A small hotel bedroom is fine for a night or two, particularly if the bed is comfortable, but it is important that the available space is sensibly used: a chair for each guest, for instance, a luggage rack instead of a glass-topped table, an adjustable reading lamp fixed to the wall rather than a light fitting in a bulbous glass flask taking up most of the space on the bedside table. Maybe the directors of Doyle Hotels have never tried spending a night with their partners in one of their Classic bedrooms. On the plus side, we enjoyed our dinner in the "River Grille" and the buffet breakfast was good apart from the orange juice, which seemed to have been diluted. The staff were unfailingly courteous and helpful, especially when, having partially decoded our incredibly complicated invoices, we found that we had been overcharged. But frankly, we had expected better accommodation.