Exterior

Reviews of Happy Guests Lodge

3 out of 5
Happy Guests Lodge
Tarporley Road, Lower Whitley, Warrington, England

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 56 out of 129 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 129 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 129 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 129 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 129 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

nicky

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Poor room blinds wouldnt shut correctly and bent and bothroom was in a poor state over all every poor
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was an amazing stay,good customer service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Can’t fault this place for the price. Clean comfortable and friendly
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

tesfom

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
No transportation and no enough good for the money
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Konrad on 6 Oct 2023
We are sorry that you experience troubles with finding a taxi in the morning. Unfortunately due to remote location of the hotel there is no public transport close to our location. I realise how this could be challenging as i did experience this problem myself. Thank you for your feedback and hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Conrad is a friendly host who does his best to run an effective service and facility. The owners would do well to spend some funds to raise the overall standard of the property’s appearance.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Konrad on 6 Oct 2023
Thank you very much for you honest review. We are doing our best to improve our property appearance. We manage to contracted a Gardner who already made a difference. Hope to see you again soon

4/10 Poor

Jan

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed
Expected more, the guy who checked us in was accommodating, the room was a poor standard, not up to our expectations. Car alarm in the car park, went off at 4am and again at 6am so cut our losses and headed home.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hatem, Doha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, thank you.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Konrad on 18 Aug 2023
You are welcome. Thank you for staying with us :)

4/10 Poor

CHRIS

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Check in arrangements were good and helpful, sadly the feel of the place was not good. In my opinion it needs a proper refurbishment, I did not feel comfortable sleeping in what felt like a dirty bed with stains over the mattress and a peeling leatherette old headboard.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Konrad on 5 Aug 2023
Dear GuestIt was the only bedroom with double bed on top floor we have, as you requested it. If you were unhappy with it we could, move you to the twin room which you originally booked. I am disappointed with this review as you could ask as for another bedroom and you would feel more comfortable. The linen on our bed are always fresh, we are using professional laundry company.

8/10 Good

P

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Konrad on 29 Jul 2023
Thank you for your review I am glad that you enjoy your stay

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would definitely stay again.
Met at the door with a warm welcome. Receptionist was very friendly and inviting and gave us some tips about getting where we needed to go quicker. Rooms are of good quality for the price paid.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Konrad on 26 Jul 2023
Thank you very much for this review. I am glad that I could be helpful for yous and that you enjoyed your stay.

6/10 Okay

Craig

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
To be fair it was cheap and so not to much complaint but could do with a spruce up and a good clean
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Konrad on 16 Jul 2023
Thank you for your review.

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Konrad - Hotel Manager on 6 Jul 2023
Thank you for your review.

2/10 Terrible

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
No tranport he
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Konrad - Hotel Manager on 2 Jul 2023
I am sorry that you did not like location where we are placed. However it is out of our hand where there are bus stops or train station placed. It is not like our hotel location is hidden so when you booked room with us you knew that we are in remote location. I feel like this review is unfair as we did everything what we could to accommodate you, I recommended you 2 local pubs for meals within 1 mile radius. Not sure why our property should get such a low score, based only on the fact of the location.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I would not stay at this hotel again as there was a smell of excrement lingering in the air as their is a shared cesspit / sewer that has not been emptied at the front of the hotel, as it shares the pit with the garage next door. My room was not cleaned/checked, cups not cleaned removed and when i checked out there was no one to give me a receipt at 0700... For £80.00 PN i have had better experiences in hostels in Vietnam!!!!!! Discusting. It should be reported to the HSE!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Konrad on 26 May 2023
Dear Tom, You were talking to me 1st day when you arrive and 2nd day as well with regards the smell. The pit you referring to, is under control of the garage and as I explained to you that I already spoke to them and ask them to do something about it. They assure me they are in the contact with the company who they have contract with. You were trying to convince me to report them, which i found unfair as not always there are available service providers to deal with something like that within few hours. It was sorted yesterday afternoon. Now if your room was not cleaned or something was concerning you with regards to the service I would imagine that you would mention it when you spoke to me 2nd day and I would sort this matter out. Despite the fact that we clearly advertise that we are not doing daily housekeeping only on request, I would be more happy to change your towels or give you fresh cups. I was in the hotel from 6:30 am as I have to prep breakfast for 7:30, I was helping other guest out with the shower in other bedroom around 7 therefore i was not on reception for maybe 5 min. Yes we are small B&B hotel and we do have one staff member of duty and I acknowledge it is not ideal, but this is only way to keep this business running. We advertise that we do not have night shift and there are reception opening times as well as breakfast times available online, on reception desk and on our guest guides inside the bedrooms. Your invoice has been send to the expedia/hotels com guest email provided with booking.

