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4 out of 5
Ambleside Central
10 Lake Road, Ambleside, England

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 37 out of 152 reviews" "
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Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 152 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 152 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Peter

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

j

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

David

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leisel

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Daniel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great location, easy check in. Parking approx 5 min walk away.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cudnt get in , every time we went out we had to call into lily's to get the young girl who was so helpful to get us into the place . If u have mobility issues fhis place is not for u . U have to park your car on a football pitch which is a good 15mins walk . Rooms are really small too . Love Ambleside but would stay here again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Alan

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lachlan

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Andy

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Wasay

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was overall the very disappointing accommodation, so much so that my wife was appalled by the room that I had to book alternative room for the rest for our stay the ‘Lyndale Fuest house’ which was 100x better, roughly the same price per night but no comparison between the room, furthermore you also get a brilliant breakfast as well, better then any cafe in the district handsdown. In summary don’t waste your money on this accommodation. Avoid.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Sharon

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Gillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Stephen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great accommodation, noisy location
The accommodation itself is great. Unfortunately one of the hotels greatest strengths is also a major drawback, at least if you’re a family staying there. There is a very noisy (but good) bar below the hotel. So it was difficult for us and the children to sleep with the music and shouting until the early of hours of the morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely little hotel, super clean, super comfy beds and in the perfect location.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Ambleside Central. on 5 Feb 2023
Hi Rebecca, thank you for letting us know your feedback.It's greatly appreciated. We're happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with us. Take care.

8/10 Good

Gordon

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Stephen

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Harriet

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good value for a cheap place to rest your head.
Absolutely fine for a cheaper place to stay as location is good just on a weekend it was very loud. Heard a lot of shouting outside and the hall way didn’t look very inviting. Was clean and we literally just wanted somewhere to sleep as wernt spending any time there.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sam

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

christine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay
Nice family room with separate spacious bathroom, located on one way system so some background noise
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Arivantha

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very central and very convenient. Great room (No. 5)
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Anita

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Information on website for key pick up was wrong..no tv controller..cleanliness was good, unfortunately rooms could be noisy spolt it for us, not very respectful of other people staying, some guests..
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great overnight room! Quiet, clean and comfortable. Would recommend for short stay, brilliant base / location for walks and bars/restaurants.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Julie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly check in, our room was ready so got to check in early. Don’t be put off by the hallway & stairs as the room was spotless very clean & beds really comfy. Could here noise outside but after the two years we’ve all had it was nice to hear a bit of music & laughter.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Joel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic room. Nothing flash if your just looking for somewhere in the centre of Ambleside. Parking off site couple of minute walk away. Overall good.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A few days away.
The room was small. It served its purpose. The check in in the Lily was easy and the people managing it were very nice. The main thing was we were in Ambleside and had a comfortable bed in a room right in the centre. It was adequate and allowed us to explore and relax.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

halli

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
we loved our stay here. the staff are really helpful and friendly.we loved it so much we booked an extra night!! Parking is a little difficult as the hotel car park is a 5 minute walk from the hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
The stay was great, hotel very good and great location for pubs, restaurants etc. The weather was very wet so only real issue was the car park being 5 min walk away and subject to flooding. The car was in a foot of water on departure day!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

4/10 Poor

Louise

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Poor nights sleep due to outside noise and bar below room.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Julie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room is lovely and big with high ceiling.our room was en-suite with shower. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Parking is free at the football club around an
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Jess

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Lynne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in room 9 which was spotless and nicely decorated.There needs to be a mirror over the desk to do your hair and make up and there needs to be a little shelf in the shower to put your things on.It is over a bar which is open until 12.30 so a little noisy but still worth staying .Really good value for money
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Basic but okay
The room is in a good location for access to Ambleside centre (as name suggests). Its a basic room with no frills. Its a little rough a round the edges but clean and the bed was comfortable. The free parking is on the other side of the village so we parked on a nearer road. There was some noise from a bar next door and an extractor fan huming but it did not go on too late so we slept ok.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Yasuyuki

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
No hot water
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Location is excellent. Room was very clean. However, the window does not fully close in room 1 and when there is a takeaway food outlet directly below, the stay became a disaster. Very noisy until after midnight and when you have 2 children, this impacted on the following day with very grumpy tired kids. A real shame.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great!
Great stay, nice comfy room which was ideal to relax after hiking. great location close to everythin needed
Stayed 4 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top location, room in excellent condition
Perfect for our needs, good price, comfy room, clearly had a lick of paint quite recently, 5-10 minute walking to free parking, would stay again
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

4/10 Poor

michael

Disliked: Staff & service
disappointing
the locality was superb, the food was dreadful. a hotel of this calibre should not serve food this poor, one frozen minute kipper fillet for breakfast was insulting.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Lily on 7 Oct 2020
Hi Michael, We do not serve breakfast, we are room only. You may have the wrong hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Have a good time at Lime.
Try their restaurant next door called Lime. Fantastic.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Gary

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No complaints
Check in very easy, room was perfect for our stay , great location. The room was comfortable, clean and things like the shower gel and tea/ hot chocolate was replenished regularly which was good. Would certainly recommend and would stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Jamie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Bring ear plugs!
The hotel is basic a little rough round the edges but fine, the room was clean, comfortable and we were at the back of the building so no street noise. It also has car parking which is free, about a 10 min walk from the property. If you know Ambleside even with a short walk this is a plus, there is a loading area outside on the street too. However I think the walls inside must be made of paper! You could hear everything toilets flushing, doors banging, next doors tv and their conversation! This included the morons coming in at 1.30am and proceeding to bang, clatter and talk loudly on their phones for the next 2 hours (special note to couples you can hear everything!) Being an outdoorsy person I like a good nights sleep before hitting the fells! Side note Gaynors sell ear plugs, I bought some for the second night which helped a lot.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020