Orkney Guest House

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Dates

December 2024

January 2025

Overview
Rooms
Location
Policies

Good

Popular amenities

Breakfast available

Explore the area

37 Woolmarket, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, TD15 1DH

Lions House
2 min walk
Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Hall
2 min walk
The Maltings Theatre and Cinema
3 min walk

Room options

Double Room, Ensuite (and Shower)

2 sq m
Sleeps 2
1 Double Bed

Suite, Ensuite

1.4 sq m
Sleeps 4
1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Similar properties

Parking included

Free WiFi

Breakfast available

Microwave

for 1 night

includes taxes & fees

5 Dec - 6 Dec

About this property

Guesthouse in Berwick-upon-Tweed

WiFi in public areas and multilingual staff are available at this smoke-free guesthouse. Housekeeping is not available.

Orkney Guest House offers 2 accommodations.

During your stay at Orkney Guest House, you're just a quick walk from Lions House. Enjoy features like breakfast (surcharge) and WiFi in public areas (surcharge).

Breakfast is offered for a fee
WiFi in some public areas for a fee
Amenities include a multilingual staff
Steps from Lions House and Cell Block Museum

Orkney Guest House offers its guests multilingual staff. WiFi is available in public spaces for a fee.

This Berwick-upon-Tweed guesthouse is smoke free.

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

Available in some public areas: WiFi (surcharge)

Food and drink

Breakfast available for a fee

Guest services

Multilingual staff
No housekeeping

Accessibility

This property does not have any lifts

Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 7:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

Property is also known as

Orkney Guest House Guesthouse

Orkney Guest House Berwick-upon-Tweed

Orkney Guest House Guesthouse Berwick-upon-Tweed

Orkney Guest House Reviews

7.2

Good

6.6/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

8/10 Good

Daniel

26 Sept 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Good for one night

A good value for money, no-frills stay. The whole B and B needs some TLC, but Helen is a lovely host, and for a one-night stop over, which was our stay, it was good.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Marcus

9 Aug 2022

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Needs a lot of time and work to be a business B&B

This is rather a difficult review to write. There are many positives about the property so I'll list those first: The location is fabulous. There is parking outside the front door, the town walls are about a minutes walk and the town hall and high street maybe two minutes. Helen is a wonderful host, chatty and knowledgeable. The other side of the coin is that the property is run down, untidy and in severe need of maintenance and updating. I can imagine it is a struggle running a property such as this but if you are going to advertise it as a guesthouse then that's what it needs to be, not a dosshouse. There are other people staying there, and I can imagine the income is a life saver, but they really had no idea how to interact with paying customers. One of them was washing in the sink when we came downstairs and then walk to his room just in his boxers. Not a big issue but again it comes down to which income stream is more important. The house has the potential to be a fabulous boutique B&B but to do so would need a lot of investment. It's not there at the moment.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

17 Jul 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Awful. Should not be closed down.

The whole house was filthy, cluttered and run down. The rooms had no locks on the doors and my husband had to help the host install one. The bathroom was filthy, with plain evidence of the previous peoples use(to put it politely). The cold tap on the basin did not work and the shower had thick black mould round it. The breakfast room was quite clearly used as the living room of the owners and was full of clutter and laundry, with just a space cleared for us to eat. No choice given at breakfast, we had what the host decided on. Lucky we were happy with fried egg and bacon.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Kevin

15 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

It was okay for the price but I’ve stayed in much better & I won’t be using it again.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Richard

10 Jul 2022

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Lynda

31 May 2022

Liked: Staff & service

Location ideal for exploring the town. It was great for a one night stay. Pretty basic facilities, but bed was comfy and bath hot (no shower)

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

Travelled with partner

23 May 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

A very nice bathroom and bed

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Michael

2 Feb 2022

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

2/10 Terrible

Michael

25 Jan 2022

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

calum

8 Dec 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

The cost was the first thing that attracted me, in addition to the property being slap bang in the middle of Berwick. It is a lovely old terrace house which retains its original features and is extremely quirky. The owner was very helpful and text me with regard to arrival and breakfast. The only downside was the weather was frightful when I arrived and I struggled to find the entrance.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Daniel

5 Dec 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Excellent comms from Helen. Very friendly. Convenient location for town centre.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Frank

22 Nov 2021

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Away days

Located roughly 10 minutes walk from railway station. Good comfortable bed, plenty of teabags & milk. Landlady was very helpful with local information. Very good freshly cooked breakfast. Very old building. Would stay again.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

9 Nov 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great value for solo stay

Very nice room. Excellent breakfast

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

David

10 Oct 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very centrally located and Such a warm welcome on arrival. Wonderful artwork around the property. Very good breakfast and room was bright and comfortable.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

David

16 Sept 2021

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Has character

Very characterfull property and freindly helpfull host. Could do with some updating of the decorating.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family

22 Aug 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great hospitality.

We were there for 3 days. The lady greeted us and received us with great hospitality. Definitely recommend this guest house to a holiday in Berwick. The room was clean and the lady was helpful with everything that we needed.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

CHRISTINE

28 Jul 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent!

Orkney Guest House was perfect and offered everything I needed. My host was friendly and helpful. It was a very pleasant stay. Thank you.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

13 Sept 2020

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

There was no coffee, milk sachets were from April 2019, had to ask for more toilet paper and shampoo.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Hodge, London

Travelled with partner

9 Sept 2020

Liked: Staff & service, amenities

We had a good overnight stay. The room is large and the bed was comfortable. There is a reasonable pressure electric shower. The decor is rather tired but generally clean. The landlady was very kind and helpful.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Kev&Claire, Yorkshire

Travelled with partner

31 Aug 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Quirky Hotel, clean room, well stocked coffee teas etc the bed was exceptionally comfortable. The land lady was very welcoming friendly and knowledgeable of surrounding areas. Breakfast freshly cooked and good quality food. Parking not a problem plenty of on street available opposite and near property with discs easily obtained from library and local shops.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

3 Mar 2020

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Rowena

6 Jan 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Confusing but friendly

Check in was a little confusing, as it transpired the manager had texted me (but it wasn’t obviously from her ) and there was no one there nor was it even obvious which door it was. In the end we called her and she had left the side door open for us so we let ourselves in. The place itself seems a little tired, and a little haphazard but the manager was friendly and even offered to make me honey and lemon tea when we were leaving, as I felt unwell, which was very kind of her. We had a continental breakfast with great marmalade.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020