It's taken me a month of careful thinking before writing this review. I think it best to be just as objective and as factual as possible.
Green End House is, as others say, a charming and characterful place to stay, wood panelled walls, lovely stairway etc, in a pleasant and peaceful location just a short walk from Hawkshead.
When looking for a 3 night stay my partner and I felt this sounded perfect but what really drew us in were the breakfast descriptions, specifically the first one by TomWatson01 in Feb 2017 entitled 'Exceptional'. To Quote: 'Breakfast is one of Paul's many specialities. Fruit and yoghurt or cereal to start from the extensive breakfast bar followed by a hot Full English comprised of local produce cooked to perfection. My partner and I are avid walkers so a breakfast of this standard sets you up for the long day ahead'.
Our actual experience: the night we arrived Paul asked us if we would like EITHER fruit OR cooked for the following morning. We were both taken aback and expressed our surprise as we thought that, as is the usual case anywhere else, both were on offer. Our astonishment was met with an uncomfortably fixed grin and silence. We opted for cooked, agreed a start window of 8:45-9 and came down just before 9. Breakfast was placed in front of us immediately, cooked and plated up before we'd even left our room, small portions crammed together on stone cold plates, no enquiry as to how we'd like our eggs done etc and no time for cereals beforehand, a point emphatically forced home by the absence of bowls and milk. We asked afterwards if it was ok to have some cereals and were told yes but could we have them in our rooms as the other residents were due at 9:30. We had been told the previous night that breakfast was generally 7:30 to 9:30 and chose the later sitting so as not to be rushed.
On the 2nd morning we made sure we were down at 8:45 in the hope of having cereals but again no bowls or milk and again the small, cold plate was placed in front of us immediately. The 3rd morning milk and bowls were provided but no time to have them beforehand so we had them afterwards, very strange. There was a kettle to make ourselves tea but it was always empty so we'd have to walk to the kitchen to ask for water. Would a pot of tea have been too much to expect? The cafetiere of fresh coffee and jug of fresh juice was nice but again no choice, it just felt that this was what was on offer, take it or leave it.
The cooked breakfast: as above, small portions crammed together on cold plates, poorly cooked scrambled eggs and tinned mushrooms, hardly the 'Foodie's fare, cooked to perfection'.
Sorry Paul but this was just embarrassing, a disappointment in a basic £50 a night B'n'B but unacceptable at these prices. I've honestly had more lovingly prepared breakfasts in motorway service stations. In content and manner it felt as though it was being done on the cheap and was a sad let down.
I didn't want to write such words but, having just gone over previous reviews, I feel a responsibility to others who, like us, might be swayed by the glowing descriptions of a sumptuous breakfast . This was simply not the case. Stay here because of the building and its situation but not for the food reviews.
Having checked out TomWatson01 I see that he joined only in 2017 after staying with you in Feb of that year (presumably around the time you started as it's your very first review) and the flowery review he wrote for you is the only one he's ever written in the almost four years since, I find that highly suspicious.
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