I had to book late to find rooms for me and my two kids. Unfortunately I've learned what happens when you book late. As the other reviewer writes, Brenal is indeed Harris Guesthouse. We stayed in the front room for 3, a bit of a squeeze, and though the sign on the door says no smoking, definitely there is a... More

Brenel is now Harris B&B. Different owners. The photos you see online are not accurate. Must have been taken years ago. While the lady who met me was very nice --she kindly helped me to my room, this place is terrible. The bedroom was not clean. The curtains and cheap curtain rod were falling off the wall. But the worst... More

Just back after two night break at Brenal. On arriving owner's son very friendly and gave us advice on where to eat and how to get into town centre. We were then shown to our room on ground floor (No. 7). We were horrified to find that this room had hardly any natural light very small window obscured by wardrobe... More

The owners were very nice and their son was extremely helpful but there were so many things that needed fixing. The door handle to the small ensuite fell off, the front door handle had to be unlocked in a certain way and there was an exposed wire on the power cord for the bright pink TV. The bed was very... More

We arrived late Friday evening to the guest house which had a mound of dog poo outside the front gate (appreciate this was not the hosts problem but it was a not nice introduction to the house); we were greeted by the owner I presume but really don't know who she was. We were given the keys to the room... More

After reading someof the previous reviews I was a little worried about our visit to Brenal guest house, HOWEVER, our hosts were very welcoming. the room was booked entireley through email. We stayed 1 night only but would have stayed longer had there been room. We have stayed in many guest houses/smal hotels throughout the UK and am very hapy... More

We stayed at this guest house last weekend, and for the most part I think it was a good value for the money. It was very quiet, which was nice if we wanted to get to sleep early, but we could also walk to the main city in 15 minutes if we wanted to. Cabs to and from cost around... More

Firstly, I found a syringe in the wardrobe!! As you can imagine, we were utterly disgusted but as we were only staying for 1 night we tried to put it to the back of our minds. I know what the other people mean by 'do the owners exist?' - we arrived at 11am (the time we had said) and they... More

I telephoned Brenal on Thursday 16th August 2007 to see if any vacancies were available for Saturday 18th, departing on Tuesday 21st August (last minute decision to spend a few days down in Oxford). I spoke to Mrs Ponen. My requirements were a double room for my parents and a single room for myself. I was told that these was... More