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The Lloyds Experience

Hannah with Tom and Roy at dinner
I had a wonderful time [on my stay with my grandparents] and would like to visit again sometime.
Hannah, Ruthin, August 2009

What we offer has the unique stamp of us and our different, yet complementary personalities, abilities and skills. Tom is mainly front-of-house, welcoming and chatting to guests, serving breakfast and dinner, and settling bills. Much of Roy's day is taken up with menu planning, cooking, laundry, housekeeping, accounts and administration. He also enjoys interacting with guests. Our proud team of a dozen part-time staff give the all-important back-up for cleaning and housekeeping tasks, and on busier evenings, meal preparation and service.

Over the years (19 and counting), we believe we have got a real feel for what we do best, what brings guests back, and leads them to recommend us to friends and work colleagues. Our strongest appeal is to those who prefer a small hotel, appreciate personal hospitality and individual touches, and enjoy a degree of engagement with the proprietors and other guests. Good food is what many come to Lloyds especially to enjoy. Equally, we provide a warm welcome and comfortable base for those with perhaps not the appetite or budget or inclination to spend a long evening in our restaurant, and are quite happy to eat in one of the town's pubs and restaurants.

Dining at Lloyds requires pre-planning: by our guests and by us. As returning guests appreciate, our dinners are hugely labour-consuming (mostly Roy's), so we cannot offer dinner every day. Guests who book well in advance can usually have dinner on the evenings of their choice, irrespective of the day of the week. However, as the diary fills, we designate bed-and-breakfast only days.

Breakfast Room
The breakfast room with its collection of farming implements and wall hangings. On busy mornings we serve breakfast in the restaurant.
Room 7 table
In our 2009 closure, the desk in Rm 7 was replaced with a dressing table and a new wall-mounted TV installed. The cupboard in the adjacent hallway was also replaced.

Thank you very much for looking after us so well again last weekend. We had a wonderful time. We very much appreciate the hard work you both put in to making everyone feel so welcome and comfortable, indeed it is more like going to visit friends than staying in a hotel. The food once again, Roy, was superb, and Tom, your front of house is brilliant, all of your stories wonderfully entertaining.

David and Sue, Abergavenny, May 2009

We would just like to say how much we enjoyed our recent stay. The welcome, hospitality and superb food really makes Lloyds an exceptional experience and a wonderful place for a celebration. Without doubt Lloyds is the most enjoyable hotel we have ever stayed at and indeed it seems more like visiting friends than staying in a hotel. Thank you again for making our stay so enjoyable.

Grenville and Jane, Lincoln, July 2009