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ExcellentForres House

172 Newbridge Road, Lower Western, Bath, BA1 3LE

What their guests say

Excellent
Overall rating from 35 reviews
Good
Anonymous (Young couple) 24 June 2008

No overall comment. (97303990)

Excellent
Mark from CARMARTHEN, GB (Young couple) 04 June 2008

Nice, friendly and very helpful. (97099304)

positive comments excellent value
Good
Anonymous (Other) 18 March 2008

No overall comment. (97691381)

Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 30 January 2008

No overall comment. (97553805)

Excellent
Shirley from Dawlish, GB (Mature couple) 04 December 2007

Excellent for a short stay. Well placed and quiet even at the front. Parking in front of hotel in private spaces, also unrestricted parking in road-plenty of space. Proprietress very welcoming and helpful. Good breakfasts. (97216655)

positive comments Clean and comfortable. Reasonable price. Ideally placed for public transport (bus) into city centre.
negative comments Tiny cramped ensuite; shower too high and insufficient water output; fan did not work. No lighting close to dressing table.
Excellent
carol ann from dartmouth, GB (Mature couple) 20 November 2007

really nice guesthouse bus stop right outside which was great as we did not have to worry about parking and the bus was every 15 mins and only took 5 mins to get to the centre of bath (97529786)

positive comments very frendly realy comfy bed great breakfast
negative comments could not check in untill four oclock
Good
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 06 November 2007

No overall comment. (97053892)

positive comments clean and idy. cozy room - tiny bathroom but adeaquate
negative comments Kettle needed cleaning from limescale residue
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 19 July 2007

No overall comment. (48605921)

positive comments Staff welcoming and friendly, very helpful
negative comments bathroom very small and cramped with no space to put any toiletries
Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 13 July 2007

la + belle chambre de tout notre séjour de 3 semaines, décorée avec goût, déjeuner familial très bon, gens acceuillants, cassettes mises à disposition, très convivial (99082586)

positive comments en tous points positif, sympa, bien décoré, gens gentils, familial, aucun reproche à adresser
Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 26 June 2007

Taxi to town coat around £7.00. Free parking at hotel, with excellent bus service from outside the hotel - every 15 mins. Very relaxed and friendly place to stay. Phone in advance to arrange a check in time, as a family run hotel, when we arrived there was nobody to let us in as they had gone food shopping. (99701881)

positive comments friendly and clean. Lovely size room, with good facilities. 10 min bus trip into town centre, or around £7.00 in a taxi. Could come and go as you like. Good time for breakfast (not to early).
negative comments When we arrivd there was nobody there to let us in, so we went onto town for a few hours until the owners arrived back at the hotel.
Good
Steve from Vancouver, CA (Young couple) 06 June 2007

We enjoyed our stay at the Forres House. The double room we had was spacious and the onsuite bathroom was decent. Julie the owner was great, she gave us great advice on the city. She is also a great cook, the full english breakfast was so filling, we didn't need to eat lunch! She would always come in and chat to everyone in the breakfast room. (99196691)

positive comments Room was very spacious and well kept. Onsuite bathroom was nice. Not far from city center, bus stop is very close by.
Excellent
Derek from Braintree, GB (Mature couple) 05 June 2007

No overall comment. (99518239)

positive comments Very comfortable and clean excellent friendly staff smashing breakfast nothing was too much bother.
Excellent
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 28 May 2007

No overall comment. (99015608)

positive comments the hotel was excellant food was very good and plenty of choice we would stay there again
Excellent
Peter from Felixstowe, United Kingdom;GB (Group of adult friends) 22 May 2007

The Guest House provided exactly what was needed, quiet clean accommodation (99515028)

positive comments Friendly helpfull staff and excellent breakfast
Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 05 May 2007

The hotel staff were lovely and friendly. very helpful. The accommodation was very clean and well presented. Very well situated and suited our purpose down to the ground. (99442794)

positive comments Friendly staff, lovely clean accommodation
Good
Anonymous (Other) 02 May 2007

Owners and staff members all very pleasant and helpful. Breakfast was very good. Would return to stay here again. (99836740)

positive comments Big rooms and the friendly owners.
negative comments On the second day. Rooms not as clean and no clean towels. Felt that cleanliness should have been the same on the second as the first day.
Excellent
Michael from 03560 El Campello, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 08 April 2007

My wife and I were most impressed by the welcome that we were given by the owners and their staff, they were most helpfull and I would have no hesitation in recommending the Forres to anyone wishing to stay in a family atmosphere in Bath. It is ideally located for easy access to both Bath and Bristol. (99801140)

positive comments A very friendly family accomodation. We were made most welcome and enjoyed our stay. We will use this accomodation again whenever we stay in Bath.
Excellent
Jonathan from Sheffield, United Kingdom;GB (Young couple) 05 April 2007

