Siam cottage guesthouse over 300 years old with Thai restaurant

Location, staff friendly, bed comfy, clean bedroom.

Shared bathroom facilities showing signs of wear.

The staff were so lovely had a good laugh.

I liked it all

Great location on the high street, 10% off at the Thai restaurant if you stay at the hotel. Bed is very comfortable, super lovely. Breakfast is absolutely generous and lovely as well. You can tell the owner made great efforts to operate the business and make guests happy. Very good value for money.

We stayed at the Aloft, and when you take a shower, the water stays there until you flush the toilet; then it drains. I think it’s a pressure issue. Also, the water temperature isn’t very stable. It’s an old house, so it’s understandable.

There’s no signs to warn tall people over 6ft to mind their heads from low walls especially in and out the toilets .

Situated centrally although on a busy main road therefore could hear all passing traffic

We recently stayed at this property and unfortunately had a very disappointing and concerning experience. The roof was leaking - this was reported during our stay, but instead of a proper repair the walls were simply wiped down. Cleanliness and maintenance were clearly lacking: there was a dirty kettle on the outside with water from previous guests still inside, and the fridge was positioned awkwardly, unsteadily encroaching on a stool between the clothes-hanging space. The bathroom was in an unacceptable state. The electric shower was extremely slow and appeared broken, the shower tray was backed up and full of hair, and the toilet was attached to a noisy macerator. Even more worrying, the shower light had no cover and there were no visible fire doors, escape signage, or extinguishers - which made us feel the property was unsafe. Breakfast was advertised as cooked, but at the last minute this changed to a basic "breakfast box" containing a banana, small cereal box, corner yoghurt, pain au chocolat, a bag of milk and a bag of orange juice, all of which was left at the foot of the stairs un refridgerated. This felt misleading and very poor value for money. Due to the safety concerns and overall condition of the accommodation, we cancelled the Thai meal we had booked for the following evening and chose to head home a night early. We raised these issues with the owner but have received no response — not even an apology. Sadly, we won't be returning. Based on our experience, this property was not fit for purpose and did not represent good value. Please be aware before booking.

Here's the good news, our experience at the Siam Cottage Guest House was the only truly bad one in a two-week trip through the south and west of England. Part of it was our perhaps overly high expectations. This was a 50th anniversary trip, including to Moreton-in-Marsh where my wife and I met 51 years earlier on the nearby station platform. We love Thai food so something about a B&B above a Thai restaurant immediately appealed, and place itself is OK, the service is another story. Unfortunately, while the B1 was OK, the B2 was catastrophic. Our final emailed instructions confirmed the listing with "... a cooked BREAKFAST WHICH IS SERVED after 9 am in one of our restaurants ..." After check-in we were told the only breakfast available was the advertised alternative, "... A BREAKFAST BOX WHICH WILL BE PLACED OUTSTIDE YOUR ROOM THE NIGHT BEFORE." We vigorously argued this point, as the recently received instructions were clearly fraudulent. After a contentious argument with the manager, he ultimately offered an additional 5% off the promised 5% Thai dinner discount, which we reluctantly accepted. He seemed to think he only needed to compensate the difference between his costs for the two breakfasts, overlooking his false advertising and outright fraud in the check-in instructions. Then at the last minute, the restaurant staff told us they'd been instructed to not serve us, thereby depriving us of both discounts! Luckily, we found a very nice Indian dinner nearby, but the deceit and abuse stings to this day. We later checked and the claimed restaurant serving the mythical cooked breakfast had closed down, so the lie was conscious and intentional.

Listing and instructions could have been truthful.

It’s a very cute location, with the room being very nicely laid out.

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The location is good and well connected—it's a 10-minute walk from the train station. It's a convenient area where you can find restaurants, pubs, and a supermarket.

There's a portable radiator, but it takes a while to warm up the room (there's no radiator in the bathroom). Breakfast should have been included (cold breakfast), but we didn't receive breakfast on the second day. The host mentioned issuing a partial refund via Booking.com but never finalized it.