The Lion Hotel

Lovely public space in the hotel. Staff all very friendly and efficient. We had an amazing breakfast. The beds were very comfortable but we marked the facilities down purely based on a very squeeky bed, however we were only there for 1 night so didn't give management the chance to sort it. I'm sure they would have done. Would definitely stay there again. Lovely little town too.

Nice spot Staff helpful and easy to check in - paking is on street (restricted to 2hrs) or public car park 5 mins away.

We stayed for 4 nights in a King Superior room. Some things were good and some not so good. Access would be a problem if you struggled with mobility. It's an old building with narrow, steep staircases and feel quite unsafe. In fact, one of the steps feels as if it is about to give way. This is the middle of three treads as you go up to the first floor bedrooms.I'm glad that I'm not very heavy and pretty agile. Our bedroom on the first floor was over the toilets of the restaurant. The extractor fan below sounded like the throb of a engine on a cross channel ferry and vibrated the floor. What's more it keeps coming on and going off as people went to the loo. If you go to bed at about 10.30, as we do, this is a real problem. You may think that Brewood is probably a quiet village. However, there was a loud bar across the road with DJ at the weekend. We could hear the music in our room and people were raucous when leaving. The old single glazed windows gave no protection from the noise. We had breakfast on each of the four mornings. If you want a cooked breakfast there is a choice of 4/5 cooked alternatives. However, if you would prefer fruit, yoghurt, croissants, or anything else it is not available. Also, we had to wait an hour for breakfast to be served on Tuesday morning. The delay was due to a group of 6 non residents who came in for breakfast. When you book rooms you are advised to book tables for the restaurant. We didn't but it is essential to do this at weekends. The room was clean and the bed comfortable. The staff that we met were not very helpful or engaging. They need training on how to be customer focused in recognition that they are in the hospitality business. We hope that our comments are helpful but we will not find out if changes are made as, on our next visit to the area, we will stay at another hotel.

Excellent hotel rooms, service, breakfast and meals on offer. Its a lovely little village and the staff are friendly, will definitely use again.

Pros: Great location, lovely building and a nice room. The staff were also welcoming. My one criticism was the room did not get cleaned and tea/coffee replenished during our stay. Cons: The breakfast was the poorest quality I have had in a long time. I travel a lot with work and stay in a lot of hotels, including Travelodge & Holiday Inn. The breakfast here is nowhere near the quality of either of those chain hotels. The coffee is served yourself by using sachets and a hot water urn (no fresh coffee machine nor cafetière option). Barista coffee can be ordered at an additional £3-4 per cup. I ordered scrambled eggs on toast. The eggs were tasteless, watery and appeared to have come out of a catering supplies carton of ready mixed egg. The bread was also the cheapest of supermarket white loaves. Overall, the breakfast was so poor I did not bother going for the remainder of my stay. Given the price paid for the room, it really felt like they were going for style over substance - serving poor quality food on expensive tableware. Not good.

The downstairs was very nice and clean and comfortable. The bedroom was small and a bit shabby the maid service not very thorough. The meals were very good, apart from Monday breakfast with no sausage or hash brown.