The Halston in Carlisle

Our regular girls Rendesvouz. Be it for drinks, lunch, dinner or special events, this place never fails to impress us. The bonus is, there's plenty of parking lots just a few steps away from its doorstep. 🥂

A one night midweek stay. I wish I had an excuse to stay longer. When I find one I will be back. The hotel was easy enough to find with a large public car park next to it. If you pay the parking at the hotel you get a 20% discount. Staff were very nice and helpful. We had a big, clean, well equipped suite that everything we needed. Staying midweek we had no noise issues. The city center attractions, the cathedral and the castle are all within easy walking distance. We ate at the attached restaurant and found the food to be of a high quality and standard. This is an easy hotel to recommend.

We were two guests and stayed midweek, two nights, Wednesday to Friday in a deluxe two bed, two bathroom apartment - room 204. We checked in with Dee on reception/concierge who was super friendly, polite and very helpful, also offering to book us a table for that night in the hotel restaurant, Penny Blue - all the food was amazing - scallops, cheese soufflé, steaks and apple crumble. Attentive and friendly service by Olivia. Our apartment was spacious and beautifully decorated with lots of personal touches. Milk and butter in the fridge, crumpets with preserves. Dualite toaster and kettle with Nespresso coffee pod machine. Full size dishwasher. Two suitcase racks. Wardrobes and drawers - all perfect. Breakfast also in the hotel, this time in Barton’s Yard. Hot coffee, toasted roll with sausage and eggs benedict. Absolutely amazing hotel with polite, helpful and courteous staff. Only one thing to consider is the internet, it is slow/intermittent and does not download particularly well. However, we would still recommend staying at The Halston 100 per cent.

I only use the small coffee shop attached but the service and value are consistently excellent. A small selection of light refreshments but well received. Discovered whilst waiting for the X95 bus to take me home, an excellent location within feet of the temporary bus stop for a needed break from the 'wonders' of the West Coast Mainline.

A RAVE HOTEL FOR RAGERS. Horrible place. So loud! The room was shaking with noise and screams until 1:30am. We had just driven for 6 hours and had to start again in the morning. No noise insulation, rude staff. Asked for a partial refund as our sleep was so disrupted, they said they usually tell people how loud it is but they never told us when we booked (over the phone). Lady just shrugged her shoulders and offered free parking for 8 pounds. We had 2x rooms at 150 per night. Crazily bad service.