For us Bannisters was a mixed experience. The overall feel of the hotel is one of quality. The staff were universally friendly, helpful and efficient. The rooftop restaurant was excellent with a great ambience. The pool area was also a very pleasant place to spend some time though the pool itself was on the smaller side.
So far so positive, but the room itself, whilst satisfactory, was not quite of the same quality.Wifi is provided by an unsecured network and signal strength is very variable throughout the hotel but poor in our room. Easily the worst of the 16 hotels we stayed in on this vacation. Some of the woodwork in the room was showing signs of wear and the white comfy chairs looked better than they were to sit in. The safe was inconveniently placed in a wall mounted cupboard and too small to take either my laptop or camera. Not so in similar quality hotels that we have stayed in this holiday. There had obviously been a problem with the bathroom door and the repair had clearly been done cheaply. The toilets, whilst superficially clean, had limescale both around the rim and at the bottom of the bowl. Perhaps what one might expect in a small scale motel not in one that operates in Bannister's intended market.
To be fair, I must say that the room we stayed in 6 days later was much better but still starting to show its age.