I've always had a soft spot for Apart-hotels. They just have an edge on traditional hotel settings,…read moreoffering flexibility and informality to the hospitality options. This is five star luxury folks and it makes me go all warm inside just thinking about it. The apartments are contemporary, they are luxurious and they are smack bang wallop in the heart of the City Centre. Booya!!! There are only 12 apartments but what beauties they are. There are 4 stunning duplex apartments sleeping up to 15 yes 15 people!!!!!!! All apartments can be booked daily, weekly and monthly with a package to suit your needs. Each apartment is professionally equipped to give you a homely feel of a first class city centre apartment. So what's the game plan then? Well being capitaan of my own ship if I was to take my boys, 15 of them on a team building weekend of debauchery in the pool on a bank holiday weekend. It would set me back £594 if you book through facebook!!! That is a simple £4o each!! For that you get spacious living room with 50' plasma and PS3, roof top terrace with decking, fully fitted kitchen and all other luxuries you'd expect from an apartment. The superior apartment really is something to gawk over though. It sleeps upto 6 people and has a jacuzzi in the master bedroom!!!!!! If scarface was filmed today Tony Montana wouldn't look out of place here!! There is a HD Projector screen which comes out from the walls, if you fancy a movie night in. You HAVE to see this apartment for yourself to believe it, Fingerprint Access to get into the flat, and Bose Surround Sound System around the apartment, Mood lighting in the guest room and also a PS3 if you want a quiet night in to watch a movie, or play a few games. This one is perfect for a midweek break with a few mates. At only £150 a night between upto 6 people that comes up a ridiculously cheap price even if you stay two nights!!! Weekend stays will cost a tad more at £300 a night with a minimum two night stay. Thats still only £50 per person which ain't bad is it for 5* luxury!!?? Oh how I love apart hotels, especially ones that are 3,4 to the 5 to the stars!!! One of the best overnight staying options in the Pool. Word of advice to the not so organized ones amongst you, if you don't book in advance, you ain't got a chance!!!!

I used Priceline to book our hotel for two nights in Liverpool, and this is what we ended up with…read more First off, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THE COMPANY TO MAKE SPECIFIC ARRIVAL ARRANGEMENTS SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND SOMEONE CAN LET YOU IN! This is not a hotel, but a company of serviced apartments. I totally had the wrong address and only realized shortly before we got on the train to Liverpool what we needed to do and where we needed to go. That said, we ended up with a great apartment in a great location. PROs: + Amazing staff. Seriously, I'll get to that in a minute, but the people who run this are unbelievable. + Huge apartment. Way more room than we needed, but it was nice. + Full kitchen, washer, etc. Everything that would be in someone's apartment. + Great location for site-seeing in Liverpool. + Short walk to/from Lime Street Station. + Free WiFi. I had to futz with it a little to get it to connect, but worked great once I did. + Secure building. + Hair dryer, plenty of linens, etc. CONs: - Smelled like....curried tomato soup ?? the whole time. - The bathroom fixtures were so super modern that they were difficult to use. The shower on/off/temp was like a Rubix Cube. - The bed downstairs was horrible. Our feet were hanging off the end and I could feel the perfect outline of the coils in my back. Luckily the bed upstairs was better. - Super high toilets. Not really a con, I guess, but a weird feature. I'm 5'8" and my feet didn't touch the ground while sitting on the potty. This must be what toddlers feel like. - Because it's a serviced apartment and not a standard hotel, check-in/check-out/baggage hold all needs to be pre-coordinated, so it's not quite as convenient. Don't get me wrong, the staff is fantastic about it, but it's not just a matter of walking down to the lobby. A word about the staff. We arranged for a super-late check-in (11:45pm due to us taking a late train from London). My boyfriend discovered that he had left his wallet in the cab shortly after it dropped us off. When the Signature Living girls showed up (Laura, and I feel horrible but I totally forget the other girl's name), they sprung into action. One immediately started calling cab companies and was on the phone with them while I did the check-in paperwork. They both ended up walking down to the train station and all over town with my bf well past 1am. A taxi driver ended up driving them all over looking for our original driver, too. No luck. In the morning, Matt from the office knock on our door to tell us he'd been in contact with our taxi driver and had arranged for her to drop off his wallet in half an hour. He got his wallet back, cash, cards, and all. The staff really went above and beyond. This was my first time in a services apartment instead of a hotel. It was definitely different, but we had a great experience.

