Salisbury North Bishopdown

Facilities were great, breakfast excellent, welcome rather cold

Why do I always have dramas here? Nobody on reception when I checked in, having dropped my bags in my room, realised it was hotter than the sun, back to reception, unmanned again with people waiting. 3 staff arrived at the same time, I requested a fan, waited 30 minutes, no fan came, back to reception…….unmanned! Searched the hotel for 20 minutes, no one around! You need to sort this, how would I contact someone in an emergency? No answer on hotel phone…in reception! Staff pager…..in reception!! Come on!!!

Comfortable and clean bed. Restaurant run really well by Vicky and her team. I had a lovely tea of tomato soup and followed by ice-cream the team were efficient and very willing to help.

Very professional and friendly staff. Couldn't have been more helpful and the service was excellent. Many thanks to the lovely Vicky and Evangeline!

Very poor to sleep as you could hear people walking over you head and not clean overall. Staff was not welcoming, restaurant is doesn’t have welcoming vides

Was disappointed to receive a warning that the hotel was being renovated while we were staying - but we went anyway as we planned to be out a lot of the time. Apart from the barriers around the car park it didnt actually affect us, and we were in for part of one afternoon. Our room was in the annexe and was quiet. Room was mostly clean - teaspoons needed washing again as they were not clean enough to suit my wife. We were also very short of coffee but fortunately my wife had picked up a couple of extra sachets and some milk at reception. The armchair was comfortable but there was plenty of room for 2 and it would have been good to have 2 comfortable chairs and a coffee table. Bath has high sides, meaning you might struggle to get in and out if raising your legs high is an issue for you. Breakfast is in a small space so tables are crammed up together and on one morning the coffee machine showed only black coffees, although that was quickly rectified by a member of staff once drawn to her attention. Bacon sticks together so when you think you are taking a single piece it's likely to be 2. Nice blueberry muffins. As the restaurant is so small display is also limited and you had to ask for some items, like scrambled egg. Decided not to eat dinner there but our choice of pub was not great. Laverstock had both a fish and chip shop and a chinese takeaway. Even with windows left open as far as possible before our arrival and all night the room was still hot. We had a fairly large fan, which helped. Good value and close to park and ride - although they only run 2 buses an hour and one of those didnt turn up. The cathedral charges £10 for all day parking and saves the walk from the park and ride bus stop.