My favourite relaxing pub in Swindon. Food is decent with a really good value specials board (£9.95…read morefor rib eye steak and chips). The serve House Doubles at the bar so you can try some favourite spirits economically (a double for the price of a single). There's a great open fire and den on the right as you enter. Perfect for Sunday evening whiskey.

Nice old pub at the top of the town. Has a good range of real ales and a variety of rooms with…read moredifferent atmosphere. Beware, however, the prices for real ale are top dollar.

Do you like beige? Yes? Then this is the hotel for you…read more Everything about this place is mediocre; the functionally bland rooms with their tiny en-suites, the price, the food, the location, the frustratingly slow wifi and the colour scheme. Beigeness. And that's not even a real word. The website description starts with the excitement inducing sentence: 'This welcoming hotel is less than 5-minutes drive from junction 15 of the M4 and 2 miles from central Swindon.' QED. Incidentally, waiting 90 minutes for room service is not pleasant. I actually gnawed part of my arm off due to the hunger. No doubt the restaurant was busy and it's near Christmas and blah blah blah. On the plus side the staff are nice enough and very helpful. In addition, there is a swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi and gym for all your fitness needs. Oh, it's also close to a steam museum... So, if you're the sort of person who likes to stay in cheap, clean and vapid environments for a night, don your M&S khaki trousers and drive your Toyota Corolla down the M4 for a fun-filled yawn-fest. This place achieves in providing you with everything you need but nothing you really want.

This is an excellent hotel contrary to the snide review made in 2014.. The staff are excellent, the…read morefood is good and there is a gym, pool and sauna included. The rooms are clean and en-suite, some are a little small but perfectly acceptable. Prices reflect demand so mid week they are high due to business usage. Weekends are very reasonable. so if you want comfort, good food and recently modernised surroundings that is what you will get.

A regular visitor for a good number of years, service and facilities are always pretty good. First…read morevisit since the hotel refresh and pretty cool it looks. With Christmas parties in full swing we were offered a sixth floor room to keep noise at a minimum and Nathan excelled himself with attention to detail and making sure that my partner felt no need to visit Wetherspoons for breakfast! Great breakfast and poached eggs for my partner don't get that at certain hotels. Am I still a Jurys first customer... of course.

We used this hotel as a base for a brief 3-day portion of our vacation during which we spent a day…read morein Oxford and also made my wife's bucket-list visit to Highclere Castle. We also were able to take a day to explore Swindon, which itself turned out to have pleasant surprises in store. But this hotel was a great value in a location well suited as an anchor point for a visit to this region. We arrived late and finding exactly how to reach the front entrance was a little challenging with the urban street routing and just the general way the UK engineers their traffic flow (let's just say that the thoughts of the traffic engineers in the UK are not my thoughts). But we finally found the road to the front of the facility. The person checking us in was efficient and helpful. We found our room with little problem. The parking here was limited, but there was fortunately room for our car in the garage even though we arrived late in the evening. They did offer a suggestion for cheaper off-site parking had their garage been full or had we wanted to save a few pounds. But we preferred the sheltered, limited access location on-site. The hotel was up to HI Express standards in general. Our room was adequately spacious and clean. The bathroom was slightly cramped, especially the shower, but this is not unusual for Europe. The bed was reasonably comfortable and there was minimal nightime noise, which allowed for a good night's sleep. The WiFi worked well throughout our stay. The breakfast was more than adequate for our needs and the breakfast room afforded adequate seating. The cinnamon rolls go fast, but the hot food availability was more than sufficient with eggs, meat, beans and potatoes. Breads, cereal and yogurt were also available. The reason for choosing this hotel was the price. At around £75 per night, this was very attractive for what it offered. The experience was what I expected if not a bit better than I expected, making this a very good value. I also received my IHG points, which is important to me as a Platinum Member. We would use this hotel again if we make a return visit to the area.

The rooms were so big. Nice big windows with cool views. TV, desk, three beds in our room. One…read morecouch, pull out bed and two very comfortable twin beds. Shower and a bath. Two spinning chairs. Closet with Tea, hangers, blow dryer, and mirror. Two reading lights beside the bed. This is a great hotel.

For this being a 4 star hotel let's just say we are highly disappointed. So many issues occurred…read morejust the first night we checked in. First they left one tissue left in the tissue box then we only had enough toilet paper for one use no back up toilet paper. A towel had a brown stain on it when I was about to use it. Then the phone wasn't working. They came down to try to fix it with no luck and didn't even offer to accommodate us to another room. I asked receptionist if they had a microwave and they sent me to the restaurant and I asked the server and he said yes they can warm up my food then the manager came yelling saying no no our food and I said okay that's fine no big deal. Proceeded to follow me to the lobby to talk to the receptionist about me. I will never stay here again or recommend anyone to stay here. Do better Marriott.

I love Marriott: it's my number one brand and I have earned Titanium status through my frequent…read morevisits within the year. This location falls below the hard deck for the Marriott standard. Old, stale, paper thin walls, generally noisy and averagely managed. The restaurant is disappointing too and I recommend skipping it, even for breakfast, unless it's free.

This review only covers the restaurant (not the Inn) -- we had a recent work event here…read more The food was nice enough (solid three star Yelp I think), especially considering the big group of people. I am adding one star for the beautiful venue -- we sat in a little parlor, one big table, just for our group. Absolutely lovely setting, and the private setting allowed for comfortable conversation. Unfortunately they did keep us waiting too long in the lounge/common area -- at least 45 minutes after the time we'd booked. Then the way they took orders and served the dishes was odd. We had a limited menu (no problem!), 3 choices each for starter, main, and dessert. They asked each person for his or her choices. But they took our orders while we were still in the common area. So basically they just had a count, how many of each dish. When we finally went in and sat down at our table -- they started coming out with the dishes as they were prepared, asking: 'Duck liver?' and passing out the dishes to people who claimed them. Seemed a bit ... i don't know, amateurish? These are relatively minor issues, and good food in a beautiful room were more important. all in all, especially considering the rather limited selection of places around here, it's a solid choice.

Restaurant and Hotel in Purton just about 4 miles from Swindon. A bit 'over done' in terms of decor…read morea bit pink and flowery. However, the food is excellent and the setting is very 'country house'. Lovely gardens so well worth a visit in the summer. Popular for wedding receptions.