I recently organised three days out to Liverpool for myself and a couple of friends. We were…read moregetting stressed as we found that most hotels were £45+ per night, when I found Arinza on laterooms.com (I didn't even know LR existed until I frantically googled hotels in Liverpool!). Arinza do an advance booking offer on Late Rooms where you get 20% off if you stay more than one night - so my two nights were £78.40, or £39.20 per night, rather than the total of £100 or so I was looking at before. Arinza supply you with a whole apartment, which includes electricals (i.e. kettle, and supposedly hairdryer, though we didn't find the latter), linen, towels and a little bit of soap and shampoo. You get little extras like a bag of ice in the freezer. Basically, it's a stripped-down version of anyone's house, rather than a hotel room; we had flat 2, which had 2 bedrooms (one double, one single), a bathroom (with a bath) and a combination kitchen and living room, which had two comfy leather-ish sofa beds (the backs flatten out to provide something much better than you may imagine). I kipped on one of the sofa beds and apparently got better sleep than my friends! The electricals are a bit basic, admittedly - the toaster was a mad contraption, and the DVD player took a little bit of manhandling to stop it from eating or rejecting my DVDs - but I couldn't really find anything amiss. There's freeview on the TV, although I couldn't seem to find BBC Northwest. I'm not much of a TV watcher anyway, mind, so that didn't really bother me. Generally - they''re fairly modern, and clean. The floor is squeaky, and things like mugs aren't so nice (ours were stained/looked dirty, so I used glasses - even for hot water...), but the building is comfortable and secure, with a gated car park! Anybody put off by the apartments being in Toxteth needn't worry - they're literally just beyond the sign anyway, and Toxteth isn't even that bad. It's a good thing we had a car, though, as it's a little bit of a trek into the city. My booking was supposedly at a busy time (International Beatles Day and the like), but I didn't have any issues with noise from other parties. We only had one other car in the car park, too. I did notice that it was listed as fully booked on the website, so pre-booking is important! The check-in procedure is really lax - turn up any time after 2pm, give Arinza a ring (their number is on a piece of paper on the door) and they will let you in. I came prepared with a couple of booking confirmations, my passport and my provisional, but that proved to be over-preparation. The owners don't man the building, so if you want any help you WILL need to phone them - best save the number in case. You get a little binder with information on emergency procedures, places to go and contact information, which is nice to have around. If you like having a lot of structure, you might find Arinza a little bewildering; we didn't even know how to check out, so we wrote a little note and then posted our keys through their letterbox! Their apartments are really good value for money, though, so I would fully recommend them, especially if you have transport from Toxteth to central Liverpool. Just remember to book through Late Rooms, and early, to get that 20% off. I'm torn between four and five stars, so I'll be harsh and go for four - the main downside being that I wouldn't have found much use in Arinza if we didn't have a car! I don't drive, so as great as they are, I don't know if I'd have been able to use them. A few points off for being overly casual/generally lacking information, but otherwise fantastic. Would definitely recommend.

I was very impressed with Arinza Apartments. To be clear, they're not 4* quality (closer to a 3)…read morebut I think they're excellent value and a great alternative to a hotel or hostel. I stayed in Liverpool for two nights with a group of friends. We booked 3 apartments between 12 of us. They're about a mile from the city centre in an area of town I understand to be a little rough, but taxis are cheap (£4-6 depending on time of day). The apartments are incredible value for money. It cost £50 per apartment per night and you can split that between 4 people. You can't get a hostel for the price! The apartment is made up of a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/dining/living area. It was clean but I wouldn't say modern. The floors were very squeeky but I don't have too many complaints. They had WIFI which is really helpful. The bedroom had a double bed, wardrobe and bedside tables. The bathroom had plenty of towels. No extras (soap, shower gel) but an ok shower in the bath. My shower did have a very peculiar smell that took some getting used to. The kitchen was fitted with a fridge/freezer, gas oven, washing machine and kettle. They had some cutlery, bottle opener, plates, mugs and glasses. No towel or oven gloves but otherwise it was quite good. There was also a dining table with 4 chairs. The living areas seemed to have a minimum of a Freeview TV, sofa bed, arm chair and coffee table. Some apartments had a second arm chair. There was also a parking area that had a locked gate access. As another review said, I have no idea how you do some stuff. The check-in/check-out process is not obvious, and we needed friends to lock the car parking gate behind us when we left early. But that was all handled by a friend and he seems happy enough.

Inviting, affordable friendly home away from home is the philosophy behind this family owned guest…read morehouse. There is an air of uncomplicatedness about the place. Staying here is like staying over at an English relatives home. So even if you aren't English and would like to know how that feels like then this is the place for you!! Located in a quiet suburb will afford you some peace and quiet without being too far away a wide variety of shops and a great choice of bars and restaurants. For you sea lovers the seafront is a minuscule 10 minutes away and the promenade is great for a relaxing walk. For animal lovers also round the corner is country park which will have you pleasently surprised with its wide variety of wildlife. If you fancied a boat trip nearby you have the Leeds to Liverpool canal which has an array of colourful barges that run to Liverpool Docklands (day trips are available). There really is lot to do to relax around here and I haven't even mentioned the Rimrose Valley nature reserve, which is perfect for some time out and relax. Another reason for chosing this as a hospitality option is if you are in the Pool to watch some footy. Whether you're going to Anfield or Goodison park from Waterloo train station to Sandhills then you can get the Soccer bus (only runs on match days) from Sandhills to Anfield or Goodison Park. Prices are very affordable ranging from £32 for single to £60 for king size. The place is perfect for a cheap overnight stay if you aren't too fussed about luxury. Great value for money makes this a great option whether you're traveling alone or with a friend.

Narrow on the inside, overlapping the street on the outside, the Richmond feels like it occupies…read moremore space than it physically owns. Clutching leech-like to the corner of a building, the interior is little more than a corridor dominated by the slick, brass-tapped bar. Outside, there's a barrier separating the patrons from meandering shoppers, like zoo animals. Standing at a table with a cider on a sunny day becomes a bizarre but engrossing experience as people straining with carrier bags and prams shuffle past. You feel like you've simply stopped dead in a busy thoroughfare and in some ways you have. This is the kind of place you could walk into, get a drink and walk out of without breaking stride. Good for one though, provided you don't crack your scalp on the low toilet door. That's never an attractive thing to do in front of shoppers.

Strange place is the old Richmond, not usually the place I would enter as I thought they had an age…read morepolicy - nobody admitted under the age of 60. However this is a very friendly place despite what the pictures might suggest - the ridiculous number of England flags for the world cup make it look like a BNP social club but they are not a permananet feature, although having said that these things usually get left up until they have turned yellow and start to frey. Noty a great selection of beers, the theme is cheap and plentiful as the old fellas here will usually start at midday and go on drinking for ages which creates that strange, funny but baffling atmosphere you get with drunken old people. Friendly but you rarely know what the joke is - it's generally the young one.