The Lake House, Lake View 1

Note that this review is for a meal only, not for a stay at the hotel. Wife and I had fish n chips x 2, a pint of the Lake's own lager and a double vodka and diet coke. Drinks are expensive (they don't do Smirnoff, only Grey Goose and some other artisan stuff) . Only had the one drink each. Fish and chips almost perfect. Great batter and fish well coooked and seasoned, and hot. Chips were hot and tasty. Pity the peas were stone cold. I mean stone cold, not warm. How can you get the simplest of dishes wrong? Beats me. The fish and the chips were very, very nice though. However, the only reason I wont be returning, expensive drinks accepted, is the addition of a service charge, Not acceptable. Ever. Pay your staff a fair wage. Its not that I'm tight-fisted, we always leave a tip of of between 10-15% anyway. But then, that's our choice. Not yours. The service charge was 10%, I think. Its tucked away nicely at the bottom of the bill. So, if you don't mind being charged twice (the price you pay for the meal already covers costs and provides a decent profit), I would recommend the fish and chips, but make sure you ask for hot mushy peas. It will run expensive - and not particularly good value - for a family though. You might find better on South Road, which is nearby.

Currently writing this at 6:30am in room 6 and been awake since 5:30am with the noise from the gym below! Loud music, loud gym members, shouting and dropping weights etc! I have been downstairs to speak to the night staff who went to ask the gym to turn down the music and it just got louder. We had booked to stay again here as overall it is a lovely place but we have cancelled it! There is no mention on the hotel website about the rooms being over a gym that is open at 5:30am! We would not stay here again and unfortunately wouldn’t recommend it because of this!