The Furness Railway

My husband and I came down from Scotland for a couple of nights Friday 18th July till the Sunday. We arrived on the Friday around 3pm and found a parking space easily in the hotel car park. There is an opening in the car park into the beer garden which takes you through to the bar and reception. At reception we were greeted with a lovely lady who asked us to fill in a short form. My signature and our car registration. This is the norm at any hotel in my experience. We were offered one or 2 key cards and the lady explained we were on the top floor which we could reach by stairs or lift. There is a door which is only accessible with your key card in the lounge which takes you to the lifts. There were 3 large lifts so you never had to wait. Corridors walking to our room were spotless. We had a beautiful very large bed. I would say bigger than king size and it was very comfortable. Again bedding spotless. Bathroom was large with a fantastic shower. Soap dispenser in the toilet area and in the shower. Plenty of towels, toilet paper and tissues included. There was an iron ironing board and hairdryer within the wardrobe. The dressing table had tea and coffee, hot chocolate, sugar milk, biscuits. Lovely clean mugs and glasses. Also 2 bottles of water. There was a large window with double glazing so there was no noise. The window did not open but the room had air conditioning which was very pleasant. We were fortunate to have lovely weather and sat in the beer garden which was non smoking although there was a lot of vaping going on. It was very very busy and the staff did a fantastic job serving food and drinks and cleaning tables. We thoroughly enjoyed sitting there. Again inside the bar the staff did a wonderful job serving food and drinks and clearing up always asking the customers if they could get them anything else. When you come out of the front doors and turn right and right again that takes you up to the town centre and literally behind the hotel there is a Chinese and Indian restaurant and lots more in the town. We ate in a lovely little Italian restaurant the first night and the Chinese beside the hotel the 2nd although I would recommend booking. Check out time from the hotel is 11am which is great and we had breakfast on our last day which was lovely and only £11. Needless to say the bar is very busy even at 8am with locals and visitors having breakfast. If you show your key card at the bar you can have as many hot drinks as you want. As you can probably guess we will definitely be back as the Hotel, lounge and area around was first class and the management should be very proud of all their staff who work very hard