I stayed in this B&B on 5th & 6th August whilst in I.O.W for a wedding. It looks pleasent from the outside and only 2/3 minute walk up hill from the seafront and 5 minute walk from Ryde town centre, with shops, bars and restaurants. Car park to rear of B&B very dificult to get into if you have a larger car... the street in which the car park entrance opens onto is very narrow (the entrance itself is tiny!!) with cars parked along one side, making turning extremely tricky. Plenty of parking space available here though. The entrance to the B&B opens into the shared living area/bar which is extremely dated and could do with redecorating ASAP (in my personal opinion). Checking in is from 2pm, but we were lucky enough to have a room which had already been made available on our arrival at 12pm. Our room was extremely small, with just enough room either the side of the bed to get in and out. Rooms again very dated and could do with some TLC. Bathroom tiny which just about fit the stand up shower, toilet and basin. Rooms have tea/coffee making facilities and LCD TVs with FreeView (however, our TV was wall mounted right next to our cupboard, making it impossible to open). Breakfast was great; a much needed full english breakfast with lots of juice and tea/coffee. The B&B was a little bit old fashioned for me, but cant complain about price and location.
Room Tip: Rooms on top floor facing away from main road have excellent views over Ryde and sea.
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14 August 2011
Dear Ms Nunn
Thank you for your recent review following your recent stay with us, we monitor reviews as a way of maintaining and improving our standards. I have discussed your comments with the members of staff concerned and wish to comment as follows:
Our car park which accommodates 15 cars is located at the rear of the bed and breakfast and due to our listed building status we are unable to remove the wall to enlarge the entrance. During the course of the year we accommodate many hundreds of guests and the majority of guests have no difficulty in entering the car park we agree it is tight but not impossible and transit vans for the commercial market negotiate the entrance.
I note in your opinion we were a little old fashioned, as a bed and breakfast we prefer to be old fashioned there are too many plastic modern facilities available and anybody looking for modern facilities should reserve a modern hotel like Travelodge or Premier both of these have outlets on the island. Although we are dated we try to ensure a high level of customer care and offer a friendly aproach where possible our facilities are functionable, clean and we do what it says on the lable bed and breakfast.
During the winter months we carry out a refubishment programme, daily we carry out maintenance where people have caused damage to the rooms. This particular room that you occupied needed even more tender loving care after your departure as we found one of the bedside lights smashed upon entering the room and a replacement has now been purchased.
I am delighted that you found plenty of parking space, you appreciated the early check in and you were pleased with the location and the costs we are budget accommodation and luxury is rarely found at budget prices.
Once again thank you for your review.
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