The Barn Hotel & Spa

Great location, large car park, lovely welcoming and friendly staff, great bar service for drinks and food.

Just the room type, we had a family room, lovely and spacious but the low slanted ceilings were not great especially above the bed and coffee making area! Would certainly come back but would need to book a different room type for sure.

Convenient off freeway quiet good facilities

No lift

All the staff were fabulous, polite, helpful and cheerful. I was upgraded to a Superior double room at check in. The room was tired, but clean and spacious. It had a bath tub and separate shower. Lighting was a bit dim. It is close to the A1 but all I heard with the window open was birdsong and the hotel was silent at night. Dinner in the bar was tasty, good sized portion Breakfast was self-service, with enough variety and even the cooked food was good - hot plates, warm food, not greasy. The gym was really well appointed (loads of free weights and machines plus cardio machines). The pool and changing rooms were clean, I enjoyed the steam room, sauna and hot tub. The pool was a good size for lengths.

The bed was incredibly uncomfortable in the Superior Double, very soft and not flat. I had to stuff a pillow under the mattress to stop me feeling as though I'd fall out I wasn't keen about being put on the ground floor as a single female - I did not feel safe. The shower cubicle had two glass sides with an open space between which meant the shower water went all over the bathroom floor. The basin taps turned opposite to what I expected so I managed to flood the bathroom every time I used them.

The location worked well for us. The breakfast was reasonably ok.

It needed a lot of tlc, very grimy carpets, the window frames in our room had various tiny insects and flies living in them. Overall it was ‘fine’ and perfect for a 1 night stay - I would not book for longer though. Sorry!