The Shepherds Rest

Cheap and cheerful.

Liked: Friendly staff , short walk from carpark to room . Pub in ground floor with jovial local folk .Nice room .
Disliked: Noisy plumbing in en suite bathroom .

Pretty basic accommodations and a...

Liked: Amazingly friendly and kind pub staff.
Disliked: Room right on top of noisy pub. Far away from charming Alnwick. No food available (at all, not even pub snacks) the night I was there. I would not have booked if I had known that. Very basic accommodations, although clean and tidy. All that being said, not cheap either.

Expensive

Disliked: I was charged a fee of £99 that I wasn’t aware of

Pleasant

Superb

Not worth the money

Liked: The staff were friendly and helpful with the window we couldn't shut in the bedroom.
Disliked: The room looked shabby. The room had been "cleaned" could smell bleach, but nothing was really clean. The bathroom was terrible, smelt of sewage, lots of hair everywhere and made a horrible sound everytime you flushed, put the tap on or used the shower. It states breakfast is available, but no one asked if we wanted it. When we checked out it was all locked up and didn't look like breakfast was an option. We wasn't even sure if we were going to stay the night (but we had stuff on in the area)

Wonderfully quaint Shepherds Rest

Liked: We loved our host Clair, she went above and beyond to make our short stay comfortable. We would absolutely recommend this little pub to anyone wanting a friendly relaxed stay.
Disliked: We weren't notified that meals are not served during the week but our host Claire helped us out enormously

Exceptional

Liked: Everything was brilliant.
Disliked: We enjoyed everything

Extremely noisy and no way...

Liked: Nothing
Disliked: The room was the noisiest we have ever stayed in. You could hear absolutely everything. Music, voices, doors slamming every minute or so. It was unbearable. On top of that, the toilet had a macerator which ran every single time the toilet was flushed, every time the tap or shower was run and even when urinating in the toilet! We told the staff that the macerator is broken and the staff said it's always been like that. Clearly the owner is not maintaining their facilities.The room was directly over the bar and I cannot emphasise how loud it was. Luckily we had a speaker with us - we had to play music loudly until after 11pm to drown it out, when we just wanted to rest as we were really ill.This was advertised as a B&B - they said they weren't doing dinner and there was no mention of breakfast so I don't think it is a B&B.We messaged the owner about the noise and they said we should have expected it as it's a pub - but it does not state this in the listing. If they were honest and listed the room for half the price that would have been fair enough, but no.I had serious safety concerns about the room and would absolutely not have stayed here as a female solo traveller. The room door did not have a key and there was no way of locking it from the inside.Do not stay here.