Aphrodites Themed Lodge Hotel

3 readers found this review helpful

We came to Aphrodite’s with Unique Breaks. Stayed in the Tuscan room (sorry loft space) Boiling hot room, most squeaky bed we have ever laid in and you’re not even allowed to use the spa bath after 10:30.The toilet was too close to the towel rail, as in you had to stick your arm in to it to sit down. The ceilings were as you would expect in a roof space - hard work not to bang your head. The male Manager was nice enough and could hold a decent conversation. The female manager was like a Mrs. Fawlty in attitude and if she smiled the world might end, so she did not want to tempt fate. After an uncomfortable night in a very hot room (With no Fridge) breakfast was a very cramped affair with small tables all squeezed in to a small room. The Polish staff served us two eggs swimming in fat and two pieces of really hard toast. Coffee was fine. Swimming pool had been dug up and the fountain looked like it was sat in raw sewage. When we checked out had to argue about the complementary drinks on arrival that we had not had, as they charged us for 4 small bottles of coke (£1.50 each) which we needed, so we did not pass out in the heat of our sauna (roof space / room) This place is rubbish, end of chat. Poor service, unhappy staff, cramped rooms and stupid priced for a themed room, NOT.

1 reader found this review helpful

Why can't this hotel see that their web site is misleading? IT IS MISLEADING. Everybody can see this so they should change their site. Every body is saying that the pool is not a short stroll away and the management say it is. WELL IT'S NOT and them keep saying it is wont make it any closer. On their main web site it shows a lovely large pool, this must give people the impression that they have a large lovely pool and they do not. We know that they are building one but that does not help. Continental breakfast does not mean nuts and muesli ( it means croissants ham, cheese, etc....). The conservatory is too small or has too many tables and my wife couldn't get in or out of the table when another couple sat at the table behind. Charging £5 extra for cooked breakfast is unbelievable you either have cooked breakfast or continental why would you want both? You have paid for a breakfast. The room was fine, apart from when you go to the french door you are looking down on two people in their hot tub. Now they are building a new pool the large building it's enclosed in blocks out any view at all and the web site says there is a view of garden and the fells - some imagination is required.

2 readers found this review helpful

My partner and i booked a `romantic` weekend stay for my birthday, the spa bath didnt work, we had to repeatedly for some assistance and ended up with a work man in our room for an hour, the following morning we left our room at 10am as requested for room service and returned at 3pm only to find the room untouched. The staff would only supply us with small drinking glasses not wine glasses unless we purchased over priced champagne from the house.The organic breakfast was inedible and to top it off the polish staff wouldnt listen to our queries regarding our faulty bath or let us speak to the proprietor, we had to write with our complaints and then only recieved a loose offer of a small yet unspecified discount if we booked again! Whilst we were checking out we discovered the couple in the next room had no heating in their room whatsoever. £500 for 2 nights wouldve been much better spent elsewhere!!! DONT GO, it isnt a luxury hotel, just mutton dressed as lamb with appalling service

We have just got back from a short break in aphrodites lodge it was great we stayed in the chic paris room and i loved every minute of it!! the steam room/ shower was just amazing you could listen to the radio and it was big enough for 2 with room to spare the bath was lovely with plenty of room for two and a built in tv in the wall which was great lying in the bath with the bubbles on watching my favourite programmes and the sauna was just luxury!! the whole room was just gorgeous the bed was amazing and the log burner was lovely and cozy we had full english breakfast in bed which was well worth the extra money very yummy!! Loved my stay will be returning soon and often!

5 readers found this review helpful

We have stayed in many hotels for both business and pleasure and can honestly say this is the worst hotel we have ever had the displeasure of staying in. The hotel is NOT as advertised on your web site, it is NOT a luxury hotel and is most certainly NOT worth £90.00 (or more) a night plus the additional £5.00 for breakfast.

3 readers found this review helpful

Do not stay at this hotel if you want a relaxing break!
We were booked into the hotel for a 2 night break but left a day early due to noise from the next room.
The walls are paper thin, we spent half the night awake listening to the people in the next room snoring! When we eventually got to sleep around 3.00am, we were awoken by the loudest fountain outside our room at 8.30am after i went downstairs to complain the maids then started hoovering outside our room.
The breakfast is also rubbish you had a choice of toast & porridge, no cereals or pastries etc.
The hotel is also a 20min walk away from the centre down hill on dark roads with no lights.
The rooms are clean but not as nice as they look in the brouchre & the italian suite which we stayed in was not worth the £75pppn charge we paid.

2 readers found this review helpful

Stayed for three nights and the sheets were not changed at all. There was no balcony to sit out even though we had French doors.
The walk to the town takes at least 20mins on a busy road in some places without footpaths.
The suites with hot tubs are overlooked...we looked directly down on the hot tub below.
In my opinion this hotel is not worth £105 per night which is what we paid.