The Schooner Hotel

The hotel is in urgent need of refurbishment. It is all very tired and where new furniture has been added in the bedrooms, no other decoration has been done so it has little impact. The communal hallways are very dirty and there was a significant amount of dust in the bedrooms. Our room stank of damp and the carpet in the bathroom had stains from wee. Staff were very friendly but lacked a professional edge. The main problem with the hotel is the price. If it was only £30 or £40 a night you might not complain but £75 is... more

The hotel seems to be suffering from several rapid changes in management according to the staff, who seemed remarkably thin on the ground although the three we spoke to were very friendly. We survived two nights in the notorious room 28 with a few interesting experiences to discuss, and found our room to be rather run down decoratively, though reasonably furnished with a quite comfy and very heavy bed (possibly to stop it moving around of its own accord!). The new owners or managers had only been there a couple of days when we stayed and... more

Very pleasant staff both in the bar and restaurant, the food was ok. Room 16 was clean but tired probably needs refurbishing but the night was interesting. All night we enjoyed being pushed and poked by unseen hands and a light display in various parts of the room, flashes of different light colours. My wife and i also experienced very cold spots and cold blasts on our faces whilst in bed! The placeis undoubtedly haunted. I would recommend a stay as long as you dont expect the Hilton, having said that the stuff were good fun.