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Reviews of The Sir William Fox Hotel

3 out of 5
The Sir William Fox Hotel
5 Westoe Village, South Shields, England

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 41 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 62 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 136 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

ALAN

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Smart and comfortable little hotel
The hotel ideally suited my needs. The location was perfect, It was easily reached by public transport and was close to my destinations. It was very comfortable and served a fine breakfast.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Enjoyable stay
Good stay at reasonable price. Staff all helpful and friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worth a stay
Very friendly staff and a nice clean hotel with a very good breakfast definitely worth the money and would advise anyone it’s worth a visit
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

David

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay, plenty of coffee, breakfast was good, the carpark is a bit tight,
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property is a beautiful old building which is impressive from the outside. However it is a little tired and worn and would benefit from a lick of paint and some crockery and cutlery that matches.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel history, the building and the street it stands in are beautiful. Parking is a limited and will hold around 6 or 7 cars. The rooms are clean and tidy, tea and coffee making range of supplies and quantities are second to none. The maid service was good. Breakfast was excellent and the bar in the evening offered good prices but limited range. The desk isn't really staffed and there is no in room guidance for services fire escapes etc. The hotel is looking tired but I believe is value for money and I would use it again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disgusting hotel. Took 20 minutes for the mm to answer the door, then got grunted at by a woman who was furious that she had guests to deal with. Really rude! Got to the bedroom and booked another hotel immediately. Within 5 minutes we had left the building due to the dirt in the bedroom, floaters in the toilet and a very shabby room. Massive brown stain on the mattress and doors were very thin. Absolutely vile place. Couldn’t breathe properly due to the dirt and dust. No extra cleaning due to covid obviously as the amount of dust proves it’s not been cleaned properly for years. Left the hotel itching and coughing. Wiped our feet on way out to protect the environment.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Lorraine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Review Sir William Fox hotel
Good value hotel in a pleasant area. Very good home made breakfast. Deco a little dated and could do with decorating.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Paul

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2020

8/10 Good

Alan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The overall experience was very good, great staff and a excellent breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff friendly and helpful. Free parking. Good breakfast. Rooms are a need of a little tlc but everything clean and comfortable
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Situated nice place . Good parking, nice staff, fair price.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cheap and cheerful, nice, friendly and clean Bit difficult to find because of the crazy one way system, but a quick phone call and I was sorted:)
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Roy Day

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice & quiet. Staff very nice too.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
South Shields 🛡
Excellent Stay very comfortable place
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
clean, comfortable and very good value!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Good hotel for the price but the shower room is so small it was almost impossible to fit in and shower (the smallest sink ever). No mirror in the room.The bathroom had a very weird light sensor that basically made the light and the vent switch on and off at random (I had to have a shower in semi-darkness in the morning after it was on for the whole night!!). My party had two rooms and both had the same lights issue. The breakfast was alright.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Reasonable price room was nice and clean bar was lacking in available beers
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stay many times nice staff, near enough to town centre, compy bed.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Parking is at the rear and is difficult to find due to a one way system. Sat navs will confuse. Signage on the building could be better. Locate the parking on foot.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great staff, good location I would definitely stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Gina, Stuttgart

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
An old refurbished property.This was good value for money. Breakfast was excellent for a small hotel .Evening meals were also good with small Cosy dining room . Super Geordie friendliness. Convenient for me as I was working close by. Beds were a bit too soft for me , but that was really my only dislike.
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great central location, Clean and warm and a good breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice hotel in a good location within easy reach of the metro. staff epitomized the warmth and friendliness associated with the north east, and great breakfasts. room was slightly tired, but great value for money
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Paula

Lovely location in Westoe village. Lovely building so hoped for a nice stay. Unfortunately didn't live up to expectations. Room 15 was a let down. Dirty carpet stains. Bathroom mirror light didn't work and door had dirty handprints on it. Shower door was off rails and handle on shower door broken. Dirt and fungus on outside of shower tray. Bedside light didn't work. We arrived 1 hr before we had to go to function so couldn't leave, which we would have done given more time. Breakfast was ok except for the bacon which was dry and couldn't cut it. Needless to say we won't be staying again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Lily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Dennis, Hoorn, nl

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel, clean only too bad the TV was broken for a short stay is perfect
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Tracey

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Wasn't very happy that we were kept for an hour waiting for a breakfast and I didn't get my coffee that I orderedand it made us late for the reason we went up a family christening. The extractor in the bathroom didn't work
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Warm welcome
Lovely hotel friendly welcome Park no available and not far from sea front only cost £3.50 in a UBBA taxi.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Matthew, Durham

Liked: Staff & service
Close to work do
I needed a hotel close to a work do and this was practically next door plus was very reasonable at £40 which included breakfast. The room was small but comfortable and the bathroom was very small but worked. The breakfast was the best thing about the place as I have been to more expensive hotels in the past which were let down by the breakfasts.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice location in Westoe Village. Hotel very reasonably priced, rooms could do with a bit of an update. Quiet location, good breakfast. Handy for an overnight stay to attend a function in South Shields.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant
Very pleasant especially as we were upgraded to a junior suite. Excellent breakfast and friendly staff. Would go there again and would recommend the hotel to friends

8/10 Good

Harishankar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
4 out of 5 stars
Hotel was lovely very clean fantastic staff the only issue was last orders was 830 for food so by the time you finished your dinner you couldnt order and desert and also the bar closed then as well so was a early night.we stayed in the suite and it was absolutly gorgeous and spacious we also had dogs with us and were welcome.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Full English with a bad back
Positives first.. Breakfast menu loads to choose from and extremely tasty. Busy morning but food worth the wait pleasantly delivered and nice cuppa too. Not so good.... Paid for small dble room with breakfast. Sliding door to shower cupboard. ( yes cupboard) hanging off. No privacy for loo time noises etc a very noisy fan 😷 bed was like a futon with headboard and extra hard mattress you rolled onto the floor first to stand up. To sum up...Hotel impressive from outside. Has private parking. Was busy. Handy for where we needed to be. Needs some tlc. Breakfast very nice. Premier Inn for same price..
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

4/10 Poor

Steven

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We were given a twin room when we had booked a double and the room was in bad need of updating not worth 60.00 a night also we had to park in a street nearby when it clearly said there was free parking the heating didn't work very well either
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Jean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hotel Devore is a little bit tired
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed here a few times,the staff have always been friendly,the hotel is clean,they serve a lovely breakfast and it is just a short stroll to the town center and beach front making it an ideal location.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017