Guest Reviews of Roa Island House


Piel Street Roa Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 0QL
 
Guest Comments

These comments are from previous guests who stayed at Roa Island House and subsequently completed a customer satsifaction questionnaire. Any opinions expressed are those of the guests and not of the owner of this website or booking network.

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100% Overall value for money
  • 90% Individual on Business

    from Scarborough UK, stayed on January 29, 2010

    Excellent staff, food was good, room was excellent and the shower room was great.

    None really although the WIFI is limited

  • 100% Family with older children

    from Birmingham UK, stayed on November 3, 2009

    "We recommend the Roa Island House to anyone looking for a relaxing break in Cumbria. The new managers, Wayne and Melissa, are doing an amazing job with this beautiful property located at the tip of the Furness Peninsula. Care has been taken with all the details, from the furnishings and fittings in the rooms to the food. Everyone in our party was made to feel right at home, including our 7 month old daughter. The new cafe serves great food, the cooked breakfasts are ample and delicious, and by the time you read this they should be fully licensed to serve drinks. We can't wait to go back when the weather's better and see what else they've done with the place. A great, great find."

    Friendly staff, great food, beautiful location with lovely views, excellent weekend break deal.

    Zero complaints from us. If you have issues with accessibility you would have difficulty reaching the rooms, owing to a narrow staircase and no lift, but this was not a problem for us.

  • 90% Young couple

    stayed on November 30, 2009

    Very friendly staff, clean room, stunning views, delicious food.

  • 90% Individual Visitor

    stayed on October 20, 2009

    Good breakfast

    Dim room lighting

  • 90% Young couple

    stayed on October 18, 2009

    "Excellent. A lovely room in a beautiful spot. The upstairs Tower room had the most incredible views."

    The room was excellent. Both the bedroom and bathroom were huge, decorated to the highest order and nice attention to detail such as good quality toiletries.

    No one to greet us when we arrived. We ended up finding the cook in the kitchen and asking her how we could check in. Once the manager arrived, however, he could not have been more helpful.

  • 100% Family with older children

    from Oxford UK, stayed on October 16, 2009

    "Fantastic."

    Wayne and Mel couldn't do enough for us,the food is out of this world as with the service.

  • 100% Visitor

    from St helens UK, stayed on September 7, 2009

    "would highly recommended this hotel"

    excellent hotel very comfortable made to feel welcome and good food, also excellent views would recommend it to anyone

  • 100% Older Couple

    from Honiton UK, stayed on July 22, 2009

    "Absolutely excellent. We wished we were staying longer."

    Lovely peaceful place. Fabulous views from every room. Very friendly staff. Excellent food and service.

  • 100% Individual on Business

    from Middx. UK, stayed on July 20, 2009

    "very good."

    lovely location because of the proximity to Piel castle. extremely welcoming, helpful and, friendly staff.

  • 90% Individual on Business

    stayed on January 9, 2009

    "Throughly recommendable. Clean, comfortable and relaxed."

    Helpful owner, clean and presentable room, food menu's available for local evening meals

  • 100% Individual Visitor

    stayed on October 26, 2008

    Excellent scenic situation Very good accommodation Very reasonable rate.

    En suite drainage poor. Better signposting or mention that it's the big brick building.

  • 100% Individual on Business

    from Poulton-le-fylde UK, stayed on September 28, 2008

    "very peaceful and enabled good work to be done"

    beautiful views peace and quiet good cycleway to barrow good breakfast

  • 80% Individual on Business

    stayed on August 26, 2008

    "SUITED PURPOSE OF STAY VERY WELL IN DEED"

  • 100% Young couple

    from London UK, stayed on July 22, 2008

    beautiful location - very friendly staff - very good, clean rooms. Wonderful weekend. Will definatly return.

  • 100% Gay Couple

    from Mount gilead US stayed on July 11, 2008

    "Excellent stay."

    The staff was eager to please and did a very good job of keeping our group happy. The scenery was wonderful. We enjoyed every minute of our stay.

    Narrow stair case to the 2nd floor and no lift. This is not a place for folks that can not climb stairs and carry heavy suitcases.

