Hostal Sandford House Hotel

St Julians Friars
Shrewsbury - Shropshire (Show map)

from 67 €

"This is the 3rd year we have stayed at Sandford House so we like it. Kerry was on holiday this year and we hope they had a good one. It is the first time we were put in the new building, room 18, one of several 1st floor rooms. 18 was really too small to be a double, hardly room to move around,..."

Jose

Hostal Sandford House Hotel,Shrewsbury (Shropshire)

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Hostal Sandford House Hotel with average raiting 4/5

70 customer's reviews

Geraud (4/5)

What did you like the most?: "The location is good, and the staff were pleasant and friendly"
Is there anything you didn't like?: "Our room was in the annex and the sound proofing was poor. The room was quite small, and rather crammed with furniture- double plus single bed."

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Jose (5/5)

What did you like the most?: "This is the 3rd year we have stayed at Sandford House so we like it. Kerry was on holiday this year and we hope they had a good one. It is the first time we were put in the new building, room 18, one of several 1st floor rooms. 18 was really too small to be a double, hardly room to move around, would not have liked more nights there. We saw the downstairs rooms on Tues morning and they are fine, roomy doubles, we'll have one of them next year. In 18 contortions were needed to plug the kettle in, on the wall, under the dressing table, we moved it to the bedside lamp socket - at floor level - not convenient for pouring. However, moans over, we will still return, breakfast is good and they found us some porridge which is not usual fare at the Sandford. We still like it a lot."

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John (5/5)

What did you like the most?: "nice and clean and pleasent, not to far to walk to the town"
Is there anything you didn't like?: "noise in the early morning from the road outside, and when the pubs and clubs finish on saturday night or very early morning"

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Jose (3/5)

What did you like the most?: "Firstly, forget the "hotel" tag, Sandford House is firmly in B & B territory, and not scoring highly there, either. The location is excellent, being close to Shrewsbury's English Bridge and thus a one minute walk from the Severn River's leafy promenade which (almost) encircles this richly rewarding town. Our other "good" rating is for room cleanliness, and the en suite also pleased, if you forgive water pressure variations caused by other occupants and measly toiletries.
Everything else we could only rate "fair".The bed was comfortable but awful foam pillows are really unforgiveable. Thin curtains woke us around 4.00am daily, but we had no complaints concerning noise - we were in the annexe and distanced from the main building, which faces a busy pub. Luckily it did not rain on the mornings we had to walk over for breakfast."
Is there anything you didn't like?: "There is no parking on site. Visitors by car must use the riverside open carpark - £4 daily 8.00am to 6.00pm - which the Sandford website says is at 50 metres distant. At least double that when the popular near section has filled, so no fun when loading suitcases whether wet or dry, as there is no possibility of stopping outside in the busy narrow lane with double yellow-lines. Breakfast in a modest, pleasant room is available for only one hour 8.00-9.00 and is B & B at its basic - the single juice, the depressing Lego stack of Kelloggs boxes, the fry-up. No fruit, no yoghurt, no continental option. Cooked well (except the poached egg request) but little scope to ring the changes. All the Sandfords' shortcomings would be forgiven if the breakfast experience had been better, but it was presided over by a proprietor who is loud and overbearing. His verbal treatment of a kitchen assistant, no doubt for our amusement, was at one point boorish verging on something worse. A response by us that we prefer coffee later in the breakfast rather then upfront brought on similar playing to the gallery. "I've got a system, me, and if that system's messed up...."etc for a grandstanding two minutes. Put us in our place. "The card machine is out of order" we and earlier arrivals were told. We were asked to settle in cash which showed amazing foresight as, indeed, the machine was still out of order when we left. Well, a pound for every time we've heard that. The impression persists that the Sandford operates for the proprietors' convenience."