Sadly the hotel is in need of updating but for the money it's not bad.

Praveen the owner was a superstar so helpful and very entertaining. The room was basically clean with a good shower. Overall good value for money and located within a 10 minute drive to the town centre.

Stayed in August 2025

Owner brilliant and friendly

Stayed in August 2025

A simple hotel, exceptionally nice and helpful staff.

Stayed in July 2025

Very friendly

Stayed in August 2025

The room was very spacious and comfortable - the staff were wonderful to deal with, nothing was too much trouble. My father inlaw ate at the restaurant and said the food was really nice too.

Stayed in June 2025

It is what it is. A cheap place to stay. If you are fussy you need to pay a lot more. It was more than adequate for my needs.

It is simple, cheap and self-contained. It had what I needed and I was grateful for it. 🙂

Stayed in June 2025

A bit dated.

Location. Clean.

Stayed in July 2025

I don't think it would be reasonable to expect much more for the price charged. The room is basic but comfortable and had everything I needed A perfectly good base for a visit to Durham.

The indian restaurant attached to the hotel is exceptional. Food is terrific. Staff are friendly and attentive and prices are very reasonable.

Stayed in July 2025

Quiet location, rooms very clean and comfortable. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Stayed in July 2025

Communal spaces are cluttered and scruffy.

Cheap and clean

Stayed in June 2025

Rooms at the front suffered from traffic noise. If it were my hotel I would upgrade to triple or add secondary glazing to reduce the noise.

Good value, rooms are a good size

Stayed in July 2025

For one night it was ok.

Big rooms! Clean, but what you would expect with an old period property. Really convenient for a Durham or nearby stopover. We didn’t have any problems for our one night stay. Heard the restaurant is pretty good.

Stayed in July 2025

Staff was very polite and happy to help.

Stayed in July 2025

very friendly andextremely nelpfull

Stayed in July 2025

Basic room. Only one bath towel on bed when arrived (found another in a drawer). Tired decor. Only one bedside table. We paid a lot due to graduation time I think. Looking at August, room is a lot cheaper and better value.

Easy car park. Decent sized room and bathroom. Quiet area. 3 bus services, 6, 7 and x21 into city, very easy with bus stop close by and late buses back. Bar was open in evening. Restaurant closed for a few weeks but we weren't there for that.

Stayed in July 2025

dated rooms

Price, bed, easy parking,

Stayed in June 2025

No designed area for smoking, no pet bowls in the room, no dog poo bins.

Cleanliness

Stayed in June 2025

Could have been cleaner.

Staff were very friendly and helpful. Good size room.

Stayed in June 2025

This is quite a busy place so I couldn't describe it as a 'quiet retreat ' which somewhere more rural would be but then it is in a living village near a city and a nice place to stay so it is busy - but friendly !

Home from home but with much better food ! Lovely airy , light room , very comfortable bed ,great power-shower, friendly and helpful staff , Braveen and Jack and others , really good location for walking plus easy access to Durham which is a beautiful city .Good bus service and walks along the river Wear all accessible from here . Special mention must be made of the cuisine here : I'm a fan of Indian cooking but this place is exceptional in variety of choice and quality of the cooking . Really good cooking. Most choice I've ever seen on a menu -all the dishes I had were a delight .Kitchen open From 4pm - 11pm. The place does takeaway too and is very much part of the local village which adds to its 'homely' atmosphere . There is a nice restaurant and bar or you can have meals in your room. The TV worked better than my own , the power- shower was great , all was clean and comfortable. Room service visited each day to replenish milk etc Nice views of the distant hills and playpark from my window . Bus stops close by , also nice country walks to next village and nearby other pubs which also do food - though I didn't try these . I felt welcomed and well looked after here and will visit again.

Stayed in May 2025

Room was at the front & it's on a main road so alot of noise. The car park at the back is a mess- rough, bumpy & messy piece of land. Everywhere was very run down & in need of a good clean, tidy & redecorating. 1 bed was very soft & the other was as hard as sleeping on the floor, extremely uncomfortable. Bathroom is a sliding door which doesn't shut properly so you can hear (see into) everything whilst in the room. It's just very outdated & none of the furnishings or curtains etc matched.

Price - £80 for family room (3 of us) Location handy for supermarket etc Friendly staff Shower was very good

Stayed in May 2025

it was clean, friendly hosts and food was lovely.

Stayed in May 2025

dated decor and fixtures ( old building)

friendly and helpful

Stayed in April 2025

It was a little on the small side for a family of 4

We liked the oldy worldly type of accomodation over the top of a pub. We were able to order food from the adjoining Indian restaurant which was delicious and reasonably priced. We weren't a million miles away from local shopping centers and food chains

Stayed in January 2025

Location was excellent for what we wanted to do. After a day out the excellent hot shower made a great end of the day.

Stayed in March 2025