Milsoms Bath Hotel

The Milsoms Hotel in Bath is an excellent hotel. Here is a list of the good and bad aspects of the hotel: The Good: - Excellent location. The hotel is located in the centre of the City, on Milsom Street which is a very nice, classy place, with lots of big name shops and restaurants (e.g. Borders, Cafe Rouge, ASK Pizza). - Modern decor. The rooms of the hotel are decorated in a very contemporary, modern style. They look cool and feel smart, comfortable and luxurious. The soft table lamps in the room provide a warm, cosy light. - Tasty breakfast. The included breakfast is served in the modern, classy Loch Fyne Restaurant. You can start your day with kippers, but for those less adventurous they offer a Full English Breakfast (sausage, tomato, bacon, fried egg). The Bad: - Noisy location. The central location of the hotel has it's disadvantages. The hotel is surrounded by a few bars and clubs, which attract noisy, inconsiderate teenagers, who make a lot of noise up until the very early hours of the morning. The best way to deal with this is to keep all your windows closed. - Staircase. The hotel is stacked up vertically, around a large staircase. If your room happens to be on the top floor, you'll have a lot of stairs to climb. There is no lift/elevator, making the Milsoms a no-go zone for the disabled, elderly or lazy.

Milsoms (should there be an apostrophe there?) is right in the centre of town - between 2 and 10 minutes walk of just about everywhere you'd want to visit.The hotel rooms sit anonymously on top of the Loch Fyne restaurant, up a seemingly endless Georgian staircase (73 steps in our case, and no lift / elevator if you've heavy luggage!). Think of it as a free cardio-vascular workout.We arrived in the middle of Friday night rush hour in the restaurant, meaning our welcome was a little frosty (you enter the hotel via the restaurant toilets after 6pm!), although other than this, the staff were very friendly and helpful.The rooms look great - lots of light from large sash windows, modern/simple/elegant decor and comfortable bed. Tendency to be too hot, though.Breakfast in the restaurant is excellent, although we couldn't face up to smoked kippers with a hangover.Finally, no car parking - make sure you have 6 £1 coins for the Charlotte St pay & display car park (5 mins walk, £6 for 24 hr)