My mother in law booked a weekend away for all of the family in Nottingham. She lives in Florida so looked up hotels on the internet. Yarleys (by the castle) has a fabulous web page and sells itself as a smart boutique hotel. Hower on arrival...
It is a grubby, tacky, worn out hotel hotel in bad need of love and attention. It is cheap and nasty. The corridoors were damp and smelly. The carpet was stained. Our room had a broken window which was still in place. The other window did not open. There was a backwash of sewage everytime we flushed the toilet, turned on the taps, or used the shower. The water pipes rumbled through our room. The sheets were thin and dirty and the matress was clearly visible through the thin sheet.
Outside there is a sticker in the winder "Gourmet food award". Really not sure when this was won. The bar was grim with some disco lights hanging on a picture. We went out for dinner that night ... packed our car and left. We did n't fancy... more