Hidden Gem in Durham! The level of professionalism, customer…read moreservice & overall experience were outstanding. Starting with the warm & friendly reception of Anna, Eve, Julliana, Victoria. Housekeeping: Shirley & Ethan went out of their way to make sure we had everything we needed. Kitchen: Chef Jimmy prepared amazing 'To go breakfast' for our family, including coloring books for the children on our departure dates. Bar & restaurant staff amazing, but Sue went above & beyond in every way possible! It truly felt like home at this location! No detailed was missed and assistance was always available. Daily breakfast buffet was varied & delicious. May you continue to excel in outstanding customer service!

Lovely old hotel in heart of Durham provides a great base for the city and area. With any old hotel…read morethere are a few negatives as well as positives. The rooms are spacious and well equipped but my 3rd floor room did not have a good bathroom. Shower was underpowered and in a very slippery bath with a shower curtain. Not ideal as shower curtains are not what I expect in a high end hotel, while the bath is pretty dangerous and I would be concerned for older guests stepping out. In addition some tiles were missing above wash basin. Breakfast consisted of hot and cold buffet and was very good. So some hits and misses but location was a winner.

staff are friendly and helpful and the bar is popular with locals from the villiage which gives it…read morea nice feel. the rooms are dated but clean , its a shame the owners cant give this place a makeover it could be an amazing place. an old manor house in a rural location with beautiful country gardens. The hotel offer meals in the bar or resaurant and the food is pub grub. On sundays they offer a carvery in a canteen style room at the back of the hotel. It really is like school not hotel but the food is reasonable and to feed 10 people together with no washing up for me is always welcome

This has reecently changed hands and is vastly improved. …read more The restaurant is excellent quality is excellent and the staff are great. Prices are reasonable and the rooms are very clean and pleasant. The only drawback is the close proxinity of the motorway. Be careful at this accident blackspot

This place is now under new management and has completely lost the weird vibe from the last time I…read morewas there. The decor has become much more classy and streamlined, the menu has improved and the feeling now is one of upmarket comfort. Greatly improved.

This is now called Gad's Townhouse, I believe. The food was fantastic. I think we all enjoyed our…read moreentrees and the desserts were great as well. I am a big fan of Sticky Toffee Pudding and this was very good. The service was OK - slightly inexperienced.

A very odd hotel but in a nice way. The original Durham station, exterior is old but well kept. The…read morerooms are as modern as you might find in any Travelodge location. Very handy for the city of Durham. Nice Italian right next door. I recommend this place.

Well located in Durham City centre . Goid sized modern bedrooms . Only downside is paying for…read moreparking . Restaurant is ok serving pub style food . Always find the service here very good .

The staff are extremely friendly and the rooms are nice and quite spacious for the price. We didn't…read moreeat in the restaurant but the food good looked good and smelled amazing. They serve Costa Coffee but they only serve medium sizes and you use the machine yourself - the coffee only fills three quarters of the cup. The beds are comfortable too.

This hotel was previously the Aston Hotel which was basic but good for the price…read more I've been staying here for the last 2 nights and have been pleasantly surprised. The place has been refurbished throughout: new carpets, the bar area etc... There is also a room service menu too or you can order and go and collect. The staff are friendly and helpful.

For Durham, I suspect this is a pretty good hotel. The bed was comfortable, although the room was a…read morebit warm. I was there during the summer, and either with the window open or closed, it stayed toasty for my taste. The location is top-notch. Literally a 15-minute, and picturesque, walk to Durham Cathedral. We passed one other hotel on the walk over, but it was rather scary. It may have been closer, but I wouldn't have wanted to stay there. Breakfast, which in our case came with the room, was rather blah. Not much flavor, and I think the mushrooms (a requirement for an English breakfast) clearly came out of a can. Not really any made-to-order options. For England, the price was moderate. If you're converting from dollars, it's going to sting a bit, but that's the case in the entire country.

I really liked Radisson Blu Durham…read more The room was really great, a very large room with massive ceiling to floor windows, cathedral and river view. Very large desk area with long strip lights, easy to hook up the laptop to the TV for dual screen working. The breakfast buffet was quite standard, but with made-to-order Belgian waffles which was a really nice special touch. Sadly the restaurant that I was looking forward to eating at, was closed on arrival. Apparently the hours have been reduced lately due to lack of demand, which I quite understand all things considered. The receptionist was very good with nearby recommendations, including several in the new development mini-mall which is just across the bridge from the hotel.

This Grand Country House Hotel (the original home of Bobby Shafto) is set in the middle of a Deer…read morepark and as you would expect made a pleasant and restfull place to stay. The Room was adequate for one night however if staying longer I would have asked to upgrade. The food in the restaurant was also well cooked and presented and the selection excellent being able to select from both the restaurant and Bistro menu. The only suggestion I would make to the management is to ask delivery drivers delivering at 5.00 am to switch off their engines when unloading.

The original home of Bobby Shafto, immortalised in popular local folk song is a lovely country…read morehouse style hotel. It is surrounded by a beautiful park giving visitors the opportunity to see and feed the tame deer and ducks that make their home in the park. The food is reasonably priced, there is a good selection. Without being in anyway fancy or pretentious, it is fresh and well cooked. This is a popular venue for weddings, which are usually held in a marquee in the stunning walled garden.

Nice big pub/hotel which is nicely set out with plenty of room & privacy area. Just a latte & scone…read morethis time but menu looks good, south side of Durham on A167. Must call in again to eat. No idea of rooms but I believe it's been recently refurbished.

This is a really difficult review for me. Honest Lawyer is really an American-style hotel rather…read morethan a B&B or a "charming old-fashioned" hotel... The room was clean, and the bed was comfortable. I will also say that the restaurant had tasty dinner. The annoying parts of this stay unfortunately outweigh the positives in my mind. Firstly, the nice, quite room is basically completely Wi-fi proof. While they do offer free Wi-fi, I was unable to actually use it from my room - I had to either go outside, or back to the restaurant/lounge to connect. Second, while the dinner was pretty good, they ran out of cask-ale after my first pint, and didn't seem enthusiastic about changing the cask. Also, the dinner wasn't really a bargain. This dovetails in to the second issue I had with dining, which was the breakfast. It was a mediocre steam-tray buffet. It was not worth the £9.99 per person that they charge. Third, they don't have a business center - this isn't normally a huge deal, but I'd love to have been able to check in for my flight and print my boarding passes from the hotel, especially considering how troublesome their Wi-fi was. My overall summary of Honest Lawyer is really that it's about a 2-1/2 star experience. It's tolerable if you cannot find a B&B, but it really doesn't compare to a good B&B experience, and it's costly enough that it cannot realistically be called a bargain.