The worst hotel stay I have ever experienced.
The staff member who checked us in was lovely and so was the one who checked us out after one night of what was means to be a 3 night stay. However there are staff working during the night and the hotel is a health and safety hazard.
I booked to stay there with my son who has complex needs, we were there to visit the beamish museum and it was one of the closest hotels, it also had good reviews so I booked it.
The keys to the room were in lock boxes on the reception, I was advised to leave one of the keys in the lock box incase of emergency. However the room door didn’t lock from the inside so if anyone got hold of that other key they could let themselves in. I had to push the arm chair up against the door for a bit of security. We got no sleep at all, there was a door slamming so loudly that our room shook every time right through til after 4am. Large gap at the bottom of our door which allowed cigarette smoke to flood our room, it was disgusting. I had to put a wet towel at the bottom of the door to stop the smoke because the smell was vile. The vent in the bathroom was that filthy it was making a loud buzzing noise which couldn’t be switched off. Tv remote broken etc. I contacted hotels.com at 4am and we checked out the next morning. Staff advised a guest must have been using fire door as a smoking area as its next to the room we were in and that door has to be slammed hard to close it. Hotel from Hell!