We stayed at the Cherry Garth last week. It has lovely gardens and is in a good location, but the decor inside is tired and dated. The rooms were average. The beds themselves comfortable, but with very uncomfortable pillows which smelt unpleasant (bit like a dog had been sleeping on them). The bathroom shower was very hard to regulate and the water was extremely hot. The bedroom window was in the room and had a white blind. At 5am the room was flooded in light and the staff remedied this the next night by inserting a black bin liner bag across it!

The breakfasts were very nice and the staff friendly, helpful and very accommodating. However, this is often the case in B&Bs and did not make up for the other problems.

My overall impression was that it was very expensive for a mediocre B&B. It should drop its prices if it wants more custom, especially as many places in the area charge far less for better accommodation. We had booked hostels the rest of our stay and slept far better in them, the showers worked, the staff just as friendly and helpful and the food was great for a fraction of the price.

This is the nicest hotel we have stayed in, the owners Amy and Viv (sisters) run the hotel and will go out of their way to help you - late breakfast, late check out etc. Its about a 4 min walk to the centre of Ambleside and it has 12 rooms lovely and authentic for the lake district priced at £35 each a night its a terribly good deal, also you dont have to book 2 nights which you do at most htls in the lakes they accepted our booking of 8 rooms for 1 night during the May bank holiday!!!, when nobody else would. The hotel is picture perfect -- its opposite the lake and if you have a top floor attic room which i did and which was perfect, you have excellent views of the fells and lake. They even have a DVD in every room and their own library you can borrow from. Finally the breakfast finished us off - 2 eggs, black pudding, good quality bacon, cumberland ring, mushrooms, tomatoe, toast, fresh brewed coffee and fresh orange juice or tea with fruit and cereals - fantastic.

We are booking for another trip soon.