The Sawley Arms

Absolute gem of a place to stay. Gorgeous room with everything you need & so peaceful. The food was really good both for dinner & breakfast. We visited Fountains Abbey which was only 2 miles away. And we could do parkrun with plenty of time to get back before checkout & eat breakfast. Would love to return.

Upon arrival the staff were very friendly, however things went down hill from there. We were shown to room 1( Spa Gill ) which looked really nice on the website. As we entered the room it looked nice and clean but the bed looked like the mattress was very thin and not quite what we expected. The bottles of water which were complimentary were really warm on an extremely hot day. There was no fridge or safe in the room, but a sign saying valuables are left at your own risk! Not great when the rooms are on the ground floor. The bed made a terrible noise every time you moved, so we hardly slept at all. The bed and mattress are not great quality and seem very old, and we thought needed replacing. The bedding was poor quality as were the pillows. The bathroom was very nice, but we hardly slept due to the bed. We would not recommend this room unless they changed the bed and mattress. We were advised that the bed just needed tightening up, but I fail to see how this would make any difference and seemed like a good excuse. This is not good value for money, as the very least you expect is a good nights sleep.

Amazing staff here who really do their job well Lovely room with everything you could possibly need Great breakfast Thankyou

There wasn’t much variety in the menu and the specials were the same over the three days. Also we thought it was a little expensive. I thought it was b & b only to find out when we arrived it wasn’t.

Room was very good. Rather warm, but turning the radiators off and opening the windows sorted that out. A very pleasant stay with the breakfast a 6 mile walk and a light lunch in the pub.