Guest User
October 30, 2023
In their post-booking email response to me, the owners say ‘we value your feedback and…would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to share your experience with others by leaving a review’. So here goes: The Silk Rooms at the Freemason’s Inn are clearly the product of a lot of careful, expensive design and restoration work. But behind the ‘hint of contemporary rustic’, the artful additions of ceramics and old books enhanced by Farron and Ball décor, their description is fundamentally misleading. The Rooms’ very name specifically suggests that they are part of a familiar ‘pubs with rooms’ establishment stating that their ‘boutique ensuite bedrooms’ are ‘located above the Freemasons Inn’ (even though the site is closed for refurbishment). In fact they are nothing of the sort, merely an expensive, unserviced room-only rental. That would be fine for a single stay but for more, having to pay £165 per night to make our own bed, wash up our cups and glasses and with no fresh towels is not our idea of good value. Furthermore, although the building ‘has been re-awakened with its heritage in mind’, further attention to detail was also sadly missing. There was only one saucer and insufficient milk for two people for two days in our room, while the single hand towel plus a dead and dessicated fern in the bathroom summed up our whole unfortunate experience. Moreover the security light outside our dark entry door didn’t work, the stylish metal checker-plate stairs were very slippery in the rain and one night’s sleep was interrupted by drunken shouting from the car park directly outside. All in all, our stay at The Silk Rooms was a disappointing end to an otherwise enjoyable first-time visit to the lovely Cheshire area.