Tanamara Guest House

Chris, the chap who runs the place seems very friendly and approachable. The property itself was quiet and comfortable so I didn't really experience any real issues. In a sense the property is also quite quirky and interesting. With the way it's decorated, it's kind of like visiting someones home, but more than this it's also kind of like a time machine. Don't get me wrong, everything is in good condition, its just that the style of some items of furniture come from a time when things were built to last (they are clearly not from this century). With me being an old fart I experienced a trip down memory lane :) I would stay again. Happily.

As I said, I did not really experience any issues, so the rest of this is more observations. While friendly and approachable chris can come across as particular. Reading through the welcome pack there are a lot of bad customer behaviours that he will charge you for. Knowing how poop people can be, I have no doubt this has probably come about from people taking the mickey over the years, so it's probably justified. If you are a poopy person, this guest house may not be for you. For everyone else, you should be fine. Chris does seem to have a thing about wanting people checking in before 8, which might be inconvenient for some. Once you are in though there's zero problems. For me, this rule could present issues if I want to return. With what I do for a living I usually cannot walk away from a problem till it's resolved, and the site I work at has a bad habbit of generating super big, super random problems. For me, my work sutuation would make booking here again more than a little risky, which is a shame :( Note : the WiFi worked on my laptop just fine. However, my phone would not even see it! Knowing my laptop had no issues I would be more inclined to blame my issues on the phone (Galaxy S10 Plus) than the WiFi. I did ask CoPilot for advice and it pointed out that phones can be particular about, for example, single frequency WiFi (i.e. 5GHz only). The WiFi was WiFi4 (802.11n) so it should have been supported by my phone, although, it's always possible it was one of the 802.11n "compatible" routers that only mostly followed the standards. Modern tech eh, who knows what the problem was...

Guest is very friendly rooms are a decent size and beds are very comfy. I also like that the guest makes sure bins are empty and bed is made highly recommended

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quiet guest house, unlike your usual large hotels which are noisy and busy! They have actual key rather than cards to get into rooms!

no breakfast, but there was a lovely cafe in town,