Kings Lodge Hotel  

A very pleasant stay in a good standard hotel with friendly and efficient staff. Convenient for city sightseeing yet close to countryside. Finbarr's restaurant was excellent, really first class food and service in relaxing surroundings.

The car park whilst perfectly adequate can be congested when the restaurant is busy- arriving to check in during mealtimes should be avoided.

King's Lodge has the feel of an old-fashioned country hotel, quiet, with pleasant and attentive staff, and attractive rooms and grounds. It's within walking distance of the railway station, even with luggage, and away from the noisier city streets. I'm glad to have discovered it, and should certainly return to it on a future visit. My wife and I appreciated the provision of two easy chairs as requested at booking.

Only complaint would be slightly grubby chair upholstery.

Good location only a short walk into the centre of Durham. Friendly, helpful staff and attractive clear room.

friendly clean with a central location at reasonable prices and pleasant staff

Friendly staff; proximity tp station and city; excellent restaurant attached to hotel but leased from hotel; good breakfast.

Decor and furnishing a bit dated. Reception not manned at night.

We liked the fact that the hotel was within walking distance of the city. We also found the staff to be very friendly and helpful

We found the bed quite uncomfortable and would recommend that better mattresses be bought, also thought that prices in restaurant were a little on the high side.

Warm and cosy food in restuarant was excellent

convience to Durham easy secure parking quiet

memory foam mattress ! (a personal preference)

Good value for money, excellent, clean room and en-suite. Polite, friendly staff. Fine breakfast, inclusive price. Very handy for Durham city. Will go there again, when next visiting Durham. Extended our stay for a second night with no difficulty.

Car parking is difficult on Saturday night because of the popularity of the excellent FinnBarr restaurant attached to the hotel premises. However, there is local on-street parking quite close by. So, not a big problem. Also, it shows what a good restaurant this one is.

Superb restaurant with excellent food and service. However this was a totally different enterprise from the hotel and merely shared the building. The location was very handy for the station ( 5 mins walk) and city centre (10 mins walk)

Disappointingly dowdy decor and my room was very small with windows that wouldn't open.hotel needs a thorough facelift to bring it up to the standard of the restauant.

I was only there for a short time so could not avail of the amenities but the staff were friendly, the room was nice and comfortable and breakfast was nice with a wide variety included in the price of the room. I was also very pleasantly surprised to receive a discount for paying in cash.

I did not like the menu as there was nothing plain and it was too expensive. Also it was quite inconvenient having to provide credit card details when booking even though a deposit wasn't required as I then had to borrow one.

I like the finnsbarr very much, posh and nice decor euth nice food. Bed is very comfortable

The radiator in the room and restaurant is too hot