I suppose I didn’t really know a lot about The Albion and was mildly surprised that all food and drink was served at the sister location. It wasn’t a problem as the Olive Branch is only a short walk away. At reception, I was greeted by a charming lady who showed me to my room which was well appointed although a little cramped. My only negative comment would be the smell of drains that permeated the room during the night. The food at the Olive Tree is adequate although I was disappointed that 3 of the dishes on a fairly limited menu were not available. Full credit for a nice breakfast served by a delightful lady.

An excellent hotel in a beautiful town.

We enjoyed just a one night stay in the centre of town at The Albion as we were just here for a concert. It was in a very quirky room on the top floor which had a copper bath in and a very large bed. It was nicely furnished in keeping with this old hotel but was comfy and also had a recently refurbished shower room with large shower cubicle. Everywhere was spotless. We enjoyed a very nice breakfast in an interesting dining room at the sister hotel, The Olive Branch only just round the corner from The Albion

Late checkin handled well be Olive Branch staff. Great room, clean and large. Lovely big brass bath. Good selection of teas and coffees. Truly amazing breakfast

I was up 4 flights of steep stairs with a painful back problem so difficult to manage my suitcase up the stairs Very small cramped room with no evening light so had to have large lights on all the time as wall lights had been removed At 6am the church bells across the road started ringing every half hour - the road was closed off which obviously caused a problem that wasn’t the hotels fault but meant you had to go to the sister restaurant next door to get keys but to be greeted by lovely friendly helpful staff & breakfast in there was ok - they did have ground floor rooms that I would have booked but that wouldn’t have stopped being woken up at 6am by church bells

Amazing room, great service and excellent value.

I wish I could give this hotel a better review. The person who checked us in was very helpful and it was a lovely room. However, it is directly opposite the Minster and our room was on the front of the hotel. The bells rang every 15 minutes the whole night through and for a prolonged period at 7.56am. I was exhausted and near tears the following day, there’s no way I could have stayed a second night. I had earplugs in as I always do, but it is very very loud. I would also suggest the hotel add a lamp or two in the room, it was strange having only the one main ceiling light.

Check in involved note on the door with instructions to walk 3 blocks to another establishment The Olive Branch to pick up our keys. Fortunately it was not raining at the time. Once in our room the WiFi instructions did not work. With no staff on site to help us, no answer to phone calls to 3 different numbers, we had to walk again to Olive Branch to ask the staff for help. Turned out the instructions in the room were incorrect and login was another network and password! Once logged in to the network we had to stand by the widow in the bathroom for a strong enough signal to get online! Unfortunately the whole experience resulted in a rather negative overall take away.