The Morritt

8/10

Excellent

18 Mar 2026

Joanne

Quiet hotel, free parking, attentive staff for evening meal, reception and breakfast.

Self

4/10

Poor

15 Mar 2026

Brian

Our room was not clean - filthy window frames, the room and bathroom was dusty and grubby everywhere. The staff were all friendly but on our arrival we had to go and find a member of staff to check us in - it was deserted. Checking out was lengthy as there was confusion from the hotel about what we had booked and paid for, we were clear about our booking and showed our digital booking forms but the receptionist was not convinced by it.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Jan 2026

Suzanne

Friendly staff, lovely food. Great location.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2026

Michael

Food in restaurant very good, staff friendly. Heating in room not sufficient for the cold weather

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2025

David

Great Staff, Great Location, Good Food what more do you need.

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

01 Dec 2025

John

A magnificent building, but the room was a little dated and tired.

Business Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Nov 2025

Peter

Great, friendly staff. Cosy room and a wonderful breakfast.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2025

Stephen

First time staying in the hotel and it has seen better days. We booked 3 rooms and all were dated, dusty and not well cleaned

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2025

Sheila

Nice staff good parking area.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

03 Oct 2025

Michael

Dirty dusty and cobwebs
Stool collapsed and cut my leg

Business

6/10

Pleasant

22 Aug 2025

Derek

Nice place to stay

Friendly and helpful at front desk. The handle on the bathroom door was loose so couldn’t close it fully to use the loo.
Could do with something on at night.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2025

Darren

Nice hotel with great staff beautiful gardens and excellent spa

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2025

Natalie

Bed very comfortable. Room got hot. Didn’t feel comfortable leaving window open over night due to fire escape right outside the window and being a lone female.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2025

Sue

Good Service accommodation and food

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2025

Linda

Lovely stay. Nice staff, some areas a little tired, however it didnt put us off staying as we felt welcomed, and would not hesitate to stay again should we be in the area. Good food. Comfortable bed.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2025

C

Everything was as expected

Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2025

Bernard

Eyesight checked

Excellent food. Wonderful staff. Could have done with handrails in the shower

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2025

Jayne

Great hotel just off A66 not far from Barnard Castle. Great spot to break our journey between Falkirk and Cambridge Food very good.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2025

Chris

Great hotel and location

Check in was very easy, staff were very friendly and helpful, room was lovely , larger than expected with 4 poster bed. Great hotel in great location. Bar area was very nice with painted mural walls.
Only minor negative comment would be that the paint work i.e. doors and skirting was looking very tired, could do with a refresh.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2025

Aimee

Overnight stay

Good hotel in a lovely area. Very pretty gardens. Food was great in the restaurant. Our room was large and comfortable but a little tired in places.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 May 2025

Catherine

Clean and comfortable

Friendly efficient staff. Clean room. Comfortable bed with clean linen. Clean bathroom. Good food.
Would definitely stay again

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2025

Barry

Old world charm but very tidy and clean.

Staff provided excellent assistance, very friendly and shared knowledge of local attractions.

Two wonderful nights …. thank you.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2025

Stephen

Nice traditional country hotel, lovely staff

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2025

Jonathan

Excellent stay

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

13 Apr 2025

Paul

Avoid room 20, pre cooked breakfast, cold hotel

Cold downstairs, main door left open & bar/garden door left open, breakfast all pre-cooked except the egg, small cold buffet selection, twin beds pushed together in room 20 fall into the mattress, mould on walks, iron burn on carpet, walls stained,

Partner

4/10

Poor

19 Mar 2025

Jade

Disappointed

Food was lovely and staff serving were helpful. The heating was on in my room full blast in a really warm day when I first went in, was too scared to leave the window open as I was level with the roof and there was a lot of birds. Room was average, pretty small. Unfortunately i attempted to call reception 3 times between 11pm-midnight to ask when the music would be turned off, it was turned off at midnight but then the music was back on again at 6.30am. I’m guessing my room was right above the speakers in the restaurant which was unfortunate. Just overall a very noisy hotel with old floor boards and other guests shouting good night to each other down the hall.

