Web photos are very misleading, with clever use of lighting to enhance them. There is a reason why the web photo of the premises is taken at night with external lighting!
In order to check in, you need to join the que in the cafe and wait to speak to someone.
The premises is right along side the A66 main East/West road which is very busy. Arriving from the West you are required to turn across an extremely busy road. When we commented on the busy road and noise, we were told that there were earplugs provided in the bathroom.
The room on the web looks bright and fresh, when in fact it is dark and smaller than perceived. Room and bathroom were cold on arrival and only warmed up after we had turned the heated radiator and bathroom towel rail and under floor heating on.
The double bed has what appears to be an old mattress on it and if it wasn’t for the fact that there was a mattress topper, the springs can be felt. There is only one dining type chair in the room to sit on, so one of us had to,use the bed to sit on.
There is an excuse for a fridge to keep the milk cool, but it is actually a plastic mini cool box with a fan that constantly whirls away noisily.
We have travelled to many parts of the world, and there is not much Aztec about the room, rather a room full of far too many mismatched items of age, curiosity and colour.
About a week prior to staying here, we paid slightly less for a night in an ancient Hall in its own grounds. We had a large room with a king sized