Hotel Elizabeth Dukes Head - Kings Lynn, United Kingdom     

My husband and I stayed at the dukes head last night 14/05/08. On entering the front of the hotel, the first thing weI noticed was a real stench of beer, so strong that thinking we had gone into a pub by mistake I had to do a double take to make sure that we were actually in the hotel. We checked in with no welcome from the reception staff, and then were directed to the lift. This was something to behold, and you really felt that you were taking your life in your hands travelling in it. It was so old and delapidated! When we got to our room on the second floor, I had already decided that I didn't really want to be thare at all, all the paintwork was yellowing, peeling and chipped, and the layout of the landing and corridors was reminicent of an old musty snooker hall, very creepy and dingy. The bedroom was equally as disappointing, antiquated fittings, not shabby chique, just shabby...Tatty everything, the wooden bath panel had warped and rotted, and was bent inwards and crumbling away.The shower, well words really do fail me..The whole shower fitting, taps etc, were so encrusted with limescale, two inches thick? I am not exaggerating..and the taps were so furred up that they wouldn't work properly. We ran the shower for a good five minutes, and the water never even became luke warm. We were just around the corner from the lift, and that made a noise that I can only describe as like the noise the Titanic made when it was sinking..Ironic eh? It is such a shame that the hotel is in this state of disrepair, as it is so conveniently situated for Kings Lynn...... Miss Havisham would've loved it...

Stayed at this hotel for 2 nights with my boyfriend; total price ?110 including cooked breakfast. It was fine. Clean, warm, shower hot, breakfast good. For what we paid it was great. Ok, wallpaper is falling off, decor out of the 1930;s...but fine for the price. Would return.