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Reviews of Lulus

3.5 out of 5
Lulus
134 Main Street, St Bees, England

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 82 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Julie

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Lynn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lulu was lovely and the rooms were clean and well stocked. We booked the loft apartment to have more room. She included continental breakfast even though it wasn't included in our booking. The bed was comfy. Lulu's is a lovely old railway station with three pubs nearby. The village is very small but has a post office and a few shops. The beach is half a mile away.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Joseph

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable room in interesting old railway station. Great value and lovely welcome from "Lulu" and her Mum. Very generous "help yourself" breakfast of cereal toast, tea and coffee at whatever time suits you. St Bees is nice to walk round: with pubs and a little beach with a kids playground and a very good cafe. Lake District is next door by car, and the coastal railway to Lancaster or Carlisle is a delight.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Ben

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Couldn’t have received a warmer welcome, the venue is unique, located at St Bees railway station; the room was fab as was the giant bath! The trains arriving into the station directly outside my window were actually quite comforting, but maintenance being carried out on the tracks at 2:30am was far from ideal, awfully loud and kept me awake for at least an hour!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Lulu on Feb 27, 2024
Hi Ben and thank you for your great review.i have to be honest the “essential train maintenance” that happens every now and again keeps me up at night worrying. Obviously this is beyond my control and luckily only happens once in a blue moon. I can only apologise. I can assure you this is not a standard thing, fortunately!!

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Lulu on Oct 8, 2023
Thank you mark for your great score I’m glad you enjoyed your stay x

2/10 Terrible

Neil Harvey

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Lulu on Aug 31, 2023
Hello Neil as discussed this review has come up because you didn’t finalise your review. I am really glad you enjoyed your stay and I hope you manage to get this review removed as obviously it wasn’t a true review of your stay. Many thanks for everything x

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Salt of the Earth
Lulu was a fantastic host and was very keen on making our stay comfortable. Its a small town lodging in a quiet part of the Lake District, so come to enjoy personable, relaxed lodging, not the Waldorf Astoria. Clean, quiet, breakfast if you care to, pubs and food close by with wonderful people to meet...a beach 5 min walk, fantastic country to drive and see...a great stay!
Back country in the Lakes District
The Irish Sea
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Lulu x on Aug 19, 2023
Thank you for your great review it really does sum up exactly what I try to offer so well. It was lovely to meet you and I’m so glad you enjoyed your stay. Many thanks lulu

10/10 Excellent

George

We had a large suite on the top floor which met our needs perfectly.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Lulu on Jul 25, 2023
Thank you so much and thank you for your little note and gift. Guests like you really do make my job so much easier. I hope you have a wonderful walk xx

10/10 Excellent

Cecilia

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Lulu on Aug 19, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to rate my establishment. I am so glad you enjoyed your stay x

10/10 Excellent

Behzad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A wonderful bed and breakfast with a kind and helpful owner, making for a delightful and cozy stay. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Lulu on Aug 19, 2023
Thank you so much knowing guests enjoyed their stay makes all the hard work worth while. Thank you again x

10/10 Excellent

Blake

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A lovely homely place to stay before a job interview. Very convenient for the train station
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Lulu on Jul 25, 2023
Was lovely to meet you. I hope you got it xx

10/10 Excellent

Dena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic host. Warm welcome and very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Lulu on Jul 25, 2023
Thank you for your beautiful review x

10/10 Excellent

Nancy, Phoenix

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great starting point for our Coast 2 Coast walk. Lulu prepared wonderful lunches for our first day of the hike.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Lulu on Jun 20, 2023
Thank you Nancy. Lovely to meet you xx

10/10 Excellent

Terence

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Lulu on May 5, 2023
Thank you very much for your great score!!

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I needed somewhere reasonably priced for an overnight stay with an early departure. Lulu’s ticked the boxes. The place is really clean, really convenient & really comfortable. Lulu contacted me & explained the check in rules as I was arriving late, & then met me to ensure I had everything I needed. I’d recommend this place if you have similar needs. It’s in an old railway building which overlooks the station platform too, which adds character.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Lulu on Mar 6, 2023
Thank you Chris I’m so glad you enjoyed your stay x

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cheap clean and functional room with fast (for west Cumbria) broadband. Friendly host
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Lulu on Mar 6, 2023
Thank you Marc for your lovely comments x

8/10 Good

Dr W

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Katy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A little getaway!
It was a lovely little place to stay and in a great location!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Second booking at at Lulus
Always a comfortable night, very friendly host. If travelling by train you couldn’t get nearer to the station and a great selection of places to eat on the doorstep.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rhiannon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Chris

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely little B and B, very comfortable rooms with everything you need, excellent host, very relaxed atmosphere. Recommended for a overnight stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Gemma

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

david

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved my stay, Louisa did her best to make our stay the best, we had a problem with the light fitting in the bathroom but with the help of my husband we sorted it, the breakfast was lovely and she did a meat platter with cheeses on a board for everyone, there is also yoghurt, cereals, juice and bread and tea cakes, the breakfast room was lovely and we chatted to another couple as Louisa left people in peace to serve themselves, the only worry I had was the parking at the front of the property, there were 3 or 4 spaces only and they were tight so if someone parking next to you opened their door wide it would catch your car, my car was ok but I did worry. I would stay here again though.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from Lulu on Apr 13, 2022
Many thanks for your review and sorry about the light I need to get abit taller!! 🤣🤣

