No.64 at the Joiners

Pleasant
Traveller Type: review category business travellers

Fair
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Stayed in Evangeline. The room was nicely decorated, the location (West Malling) is lovely.
  : Payment was taken 3 days before arrival despite booking as “Pay at the Property”. The plug in the bath did not work so we could not have a bath and this was the reason I booked this room. Loud music went on in the bar downstairs until gone 1:30am, the bed squeaked loudly every time you turned over, and the bright green emergency light above the door made it hard to get a restful night’s sleep. Breakfast was not included despite the website saying so. There was no staff available on site to feed this back to in the morning at check out.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: group
  : Location is spot on and helpful staff

Very Poor
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Cosy small pub with charming daytime locals.
  : Becomes an Ibiza-style music venue from 7pm ‘til very late at weekends. Our room directly above was uninhabitable, with noise and vibrations making conversation, TV viewing and phone calls impossible. Karaoke made things worse. Before booking we read many reviews citing this problem at the property but this was the only one available in the locality we needed, so we hoped they were exaggerated. They were not. Even though Rock music fans ourselves, we could not bear the row and bailed out part-way through our pre-paid stay. Expensive, but getting a full night’s sleep at last, was priceless.

Very Good
Traveller Type: young couple
  : The quality of the room
  : Tv did not work Tea & coffee facilities were adequate

Poor
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Good location and friendly reception
  : One of the beds has springs coming through. We had to put towels and a throw under the sheet to make it more comfortable - which didn’t work well. In addition the bed was on castors and in the night I got out and back in and the bed slid across the floor! Finally the White Company toiletries advertised on the website were not in place - a cheaper alternative was used.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: young couple
  : The central location. The room size was good. Good powerful shower
  : Quite noisy with outside traffic and very expensive for what it was with no breakfast included !

Very Good
Traveller Type: young couple

Poor
Traveller Type: young couple
  : N/A
  : The room smelt heavily of stale cigarette smoke which made it hard to sleep. The bed was extremely creaky and rickety. There was no checkout procedure. Expensive for what it was.