Athol House  

There was a group of 9 of us Duncan was fab rooms were huge and had everything we needed...walking distant to shops and beach and not far from newcastle.....clean and bright rooms best part was duncan breakfast full english with plenty of toast coffee..Duncan was very helpful even found us girls a hairdryer when we needed one :-) would def stay again

Only fault was curtains would of been better in front bedrooms as blinds let in light even at night

Athol house is a simpel cheap bed& breakfast, no en-suite facilities, and you notice that in the price. But the rooms are spacious, the manager very friendly and it is centrally located for both visits to city and beach. Breakfast was good and filling.

As always with sharing facilities there are people not thinking of others. Meeting a disgusting toilet at 6 in the morning (before the manager had got up) is one of those things. But there was another bathroom at the ground floor. And you get what you pay for.

The tall, thin, good looking guy with a full head of hair in the kitchen cooks a great breakfast!!!

My room was large and spacious. I had a wash hand basin, a kitchenette, a microwave oven and a tv. There was also wireless broadband. Athol House is also located in a sea side town, and is very close to Newcastle upon Tyne. Also, the host was very friendly and welcoming.

The breakfast was I can truthfully say the best " full English" I have ever had! Very nice atmosphere, comfortable, exceptionally clean, if it had en-suite to the bedrooms it would be the ideal budget stay.

Really nice hotel, good breakfast and the staff was helpfull. Had the best of times! Definitly going back!

Stayed for weekend of Take That Concert, 5 minute walk into town and easy link to the stadium of light via metro - basic b&b accomodation, very friendly and helpful owners, room comfy, breakfast fresh and hot! Never been to South Sheilds before, nice sea front and worth another visit. Considering the price of accomodation in Sunderland on the concert nights, I think we had a good deal and would use again if going to another concert

No en-suite's (plenty of room in the rooms to convert??) / Parking on side street, although well lit /

a warm welcome & friendly atmosphere. room was very clean & plenty of space.

its on a main road, the traffic noise & chimes of the clock close by, rung on the hour every hour which is disturbing.

We were disappointed at this hotel because it was not clear at the time of booking that we would have to share a shower room. It was made worse by having to go up and down a steep flight of stairs to get to these rooms and then having to queue in the morning to get into one. Dining room was far to small to accomadate all the hotel guests and the smoking area was right underneath an open window leading into the kitchen and dining room.

It was clean and fumctional for our needs.

I didn't realise it wasn't on-suite which surprised me but that is based on assumption most places are on-suite now. A day after we left I received a phone call from Athol House advising we had left without paying. I did remind we had paid cash which they remembered and were apologetic but I was left with an uneasy feeling, I had wished I had asked for a receipt as they did not provide one.

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