10/10 Excellent

RICHARD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An excellent hotel within easy reach of Manchester and very good value for money. Breakfast is provided with a good choice of food. On site free parking available. The manager is most helpful and polite.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Konrad on 2 Apr 2023
Thank you very much for this opinion.

10/10 Excellent

Caitlin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Affordable and cheery.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Konrad - Hotel Manager on 21 Mar 2023
Thank you so much

8/10 Good

Evelyn

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Only thing I didn't like was that check in has to be done before 9:30pm and the wall had no adapter for the switches. Other than that. It's a nice property
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Konrad on 13 Mar 2023
It is small, family run B&B we can't afford to have staff on duty during the night. We do have person who is sleeping in the hotel in case of emergency. However we are doing self checkins, we have secure box outside for a key if guest will let us know that he is running late. We put all the information about check in times and you can see it before you book a room and it is stated on the conformation after you reserve. Not all Hotels are operating 24h.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Konrad - Hotel Manager on 1 Mar 2023
Thank you so much for this review. It was lovely to host you.

6/10 Okay

Wanjiru

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The reception appeared not to know the type of room I had booked. I had pre-paid but appeared to lack the knowledge of this, left me feeling uncomfortable. Horrible breakfast- extremely cheap sausag and bacon and not well prepared. Cold coffee and no hot water to make tea. The room was dusty and no effort is made to clean the coners.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Konrad - Hotel Manager on 16 Feb 2023
I am so sorry that you experience this. We always aiming to give the best customer service to our guest. I was on annual leave when this happen. There should be hot water in the breakfast room turn on, we have a large boiler for this purpose. Pleas accept my sincere apology

2/10 Terrible

Bianca

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

VICTOR

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Konrad on 12 Aug 2022
Thank you for your review hope to see you again

10/10 Excellent

Cameron

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Konrad on 7 Jun 2022
Thank you very much for this review. Hope to see you again :)

8/10 Good

d

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
Great stay, lovely staff on arrival let us check in early as we were at a wedding down the road, nice little hotel, basically all you need, Bed & breakfast inc, we would stay again x
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Konrad on 9 Jun 2022
Thank you very much :)

10/10 Excellent

paul

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Konrad on 27 Apr 2022
Thank you very much for this review. Hope to see you again soon

10/10 Excellent

C P

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy Guests Lodge
Nice and quiet and easy to get in and out of.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Konrad on 23 Nov 2021
Thank you for this great review :) See you next time !

8/10 Good

keith

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Konrad on 7 Jul 2021
Thank you for your review. Hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Konrad on 7 Jul 2021
Thank you for your review ! Hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Steven

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Used for marshalling, close to Oulton Park
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay for 2 nights
The manager of this hotel couldn't do enough for us. He has been living on the premises since lock down and running the place single handed, doing an excellent job. The hotel sits at a busy junction but you wouldn't know it when inside.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Konrad on 7 Aug 2020
Thank you for this kind comments. I am delighted that you enjoy stay with us.

8/10 Good

N

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice for a short stay
Property was fine for what we needed which was a single night stay in between two locations were were visiting. The single member of staff we came into contact with was very friendly and happy to help in any way. Seemed a really nice guy. Clean and tidy place with extra pillows available which was a nice touch. Location is a bit out of the way if you are looking for anything to do in the evenings you would need to drive but overall nice enough place
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Good sized room. Bathroom needed updating. Continental breakfast was Ok, very limited choice. Plenty of parking. Less than an hour drive to Chester. You get what you pay for. Staff member was pleasant and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Adequate
The Hotel was very clean and the bed was comfortable. Some of the furniture in the room had seen better days and spoilt the overall impression of the Hotel. The window had no curtains, just a blind, which was broken. As soon as the sun came up light streaked through the blind straight into my eyes, waking me up far too early. The breakfast was OK, just. Beans on toast, bacon and sausage, the only egg choice was boiled, cereal and jam and butter. Other than that it was adequate for a one night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Hannah