Business

4/10

Poor

15 Feb 2025

Elizabeth

Paper thin walls - prepare for no sleep.

Unfortunately I had virtually no sleep at the hotel as it was so noisy.The walls are paper thin, so you can hear everything from the room above too. Added to which the bathroom was in a \"cupboard\" so accessing it was ridiculously awkward. At 5am we gave up, drove home and went to bed.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2025

Alastair

No served its purpose. The staff were so helpful and pleasant.

Business Self

4/10

Poor

09 Jan 2025

Laura

The room was fine, old fashioned but worked for us to lay our head when we got back. We had an issue with keys (we accidentally left it in the room as we left and didn’t realise, so this then involved them trying about 100 keys in the lock to get in and then waking up the owner of the hotel and us being told “a very angry man is going to come in a minute to sort this out”, which made me feel very uncomfortable. it took almost an hour to sort out, which was a nightmare, and once we finally got to bed, we could hear the goings on in the next room until the very early hours of the next morning so barely slept. I probably wouldn’t stay again!

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2024

neil

Lovely quiet place and great food .

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Oct 2024

Robert

Comfortable relaxed hotel with good food

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Sep 2024

Elizabeth

Love this hotel for a halfway stop whilst driving up to Scotland.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2024

Johanna

I had an economy room at an amazing low price and it is in a property immediately next to the hotel. The room is really nice and the bed is very comfortable.

4/10

Poor

02 Sep 2024

Yasmin

It was ok , had to ask for clean cups as room not done second day, first room that we were checked into was not made up so they moved us to another room.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2024

Gervis

Fantastic location and very scenic and peaceful. There is plenty to do within driving distance, 10 mins or so and the food at the hotel was very good and reasonable priced. The spa is a must it’s a great addition to your stay and very relaxing and well worth the money. Highly recommended

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

18 Aug 2024

John

Poor service but comfortable.

Very poor breakfast service. And bar service in evening. Room was very comfortable but overall the hotel looked a little tired.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Aug 2024

Michael

The history of the building.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

07 Aug 2024

Stephen

Beds were so uncomfortable that we did not sleep at all both nights, mattresses should have been replaced years ago

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2024

Tom

Beautiful place. Very good value. Will return.

4/10

Poor

29 Jul 2024

Darren

Dated and tired, rooms are poorly decorated, back rooms have the kitchen extractor running from 6 till 11

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2024

Katie

Very good stay - friendly staff, good breakfast and comfortable room. Only let down was that the curtains are very thin so the room was very bright at night and early morning. Ended up hanging blankets over the windows to try and block out light.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2024

Michelle

Lovely quaint hotel In a quiet location

The hotel is gorgeous and the staff are amazing. So friendly and genuinely want to help you and make you feel welcome. The surroundings are lovely and Barnard Castle is down the road with some lovely views, walks and a couple of coffee shops.

The room was cute. We booked a deluxe and it was like a little apartment.

Breakfast is lovely.

The food in the bar was lovely but a bit pricey for what it is.

Overall a lovely, pleasant stay 😊

Partner

4/10

Poor

03 Jul 2024

Christine

Bad first impression

Our room was small and stuffy, with the windows open the smell of cooking from the kitchen below wasunpleasant. We asked for a fan which helped. The friends we travelled with has a much bigger room without the smells. The setting is lovely and we enjoyed the gardens. The second breakfast was a disaster: there was no bread, they ran out of yogurts and fruit. A request for marmalade was ignored until Erin was asked and she knew where the jar was in the kitchen. Louise was very sympathetic and cancelled the previous bad impression by reserving us a table that didn't wobble with marmalade already on the table. She was friendly and helpful and went out of her way to make us comfortable.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2024

William

The staff went out of their way to accomodate us, they were very friendly & the grounds were well looked after, making for a peaceful atmosphere. Thank you

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jun 2024

Phillip

Value for money, but silly things let hotel down sometimes.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Jun 2024

Stephen

Value for money

Good value for money. I think the hotel itself would admit that it isn't a luxury venue but for £55 for the room it was clean and comfortable and I slept well. The decor needs updating. Staff were great and very friendly. Food was excellent. I highly recommend the restaurant. I would stay again.

