The Penny Farthing Hotel

Worst hotel I’ve ever stayed at and I’ve been many many places in my 50 years lifetime. I’ll keep this brief, just avoid even if you’re looking for a crash pad. It’s dirty, the rooms smell. The shower only spewed out boiling hot water from both hot and cold taps! However worst of all was the mattress, the springs were bulging through which meant for a very uncomfortable nights rest. Never ever again! Avoid, avoid, avoid! Makes premier in look like the Ritz!!

Small room. Grubby carpet Room smelt musty Paintwork needed cleaning. Pretty dire hotel to be honest. It was only a crash pad for a local celebration. The location was right for our needs. This really is quite a shocking room for the money. We paid £150 which is about £100 too much. And that’s without any suggestion of breakfast. Premier Inn would be far cheaper, include a bar, restaurant and breakfast for a whole lot cheaper. Daylight robbery. Still, the celebration we went to was GREAT

Right in the middle of everything in Berkhamsted

Well located in central Berkhamsted - very walkable to centre of town, train station, and houses in the town. It was a small but fair sized room, with poor lighting and ventilation which affected the comfort of being in there. The room was one of the more budget ones at the property, and was located off a walkway that was used by others and produced some noise at night. It was all good for our purposes as we were not intending on spending a lot of time there outside of sleeping.

Dirty, unkept, grim. This feels like a hotel you rent by the hour. My room is disgusting - no head board and big grease marks from other peoples heads all over the wall, sheets don’t fit the bed, carpets stained and soiled, mattress and bed base with staining, mouldy sink, bedside lights permanently on with no switch. The receptionist is the only redeeming feature- friendly and pleasant. The car parking is good too - but that’s it. I feel like I’m going to catch something but now have no alternatives - I’m sleeping in my clothes as it’s making my skin crawl. I have a room with no natural light and the view of a brick wall. You can hear the local trains pulling up from the adjacent station. This cost £91 and I am disgusted. I have some photos, but even they don’t show the full extent of the conditions.

The room I had was dark, with hardly any natural light. The window looked onto a lowlit corridor that people walked past so I had to keep my curtains shut at all times. The closet had a musty smell, so much so I didn't want to put anything inside. The bathroom was old and outdated. It didn't look anything like the photos. On the plus side, the staff were friendly and the location is very convenient. However, I'm very glad I was only staying for one night.

The positives…it was clean and the bed was comfortable. But…my sons electric key card wouldn’t work and he was locked out of his room for one hour, from 10pm to 11. There was no one on the desk to sort it out which was a big problem as his charger was in the room and his phone was running out of juice. Also…the shower…the owners really need to replace them. There is no sweet spot…either scolding hot or freezing. And the tiles in the bathroom, well one was missing so it looked a bit drab.

Lovely place in centre of town. Room good size with all amenities. Quiet and warm when i was there. Plenty of shops and restaurants close by. Free car parking too

Tired Not clean and really needs to be upgraded No sleep all night and the bath didn’t even have a working plug