  • 80% Gay Couple

    stayed on July 8, 2008

    "Too quiet for me but nice if you didn't want to do anything but relax"

    Hotel was very nice, lovely locations within hotel to sit and relax tower room had telescope to look out to sea

    Very quiet location, No bar or evening meals available in the hotel however two nice pubs within a mile of the hotel but nothing else

  • 100% Individual on Business

    stayed on May 17, 2008

    "just wished I had known about this place earlier, its fab"

    everything

    nothing

  • 100% Group of adult friends

    from Jackson, mississippi US stayed on February 6, 2008

    "In general our stay was an excellent experience. Friendly and cordial staff, Marcia. Could not have asked for better. Breakfast was very good."

    The accomodation was just what we needed, two single beds. While it was not en suite, there were no other guest on the groud floor that we had to share the bathroom facilities with.

  • 100% Young couple

    from Liverpool UK, stayed on October 17, 2007

    "our stay was very enjoyable the staff were friendly and helpful. the accomodation was the best we have stayed in for the price and the breakfast was excellent. the room was lovely and the overall guest house was very clean"

    the accomodation was excellent value for money,the staff were friendly and both breakfast and room were excellent.we will be definatly be booking again to maybe stay longer than one night and we have also recommeded it to family and friends.

    there wasnt anything we disliked about the guest house, but we would have proberly liked to check out a little later than 10.30

  • 100% Family with older children

    from Windsor UK, stayed on January 3, 2008

    Very high stadard of decor - modern and stlish,excellent bathrooms, wonderful facilities for a guest house. Compftable lounges wit fires and great selection of DVDs

  • 100% Young couple

    stayed on March 25, 2008

    excellant views

    nil

  • 70% Individual on Business

    from Huntingdon UK, stayed on October 2, 2007

    "Please advise visitors that there are no food or drink outlets on the island after 1700 / 1800 hrs After a long drive 6.5 hours, had I known that there was nowhere to eat I could have stopped en-route. I would recommend to my friends but would advise them to eat before arriving and to call at a local supermarket in Barrow to buy a bottle of wine for the evening. Although there is a pub just down the road, off the island, when the weather is bad you would need to take a vehicle"

    Good clean accommodation. Friendly management team.

  • 100% Individual on Business

    from Newark UK, stayed on March 11, 2008

    Excellent service, beautifully presented guest house, quality fixtures and fittings.

  • 90% Older Couple

    stayed on July 12, 2007

    "The dining room was very pleasant and light with good views. The breakfast menu was very varied, well cooked and presented. Access to the tower was much appreciated and greatly adds to the character of the place, even a telescope for occupants use is quite unusual, perhaps some simple instructions could be provided."

    The place had great atmosphere and the island retreat had much character. There was flexibility and home c omfort.

    The scaffolding detracted somewhat from the overall view, although we realise this was necessary and temporary. The height of the interior window was too high, but this was the fault of the original design!

  • 100% Individual Visitor

    from Bury st edmunds UK, stayed on May 20, 2007

    "I left my departure very late, so arranged with the Guest House that I should arrive in the small hours. This caused no hassle as I had the door code and a key was left out for me. The rom was a lovely surprise when I arrived, exhausted, after a 300 mile drive up the M6. The Roa Island Guest House is a late Victorian villa built as a holiday home at the very tip of the Furness Peninsula, right on the water at the end of a causeway. The rooms are tastefully decorated in a compromise between modern and period style - not cluttered but retaining older features. The room had things often not found at this price level - comfortable bed with plump pillows and extra silk cushions, flat screen TV, ample refreshment tray, decent reading lamp. Thus - don't be put off by the rather austere red brick exterior. Breakfast offered excellent choices and my Manx kippers went down a treat. I was sorry to move on. The managers are pleasant and attentive. There is plenty to see in the vicinity: the Gateway to Lakeland, but away from the frantic tourist crowds. Make this a base. In sum - booking online is a lottery and I expected something much less delightful. A real bargain."

    A proper single room - spacious, newly refurbished and with an immaculate en suite shower room at a very reasoinable price is a rare find.

    It was all fine. No lift, but I don't expect this in a B and B.

  • 80% Young couple

    from Southampton UK, stayed on September 26, 2007

    More friendly than a big chain hotel

  • 100% Individual Visitor

    from London UK, stayed on July 16, 2007

    very nice room and helpful friendly staff.

    I can honestly say there was absolutely nothing that I disliked about this hotel.

 
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