Self

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2024

Mark

Better than expected 👍

Decent location, quiet and <10min drive from Barnard Castle and <30 from loads of Dales walks.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2024

Jonathan

Food was amazing

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2024

Debbie

Everyone was very caring, dog friendly and helpful... going the extra mile to meet all our needs.
Thank you everyone.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2024

Peter

Great stay

I have used this hotel several times and am always impressed with the friendly staff. Rooms are comfortable and at a good price

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2024

Julia

Wonderful hotel

We had a wonderful 2 nights stay. The staff were fabulous, the breakfast 10 out of 10. The room was clean spacious, and well equipped. We had lovely big fluffy towels, the only complaint would be the mattress but I am very fussy with mattresses.

Partner

4/10

Poor

28 Apr 2024

Martin

Room not available at check in at 6pm! Spa not available as there were no spaces left. Room was down the road in another building. Curtains were paper thin so woke up at dawn. Bar full of local workmen in overalls and boots.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

19 Feb 2024

C m dunne

Very small room no heating on do room felt cold on arrivel .
Traveled with dog no facilities in room for dog ie dog bowl

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

18 Feb 2024

Mr

Friendly and cosy

Lovely homely hotel with very friendly staff.
Food was lovely and had a cosy bar with a real fire.
Hotel is a little dated however staff are excellent. Lovely surroundings and had a visit to the spa however booking is essential to avoid any disappointment.
We had a room on the road side of the hotel and with the windows open could hear the traffic from the nearby A66.
Would definitely stay again if in the area.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2024

Frank

The staff were fantastic. Excellent value for the money. The Breakfast was outstanding.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2024

Susan

Enjoyed a lovely comfortable break for very reasonable price. Welcoming log fire in bar and very pleasant staff through out hotel. Excellent breakfast.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2023

Jan

Friendly, helpful staff, good food, comfy bed - all warm and welcoming. Will be back

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Nov 2023

Neil

Overall adequate accommodation but a little tired.

We stayed overnight at The Morritt on a long road trip from Inverness to Stevenage. The hotel is dog friendly, our small dog was with us. The room was adequate but a little tired. Good tea & coffee facilities in the room. Very friendly staff but we felt £18.95 for basic fish & chips in the bar a tad pricey.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2023

Michael

Excellent hotel and great value for money

Stayed one night on a visit to the nearby Bowes Museum. We had a very pleasant drink in the hotel bar (famous wall murals) followed by an excellent dinner
Our room was comfortable (though I needed to remake the bed - sheets were crumpled and not tucked in).
Lovely full breakfast.
We're looking forward to our next stay in this great hotel.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2023

Verified traveler

Evening meal choice

Enjoyed our stay ,no complaints apart from the lack of choice of food on the evening meals,so after the first evening we ate elsewhere,...the breakfast meals had plenty of choice the food at breakfast was plentiful and tasty ...

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2023

richard

Totally amazing hotel, welcoming,clean,tidy,great night sleep, superb buffet breakfast

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Jun 2023

James

I was told on the phone that I could charge my electric car for free at the hotel but when I got there I was charged an exorbitant price, the twin room was badly decorated and looking onto the workman’s shed and the flat roof. The service was good and the food was nice.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jun 2022

Edmund

It was okay

Standard room was in fact tiny, with a v small double bed, which was also damn uncomfortable. Rubbish mattress.

No bulb in bedside lamp. The kids twin room was a good size.

Breakfast was a bit slow getting going, and they were pretty forgetful bringing the toast we requested.

Cooked breakfast looked good.

Coffee average.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Jun 2022

Stephen

Pleasant stay. Good value stay with good breakfast

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

17 Jun 2022

John

Excellent breakfast friendly staff

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Jun 2022

Robert

It was ok for the price we paid. The room was ok but dated furnature and a hard matress. However, we did sleep altgough some room neighbours were noisey late PM and early AM. Not the hotels fault.

The blind in the bathroom was broken, it happens but when we reported it we were informed it had been reported 4 times before. It needs fixing.

