White Hart Hotel

Nice big comfy room as I was upgraded. I checked the room facilities said 'bath' when booking, but on arrival it was just a shower. So they upgraded me to a huge room (8) with comfy bed, sofa, table/desk, chairs, big bathroom with bath. The hotel has a fantastic array of Tudor/late Mediaeval features, so if you like a creaky slightly wonky old timber-framed hotel, then this is right up your alley. There's a nice bar downstairs at the front, and the dinner I have was excellent. The location is right on the high street, close to lots of great restaurants, and two minutes walk from the Cathedral. Parking is free at the back of the hotel, and generally plenty of it available. Lots of wood panelling, a couple of suits of armour, characterful chairs. Very photogenic inside and out. Quiet glazing, despite facing a busy road. Handy space for refrigerating food items in the space between outer and inner glazing in cold weather! Lovely and warm, with responsive radiator in bedroom. Amazing 'guest lounge' next to my room.

My first trip to England and I was looking to stay somewhere "old English", not something new and modern. This hotel/restaurant fit the bill. Entire building was like a walk back in time with enough modern touches to be comfortable. Service was outstanding, meals absolutely delicious. And to have all my meals added to the bill to pay at one time made the stay very easy. We had a family room which gave us plenty of sleeping options.

We liked everything about the White Hart. It had a good friendly pub atmosphere, with a good local pub feel to it. The staff were very friendly and hard working but nice and relaxed too, making us welcome on arrival and chatting to us when in the pub on the evening. Our room had everything in it you needed and was clean and functional. Our lunch in the pub was nice and we enjoyed our breakfast on the morning we left. The White Hart is right in the centre of St Albans and is very well placed for the shops, market and also the Cathedral and gardens.

Our room was large and comfortable with a huge bed, sweet little wardrobe and useful side-tables. We were situated on Holywell Road, which was a little busy with traffic, but there was some double glazing. A blackout blind helped to make the room nice and dark to sleep in. The shower was powerful and easy to use. Breakfast had a huge choice and was very tasty. I asked for oat milk, the White Hart were happy to provide. It's an old building, and has some quirks such as sloping floors, but we liked that. The wood panelling and tudor/medieval look is impressive, authentic and aesthetically pleasing.

Historic inn with guest rooms easy walk from St Albans centre. Stayed 1 night as a stop on a journey and I thought it was great value for money. Oodles of character with wonky floors and four poster bed, and perfectly comfortable. Staff were friendly and helpful, breakfast was nice and freshly made, location was good with a couple of nice restaurants just across the road and the pub at the hotel was nice and comfortable. Didn't check out town centre but it would only be 5 mins walk away. Only thing is some window covering in the bathroom would have been good so as not to be accidentally flashing the car park when having a shower :)