The Avenue Bed and Breakfast

I enjoyed my stay.

Liked: Steve is very helpful, and he cares for his guests.

Clean, comfortable and good value...

Liked: Easy to park. Good access to shops and restaurants.Comfortable stay.Helpful host
Disliked: Nothing

The Avenue Bed But No...

Liked: Very quiet location, nice view over the cricket ground, and our hosts Steve and Christine were super-friendly, hospitable... and most apologetic. Read on!
Disliked: The building was shut on arrival; our Thai phones wouldn't work so we had to ask a passer-by to call the number. We received the keypad code to get in, and were told to pick up the room key from the sideboard. We made ourselves at home in Room 6, but an hour later Steve arrived and told us we should have been in Room 9! So we had to pack up and move upstairs. The following morning, we went down to breakfast before 9:30am (as instructed on a notice on the bedroom door), only to find that breakfasts had been discontinued since January, and had there been any, they would have been £10, not £7.50 as stated in our booking.

Very good

A good place to stay...

Liked: The owner was friendly and helpful and the room was clean and comfortable
Disliked: The curtains were so thin that the sun blared in at 4am waking me abruptly

Friendly, cosy and great location

Liked: The owner was very friendly, the location is good just a few minutes from Jesmond high street and the Metro Station. The room was cosy and it was very quiet at night.
Disliked: Only complaint is about the shower, water ran out to the main bathroom quite easily.

Exceptional

Very good

Adequate but ultimately disappointed and...

Liked: What breakfast?
Disliked: I was told there would be a breakfast as advertised on the room description, part of the reason for booking, but then told it was no longer offered but would be specially provided and naturally I would have paid - it wasn’t mentioned again. I found this disappointing. Also the host never seemed to be around despite me leaving the property for 9 or 10 am each day, except on the day I checked out. I found this a bit inconvenient. Appreciated the information provided on arrival but there was no opportunity to ask further beyond that. The room was clean and comfortable and facilities were fine, the only issue was with the bathroom which when using the shower the water went all over the floor outside of the shower and when I went to hang the mat over the curtain rail because it was soaked - a tension rod - it fell down. Also the bin hadn’t been emptied before my stay so I could see the prescription medication / name of the previous guest!