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Premier Inn Dunfermline – Dunfermline – UK and Eire

We booked a last minute holiday at £29 for an overnight stay on the way back from holiday. The hotel is located on a leisure park on the outskirts of Dunfermline & has 61 rooms on two floors. There is a Brewer’s Fayre directly across the road & a McDonald’s & Frankie & Benny’s nearby.

We arrived at 22. 30 & were allocated Room 39. Good size room, spotlessly clean & so much better than the Dunfermline Travelodge. We had a family room with double bed & sofa bed. The bed was comfortable as were the pillows as there were extra ones already in the room. We had a good nightÂ’s sleep.

There was a desk with CRT TV above, mirror & hairdryer & tea & coffee making facilities with additional supplies available from reception. There was ample hanging & shelf space for a couple of days. …

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First off, I have to say that this was just a lovely holiday and thanks for having us!

Having friends in Beverley, I stumbled across a Google search for cottages in Beverley which threw up Broadgate Farm Cottages. The pictures looked fantastic & was just under two miles to my friends house.

Situated just a short way from the centre of Beverley passing by Westwood Pastures towards the small village of Walkington, Broadgate Farm Cottages can be found on the right hand side of the road. You need to look carefully but as you turn in, you see the sheep grazing & you then come up to the 4 cottages currently available.

A single two bedroomed cottage is the first one you see, then the other two bedroomed cottage. The 3 bedroomed cottage is joined on to the 4 bedroomed cottage & adjoining the 4 bed, a new two bedroomed cottage should be open by the autumn which will allow the 4 bed cottage to be linked & make room for 12 people to stay at once. …

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My sister & I stayed for their “Twixmas” break i. e. 3 nights half board in between Xmas & New Year. The Hotel in the brochure looked excellent with what looked like first class facilities.

Whilst the rooms were in general very good, the standard of service in the dining room was shocking & certainly nowhere close to the apparent 3 stars.

The general attitude of most staff left much to be desired & on one occasion at breakfast my own table & another had been waiting for so long that when the waitress finally brought two plates in, 16 guests at two other larger tables immediately started cheering & clapping loudly & asking if it was hot – which I think says it all!.

A number of other guests who have been going there for several years all said that the standards had deteriorated dramatically & that they would not be coming back. Needless to say, I wont be returning.

This really is quite a nice hotel. Everything is clean & efficient, & the rooms are comfortable & pleasant.

One problem – we arrived after a five-hour freezing trip on the motorway to find that our room was like an ice-box. Other rooms were the same.

When I wrote to the manager about this I was told that this is the hotel’s ‘green policy’. No, don’t laugh. They don’t like to pour too much CO2 into the atmosphere, so they don’t think we will mind having a freezing cold room.

Think carefully about this – they actually think it is acceptable to leave our rooms unheated until we arrive, even in the depths of winter, because THEY have decided to go green (and incidentally save on their heating bill), without telling us before we arrive.

If you think that is acceptable too, then fine – great hotel. I find it absurd. I’d never return.

We stayed here for a two night holiday as visiting the National War Memorial.

My room consisted of a big double bed, TV, iron & trouser press, tea & coffee facilities. Bathroom was a good size with bath & overhead shower, hairdryer, & hot towel rail if needed.

We were bed & breakfast & the food was really nice. It’s buffet style so you can help yourself to fresh juices, cereals, toast etc. There’s a hot plate with tasty sausage, bacon, fresh tomatoes, black pudding, hash browns, scrambled/fried eggs, mushrooms etc. There’s an evening meal option which is available at the hotel for extra but we didn’t take advantage of this.

The hotel was very clean no problems there.

Location is a off the beaten track a little as it’s a golfing hotel & is set in the grounds of the golf course.

There isn’t any entertainment at the hotel. There’s a bar upstairs which has piped music.

Staff were pleasant & helpful. I had a few minor problems on arrival with room allocation, then 3 of my lamps bulbs weren’t working but they were dealt with swiftly.

Would stay here again.

The worst Travelodge we have ever stayed at, definitely won’t return to this one & in fact would actually be reluctant to use the company again.

VERY basic & tired room even by Travelodge standards, burns on skirting board, worn mattress that needed replacement & the bar / restaurant was full of drunk, loud, foul mouthed customers who were allowed to curse, swear & be as obnoxious as they wished no matter if it offended other customers / residents.

Sorely disappointed with this company.