Lakeview Lodges At Makins Fishery

Spacious, clean, lovely lake view and, importantly, quiet!

The hot tub was a disappointment. Few jets and feeble. Great that there was one though!

The lodge itself was really nice,plenty of space & great location.

The fact that there was no hot water at all in any room for our first night there. Was given a piece of paper with contact numbers on which I had to call 9 times until got an answer,to report no hot water.Yes it did say the number was for emergencies but as the office was closed it was the only other option I had,not a big deal to some people having no hot water but when we’ve got 2 very Autistic children wanting to shower to wash the smell of chlorine off themselves from being in the hot tub..left me no choice but to call the number. A woman answered and informed me she could get someone out the following morning,she then proceeded to send me a txt message which I didn’t think was very professional stating that wanting to shower at 11.15pm is not an emergency! I then spoke with a man at checking out time I think may have been the owner he was quite friendly,not that I should’ve had to explain but I told him about our autistic children being unhappy about not being able to wash with hot water,to which he apologised.Also told him on our last night there the hot tub had a really bad smell to it like old water & was very dirty/cloudy water so we couldn’t use it.

Very spacious, modern and clean. The wooden veranda overlooking the fishing lakes was my favourite place to be. Friendly and helpful staff. We’ll definitely be staying again

Unfortunately there is no washing machine which would have been very useful

The Lodge was beautiful. So spacious, asthetically well set out and lovely decour. You had everything you needed with kitchen equipment and things that were extra steps like tea, coffee, sugar ect. I abs loved the teapot (i actually want one now) Cleaning was for most part good. Loved there was both a bath and shower. The bath was quite big so very nice to use. When we arrived there was a xmas tree set up and lit which was nice to see with us staying over new year and the lodge had been kept warm for our arrival. Hot tub was clean and tidy. You can see great care is taken in these lodges for those who stay there. Staff was absent due to new year which was expected however Laura who helped book us in was particularly so helpful and lovely. Surroundings were lovely. Really peaceful and well looked after. All in all it was a nice stay and I would come back for sure. Just a couple of niggles that need ironing out.

The bed is mis represented on booking.com It is not a king size bed. Its 2 singles pushed together to represent a king size and this should be advertised as such. Especially for someone who has a spinal injury the bed was uncomfortable as the middle gapping where the 2 mattresses met caused a lack of sleep unfortunately. Pillows were flat and lumpy and had to ask for more the next day as again very uncomfortable to sleep on but it was dealt with quickly. No toiletries (shower gel ect) found but not so much an issue just again expectations versus reality. Cleaning could do with a bit more attention paid. Generally it was fine but in some areas like above the bath and the wardrobe there were cobwebs and dust. Not a reflection of the Fishery at all but First night our neighbour graced us with smoking pot from around 5pm til 11pm which caused the smell to be quite over run in our lodge (particularly the bedroom) which wasnt great. We did complain about this. Each to their own of smoking choices but when its heavily pungent where we was then it became an issue.