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic!
Lulu's is an amazing place. Spotlessly clean,lovely welcome, perfect location. Nothing to dislike!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Lulu on Oct 26, 2021
Thank you so much it was lovely to meet you and I’m so glad you had a lovely weekend xx

10/10 Excellent

Joe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Lulu on Sep 22, 2021
Thankyou joe im glad you enjoyed your stay xx

10/10 Excellent

muhammad

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Lulu on Sep 22, 2021
Thank you so much I’m very glad you enjoyed your visit x

10/10 Excellent

serdal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All good thanks
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Lulu on Sep 22, 2021
Thank you I’m very glad you enjoyed your stay x

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Lulu xx on Sep 22, 2021
Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed your stay

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Has changed a but sunce ut was
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Lulu on Jul 16, 2021
Thank you very much for your review I’m glad you enjoyed your stay Lulu xx

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spot on
Spot on great hospitality.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotels.com were a disgrace
Unfortunetly it was a calamity of errors, i must stress the owner louisa and myself bith tried to fix the problem but hotels.com couldnt careless, basically i paid for a whole weekends stay their and both both times it said the booking had gone through which it actually hadnt, so what should of cost me £180 for the full weekend ended up costing me £180 and i got no stay what so ever, customer services just pass the buck their favourite line is ... your payment will be back in your bank in 28 days, what good is that? They say they was a glitch so it cost me the entire weekend, the host louisa is lovely as is the hotel itself, its absolutely beautiful inside, just a shame, my entire weekend was ruined and have to wait 28 days to get it back, the way hotels.com have acted i wont ever use they ever again!!!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tim, Canterbury

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect start to the the coast to coast especially as it was bucketing down and had to abandon camping plans. Breakfast and hospitality awesome - just don’t miss like I did - it’s right by the station when you get off the train! Remote check in and very Covid aware!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Lulu on Sep 5, 2020
Thank you for this review Tim, hopefully the weather has been better so you can camp some nights of your trip x

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ery happy Customer
Great location with friendly hosts
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from Lulu on Aug 19, 2020
Thank you very much for the lovely review, it was nice to meet you both xx

8/10 Good

Janet

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Lulu on Aug 5, 2020
Many thanks for your review

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Lulu on Aug 3, 2020
Thanks for your great feedback I’m glad you enjoyed the guest house!! Lulu ❤️

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place, ideal location for coast to coast and literally next to the station. Very nice welcome when we arrived. Very friendly and good local pubs to eat.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Response from Lulu on Jul 19, 2020
Thank you very much for your lovely review I’m very glad you enjoyed your stay! Lulu x

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from Lulu on Jun 15, 2020
Could you please tell me why you have given me this low grading as we have had no one from this site for months now so am very confused??

10/10 Excellent

terry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best hotel in the whole county
This is a hotel i stay at that ive mentioned in previous reviews, i always book the upgrade room as you have a huge bedroom, private bathroom, and your own private lounge with sofa, tv, etc, louisa the owner is so lovely she goes out of her way to make your stay memorable, its also the little things like chocolates in your room, the breakfast room is all yours with everything in it just for you, louisa is such a great owner she makes you feel like your in a home from home rather than a hotel, its also really handy for the train station as its right next to it, this hotel should be twice the price it is, its such great value for money, louisa also has a brother there who also goes out of his way for you, i cant stress enough just how beautiful this hotel is, great hotel, great price, great owner, and fantastic price, what more could you ask for, simply the best!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from Lulu on Jun 18, 2020
Thank you for your lovely review xx

10/10 Excellent

terry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simply the best hotel in cumbria
Due to my work i travel and stay i a lot of hotels, but i can honestly say the lulus is the best hotel in the whole of west cumbria without a doubt at all, the room was massive, the bed was king size and me and my partner were even given the room that had our very own private lounge attached to the room, it was amazingly clean, and the owner louisa (lulu) was the best host i have ever had, she was lovely and even put us in the best complimentary hotel suite, we literally had the best time of our lives, the hotel is faultless, amazing hotel and an amazing owner who went out of her way to help, you will not find a better hotel room in the whole of cumbria, and i for one will be back there for sure, i would advise anyone in the area that needs a hotel to look no further than the lulus, the highest mark hotels.com lets you give is 10 out of 10 but i would of given it 11 if it was possibile, we were made to feel ( especially with the private lounge all to ourselves) that it was a home from, a truly beautiful hotel, in a beautiful area and with a fantastic owner, simply superb!!!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great host. Really friendly and fun
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Lulu on Feb 6, 2020
Many thanks for your lovely review I am glad you enjoyed your visit. X

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff ' clean ' comfortable bed ' warm ' would definitely recommend it
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Lulu on Jan 4, 2020
Thank you so much I’m glad you enjoyed your stay

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very quirky, friendly and clean clean. It was very central, and the proprietor was very friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

Steve, San Francisco

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not much effort put into this B&B. Only place where there was no hot breakfast. Overall a bit dingy,
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019