The Castle Hotel

Nice food, friendly atmosphere.

Not able to specify a twin room on the internet booking site.

The staff was very responsive and courteous, and the room was reasonably clean (though I did notice dust in the tea-service, which was a bit off- putting. I might suggest that instead of resetting the service after each guest leaves, you could simply remove the dishes and tea maker until the next guest *arrives*, thus ensuring fresh and clean dishes.)

As a business traveler, it is important to me that I am able to stay connected to my business while I travel. Initially I selected the Castle Hotel because it seemed like a great place: extremely comfortably located, nice lodgings, and most important to me - wireless internet access. It is simply not feasible for me to try to carry out my usual business interactions at a library or a wireless cafe because I require 2-3 hours of internet connectivity per night, from my laptop, while I travel for business. That level of use at either of those locations honestly seems rude to me. I chose that Castle Hotel over several competitors in the area because of the statement that they had wireless service in the hotel. I was very dismayed to arrive and find that not only was the service down, but it had been down for several days - days before I'd made my reservation, time enough for them to have indicated somewhere on the website that the service wasn't available at the time. I felt that I had been misled. I understand that many hotels like the Castle Hotel want very much to retain their charm as historic locations, and I support that. I appreciated the candles lit hallways, the quiet Victorian lounge, and even the creaky floor had a certain appeal. However, one commodity that will become increasingly important to many travelers is some kind of internet connectivity. The staff was helpful in pointing me to a public library, from which I was at least able to communicate with some co-workers, but it wasn't quite the level of accessibility that I needed.

Lovely hotel,small and perfectly formed! We ate in the restaurant with our family who we were visiting, we all throughly enjoyed our food

The only criticism would be the noise on the street at night as we had a room at the front of the hotel, however there is little the hotel could do about that.