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Facilities
Property facilities
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Non-smoking rooms
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Restaurant
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Room service
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Terrace
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Family rooms
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Pets allowed
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Luggage storage
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Packed lunches
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Non-smoking throughout
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Kid meals
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Outdoor furniture
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Coffee Shop on site
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Pet bowls
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Staff adhere to local safety protocols
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Guest rooms disinfected between stays
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Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
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Physical distancing rules followed
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Cashless payment available
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Fire extinguishers
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First aid kit available
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Sanitized tableware & silverware
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Contactless check-in/check-out
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Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
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Smoke alarms
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Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
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Physical distancing in dining areas
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Key access
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Food delivered to guest room
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Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
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Security alarm
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Television in common areas
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Front desk (limited hours)
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Free wired internet
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Internet access
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Housekeeping on request
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Wine release events
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Reception hall
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Secured parking
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Vegetarian menu options available
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Property Description
Charming 18th Century Coaching Inn
Located in the heart of St Ives, Cambridgeshire, The Golden Lion Hotel is a charming 18th Century Coaching Inn exuding history and character.
Comfortable Accommodation
The bright and airy bedrooms at The Golden Lion Hotel offer en suite bathrooms, tea/coffee facilities, and flat-screen TVs. Perfect for a cozy and relaxing stay.
Delicious Dining Options
Indulge in a full English breakfast and a varied menu of freshly prepared dishes using local seasonal produce. Pair your meal with a selection of wines, spirits, and local ales.
Experience the historic charm and modern comforts at The Golden Lion Hotel, St Ives, Cambridgeshire. Book your stay now for an unforgettable experience.
When booking 8 rooms or more, different policies and additional supplements will apply.
Children are allowed on request. Contact property with your requirements. Additional fees apply.
Pets are allowed in the classic rooms upon request. Additional fees apply, please contact property in advance to ensure a pet-friendly room is allocated.
The hotel is a popular venue at weekends with various events and can have live music playing until late, they do their best to ensure this is kept to a minimum.
Property Policies
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Pets
Pets are allowed on request. Charges may be applicable.
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Groups
When booking more than 8 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.
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Parking
No parking available.
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Internet
WiFi is available in public areas and is free of charge.
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Children and extra bed policy
Children of any age are allowed.
Children up to and including 2 years old stay for £10 per person per stay when using an available cot.
Children up to and including 12 years old stay for free when using an existing bed.
Adults stay for £10 per person per stay when using an available extra bed.
Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
Supplements are not calculated automatically in the total costs and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.
Location
Guest Reviews
Very clean rooms. Draught beer selection: Poor.
Feedback from my last stay: London Pride available but staff happy to serve pints when oxidation has occurred.☹️
Also, while you’re asking for feedback (which never see’s the light of day anyway) Shame!
Why is Brixton always out of stock?
Breakfast staff very good but please manage the bar, especially when Wetherspoons is not only 30 metres away. They can serve a pint properly. My advise to the GL is take pride in the bar. Manage it properly.
Parking outside this hotel for guest is confusing. Why? ‘Loading Only’. Perhaps HDC could help the Golden Lion?
Dynamic pricing makes it expensive when full
Very warm welcome. Decent ale and a good menu. Lovely breakfast. Room was clean and the housekeeping left a written note welcoming me to the hotel. Nice touch.
The parking is Ok but, you have to keep an eye on the time. Parking in the square is fine from6pm but charge period starts at 7am
Hotel was clean tidy and very friendly staff
No lift in the hotel
Loved the location, hotel was nice bar area good
The walls are paper thin, we could hear everything the next room where saying first night heard someone on the phone till 1.30am the 2nd night just people talking shouting until 2am so not the best night's sleep.
Im abit picking on cleanliness, little things like grout could just do with a good clean with toothbrush .
Tiny blood stain on bed cover!!!
The food is well over priced we only ate there the first night, I had the sea bass which was lovely but what came with it was just tiny pieces of veg probably no more than a table spoon, hassle back potato's had been microwaved.
My husband had the rib eye steak which I know is a fatty steak but only half of it was steak the rest fat, again not alot came with it.
We enjoyed the area alot great base.
clean , friendly lovle😄y hotel
perfect stay
Great Team!
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All of it
staff was so friendly. Great location great value for money
Going home
Great character and location. Pure luxury of the room and bathroom accessories. Windows that opened fully so no claustrophobic feeling..
Restaurant and bar snacks very good and available most hours.
Expensive breakfast as we only wanted a coffee and toast.
The noise from people leaving the bar late at night and revellers in the street below the room at 3am
I simply can't fault this hotel! We were attending a wedding at a different venue, and we're allowed to check-in early -without paying a fee for the privilege - so that we could drop our bags off and access the hotel late at night.
The staff were genuinely friendly, our room was spotless, the bed comfortable and breakfast was superb!
There was nothing we didn't like. I'm just sorry that we're unlikely to stay in St. Ives again so that we could stay there again...
Beautiful hotel, very stylish, lovely breakfast and friendly, helpful staff. Comfortable bed and stylish bedroom
One tiny thing but just to let you know, as everything else was perfect - the quilt on the bed was very thick and heavy and felt like it was too big for the cover, meaning it was bunched at the edges. On a fairly warm evening in May it was much too hot
Stayed here many times but this occasion we had room 20 which was very small and no bath. We had not asked for a room with a bath, which we should have done. Shower was very dated and in poor condition.
Given us an alternative room but claimed you were fully booked. Web site said otherwise.
Location.
The room had only a skylight for a window and was extremely hot when we arrived at about 8pm. There was no AC. Even with the skylight open for several hours the room remained very hot, and this was an April evening. We tried to change rooms but apparently the hotel was full. I don't think the hotel should let out a room such as this until it can control the heat.
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