I stayed here for a night on business recently. I arrived late (thanks to a delayed Virgin train) on a cold, wet and windy night. It's a slightly strange experience: it describes itself as a boutique hotel, though I'm not sure I'd go that far. It certainly is not like an ordinary hotel, as you collect your keys from the bar and in the morning the reception, such as it is, is in the breakfast room. I'm not even sure any staff were on site during the night - there are no phones in the room - and an ironing-board used by another guests stood outside his room until morning. Anyway, the plus points: a cheerful member of staff, who showed me to the room rather than just give me the key: the room was clean and the bed reasonably comfortable. Wifi access was particularly fast. The shower had plenty of hot water and lots of fluffy towels. The breakfast the following morning was freshly cooked to order and came quickly (though they were pretty quiet). It has off-street parking. The decor is such that each wall was a different deep pastel, although it is now beginning to show its age a little (it opened in 2009). My room was pretty small, as well, for a double, with limited hanging space. Fine for one, but a bit of a squash if there were two of you. One wall in my room had the tell-tale streaks of a shower flood in the room above. The main downside was that the heating in my room was off when I arrived late in the evening, and it took a while to heat up. (The bathroom was OK.) That's an odd thing to do in winter, and it meant turning in on arrival wasn't very comfortable. My room faced the main town street and, although double-glazed, you could hear traffic noise and passers by talking, I have no doubt on a weekend would be noisy. I could sleep through it, but if you needed the window open in summer, it might be a bit of challenge (so ask for a room at the rear if that is an issue). So, a slightly mixed experience - very nice staff, but a bit of upgrading in the rooms would not go amiss. read more

The Lounge - Double bedroom - Hotels Near Me - Penrith, CMA

Discovering the Lounge Hotel & Bar on King Street in Penrith is a little like stumbling across Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ordering sausage rolls in Greggs the Bakers: unexpected. The Lounge is sleek and sassy but unpretentious. During my visit during Saturday lunch time last week end there were plenty of families in evidence and the uniformly pleasant and helpful staff dealt with adults and children alike with a professional and polite approach. The décor is minimalist chic, Outkast and Nellie,among others, are heavily rotated on the plasma screens, and stripped wood panelling features heavily. The menu makes a couple of nods in the direction of local tastes (fish finger sandwich; Cumberland sausage in a baguette) but is otherwise wide-ranging and straightforward including Cajun chicken strips, poached salmon Nicoise and meat balls with spaghetti. Prices range from £3 to £9.00. There's a strong selection of beers both on draught (including Amstell) and bottled (including Budvar) and a surprisingly eclectic wine list. The hotel section is due to open in the next few weeks. The Lounge is destined to become the bar of choice for North Cumbria's PoshnBecks set, but don't let that put you off. read more

Stayed here for three nights after flying in from the US for a family event. The place is awesome. It's a boutique hotel with 10 rooms and a fantastic cocktail bar on the ground floor, crammed between the shops on the main road running through Penrith. It looks tiny from the street but is actually huge inside a very spacious lounge and bar with two additional floors upstairs for the rooms. The clientele in the lounge/bar are all ages. Some youngsters at the weekend but also some oldies and families. Video juke box thingy playing 80s most of the time but not at deafening levels which means you can converse with no problem. The lounge has big comfy chairs and sofas so you can kick back and relax. The room we received was spotless and very accommodating. I don't think we could have picked a better place to stay in the area. Clean and modern. Nice TV with lots of stations, tea and coffee in the room and a really nice bathroom. Bed was great and the room was cleaned daily to perfection We ate there a couple of times, the meze dishes are fantastic for four or five quid each and the burger was particularly good. And that's coming from my American wife. We also received a free breakfast each morning which ranged from cereal to a full English. The entire staff, to a tee were polite, helpful and just cool especially Scott behind the bar - but then that could be my hair envy. If you plan to stay in Penrith, the location is really good - within walking distance of some other great pubs and restaurants in town and 15 mins from the lakes; it's a great HQ if you want to plan a sight seeing holiday in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. Highly recommended. Will be back. One note to the owners: the showers need a soap dish :) read more

We stayed here for a few days in September. It was absolutely lovely & you could smell the "newness" of the place. Our room was cosy & the bed very comfortable. The food downstairs was delicious & the lady in charge of accommodation was very nice to deal with indeed. The Lounge is well situated too especially if you're a walker. The only downside for us was that we had chosen a room looking down on to the street & we hadn't realised quite how noisy it was going to be on Friday/Saturday nights with the young ones enjoying themselves well into the early hours - but then we are quite old!! However - don't be put off by this at all as there are quiet rooms available & the interior of The Lounge is in fact remarkably soundproof - it's an office conversion & it's a good old-fashioned solid building! It was a really lovely experience & we are already planning a return visit! read more