I would visit again as it was a nice place. Tge staff were pleasant although we had to wait quite a whike to be served.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Apr 2022

Jane

Lovely place to stay nothing was to much trouble

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

21 Apr 2022

Nina

Excellent professional service from all the staff we met. Nice bar meal and wonderful breakfast. The hotel itself is wonderfully characterful, but we were very disappointed to be allocated a “garden room” round the corner from the main hotel (not a garden in sight, in fact just a small yard with a high fence furnished with a rusting sardine can - we were next to the bins.) The decor was tired, dated and ill-furnished: not even a dressing table (or indeed a table), nor drawers for clothes. The hotel is a real hidden treasure- just a shame we didn’t get to stay in it!

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

18 Apr 2022

Stuart

Good location, free parking, nice garden.
Disappointing to experience: Room housekeeping poor, old and dark interior in need of complete refurbishment.
Lack of staff to greet at breakfast or reception. Lack of courtesy to ask about stay on departure.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2021

Cher

Loved the hotel it's self, lovely grounds. The bed was like an ironing board hardly any sleep. Staff where great.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Nov 2021

Bernardus

Very friendly staff. Nice food. Old building but well maintained. Good bed. Good breakfast.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2021

Cherry

Scotland stopover

Excellent care and comfort. Pleasant and helpful staff. So pleased we found this hotel on-line. We will certaintly make a return visit.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

02 Nov 2021

Angela

Friendly and efficient

The stay was a meet up with my sister so I'd booked us into a twin bedded room. However, they gave us a very small double room. Went down to reception and we were instantly given a 2nd room at no charge as no twins were available. The receptionist was both apologetic and polite and we liked the way she not only dealt with us but sorted the problem straight away and in a very positive manner.
We used The Garage Spa, which was excellent. Will definitely be back

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2021

Peter

Staff friendliness

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Oct 2021

Valerie

Pleasant Break

Very comfy beds and pillows. Lovely breakfast. Helpful and pleasant staff. Chosen for location to Barnard Castle and Bowes Museum.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

01 Oct 2021

Alan

We didn't stay for our planned night .
When we arrived they informed us that they was not a hotel room available for us

They blamed Expedia for this despite having our contact details.
We were very disappointed as we had travelled down which incurred travelling expenses there and to travel back home this spoilt our well deserved holiday night away .

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

14 Sep 2021

Michael

Could do better

The hotel could be so much better. The restaurant was good but not brilliant. The lighting is way to bright. There was an incident where we had no water in the morning, and reckon help from the reception. The room was spacious but could do with dusting and fixing the bathroom sink.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Sep 2021

Lawrence

A good location for a couple of days

Generally good however on the last day because there was a wedding the day before this caused a shortage at breakfast time. Found the noise from the A66 a bit irritating.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2021

Julia

Perfect

Partner

2/10

Poor

02 Aug 2021

Mark

A very disappointing

Paid in advance for a \"luxury double room\" and was given a \"classic double room\" away from the main hotel. The room was tiny and wasn't cleaned properly with rubbish left in the bathroom from the previous guests. We also had no wifi in the room, something that was advertised and which we needed to be able to work. When I asked if we can be moved to the room which we paid for I was told nothing can be done as they are fully booked and when I asked about the wifi was told, \"No, it doesn't really work there, you can try coming closer to the window that might work\". I would recommend avoiding this hotel.

Partner

4/10

Poor

01 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

So so. Good in some respects not so in others.

Room ok, obviously one of the low end rooms. No drainage on shower or sink though, fully blocked with hair, but nice pressure on shower. Huge party happening somewhere which kept me awake until 2 am, breakfast was lovely.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2020

Adrian

Pleasant stay

Comfortable bed and room. Excellent food especially the pan fried salmon. Offered a miserable room about 60 metres from hotel entrance but were transferred to a pleasant room after complaining! Very good Covid policy.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Sep 2020

Verified traveler

so so

Hotel was not up to the cleanliness standard expected on arrival but hats off to the duty manager who rectified the problem immediately.

In general, the place just needs a bit of tender loving care and a new cleaning team!

Breakfast was great and dinner so so

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2020

Royston

All smiles when one arrives.

