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Ashley House Hotel
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  • Rooms: 18
Description: A beautiful 4 diamond AA Rac & ETB rated hotel, situated in a quiet tree lined street close to the Harrogate town centre. Snug bar has a selection of... This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
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36-40 Franklin Road
Harrogate HG1 5EE
England
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“over priced and never a 4* hotel”

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2 of 5 stars
Bradford, United Kingdom
11 Feb 2008

We have just arrived home today after a 3 night stay at the above hotel. On arrival we were shown into a room that looked like the 4* this hotel is starred as. On checking there was no milk for coffee. I went to the reception and had to wait at least 10 minutes to get any milk. The complimentary toiletries that are in the bathroom are all from the local supermarket and im unsure how old these are.

We chose this hotel for the bar that it says is available, so on our first night went out and arrived back at approximately 9.30. After a 10 minute wait i went to reception and called the muber to be told that the owner may be in bed as he had been ill and had just come out of hospital.

On trying to get a drink i was informed that there was no diet mixer so my partner had a couple of beers and we left. This bar is very dated and we had to put up with a broken tv in the middle.

The entrance door advises no smoking but clearly the owner smokes in the bar area. As an ashtray full of old cigerette ends was lying on a table. Im not sure if this is now legal.

When we went to breakfast Saturday morning at 8.30 we found that it was not ready and when our hot breakfast came it was cold. We were advised by the waitress that the chef was either new or not there and this was the excuse for it being cold. They took the breakfasts away and micrwaved them not good as i had poached eggs that were now hard.


We went out at approximately 11.15am and when we arrived back at about 4.15 the bathroom had been cleaned but the rest of the room had not been cleaned or the bed made.

I went to reception again and was met by the daughter of the owner who advised that she was sorry about this. I confirmed about breakfast and she said that due to our problems she would reduce the bill. This however did not happen on our check out today.

Breakfast on the Sunday was better. We went out quite early and arrived back at about 1.30 to find once again that the room had not been cleaned. I went to the reception and reported this to the owner who advised after speaking to his wife that we had slept both days till 2. He advised that we had placed a do not disturb sign on the door. This was not possible as there was no such sigh available to use. AS it was not yet 2 i asked how that could be. He then went on to say that they cannot keep the girls who clean the rooms there all day.

I do not feel being out of your room by 11.30am late and i feel that in a 4* hotel if we had slept in then the room being cleaned after this time should not be a problem.

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femaleowl's Summary
Date of Stay: February 2008
Travelled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Romantic getaway
Age group: 35-49
Member since: 30 May 2003
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
No way!
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Great pool scene, pet owners, Families with Small Children
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“Poor Value”

Ashley House Hotel

6 Jun 2007

Stayed at Ashley House recently for 1 Night B & B in Family cost £95.00 this was very poor value for money, when we arrived late owner did not make us very welcome, parking facilities where poor, room very small and breakfast was average would certainly not recommend hotel to any friends.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Easy access to Town
    • Disliked — Very Poor Value for money over priced
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JimboDruryLane's Summary
Date of Stay: June 2007
Travelled with: Family with teenagers
Visit was for: Other
Age group: 50-64
Member since: 06 June 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
No way!
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, pet owners, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Other
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“Beware New owner”

Ashley House Hotel

31 Jul 2006
3/3 found this review helpful

Be afraid be very afraid new owner has also Ashton B&B and 3 others. Not interested in customers only the money. Very noisy and breakfast service slow and each morning something was not available. Room was not serviced on one day. Room was not ready and had been given to somone else so 15 mins to sort out another hotel round the corner.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — leaving
    • Disliked — service
    • Any tips/secrets for future travellers? — check on owners
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roonie2shoes's Summary
Date of Stay: July 2006
Travelled with: Business colleagues
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 50-64
Member since: 31 July 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
No way!
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, pet owners, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Business meeting / Event
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“Basic rooms overpriced”

Ashley House Hotel

6 May 2005
38/38 found this review helpful

Very ordinary b and b , no facilities ,overpriced for what it is , must get away with it in Harrogate.
Read some of other [mixed ] reviews can only assume that the guys that were happy with this place aint been to any class hotels and were satisfied with pretty basic acccomodation albeit clean an kinda old fashioned.

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This TripAdvisor Member's Summary
Date of Stay: April 2005
Member since: 07 July 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“Fantastic stay for the fourth year running”

Ashley House Hotel

3 May 2005
1/14 found this review helpful

For the fourth year in a row Ron and Linda have proved excellent hosts. A group of us were fortunate enough to *happen* on Ashley House when we were looking for accommodation for the nurses' conference in Harrogate in 2002.

We liked it so much that we have returned every year since, and we are extremely sad that the conference in 2006 is elsewhere. We'll be back again in 2007, though.

Every year Ron has contacted me to enquire whether we would like our *usual* rooms. We have done - and will continue to do so.

The hotel is first class - clean, tidy and always a friendly conversation for the guests from both Ron and Linda. Clean sheets and towels always available

Always refreshments in the rooms which are renewed daily, and the breakfast is second to none, with the staff happy to accomodate our *foibles* and capacity to drink gallons of tea!

The bar is well stocked, with an unenviable variety of whisky available. The prices are very reasonable - and certainly considerably cheaper than *The Majestic* where most of our evening entertainment took place.

I can't praise Ron, Linda and their staff highly enough

This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC
This TripAdvisor Member's Summary
Date of Stay: April 2005
Member since: 08 July 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
I recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, Older Travellers, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, pet owners, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
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