you to all the staff there for making us feel so welcome.

Tricky to review this place as you get what you pay for, and it was 'ok' but given the reviews on here I was expecting a lot better. Personally I wouldn't stay again but have gone with 3/5 to try to be fair. The rooms are above a noisy pub and when I stayed looked like they were having roof problems as there was tarpaulin and buckets all over the roof outside the window. Thr room itself was spacious but a real paradox - in some ways very nicely decorated and maintained but in others pretty tatty/poorly thought through. For example, one bed was across the front of the wardrobe making it unuseable. The kettle had no socket anywhere near it to enable it to be used, and one of the lamps appeared to be shorting out, flashing on and off. The bathroom was similarly odd, with decent quality material but a tap that refused to get warm and a shower tray that moved when standing on it, feeling like it was about to give way. There was also various noises (fans running?) periodically throughout the night that were enough to keep waking me, and give some pretty poor nights sleep. Although the bed was advertised as Super King, it was actually 2 singles pushed together, which is a pet hate as it it both uncomfrotable and significantly shorter than a King/Super King. No toiletries were provided in the room despite being included in the listing and was told they had none when asking about this. I stayed two nights and there was no servicing of the room either.

Lovely location with all necessary facilities. Restaurant and bar had a good range of offerings. Breakfast was excellent.