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Honest Lawyer Hotel

3.0 star property

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Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; international cuisine
Double Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets
Front of property
Serves lunch and dinner
Exterior

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry

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Croxdale Bridge, Croxdale, Durham, England, DH1 3SP
  • Place, Durham University
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Place, Durham Cathedral
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Durham Castle
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Airport, Durham (MME-Teesside Intl.)
    ‪31 min drive‬

Room options

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(47 reviews)
  • 140 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Twin Room

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(21 reviews)
  • 140 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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4 Poster Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

4 Poster Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 280 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

  • 538 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed, 1 Twin Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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About the neighborhood

Durham

With a stay at Honest Lawyer Hotel in Durham, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Durham University and Oriental Museum. .This hotel is 2.2 mi (3.6 km) from Durham Botanic Garden and 2.6 mi (4.1 km) from Whitworth Hall Country Park.

What's nearby

  • Durham University - 2 min drive - 1.9 miles
  • Durham Botanic Garden - 4 min drive - 2.7 miles
  • Durham Cathedral - 5 min drive - 3.1 miles
  • Durham Castle - 5 min drive - 3.5 miles
  • Gala Theatre Durham - 5 min drive - 3.9 miles

Getting around

  • Durham Station - 8 min drive
  • Durham (MME-Teesside Intl.) - 40 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Costa Coffee - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪White Church - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Duke of Wellington - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Cafe Interlude - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Honest Lawyer Hotel

Hotel in Durham with a 24-hour front desk and a restaurant
Honest Lawyer Hotel offers 46 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and designer toiletries. 32-inch LCD televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Stay in one of 46 guestrooms featuring LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Additional amenities at this hotel include tour/ticket assistance and a banquet hall.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at Baileys Restaurant, a restaurant which specializes in international cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and on weekends from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM and on weekends between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
Baileys Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Bailey's Bar - This bar serves lunch and dinner.
Room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekends; GBP 11.95 for adults and GBP 11.95 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Bailey's Bar
  • Baileys Restaurant

Things to do

  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Newspapers in lobby

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Room service

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 7.50 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 11.95 for adults and GBP 11.95 for children
  • Pet fee: GBP 7.50 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

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Honest Lawyer Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 436 out of 963 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 352 out of 963 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 120 out of 963 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 35 out of 963 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 20 out of 963 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have stayed here many times and the property and staff are excellent. In room facilities are what you need and no frills, food including breakfast in the restaurant is fresh and tasty and the free extensive car park is really useful. I thoroughly recommend this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mr Peter R

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Neill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Review

The room was comfortable and clean. The staff were helpful. Bus stop just outside the hotel if you don't fancy driving.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Karl

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Overnight stay

Very old warn out room that smelt of cigarette smoke. Tired in need of a good freshen up. Food not great. Nothing wrong with the staff it’s not their fault.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hotel with friendly staff

The room was clean and had everything we needed for the night. One thing we didn't like was the shower curtain. It did not keep the water in and it stuck to you while trying to shower. The staff were very friendly and helpful and there was plenty of parking. The only let down was the breakfast. While it was hot and there was plenty of it available we did not think it was worth the £12.50 per person extra.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a great time. Staff very helpful. Food excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Philippa

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Handy for getting into Durham. Basic accommodation but cheap for a bank holiday weekend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Lack of communication, very disappointed, 🤔

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Adele

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not the best

The food and service of the staff is excellent. The rooms are tired and scruffy. The cleaners cleaned well but still felt dirty as aged and grubby. We had an issue with the tap on first night that kept us awake as an air lock was making high pitched noise that hurt our ears. The manager gave us a key the next morning to another room and saiid it would be cleaned for when we got back later after our day out. We got back and took stuff to new room to find it has not been cleaned so we had to move again. We had booked twin room as it was me and my daughter but we had to share a double room. This 3rd room was not comfortable bed. Very noisy when you slightly moved. The TV did not work and bathroom door handle coming off. Not the best experience. I felt shattered when I left as did not sleep well and noisy courtyard too outside rooms in a morning. Staff great and food lovely though. Needs renovating and refreshing. New decor. New bathrooms. New mattresses needed
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Sandra

Great location. Lots of parking. Friendly staff. Good value tasty food.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely quiet place with accessible routes to Durham. The staff were polite and professional.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Bernadette

Traveled with group
Its more like a motel than a hotel which mean you can get your car right infront of your door. Privacy if you need it. Location and surrounding towns and villages, especially to Durham. Internet access ok. TV was weak or poor signal most of the time. Good choice at breakfast, paid for separately. Nice outdoor seating close to the bar. Rooms overlooking fields.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Anthon

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

It was better than a park bench

I feel terrible writing this review as the staff is wonderful, but the property is dated and they do the best that they can with what they have. It is time to revive the rooms. But the price was appropriate for the quality of the facilities so I can't really complain. It was about 1/3 the price for a room in Durham.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Jocelyn

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Although the room was clean the whole room including bathroom needed updating. Bathroom was mouldy with broken tiles. Bed was fine but pillows poor, whole decor needs to be updated as it looked grubby including worn carpet. No air conditioning. Room had a window which opened slightly but due to constant traffic noise, had to stay closed, which made room stuffy. Could hear neighbour as walls very thin which caused an issue during our stay. Hotel was hosting a wedding party and the person in the room next to us kept bringing friends from the party back and forth, shouting, screaming and swearing. As we had to be up early the next day I had to report this to management as unable to sleep. I think the hotel should either just keep the rooms for the wedding guests or if open to all then wedding guests must be told that if they want to meet elsewhere, then they need to stay near the venue and not use their rooms as a conference room!!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was all i needed didnt try food but room was clean and comfortably adequate
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Good, but rooms need updating/decorating

Easy and straightforward check-in and checkout. Decent breakfast for the additional price. Good customer service in the restaurant. Room was unfortunately a little bit dated and the decor in areas was tired and in needed of repair/redoing. Walls and carpet in the bedroom as well as tiling in bathroom needs a proper clean. Agree with other comments regarding issues with the TV buffering and losing signal. The bed was very comfortable, as well as very good water pressure on shower.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

MARYCLARE

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
If I have to go back to the area I would definitely return
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

roslyn

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Inexpensive but areas need attention

Evening meal average. Beds comfy and good bedding but bathroom desperate for updating and wifi connection poor.
View from bedroom
Twin room
Main entrance
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice helpful staff, very good food & great that you can park just outside your room, very reasonably priced.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

PETER

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not as advertised

Rooms away from hotel, very small room, tiny bathroom with noisey extractor. No ceck in desk had to go to bar.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lynsey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Comfortable and great for price

Booked late, but room was ready and despite it being in the middle of meal service check in was quick, efficient and friendly. I'd already eaten but the food looked very good too. Room was small and comfortable. Good nights sleep and bathroom was clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025