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The Old Chaff Mill: Traveller Reviews

Downside Road, Bristol BS48 3DN , England
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The Old Chaff Mill
Ranked #35 of 86 Bristol B&B and Inns
4.0 of 5 stars 17 Reviews
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London
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15 reviews 15 reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
“Nice accommodation run by exceedingly friendly team”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 January 2012

We stayed here before an early morning flight from Bristol airport. They were extremely friendly in all our communications and the lady checking us in was a hoot. As we had an early morning flight I appreciated the breakfast in a bag that you could take with you (carton of juice, fruit, cereal bar etc) but if you had a later flight this might be less appealing. We had a family apartment which was very big and well equipped and we appreciated being able to cook tea there.
The airport is literally 2 mins drive away - the taxi driver we had was lovely. There are a lot of comings and goings in the night as people are picked up and dropped off; it's not that noisy. If you are a light sleeper you may want earplugs.
One thing to be aware of if you have an early morning flight - we had a 7am flight with Easyjet and the queues were big even with online check in - we had arrived at 6am and this was too late really as we had to be hoiked out the queue by Easyjet staff, then of course more queues at security - made it a bit stressful. So allow 1.5 hours I'd say. It's possibly better later on in the day.

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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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swansea
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
“Ideal for airport”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 January 2012

The Old Chaff Mill is an ideal pace for the night before your flight. Friendly, clean and perfectly placed.
Breakfast leaves a bit to be desired but what do you expect for the price!

  • Stayed April 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Northern Ireland
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74 reviews 74 reviews
Reviews in 36 cities Reviews in 36 cities
66 helpful votes 66 helpful votes
“Great for an airport stay, 2 minutes away from airport”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 December 2011
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I'd say this is the closest to the airport easily, its just a few minutes away and the drivers were very good at picking up quickly and being there when required. Room was basically in a separate building with its own door to outside, so more like motel style than living in someone's house. Breakfast is fine if you are on the go early, its just a cereal bar/fruit/drink in a bag, so don't expect a full fry or any toast or cereal which I missed to be honest!
The lady that runs it (Bonny) is very hard working and helpful and couldn't do enough for me.
Good free wifi and nice hot power shower in the en-suite.
They also took me to a local pub for dinner - again drop off and pick up all no problem.

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled on business
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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14 reviews 14 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
39 helpful votes 39 helpful votes
“YOU CANNOT BEAT THIS WITH A BIG STICK”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 September 2011
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I have stayed at the Chaff Mill on two occasions and I think it deserves a review. This time I booked in for one night to catch a morning flight. I paid in total £135. This included two weeks parking for my car at £49, which meant I paid £86 for a very nice, clean and well equipped room. But wait, they also ran my wife and I to a nearby pub and then picked us up afterwards to you can take another £14 off that saved in taxi fares.

Then in the morning they took us to the airport and picked us up on our return so deduct another £15 for that. Which means the room actually cost us £57. Now admittedly the breakfast wasn’t huge (we actually took it with us to offset EasyJets nonexistent catering) but come on £57 pounds for a nights B&B – tell me where you can do better!

Top marks for Chaff mill and we will continue to use this in the future!
I also told all the other passengers about this and dished out some cards I had taken with me – without exception they were all very impressed.

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  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Excellent”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 September 2011

A really good place to stay when flying from Bristol airport.
We have stayed here many times over last 7/8 years.
Always pleasant and friendly people

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Downside Road, Bristol BS48 3DN , England
Price range (per night):* 65 AUD - 94 AUD

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