Great experience My only moan was the lighting (or lack of) in the room. I understand and enjoy the atmosphere of the lighting but it would be good if it was adjustable. The staff were great and the food top class so would definitely return and recommend

Wouldn't stay here again..... My husband booked a one night stay here through Wowcher, as a surprise, which included dinner, 2 x glasses of champagne and continental breakfast. Upon arrival by car, although the pretty town was fairly busy, we found a place to park opposite the hotel itself for the entirety of our stay. There are quite a number of parking places/areas you can park for the night, all free of charge. Upon checking in at reception we were shown to our room. (Room 7) . The first and most noticeable thing about the room is how very dark it is, this may have something to do with the fact that the only windows were three small oval shaped windows which you could not see out of as they were blocked on the outside by walls which were lined with plasterboard! This made me feel very claustrophobic from the word go. The lighting could not be turned up at all to brighten the room in any shape or form. Having said this, I completely understand that this was part of the "ambiance" overall. But it would be nice to have had a choice. I myself, am not a big makeup wearer, however if you are, be prepared for not really being able to see what you are doing! Overall the room was, in our opinion, rather on the small side and the completely padded walls, floors and ceiling gave us the impression that we were in a padded shoe box, apart from the mirror on the ceiling above the bed! There was a lovely (well used) copper bath at the end of the bed, which apparently was filled by the ceiling tap, but we did not use this. The bathroom was at the end of the room, door being a heavy draped velvet curtain. This was mirror tiled throughout, but unfortunately a large number of the tiles were cracked with numerous large cracks and clearly needed replacing/refurbishing, again the bathroom was very low lit. We had our glasses of champagne seated at the bar before dinner, which was quite a nice atmosphere. We had the choice of eating from the two restaurants, English or Thai, but unfortunately the English was closed on this particular evening (Wednesday) so we had to opt for the Thai, just as well we love Thai food! The food and the service in the Thai restaurant were very good indeed! Our breakfast in the morning was booked in for 9.30 and it was not busy at all. The choice of continental breakfast was very good and the service again was very good. We wouldn't book a stay here at The Crazy Bear again, as it wasn't really our 'cup of tea'. Overall in our opinion the whole place needs a good refurb as there are so many things that are looking tired, or as in our room things that need to be fixed or attended to, which is a shame as it is such an old lovely building and could be tip top! As my husband says, the only way to describe this hotel is "MARMITE" :)

Did we just stay in a brothel? The hotel does state it’s a bit unusual which is fine. But for £342 for room only we were not expecting tiny cramped rooms (we tried 2) that you accessed by leaving the hotel and walking down the street / across the road to one of their 9 buildings. More like an Airbnb. Some would say beautifully furnished and yes a fortune has been spent but so blingy. Rest of hotel was cramped / overfull.

It’s worth every penny We had the most amazing time at The Crazy Bear, we were shown over to our room which was number 23. I had opted for the Romance bundle and a bottle of rose champagne which went down a treat! The sharing steak was delicious along with the Chi Chi cocktails. All staff were so friendly and really went above and beyond. Cannot wait to book another stay!

Something different Had a lovely time, the staff are so nice, the food was lush and super cocktails thank you.