The Old Lodge

The staff were lovely the bed was like sleeping on a clound the building stunning and the breakfast fab

lovely room clean bed lovely and comfy ,room was nice and warm shower red hot ,staff were all do nice

Arrived and told we were given a free upgrade which we were delighted with! However we were given a room with 2 single beds, which we hadn’t booked so were given a room with a double. I understand this is a very old building, and we actually love that, however the cleanliness and decor were awful. The bathroom was just disgusting, mould everywhere, dusty dirty floor and splashes up the wall of god knows what!! Curtains were hanging off the rail and were filthy. The only saving grace was the bed was comfy and we slept well! The headboard was so scruffy and not pleasant. There’s simply no excuse for this! You can’t blame the fact it’s an old building on these issues. Some serious cleaning and updating is very much needed. It’s a shame because we felt this place could have been so much better with a little care. We stayed in room 16.

Fantastic period hotel, beautiful room, excellently presented, lovely 4 poster bed and matching decor. Very warm and superb, hot double shower!! We’ll certainly come again!

Beautiful building in a nice market town, with good links to Whitby, Scarborough, Bridlington & York. Reception, bar, restaurant all nice and decorated well. Lovely staff who are both welcoming and friendly. The town itself has good amenities. Plenty of bars and pins which do nice food. The negatives I can only speak from my own experience in the room I was staying in. It is in definite need of redecorating. It is obvious the style they are going for due to the building itself (clearly a listed building), but I'd say an upgrade in decor is necessary for the room I stayed in. The bed in my room (wooden four poster) was the creekiest bed I've ever slept in, resulting in 2 restless nights. Overall solid, with some areas for improvement.

A bit cold

I wanted to like it - but for me it was just okay. We were only looking for a bed to stay in overnight during a weekend visit to York, and so expectations were not high anyway. We were warned ahead of time by the management that they had an event that evening -so was not surprised to find no one able to help us check in. It took 3 attempts at finding someone able to do so - and about 30 minutes of waiting. Not a great experience for us when we had been driving all day and were tired.They were incredibly shortstaffed for having an event -and had appeared to have no one available at the front desk for other guests. Maybe next time hire some college kids to come help out while the party is going on. At least an extra hand or two. Also had no parking available either -as the party guests all had taken every space. We parked "illegally" for a few hours at our own risk until some of the guests had left. Otherwise, the place was a very basic room with a separate toilet/shower room, bed was very small for a double, and we had a hard night's sleep due to being cramped. Next day, breakfast was wonderful (included in the price of the room) and definitely made up for the inconvenient last evening. Excellent food and service in the morning! I did appreciate that. I recommend making sure there is no party going on if staying there - Unless you're part of the party of course! I did appreciate the headsup from management - but I didn't realize it was going to be an issue til we came.

just like an old castle

I wasn’t too bothered where I stayed when I booked this I just needed to be near Castle Howard, but when we arrived I definitely got a wow factor from the place it looked like we were staying in a castle ourselves! The staff were really friendly too and the grounds the hotel was in were fantastic too. I’m looking forward to revisiting just for this place alone absolutely loved it!

Great place to stay very short walk in to town and great staff

Stayed here last year - very convenient for our weekend, with great access to to the town for an evening out. Friendly and attentive staff.

Friendly welcome and comfortable accomodation. We were pleasantly surprised how much room we had. Lovely gardens to relax in too.

Brilliant location, very large bedrooms with even bigger bathroom, friendly front of house staff, very accommodating,

Hotel set in lovely gardens, ideal if u like old properties with character.The staff very friendly and obliging. Plenty of parking and very convenient for the lovely town of Malton 👍.

The Annexe where I was originally booked for 3 nights ( and spent two !) was VERY poor - ground floor room had barred windows ( none opened ) and looked out directly at brick walls. It smelt musty and the carpets looked dirty. It was noisy from passing traffic and bin men !). I asked if I could transfer to a room in the main Hotel building and was able to for the 3rf ( final ) night and that was V nice by v V comparison. However the food I had in the restaurant that evening was VERY poor in both quality and quantity as well as quite expensive. No alternative nor reduction was offered when I pointed this out……. There’s no parking at the Annexe so one had to park in the main Hotel car park and walk between there - less than ideal in the dark and rain ! All in all a disappointing experience although my dogs ( who stayed in my car ) enjoyed running around the Hotel garden area.

We enjoyed our stay - our only complaint was our room 17 was above the kitchens - and a large extractor fan was very noisy every morning just after 7am.

Booked a room that appeared ok as were just travelling through. Stated room was not at main building but in the old cottages and had parking! Well the old cottages were a drive down the road, unload bags, drive back up to main building, park vehicle and walk back down! Old cottages should be condemned. Absolute horrible! Filthy carpet, mould around tub, and room was about 4 feet from very busy road!!!!

The Old Lodge is a lovely hotel with beautiful grounds and comfortable rooms but the main standout thing for us was the service - because we were going to a wedding we had to deal with very weird checkin times. Gracie explained everything to us and did everything she could to give us a perfect experience. Gracie's service made what would have been a very stressful travel situation into something pleasant and comfortable and we had a great time staying at the Old Lodge!

Great look until you get in the front door. Receptionist not interested, room not upgraded since the 1970s.dirty carpet, broken shoddy furniture, peeling paint, broken window panes, mould in the showe grout, shower was barely a dribble. Resturant not open for dinner- the cheff coulnt be bothered to work despite resturant being a key reason I chose the property. Breakfast was ok, waiting staff were polite and helpful.

Really enjoyed our stay, staff super friendly and very helpful., location and parking first class. When we return to Malton we certainly will try to stay if its available.