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Old Jun 26, 2011 | 11:52 am
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I stayed there twice in January and can verify the info in this thread as of that time. Breakfast was actually included in our corporate rate, but as everyone on my team was Gold or Platinum at the time, I'm sure we would've gotten it via that route as well. No lounge. I wish I had more time to explore the grounds and the hotel a bit but the weather was poor, the daylight short then and my work hours long, but I'd stay there again. Only downsides I recall was an older elevator that was out of service for a few days and the traffic along Garstang Road, which was annoyingly slow at rush hour, especially north of the M55 interchange roundabout.

To ukchris - I'm pretty sure I had a room with two queens at least during one of the stays, but my memory's a bit foggy on that point. They might just be sold out of those.

As an aside, if you like reasonably priced Indian food, we quite liked Gate of Bengal in Broughton just down the street. It's misplaced on Google Maps, so pull the address from http://www.thegateofbengal.co.uk/ to find it.
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