Having stayed in many B&Bs all over the country, I can say without reservation that this B&B was the most awful and dreadful one I've ever had the misfortune of staying at. Why? Where to begin, as the list is endless.

Upon arrival, I rang the door bell and it took far too long for the owner/manager to come to the door and greet me. His English was poor and his manners were nearly non-existent. One of the first things he said was that had put me in a family room as the single room was no longer available. He said he was going to charge me the single rate as I was on my own. He wanted payment before he would show me to my room or give me the key.

We went up the stairs and there was a drunk man in his pants/briefs passed out on the floor of the hall. The smell of alcohol was very strong. He asked me to wait downstairs while he assisted the man to the shared toilet and then his room. After he came down a few stairs to wave me up. He showed me in to the room.

At first appearance, it looked ok; tired and shabby but ok. He said that I was to choose one bed to sleep in and that is all. He said if I slept in any of the other beds or used the towels on them, he would have to charge me the full rate for the room. He was quite rude about it. He told me to put the key in the box when I left in the morning and that there was no breakfast provided, but I could use the microwave, refridgerator and dining tables down stairs.

The breakfast room consisted of a few old tables and mismatched chairs, a old refridgerator with a dirty disgusting microwave on top of it. What a horribly depressing place to have breakfast and start the day. I opted to go to a shop some distance away for pastries for breakfast. It was hard to relax in the room due to the noise from other guests. The television was mounted on the wall and there was no remote control for it. I did try laying on two of the beds without disturbing the bedding linens or towels, as I did not want to be charged any more than I had already paid. The beds were absolute torture and the one I ended up choosing to sleep in was the most uncomfortable bed I've ever slept in, only slightly better than sleeping on the floor. I slept very poorly and woke up every hour or two as a result of the poor quality linens and the extremely uncomfortable bed. In the morning when I went to use the shared bathroom, it was so disgustingly dirty that I decided against a shower and used to the filthy sink to brush my teeth. I was very happy that I was able to leave after having endured the stay of one night at the Abbeyfield. The tariff was only slightly lower than other B&Bs in the area, where I've stayed previously on trips to Cambridge. This was very poor value for money. What a dreadful place to stay. I wouldn't recommend it to even the most desperate.

Keep well away. Overpriced,based on local tarrifs as the measure, unclean - the cleaners appear for a short while and do not speak english so that nobody including the owner can communicate with them. They simply do not clean and even changing towels is a case of folding already used ones. The cleanliness is something to be seen to be believed. This place displays an AA recommendation sign outside which whould be removed and they should re-evaluate. A complete revamp and change of running required.. People are not getting value for money.

We thought we booked a family room in a family run bed and breakfast. When we arrived, there was no family, because the owner does not live in the "Bed and Breakfast".
There seemed to be other guests, but the atmosphere was peculiar, so I asked to see the room which was clean, however the shared toilet and bathroom were revolting, the toilet had urine all over the floor and the bathroom was green with mould.
We were told that it was too late to cancel and we had to pay the full amount. He handed the key of the room, that we were to put in a box after we left , and he went home. We had another look at the place deciding if to stay or leave when someone came out of another room in his boxer shorts, holding a pillow to take a shower in the disgusting bathroom, other two or three guests came out of their rooms to sit in the so called breakfast room despite it was well past midday and there is no breakfast service here. Finally as we were leaving, the guest of the only room left arrived, he was a disabled person and when he opened his room, we realized this was his place of residence as it possibly was for the other guests.
In my opinion this is a doss house. We packed our bags and left.

We booked this online as it seemed convenient as near the train station. It was a bit of a hike to the centre of town but there is a bus. We had to pay on arrival, we were given our room key and told to put it in a box when we left. The owners seemed friendly enough, but as breakfast isn't included we never saw them again. We were told we had use of a kitchen, but we never ventured in there.
We had booked a double with a shared bathroom. On arrival we were "upgraded" due to other guests changing rooms. We ended up in a room with four beds. The curtains didn't close properly, one of the blinds kept falling off the window and the bed was uncomfortable/sinky in the middle. Everything felt badly maintained. We got up in the morning to find someone else had used the bathroom and put mud all over the shower/bath so we skipped a shower in the morning. The bathroom wasn't cleaned until much later that night so I don't think we used the shower for the 2 nights we were there. I think there were other things that were broken/not working properly but I can't remember now. The only thing is that the other guest houses we researched at the tmie were more expensive in Cambridge and this one seemed the most reasonable.