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Antony

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

gerry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable stay.
Arrived to ample parking and easy to find road signs.The person on the desk was extremely friendly and helpful with a fast check in. The room was very spacious and clean and the bed was very comfortable. Breakfast in the morning was ample with cereals ,fruit, bacon,sausage and boiled eggs and facilities for help your self toasting and coffee, orange juice and tea. All in all a very nice one night stay that we would recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Is next to a petrol station which has substantial building work. Nearby nice pubs for food. Pleasant surroundings. Anderton boat lift nearby. Hotel needs money spending on it. Man on reception was very nice. Had used rewards night so cost virtually nothing but I left my 9am following a terrible night's sleep. This was not the fault of the establishment, rather drunken party-goers who proceeded to actually fight, curse and shout at 1.53am directly outside our room. The calm man on reception did his best to calm the situation but I felt extremely anxious. I was expecting the police to arrive. Breakfast was painful as one of the family's was there. It is not a nice place for breakfast. My daughter refused to eat. Perhaps weekends are best avoided because of parties and weddings. I wouldn't stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Konrad on 8 Jul 2019
Dear Guest, I am so sorry that this situation happened during your stay. Police was not necessary as guest who cause trouble during the night was escorted to the bedroom and family who were part of this fight were not staying in the Hotel that night. That guest was asked to leave the building straight in the morning and he left without having breakfast. It is impossible that you saw in the breakfast room family who had a fight as they did not come back to the hotel for their belongings till 3 pm that day. Wedding guests that day were not related to either a man or family who had a fight. It was unfortunate that everybody came for breakfast at the same time I did what I could to top up every single item so everybody would have choice for their breakfast. I fully understand that you were anxious, but after this fight I was watching live cctv for next 2 h to make sure nothing disturbing is happening. I assure you that if this man would cause any more disturbing I would inform police and get him removed from property. Please accept my sincere apologise for all this situation.

8/10 Good

Steve

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

2/10 Terrible

Vincent

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor Hotel
I booked two rooms at the hotel for two of my engineers, there was building works going on until 8 at night then on top of this the rooms were not clean. I know the hotel is only a 3.5 but I would expect the rooms to be cleaned, I was advised there were rust patches on the bath and the bathroom smelt of damp, when the hotel staff were approached they stated "what do you expect its only a 3.5 star" the hotel was booked for 4 nights but I have had to move them after their second night. the hotel has refused to refund the two nights
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Food was poor. Property needs updating in all areas Dining room needs attention and new toasters etc
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from kaly on 4 Jun 2019
food was poor no.dining room need attention no .toasters new

8/10 Good

Steve

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice friendly staff and clean rooms. Considering the price this was a good f
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Carl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient, clean motel style accomodation with friendly helpful staff. Good breakfast included. Easy parking & good WiFi.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mark

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

10/10 Excellent

Kris

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

10/10 Excellent

Megan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Christopher

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

6/10 Okay

Chris

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

6/10 Okay

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Nichole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spacoous Room & good nights sleep
The room was clean & spacious with flat screen TV and a remote that works. Bed comfy, had a good nights sleep. Could not get the shower to work :-( Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from glyn on 12 Mar 2019
Hi Nicole, many thanks for your kind words, we would love to see you again, ON a good note, you only have to pull the cord to turn the electric on, then turn on the shower, its a safety feature in hotels. kind regards glyn

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel was in darkness, I used a torch to find the door bell. The lobby smelt of burnt bacon. The man on reception was rude. The corridor was so dark I needed a torch to find my way to the room and to read the room numbers. The room was basic and again dark as 4 of the lights didn’t work. The cups had mould in them. The liquid soap was congealed and the dispenser was covered in black mould. I left without staying and the manager refused me a refund saying that I had made it all up despite me showing him the photos I’d taken in the room. He told me I needed to approach Expedia for a refund and walked off. My employers have taken this off their list of accommodations near to their head office as it is unsuitable. Please can I have my money back .
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019