The Boot & Shoe

Hard to review this place. On the positive side, the owners/staff are nice. The room was clean. On the negative side, I have several points. The bathroom is tiny. I'm a small, thin person. I have no idea how a slightly larger person would turn around in it. There was no hot water in the tap, so face washing was cold. ( The shower had hot water). But the main negative was the noise. I understand that this is rooms above a pub. But I did not expect the VERY loud music. I stayed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. I can not imagine ever staying at a weekend again. The music was loud until 11:30 PM on the first two nights. So loud and thumping that it was impossible to even watch tv in the room, let alone attempt sleep. And even after the noise below stopped, you could hear music from other bars close by. On both Fri and Saturday, there were people drunk/barefoot/arguing/vomiting at the surrounding bus stops and doorways. I chose Darlington as a convenient stop over on my way north, but I would give the whole town a miss next time. Pass.

Brilliant location Lovely staff All was great Will choose again when next in that area. The room was so beautiful and comfy. Cheers to you Mr &Mrs Boot & Shoe. Fabrice and Elaine

Very pleased with the room.

These people must URGENTLY update their contact details. Neither we nor Hotels.com could contact them. We had Hotels.com chasing alternative accommodation for us before we discovered a text from them from a number not listed anywhere. BUT once we were in contact (after a 2 hour wait in the pub opposite) they came to our help within 5 minutes, gave us complimentary drinks, and the room was lovely, comfortable and quiet, we slept well! Apologies for the delay to this feedback because updating the contact details is urgent if it hasn't been done already

Loved it