The Forres House B&B was excellent. Ideal for a comfortable & affordable weekend break. The accommodation was very clean and well kept. The room was nice and cosy. Some people might find it a bit small but it was fine for us. The staff were friendly and approachable. Breakfast was nice. The location was good too but just a bit far to walk into Bath. The bus service is good during the day but infrequent at night. We were very happy with our stay at Forres House and had a lovely time in Bath. (99542360)

positive comments Friendly & helpful staff. Accomodation very clean. Room was cosy. Nice breakfast.
negative comments Bed a bit too small. A bit too far out of city centre to walk in.
Excellent
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 26 March 2007

No overall comment. (99434794)

Excellent
Richard from Portland, GB (Mature couple) 19 March 2007

Lovely dining room; lovely clean food; lots to choose from and very generouse portions Hotelilers very friendly and helpful (99171295)

positive comments Very clean with nice little touches ie. books and videos in room
Excellent
Martin from Broughton Astley, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 19 February 2007

No overall comment. (99095625)

positive comments Friendly staff, excellent value
Excellent
DENISE SALLY from FOLKESTONE, United Kingdom;GB (Family with older children) 18 February 2007

The hotel was clean & comfortable, all members of staff made us feel welcome, & it was very good value for money. (99846669)

positive comments The room was clean & comfortable. There was a TV & Video in the room, as well as lots of videos to choose from. There were also some added extras, such as an ironing board & iron, extra blankets, sewing basket)which you don't find in other hotels. The hostess & her staff made us feel very welcome.
negative comments Shower-room was rather small & compact, & there was limited off-road parking (compared to the B&B next door) so we had to park along the road
Excellent
Anonymous (Other) 10 November 2006

No overall comment. (3305175706)

positive comments It was clean and comfortable and the proprietors were extremely helpful.
negative comments No internet access
Excellent
Scott from Arlington, United States;US (Mature couple) 27 October 2006

No overall comment. (3305049357)

Excellent
Hamish from Shepherds Bush, United Kingdom;GB (Young couple) 10 August 2006

Diffently recommend staying at the Forres B+B (3305043589)

positive comments Friendly service, very personal and highly recommend staying here.
negative comments Nothing.
Good
Janet from Coventry, United Kingdom;GB (Same sex couple) 23 July 2006

No overall comment. (3305005437)

positive comments size of room, shower, breakfast, friendliness and info of owner
Excellent
Andrew from Bordon, United Kingdom;GB (Solo business traveller) 29 April 2006

Was very impressed by the welcome and friendliness of this B&B. I have stayed in various similar places, and would highly recommend this establishment. A minor comment - there's very poor TV reception in Bath generally, and as there's no satellite TV here, that means that there are only 3 channels available. I was impressed that the owners had made the effort to fit each room with a video player and good selection of videos, but if you want lots of live TV it may be better to look for somewhere offering satellite TV. (3304577891)

positive comments Very warm welcome, comfortable bed, nicely decorated room and excellent food. Video player in room, and a good choice of free videos.
negative comments Larger desk/table would have been useful as not much space to work.
Excellent
Helen from Orpington, United Kingdom;GB (Young couple) 17 April 2006

The location was not that far outside of bath, it was very easy to get to the town centre by car or by bus as they were very frequent. There was also adequate parking. (3304306066)

positive comments The staff were very friendly and the room was lovley.
Excellent
Anthony from Knaresborough, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 30 November 2005

Helpful provision of exellent directions to get there. Adequate off road parking and friendly welcome. Within a brisk 30 min. walk of Bath centre. Hearty breakfast. (2900327)

positive comments Rooms very clean and comfortable, staff very warm, friendly and helpful.
negative comments The hotel achieved a high standard all round.
Excellent
David from Solihull, United Kingdom;GB (Young couple) 23 November 2005

Bus routes would have been helpful (2897259)

positive comments Very warm which was particularly important given the weather
negative comments Two seater tables for breakfast
Excellent
david from pitsea, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 29 September 2005

No overall comment. (2747222)

positive comments very friendly
negative comments possible shower update
Excellent
Anonymous (Mature couple) 26 September 2005

very good stay felt refreshed and look after. good location soon into Bath either by car or bus or even walk. Information given also exellent. The accommodation was better than we thought it would be everything was catered for, even down to needle and thread in the room. Also a choice of videos if required. (2693720)

positive comments very welcoming,clean, great food good choice, nothing overlooked
negative comments none really
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 19 August 2005

This hotel was good value for money. (2629412)

Excellent
Tony from Belper, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 10 August 2005

Maybe, but only maybe, it would have been useful to know what distance it was from the city centre, although it wasn't very far, and in fact we walked it back quite easily one evening. (2571156)

positive comments It was very comfortable, and there were some very individual features. It didn't feel like 'chain' accommodation (and it wasn't). The welcome and general service were truly excellent. I would not hesitate to visit again, or to recommend it to others.
negative comments None
Excellent
Rik from Sydenham, United Kingdom;GB (Young couple) 09 August 2005

No overall comment. (2491585)

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