It’s been a couple of weeks since my family and I spent a week at The Lion Inn, Gwytherin. Even after this 2 week gap, I’m still very angry and disappointed about how this turned out, all due to the host. The Lion Inn itself is in a beautiful and peaceful location, the bedrooms were all good, and the bar/living area had real character. We spent most of our time out and about exploring what North Wales had to offer, and it was only on the first day, where upon our return to Gwytherin, things went down hill in regards to our experience with our ‘host’. Despite being told we had the entire place to ourselves (which is what we payed a substantial fee for), the host thought it was acceptable for people to come in without our knowledge. We only found out because a door that was previously locked had been left wide open. When we asked the host if someone had entered while we were out. Instead of just saying ‘oh yes, really sorry someone dropped a parcel off for me but didn’t lock the door, won’t happen again’, the host became very defensive, wouldn’t admit she had done anything wrong and that 3 different people would have access to the house at anytime. None of this was explained to us before the visit, and nor would it have been had we not found this open door. The rest of the week went on without any more issues regarding this situation. The stay was fairly pleasant, kitchen was a little dirty in places and lacking the equipment you’d expect from what is advertised as an ‘industrial kitchen’. Our review of the stay reflected our experience fairly honestly. This is where the honesty stopped however, as we now come to the hosts review of my family and I. In her review of us, the host thought it acceptable to claim that when her son in law entered the property on the first full day of our stay (private let, he shouldn’t have gone in anyway), he could smell cigarette smoke and ‘found evidence of smoking’ within the property. THIS IS A LIE. The six of us who were there have never smoked, let alone inside a non smoking property. She then want on to make defamatory remarks about us all regarding the pandemic, such as we don’t wear masks(?) or use hand gel(?). Even if this was true (which it isn’t in the slightest), it bares no relevance to our stay and is just a spiteful, hateful comment aimed at my family because we didn’t write a glowing review. All in all, despite having a fantastic time in this beautiful part of the UK. I would absolutely NOT recommend The Lion Inn to anyone, especially if you value honesty and getting what you paid for.…