Manor House Hotel Holy Island

The friendliness of the staff.

Staff, location, food was all excellent

Room was quite warm through the night

This lovely inn has a pub and restaurant on the ground floor and lodging above. Our room was outstanding! It overlooked the harbour of the island as well as the historic priory and statue of Saint Cuthbert right outside. The room was nicely appointed, mattress and linens lovely, and the bathroom was massive. Water pressure gave us powerful hot showers. The food in the pub was equally good! We had a lunch and a supper there. The cheeseburger is tasty and generous of proportion. The chips - delicious. The chopped salad that I had with the fishcakes was fresh and crunchy. The fishcakes were adequate. Supper was an absolute delight! The lemon sole was done perfectly and the accompanying samphire and potatoes complemented it nicely. My partner had the king prawns which were also perfectly done (neither soft nor overly firm...just right). The staff are to be commended on their helpfulness and cheery disposition. It didn't matter whether it was the bartenders, the wait staff, the desk staff or the domestic staff. Everyone treated us like we were welcome and they were happy to see us. The location is out of the fray of the touristy centre of the village which would be greatly appreciated in the busy summer season. For us it allowed a quiet getaway but still in walking distance to everything we go to Holy Island to see.

Only one issue which I believe Booking.com also is responsible for. The day prior to arrival, I received no less than 10 emails asking me to confirm my reservation. I responded once to each...one from the hotel and one from Booking.com. They just kept coming! I suspect this is an automatic process via booking.com however I've never encountered this before. I would ask booking.com to look into this as it doesn't reflect well on the property and it doesn't seem to be their doing.

Staff were very friendly

Rooms very small not too clean

This could be the best breakfast ever. I had the full breakfast, my wife the vegetarian. Both were superb. Great quality perfectly cooked .

Great staff, great food

Leaving so soon

Staff were excellent - friendly and very helpful. The scenery and wildlife on the island was exceptional.

Room decor and furniture was a bit old-fashioned. And it was very expensive.

Unique and cosy

Maybe slightly dated but was in keeping with the island.