The Harrowgate Hill Lodge  

Basic but clean, warm and welcoming. Spacious rooms, good shower and bath. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

Mattress was a bit hard. Slow Wifi.

- Not costed too much with an early reservation. I believe it is one of the cheapest hotels in UK. - Friendly stuff - Just recommended for cost concerned people.

- No hotel Wi-Fi at rooms. I asked reception to fix Wi-Fi 2 times. I was always told, it would be sorted "tomorrow". I didn't ask anymore after 2 days. The reception told me to use an unsecured WiFi, named cloud :) - The hair dryer was working, but there were hose between the handset, and dryer body bolted on the wall :) ,

Very good value for money, the staff were friendly and helpful. I enjoyed my stay it exceeded my expectations

Some of the pillows were awful very lumpy

Good and kind staff

Did not get a lot of sleep due to pepole fighting in next room to us. Room was dark due to wall ligts not working. Room was not very clean.

By comparison with other budget hotels the Harrowgate Hill Logde is excellent. The room was clean and modern and the hotel was in a good, well kept state, not always the case with budget hotels. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

Neither I or my partner slept very well, the bed and bedding were not the most comfortable and the room became uncomforatably hot. We were surprised to have breakfast included but do not be misled by the term "continental breakfast" it was the very basic of breakfast, cheap cornflakes, toast and tea /coffee & orange juice and despite there only being 4 of us in the room we waited almost 10 minutes to receive our toast!

The hotel pushes back to the 80's and its dated rooms could do with a refurbishment which is well and truly needed. The breakfast is pretty grim and very basic. Continental breakfast here comprises of white toast, tea/coffee and cornflakes, and nothing else. Not really my idea of a continental.

At the online price of £25 for a double room (normal price is around £40) I was worried that it might be a hovel. Some tripadvisor reviews I subsequently read made me even more worried. However my fears were groundless. Ok the decor and furniture is dated and it's by no means anything other than a budget hotel, but my room was large, clean, warm, comfortable and quiet. Believe me I've stayed in places at £100 per night and more where I've wanted to walk out after one night. This place was relaxing. Ok I had a room facing the car park at the back rather than the main road, but in any case it's well set back from the road at the front and the double glazing is excellent. There's no restaurant in the evenings but it's next door to a large pub which is part of the group and on a main road full of restaurants and takeaways. It's about 2 miles into Darlington town centre so a car or get a cab is necessary (or a bus - it's on the main road into Darlington). I'd recommend it as a budget alternative in an area where hotel prices are still not as competitive as they should be.

Staff were pleasant

1 reason only for not rating excellent our double bed the springs on the side closest to the bathroom were so bad it was like sleeping on a hill I sadly got no sleep although my partner on the window side slept very well as his springs / mattress were fine

the hotel was clean, staff were helpful and friendly hotel location was pretty quiet

breakfast was a bit of a disappointment, only one choice of cereal,

Its location in relation to where we were visiting family.The price was excellent and included continental breakfast.Staff friendly,rooms clean

The only fault we found was that the bed was hard!!!!!

I was very happy with the room and the friendly service at the Harrowgate Hill Lodge, ample amount of parking clean and comfortable rooms, and very good price.

Value for money and friendly staff and complimentary breakfast.

The mattress on the bed was very old and uncomfortable.