What our guests have to say | Derbyshire Dales

We have been offering accommodation to guests since 1986 – a lifetime – and the hardest lesson we have had to learn is that it is simply not possible to please everyone all the time, or indeed have a fully functioning Dannah Farm perfect at all times on every occasion. Most of our wonderful guests know this and generously forgive our lapses! We really, genuinely, do try our very best to please and hopefully are able to give our guests a wonderful stay with memories to cherish.

Reviews are both terrific and terrifying at the same time! It’s a heart stopping moment when we see a new review has been published – did they like us – were we helpful/friendly/in the middle of a domestic???? Then - having made the decision to put reviews on our own website – should we just put on the good ones – include the not so good – banish the awful?? The decision is taken – we will go for “the good, the bad and the ugly” and let our guests – past, present and future decide for themselves!!!!

We have decided not to reply to individual reviews, believing it could be perceived as confrontational, of course we read them all, and really do welcome your thoughts, taking notice of all the points you raise – good and bad! (For some of the issues which raise their head from time to time, e.g., charges for corkage an explanation can be found on our FAQ's page).

And finally, a heartfelt thank you to those who take the time and trouble to tell us what a lovely time they had, along with a genuine apology to those for whom the experience was not all they would have hoped for.

“Truly great B&B”
Aug 16 2011
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A two night stay in the Red room was very enjoyable.

The positives:

Lovely room
Great bathroom
A bed to die for
Fabulous self contained Spa
The food platter
Lovely breakfast area

The negatives:

None

Possible improvements:

Danish pastries, croissants at breakfast. – I didn’t want the (great) cooked breakfast on the second morning as we had a long drive and I would have liked croissants to go with my cereal, of which there was a huge choice, but they don’t have that on the buffet table.

Hiring/availability of bikes. - I say that, but with narrow lanes I might be a little intimidated to use!

This is a great B&B and fully deserving of their five stars. The red room where we stayed was a wonderful choice by her indoors. Comfortable seating, lots of artefacts and plentiful tea, coffee and sweeties. Warning: Low beams mean you do have to be attentive, but they do add so much character.
The huge bed was really one of the most comfortable I’ve ever been in and the sheets must have been new as they also were superb. The bathroom has a wonderful blasting (all points) shower and

Finding the place with my satnav was a fail. But people in the surrounding lanes kept us going in the right direction. Warning: The farm is accessed by single lane roads with few passing places. The best route in and out therefore is to Shottle which lessons the distance you need to travel on single track. If you’re used to British country roads it probably doesn’t faze you, but I’ve never liked blind bends on roads I don’t know well with few passing places.

On the Monday we booked the Spa. What a fabulous set-up and location. You get the spa all to yourselves from 12:30 until 9pm. We ordered afternoon tea and the fabulous food platter (using the in spa phone) and took our drinks from the in-room fridge – well stocked with water, beer, wine etc. The weather on the day was pretty poor and we both were slightly under the weather, but it makes little difference. This is a definite must to complete your break at Dannah Farm.

melwood, Edinburgh, UK

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