Golden Fleece York

Breakfast was fab. Shambles Room and bathroom awesome - very atmospheric. Great view over the Shambles alleyway itself. Lived up to its haunted reputation - sound of horses just below my window for several seconds at 11.20pm. Nothing visible there - but of course it used to be a coaching inn hundreds of years ago.

Could have done with a few more working plug holes. There was one that didn't work. No problem though.

Great location Clean room, comfy bed Lovely food

Very noisy down in the pub

It’s spooky and quirky lovely room Comfy bed and bedding , though the quilt was too hot in a heatwave .

The M&S lorry coming at 3.30am and leaving engine running till gone 4am waiting for staff , it was so hot in the room the window needed to be open , the fan did nothing as wasn’t powerful , the lorry comes at same time every morning , either provide ear plugs or can landlord tell them to switch engine off .

The location was fabulous, everything was within a short walk. The age and the quirkiness of the building was fabulous. The room we had was gorgeous and the bed was very comfortable. Liked that there was fresh milk and bottled water for us in a mini fridge in the room. The pub itself is nice inside with plenty of unusual objects to look at! Unusual goings on... were they staged or truly down to the famous spirits! Intriguing...

The staff didn't seem to want to be there, not very enthusiastic. Our room, as beautiful as it was, was neglected. Dust everywhere, a bit of dust can be excused, but it didn't look like it had a proper clean for a long time! No heating!! There were radiators but they didn't work. An electric portable heater was left in the room, so I had that going to take the chill off! The plumbing has a mind of it's own, the shower turned itself on whilst we were sat in the bedroom and the bath turned itself off midway through me running it! I awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of banging and what sounded like furniture being dragged about! Could all of this been down to the ghosts I wonder? Or was it a staged theatrical show for the guests? I actually didn't mind the 'spooky' goings on, however, could the ghosts be trained to clean the rooms I wonder! Breakfast was just ok really, nothing special. For what we paid, nearly £300 per night, I'd have expected a warm, clean room and excellent food and service.