The Lyndhurst Guest House

The room is a compact room , nicely decorated, ensuite bathroom , tea and coffee making facilities in the room , keyless entry into hotel and room , definitely stay here again , close to amenities, near brittania pier , very nice pet for friendly pub at end of street🙂

As someone who lives in Norfolk, a trip to Great Yarmouth was planned, in order to attend the yearly Out There Festival, so a friend of mine joined me from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex and we stayed there from Wednesday 29 May, having just returned home today (Monday 3 June). The hotel famously won on Channel 4’s TV show, Four In A Bed, (not sure of precise year). It was rated 4-star and was ran by a married couple, who have since retired, and new management has taken over. On initial entry, it was a pleasant hotel, big garden area out the front, modern security features, door and actual room intercoms too.. and the staff were friendly and showed you to your room. The room itself was pleasant, Freeview TV, tea/coffee facilities, large sash windows, comfortable bed, sink in bedroom, radiators, drawers and access to a communal toilet and shower cubicle. Breakfast was not provided, although there’s plenty of places to eat as the main shopping area and amusements/sea front etc., are all within walking distance. I had become aware that there was an unpleasant musty smell, the TV was not correctly connected to the aerial, as an announcement kept coming up on the screen whilst you are watching TV, and a tap that couldn’t be switched off, so I had to sleep with the tap constantly running, and as there were no staff around, I managed to get it sorted out during the day. Also, the sink was too small to refill the kettle, so I had to go to the shower to use that water! It was a comfortable stay but NOT 4-star, plus the photos on the website are from how it all look originally, and that both of these need updating, so it is more honest.

Upon booking via *********** you get the option to choose a check in time. We was going to check in late, as travelling about five hours, after work. Unlike others we didn’t struggle with parking but once arrived at the guest hours there was no one to meet to greet us and we had to call a number to be given code to get in and be told what room we was in. The owner couldn’t be bothered to come meet us, even thought we stated we was going to book in late. They said they were in bed in pjs, so wasn’t going to meet us. They claimed they tried to contact us to give us details about how to get in, but funny we only got this sent via text after calling. *********** gave us a pin, we had no idea what this was for, presumed it was the front door code, but this wasn’t the case. We had room six, a small double. The mattress was lumpy and could feel the springs. Even laying on top of the duvet they could be felt. The room we was aware was going to be small as it states its a small double, but we underestimated how small. The room was hot, the window hardly kept any noise out, backing onto what I imagine was a drug den. Loud noises and small of ********. We think its recently been taken over by a new owners, from reading old reviews. The pictures are deceiving and I believe are from previous owners as such nice treats shown like croissants are now replaced with just biscuits. Since checking this morning some pictures might have been removed as they have had a few bad reviews this month. It’s a so called four star guest house, with great reviews. This certainly isn’t! Read recent reviews and not just the positive ones. We couldn’t stay there and had to check in to a well known hotel chain. The one thing you want when staying at a place is a mattress that you can sleep on! This should be a basic requirement.