The Village Inn, Murton Seaham

NE stay Very friendly and informative host. Perfect location for North East attractions. Very clean bedding and room.

The weather was awful rain and cold but what a warm welcome we recieved staff and locals very helpful and informative they dont do food but recommended Georges fish bar and wow we wasnt disappointed cant wait to make a return visit

Great little room for one night stay Nice little clean room with all amenities - shower gel, hand wash and towels. Nice bed and bedding. Storage space. Handy as close to beach and also a retail outlet. No hair dryer which would have been useful. Coffee and tea making facilities. All good.

There is no restaurant on site. We travelled from glasgow to Durham and after such a long drive we just wanted somewhere to stay the night and have some food, drink and some chill time, this hotel seemed to tick all the boxes till we arrived. It states there is a restaurant however it doesnt and as friendly as the staff are, there is no restaurants close by to even walk too, so the staff have a whole load of take away menus for you to choose from and can get delivered to the bar or room. Room didnt have a hairdryer either which is pretty poor in the day and age. Not even one at reception to borrow either. No toiletries in the room either other than the handwash at the sink. The room itself was basic but comfortable enough, also says that the room has a 32 inch television. Definitely not, around 19 inch up high in the wall a good distance from the bed which unless you have supermans vision its really not ideal.

Rather disappointing to say the least! Room, had difficult to sleep on beds, almost like water beds! Room was very dirty around the skirting boards, poor tired basic seating, not a 32" TV as advertised more like a laptop! No room service first day, which we found out only actually was to drop off a few sachets of coffee and milk and do nothing else anyway! Wet towels for 4 days had to hang over dirty chairs, so quite an unpleasant daily shower. WiFi router info on door was incorrect , no such router or signal was obtainable or recognised. We have a comfortable vehicle which we sleep in on regular visits to the area, but there was a Birthday on this trip and thought a little local hotel might be a nice option. This had a 'fabulous' 8.6 review so felt would be a good choice .... sadly not the case at all and in all honesty a real shame. Just needs a lot more effort, it's not about unobtainable expectations, but to make those that are there to an acceptable standard.

VFM A great place that had everything we needed