During a business trip this week, booked the Alpine Retreat Hotel based on the publicity available on the Internet which showed a photograph of the room. What you see is not what you get, unless you are one of the lucky couple of guest that manage to secure such room. Going up the partially carpeted stairs, one views the chandelier... more

My husband and I stayed at the Alpine Retreat overnight when we were on a bike ride. We found the rooms clean and spacious, the service was fantastic and the meals were so big we couldn't eat it all. I would highly recommend the Alpine Retreat. more

Let me simply echo the comments of the previous reviewer - and oh, if only I'd taken heed! The website paints a picture of a completely different hotel to the one you will find if you stay here. Okay, downstairs is quite quaint, but the moment you go upstairs you know you're going to be disappointed... tatty carpet and long... more

We judged this place to be of quite a high standard after viewing the website. The reality was very different. The upstairs part of the establishment is quite shabby - old carpet, ugly, old and cheap furnishings. Our room was very plain and small and we were disappointed to not even have a small fridge. The bathroom didn't even offer... more