Very easy to find off the A66 . Looks impressive from outside . Our room was located in an annex just outside past the spa . Room 40 , spacious, with a beautiful four poster bed . I had booked a 'superior room ' , I wouldn't class it as superior but nice all the same . Bathroom had shower and huge separate bath . Very clean too . Nice bath towels , just missing a hand towel . Lovely complimentary soaps . And tea/coffee tray was nice , quality items . Bed was very comfortable. Double sockets either side of the bed . Hotel bar was nice with comfy seating and hand painted wall coverings . Plenty of seating outside in the garden where we also enjoyed a drink . Dogs are welcome in the bar area which we didn't mind at all . We ate in the Gilroy's restaurant in the evening , it was busy with a nice atmosphere. Michelle, our waitress is lovely , she lives locally and is a credit to the hotel . The younger waitresses are also nice , service was good . Our meals were beautiful, couldn't fault the menu , price and quality. Not a scrap left on our plates , and the pudding was also very yummy . 2 adults , 2 main meals and 2 puddings with 3 drinks cost £66 . Worth it . You get a bottle of water too on your table. There are lots of areas in the hotel to relax in , comfy sofa's and arm chairs. Breakfast is served in the Gilroy restaurant, it was busy but attended to with ease by the lovely friendly staff . I can tell you that the Breakfast was amazing , menu on the table but you help yourself to the continental options and cooked options , you can even ask for other specific items that are cooked to order . The choice was superb , and wow the quality of everything I ate was superb . There is something for everyone . Check out at 11am is great . I was gutted we only stayed 1 night .

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The hotel is a country house style hotel with some charming features such as the cosy log fire and wonderful wall murals in the Dickens bar. We chose to eat in here as it had a more relaxed vibe than the Gilroy restaurant. The twin bedroom itself was a little outdated in style but the bathroom was clean, spacious and up to date. Dinner was taken in the cosy Dickens bar area but we were able to choose items from the more extensive Gilroy restaurant menu. Good choice of hot cooked breakfast as well as continental breakfast options. Staff were all warm and welcoming. Time spent in the Garage Spa was good value for money too.

Our room was above the kitchen area so a little noisy until dinner service was completed. The spa area would benefit greatly from having a dedicated quiet area with loungers to relax and sleep.

Lovely hotel in excellent location just off the A66 and about 10 minutes from Barnard Castle, the staff were very friendly and helpful good choice of food for breakfast and nice evening meal

The room was very cold we needed 2 extra blankets to keep warm at night even with the radiator on, the plug sockets in the room did not work not much fun trying to charge a couple of phones and Apple Watch. The hot water system left a lot to be desired had to run the hot water for about 10 minutes to get it to run hot dread to think how many gallons of water we had to run down the sink.

The hotel is in a gorgeous location with great views of the countryside, as a none driver though you have very long walks if you need to get something not available at the hotel. The bed was comfortable. . The room had everything we needed for the most part. Rosie and the lady who serves breakfast made our stay there genuinely better, lovely people with a great vibe and fantastic people skills.

The bed was very creaky and loud. Due to our room layout, you could only see the tv fully from one side of the four poster bed as one of the posts were directly down the middle of the tv however that would be difficult to avoid.

staff were brilliant, very friendly, very pleasant, very helpful. The room was very clean, the bed was very comfortable. There was a good selection of teas in the room if you are partial to having a cuppa in the bedroom. Didn't have dinner there so can't comment on it. A reasonable selection of cereals, mini croissants, pain au-chocolat and fruit juices for breakfast. The hotel is conveniently close to the A66 but on a little side road, you can hear the traffic if you are stood outside the hotel, once you are in the hotel you can't hear it at all. You are only a 10 minute drive away from the Bowes Museum, definitely worth a visit, and Barnard Castle.

The cooked breakfast wasn't brilliant if I'm honest! The bacon could have been used to saw wood and the sausage was pretty tasteless, the scrambled eggs were nice. On the second day I had scrambled eggs on toast, very nice lol. Maybe I'm being picky, it will vary day to day depending on which chef is on duty. Apart from that, there wasn't a lot not to like. Oh! I didn't see a lift if that affects your choice of hotel, maybe check the web site.

The room (40) was absolutely lovely, far better than we expected. Very spacious, accessible and so clean. Dinner in the restaurant was oh so good. Very good choices and served by very happy smiley staff. Nothing was too much trouble. If travelling with a dog, the bar is ideal for dinner, and the staff there were also excellent. Breakfast was delicious and plentiful. We have changed our 'mid-way' stopover when travelling to Scotland to this hotel, we couldn't rate it highly enough. FABULOUS PLACE, We'll be back soon.

Only one niggle, and I find it everywhere, and that is the fact that there is always just ONE easy chair in all rooms for 2, which means one person has to sit on the bed, or in some cases a 'dining' style chair and they are not very comfy. It will NOT stop me visiting the Morritt Hotel again, its just a niggle to me.

Breakfast was great. Friendly staff. Food was good. Lovely room to eat in. We were part of a large group and the facilities over the 3 nights were great as were the staff and the food. The weather helped as good use was made of the excellent garden. Good range of drinks on offer at the bar.

Our room while large and spacious, had a creaky bed and every time I turned over, the bed made a loud noise. Some may think it characterful, but it was a bit of a nuisance. Also the bathroom had an ill fitting toilet seat that didn't match the shape of the toilet, so quite a lot of the porcelain rim was exposed. Not ideal for a female to sit on the toilet touching the toilet rim where a male may have splashed having a pee.

The staff were friendly and helpful. I stayed in room 11 which was really nice - possibly the most comfortable hotel bed I've ever slept in. The hospitality tray was full of nice Taylor's speciality teas and coffee bags, nice biscuits, hot chocolate sachets and bottled water. The towels were big and fluffy, there were quality toiletries in the bathroom. The room was spacious and had everything I needed.

I had dinner on arrival and found the ambience in the restaurant a little odd. There was no background music at all, and the lighting seemed quite bright. I'm vegetarian, and there was only one option on the menu that I could eat. There were 4 different meat options. Maybe an additional vegetarian dish would add variety to the menu?

The restaurant was exceptional, great food and well prepared.

I didn't like the way that my bill for my dinner had a "discretionary" 10% service charge added. This is a bad practice and I will not be told what amount I should pay as a tip. I had the 10% removed and did not leave a tip at all. However, had the bill not included the 10%, I may well have left a tip and it may have been more than the 10%. TIPS ARE AT THE BUYERS DISCRETION AND NOT THE DISCRETION OF THE SUPPLIER. They do this because they suppose that people will be afraid to appear ungenerous if they refuse to pay it. They are motivated by sheer greed.

We booked a standard double but were offered an upgrade to a suite at a very reasonable price. The room was fabulous with a large bathroom, including bath and separate shower. There was a middle room with a sofa and writing desk, and a large bedroom with super king size bed. A coffee machine with coffee pods was provided along with a kettle and variety of teas. Breakfast was excellent and I can highly recommend the Eggs Royale.

We had dinner in the evening. We did enjoy most of the food but for the price, I’d expect the potato rosti not to be burnt, have more vegetables on the plate and have the fat on the belly pork rendered down properly.