We checked into the Smiths hotel on 5th May 2023 for 2 nights
We checked into the Smiths hotel on 5th May 2023 for 2 nights staying the cottage number 6. We were there for my daughters wedding that was taking place on the 6th May 23. Once we entered our cottage with my husband, son, daughter in law and my grandson everything seemed very good on first impressions. We gave everything the once over to check all was in order. There was a sofa bed for our grandson in the living room area, which after trying to pull out, noticed the mechanism was twisted, thus making it very difficult. As there was a landline situated in the lounge where we tried to call reception to report the sofa bed, the line was dead, it clearly wasn't working. I then called on my mobile to report the issue, housekeeping came quite quickly and advised that it would be better to leave the bed out, and made up for the duration on our stay. I explained this wasn't an ideal situation as we had various family members staying in the hotel that would be visiting the cottage and would need the space, so we put the bed away ourselves. The following day I called into reception after breakfast to raise the issue again and also to tell them the landline wasn't working. I was advised that a single bed could be brought round from the housekeeping team, I told them that this defeated the object so a foldable bed was supplied. All good you may think, but for the price we paid I did expect better. I have sent 3 separate emails to the hotel over the past 7 days, none have been replied to.
Upon leaving the cottage on Sunday, 7th May, my daughter in law stripped off the single beds in the 2nd bedroom, there were bad stains on both mattresses.
A separate email was also sent on behalf of my parents that stayed in room 1, as the accommodation description states that all rooms had either king size beds or 2 singles. Not sure why room 1 only had a double bed.
In my opinion the Smiths Hotel in Gretna Green in not worthy of the 4 star status. I could go on as there were various other things that could have been better!