Mallard Cottage Guest House

Stayed here for 2 nights. I have to say the room was very cold with the host putting the heating on only when she was home. On day one there was no hearing in the room on arrival and on day 2 the room was cold until the host arrived home after 7pm and turned the heating on for a few hours. The blessing was I took a hot water bottle. Shower etc was fine and bed ok.

As the property was called "Mallard Cottage" and there were pictures of a lake I had visions of a little cottage by a lake. What transpired was a room in a house on a busy road opposite a lake. The room had nothing but a bed and chests of drawers for furniture. There was a kettle but no tv. The bathroom was down the hall and was shared with, it seems, four other rooms! I was shown a fridge in the kitchen where there was milk for tea making purposes. It was not made clear whether I could use the kitchen for other purposes. The stairs to my, and other, rooms were very steep, narrow, and winding and I would doubt it would pass health and safety regulations. None of the bedroom doors were fire proof and there was no other fire exit from the room. Our double bed was against one wall meaning that we, in our seventies, had to clamber over each other to get up in the night. There is a pub next door that has live music events. It was very loud and did not finish until 11pm. The road is between two roundabouts and was very busy and noisy most of the night.

Nice warm welcoming place to stay

Very friendly and helpful host, Christina, especially when I locked myself out of the room! Clean, and well maintained house. Bed was a bit uncomfortable, but think that was probably due to a previous guest who broke one of the support slats! Could have done with a couple more electrical sockets by the bed, as only 2 in the room. Overall though excellent value for money 👍

The hostess was welcoming, but the room was not. We booked a double, but the size barely justified a single. The bed was jammed against the radiator and in order to move around the room one of us had to sit in the bed out of the way. The mattress was lumpy and generally uncomfortable. Other rooms in the property might have been better but this experience was not good.

I’ve never ever stayed in such a cold, uncomfortable room, we arrived to a lady in her dressing gown who showed us to our room, we’re not told that any breakfast was available, nor did we get told there was any WiFi, no bedside light, you had to plug the kettle beside the bed on the floor. The bed was absolutely awfully uncomfortable you could feel every lump and bump,No tv even though there was an aerial hanging through the wall, to finish it off the pub next door played banging loud music until 1:30 in the morning followed by arguments and shouting outside from the pub, and constant heavy traffic through the night, as this place is right on a main road. Don’t be taken in by the sites pictures, this guest house does not look anything like it inside.

After spending a very hard day working I arrived to a beaming smile from Christina. My two dogs were welcomed in the same manner. Very clean, comfortable room. Highly recommended breakfasts set me up for the day. We were even sent off with a large bag of delicious home made scones. Definitely recommend this B&B. Will stay again when next in that area. Thanks Christina.

I booked a room for a couple of my contractors in this established. They reported that it was simply a house with rooms being let out. Doors were really thin and they could hear other residents, including the landlady who was ill and coughing all night. Not a good look with COVID-19!!!

Great experience