Sweet heART - Accommodation & Art Gallery — Restaurant in England

We were really looking forward to staying here as the write ups were so favourable and it looked to be a very interesting old building. We should have taken note of the faded and peeling paint on the front of the Tea Rooms! We met the owner Yoshi who was lovely and she led us down a side road and into a dark untidy cobbled yard at the back of the premises that screamed neglect. Spook Cottage was our destination and the twin room we had booked. We were shown into a dark, dank, musty smelling hall that contained an old table football table with a rough wooden cover. We were told that only we had access to this area although there were several doors, one was marked private (presumably to the hosts area) and had a cat flap as did the outside door we also saw the cat that used them. Our room was reminiscent of a cheap pack packers’ hostel with two low beds with bedding that felt unaired and one very thin pillow each, a scruffy mat between them. There was a tray with a kettle and drink making facilities and WiFi but there were no drawers and the only hanging space was four hooks on the wall with a few coat hangers and nowhere other than the beds to sit. The room was grubby and had not been properly cleaned, if at all, with dust, grit and cobwebs. The whole area was poorly maintained and the work that had been done was shoddy, in fact it needed a complete refurbishment. The shower room and toilet can only be described as subterranean as they were either the cellar or undercroft with no outside light. The shower however appeared to be very clean. The toilet was not suitable for anyone who feels claustrophobic. There was no lock on the bathroom door or the bedroom door, rather a hook and eye right at the top of the door which was hard to reach if you were under 5’5” and on tip toe, they provided dubious privacy. There were no toiletries and the towels didn’t invite use. We were then shown to the Tea Rooms where we were to have our breakfast, which again had the air of neglect and had the appearance of having been shut for several years with a layer of dust and grime on everything. We were not relishing the prospect of eating there. We were debating the best course of action when we were saved by a small family crisis which we were only too happy to attend, saved by the bell you might say! Old premises have their issues, I know I have lived in old buildings but this was a lack of cleanliness and maintenance. Proceed with caution – preferably in the...

I was in Harrogate flat hunting and the Sweetheart b@b was the least expensive place around. Worth going the distance really just for the bus journey through the beautiful Nidderdale. The bonuses for me were I like cats and though the landlady was concerned I might not like cats I enjoyed Wizzle coming into my room, one night all night, on the nationwide tour with cat in each hotel or b&b app this being my latest; saves the cats travelling which not all do and one has all the usual benefits of a quality feline friend at each stop. Tucked away behind the worlds oldest sweet shop you HAVE to buy a quarter of Pateley Pebbles and book in advance during occasional military operations (I saw a lot of marching, RAF and other stuff). The room has no lock which I liked same as the Pen-y-gwryd Everest base camp hotel in Snowdonia (request cat) but the outside door does. Lovely tucked away courtyard the large village small town itself tucked away as deep as you get in Yorkshire.|More than ample very high quality shopping it’s really a small town or if it’s a village it’s a bit of a New York London Paris Munich Pateley Bridge thing on the shopping front both pubs have excellent food much higher quality for the price than I am used to real ale, Guinness West Indies Porter one 1 minute walk away in former HM Excise Office The Crown Hotel the Royal Oak about 10 minutes walk and then the friendly Pateley Club opposite, I was not a member but when I asked if I could come in late the pubs closed they let me with a quid in the charity bucket: large cans of ice cold right forefinger down side of can Robert Mills-style Carlsberg Special Brew. Breakfast in the Sweethearts own tea room, very quaint. You can’t get further from the escalator at Tottenham Court Tube London on the British and Irish Isles than...

I was in Harrogate flat hunting and the Sweetheart b@b was the least expensive place around. Worth going the distance really just for the bus journey through the beautiful Nidderdale. The bonuses for me were I like cats and though the landlady was concerned I might not like cats I enjoyed Wizzle coming into my room, one night all night, on the nationwide tour with cat in each hotel or b&b app this being my latest; saves the cats travelling which not all do and one has all the usual benefits of a quality feline friend at each stop. Tucked away behind the worlds oldest sweet shop you HAVE to buy a quarter of Pateley Pebbles and book in advance during occasional military operations (I saw a lot of marching, RAF and other stuff). The room has no lock which I liked same as the Pen-y-gwryd Everest base camp hotel in Snowdonia (request cat) but the outside door does. Lovely tucked away courtyard the large village small town itself tucked away as deep as you get in Yorkshire.|More than ample very high quality shopping it’s really a small town or if it’s a village it’s a bit of a New York London Paris Munich Pateley Bridge thing on the shopping front both pubs have excellent food much higher quality for the price than I am used to real ale, Guinness West Indies Porter one 1 minute walk away in former HM Excise Office The Crown Hotel the Royal Oak about 10 minutes walk and then the friendly Pateley Club opposite, I was not a member but when I asked if I could come in late the pubs closed they let me with a quid in the charity bucket: large cans of ice cold right forefinger down side of can Robert Mills-style Carlsberg Special Brew. Breakfast in the Sweethearts own tea room, very quaint. You can’t get further from the escalator at Tottenham Court Tube London on the British and Irish Isles than...