I liked this hotel. I stayed here as part of a big event with work, so there were quite a lot of us here.
Other folks were going on about the place being a bit dated, but I didn't see that at all! It seemed absolutely fine to me.
I liked my room - while it was nothing remarkable, just a standard hotel room, it was perfectly nice really, and the bed was huge and comfortable. The temperature controls could have been a little bit better - it was just one big radiator which took a while to respond, and seemed to be set to come on and off at certain times not of my choosing. So I was a little cold when I went to bed (quite late). But it was fine and warm in the morning.
Everything in the room worked, and it also had a fridge (useful to know for future). The lightbulbs were the old style incandescent ones which is also good - no horrible fluorescent or hideous energy saving ones like so many hotels nowadays. And there was free wi-fi, without having to do any tedious log in thing, so that was convenient and helpful.
We had dinner at the hotel, and I thought the staff coped reasonably well. There were at least 50 or 60 of us so it was a big group to all get served at once. Some colleagues were remarking that the menu was a bit '1980s wedding' but I guess if you're going to choose prawn cocktail, some sort of chicken and gravy thing, and profiteroles, then yeah, it might seem that way! I was happy with how they catered for me (vegan and gluten free) - I thought they did well. I had roasted tomato soup, then a baked pepper with a tomato sauce, and other standard veg - baby potatoes, broccoli, green beans, mushrooms. I enjoyed it, and I was fine afterwards, so I know that there was no untoward ingredients! I didn't go down to breakfast the next day, so can't comment on how that was.
Overall, I was happy to stay here, and would go back again. read more