"I stayed at one of Britain's lowest rated hotel on TripAdvisor for £17 - I gave it a five star review"

A man stayed in a hotel low-rated by TripAdvisor for just £17 - and said he was pleasantly surprised.<br /><br />George Redfern, 21, spent a night in Blackpool's MyRoomz Seaview Hotel in late December - which he branded one of the worst rated in Britain.<br /><br />But he says it was far better than he expected - and significantly better than the rating online.<br /><br />A review previously said the Lancashire hotel was "so sad".<br /><br />But George, a production scheduler from the Wirral, Merseys., said: "When I saw the price of how much the hotel cost my first thought was: 'What is the catch here?'.<br /><br />"When you find something cheap your first thought is negative but all I paid for a night stay in Blackpool was £17 - nothing more, nothing less.<br /><br />"The room smelt a little damp but I wasn't surprised with how cheap the room was.<br /><br />"Nothing looked out of the ordinary - and you could tell someone has cleaned the room up." <br /><br />George checked in on December 22 last year for one night.<br /><br />He said: "I found a phone number on the door and rang it. It took two minutes before someone answered the phone.<br /><br />"While checking in there was a communal area. It had a pool table and a TV."<br /><br />George then paid his £17 before going up to see his room.<br /><br />He said: "The room was small and basic - but mostly clean. The mattress was springy.<br /><br />"There was a TV in the corner of the room which worked.<br /><br />“There were complimentary hot drinks so I made a coffee. I checked to see if everything was in date - and it was.<br /><br />"There was a hair on the bed, which the only issue of the whole experience."<br /><br />George had his own bathroom - but could have paid just £11-per-night if he had chosen the communal option.<br /><br />And he said: "The shower was working, but the mirror in the bathroom was cracked and needed replacing."<br /><br />George stayed for one night and gave his experience five stars. <br /><br />He posted a video of his stay on TikTok, which has already been viewed more than 300,000 times.<br /><br />He branded the hotel "one of the worst rated hotels in the UK" in the clip.<br /><br />It is rated as number 171 out of 181 guest houses in Blackpool on TripAdvisor.