It is nice sometimes to be \"whelmed\" by the public areas(restaurant, bar, lounge other socialising spaces), the variety of the rooms and the quality of the food. The Morrit was successful in this. We had a separate sitting/working area which was nice. The lounge had enough sitting furniture for several groups before or after meals. access of the A66 was easy in both directions.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

17 Aug 2020

D

Faulty Towers

Was very much looking forward to our 6 night stay at the Morrit Arms Hotel. Using it as a base for our holiday in County Durham and further. We original booked up at Morrit to include our pet dog but unfortunately our pet dog became very unwell while we were on The Yorkshire Moors prior to arriving at the Morrit and had to be put to sleep. The reception was informed of this when we arrived, but we were still put in the pet freindly room. We are all well aware of Covid 19, but no where on their site did they mention there would be no room cleaning or servicing of rooms during our stay. On numerous occasions when had to ask for stocks of tea/coffee/milk clean bathroom towels as well as clean bedding after 4 days. The service at breakfast was a complete joke with not 1 of our 6 nights stay going without a problem whether it was missing cutlery, missing orders, no milk when given cereals and the list goes on. One night we wanted to have a drink from the bar to be drunk outside in the garden but all garden lights were turned off, so we found ourselves in darkness. We were told to wear masks while walking around the hotel but this only seamed to apply to my wife and l. At the end of our stay and after paying our bill l noticed they had charged us the extra £10 for a dog we did not have. We will never stay there again. The place in a joke. Just a quick shout out to 3 employees the 2 night managers and Dawn in the breakfast room nice people, and good at their jobs.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2020

Joanne

A truly wonderful stay. We went for our wedding anniversary and cannot find a fault. The staff, building, food and gardens were all fantastic. Thank you so much. We will DEFINITELY return!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2020

Guy

Morritt Hotel

The Morritt Hotel is set in a stunning location with fantastic walks nearby. The staff were pleasant and helpful, the food was delicious and not over priced. The room and the ensuite was clean, however the floors hadn't been cleaned recently and the bathroom bin hadn't been emptied. These were minor points during what was a nice stay.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2020

Beverley

wonderful place x

Staff were amazing ... we went for a budget room which was still comfortable.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Rooms need a good in-depth clean and updating. Old fashioned. Muriel on bar wall needs repairing and downstairs rooms need brightening up.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Needs updating bedrooms could do with a make over.
Staff and food good

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2019

Lewis

Lovely hotel and surroundings off A66

We stopped here for a change on our way to Scotland. The hotel is lovely to look at with idyllic surroundings. The staff were very friendly upon arrival and throughout. We enjoyed a drink in the lounge area before our room was ready. The room was a good size and very comfortable. We had dinner in the bistro which was also very good with the bar area offering lots of character.
Breakfast was very good the following morning and checkout easy.
Will definitely staff here again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2019

LIAM

A very relaxing overnight stay & Spa

A very relaxing overnight stay combined with treatments at the hotels Garage Spa. The moonlit package was great after a long drive up and the following morning the Roof Top Cabriolet & Rasul Mud energised the muscles.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Sep 2019

Patrick

Amazing place, well worth the effort to get there and stay

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Fine country house hotel, comfortable room, good food and wine selection, offered by friendly, helpful staff.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Great location for a midway stop on the way to Scotland. Very nice room, lovely spa and good food.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The bedroom carpet needed a clean.
The bottom sheets were not tucked in on all sides, so the covers fell off.
The dining room was a pleasant room

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jul 2019

michael

False advertising of the spa

Unfortunately to use the spa 1 because it dosent say on app its £39 and 2 the receptionist said I couldn't use the spa as they needed to count heads...? The room was tiny and above a generator, gratefully I was moved to a bigger room. The food was nice and the staff were helpful. But this hotel is over priced for the quality of room and not been able to use the spa. I wouldn't stay here again

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2019

Terence

The Great Get Away

Fantastic location for a cosy get away, staff, accommodation, food we're outstanding.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2019

Melissa

Great place

The bedrooms are a bit dated and tired BUT it was really clean, great food at reasonable prices, lovely surroundings and the staff were amazing. Definitely worth a visit.

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The outside of the property and downstairs is lovely but our bedroom was rather shabby

Leisure Family