Very courteous people at the front desk and easy check-in. My room was very cozy, the only problem…read moreI had was the hair dryer didn't work. Breakfast buffet was nice, I liked the choice of scrambled eggs or sunny-side up eggs and there were many options available. I did feel the bagel options were a little stale, and the crumpet I had instead was about the same. Using the hotel's valet parking made things easier for us, very quick to get the car whenever we needed it. We also came back later after we had already checked out and they let us into the gym area to change our clothes in the shower area. Much appreciated!

Fantastic hotel!…read more Lobby: beautiful, multi-level with a large restaurant and bar area. There is plenty of lounging area. Rooms: For Europe, in general, these rooms are massive. The bed was a queen (not 2 twins pushed together). Very comfortable. There was a nice desk area with a large mirror for comfortable makeup application for my wife. Bathroom: Sizeable, nice shower. Parking: There is a small place that fits 3 cars in a single lane off the road for unloading bags. Parking is valet only. There is a lot of foot & vehicle traffic in this area, making it difficult to back out. Service: Very kind staff that is eager to help, whether you're at the bar, breakfast, check-in, or concierge desk. Breakfast: 7 to 10. Not your standard breakfast... There is so much well-prepared food that it is worth the stop.

We loved our stay at the University Arms. Our room was comfortable and breakfast at the restaurant…read moreand drinks at the bar were excellent. Service throughout was impeccable and the concierges were so helpful. We enjoyed borrowing bicycles and riding to Grantchester.

Newly renovated in 2018, University Arms Hotel retains its great historical feel. Nice rooms…read more Excellent location. Extensive breakfast buffet. The biggest attraction, however, is the service. From the reception desk to Toby at the front door to the young man who served me coffee of my choice each morning to the young lady who quickly steeped in to wipe up the orange juice I spilled IN THE LIFT, each and every staff member I met demonstrated great character. I highly recommend the University Arms Hotel! Fluer, the manager at the front desk, sets the example. Our thanks to you all for a delightful first time visit to Cambridge.

The hotel itself has gotten great reviews from friends who have stayed there. It's also a choice…read morefor celebrities/actors (shhhhh) - probably because of its discreet location. But I'm actually reviewing the rooftop bar with the fabulous view of Cambridge. My family has had a flat in Cambridge for decades (I visit from the US) and it was my first time there this past week. The drinks were high quality, the service was excellent - and the view, fab. Huge thumbs up for this hip and welcoming hotel!

The Varsity Hotel & Spa has been recently built in a 300 year old building in the heart of…read moreCambridge. Everything from the rooms to the carpets to the floors has been recently renovated within (I would guess) the last 4 years. The rooms vary in price and size. My co-worker was put into a suite that had a claw foot bath tub, a separate shower, and a large king-sized bed. My room was slightly more traditional European room in that it had a small stand-up only shower, no bath tub, and a Queen-sized bed with a nice armoire in which to hang my shirts and pants, and a great chest of drawers for the other clothing items (socks, undies, etc...). The hotel staff is overwhelmingly friendly and helpful, and the breakfast and dinner are actually pretty appealing considering it is hotel food and a hotel restaurant. Overwhelming positives: (a) Get a high room (5th or 6th floor) and enjoy the ridiculously stellar views of Cambridge. I am not kidding. The views are the bomb-diggity. (b) The hotel is connected to a spa and gym. You get a free membership to the gym with your stay in the hotel and you get a discount on the spa treatments. (c) Within walking distance of everything... and I mean everything. This was a really great hotel and spa experience in the UK.

Great hotel with very friendly staff. Loved our stay here. There are nearby cafes and places to…read moresee.

This review is for the hotel bar, which is on the sidelines down in the dungeon cellar. Bit unusual…read morefor a hotel bar. But it's quite cozy and a relaxing place. With some separate seating areas aside from the main bar area. I had the non-alcoholic drink called Bouquet. Apparently it's a drink for ladies, but that's ok. Non-alcoholic gin, tonic water, rose water. The slice of grape fruit on top was old, tired and Miscolored. More attention to detail on presentation needed. The drink itself was refreshing.

Lovely hotel. Had an…read moreamazing time staying at this hotel, Everything was absolutely lovely, the room, the staff at reception were really nice and friendly, the food at the restaurant was extremely delicious, Real Italian food!!! I definitely recommend this Hotel if you are looking for a great service and a good price!

Nice hotel on the outskirts of Cambridge, with friendly staff…read more The rooms were a little outdated, and mine was quite small.

Perfect, if you don't expect more than you pay for. I stayed…read moreat Fenners for three nights, attending a conference at Cambridge University. The staff was totally friendly and helpful big plus! The room was tiny, yes, but just sufficient for a few days, and nice and cosy. For a longer stay it would get awkward, I guess. It's also clean and tidy. The hotel is situated in an old townhouse, and these tend to look somewhat shabby compared to newbuilt hotels, even when they are well-kept. Which this one is. Having a 24h check-in desk is both a plus and a minus. There's always someone available, but it also means that guests do check in after midnight and haul their suitcases up the stairs. Bring earplugs, if you're sensitive there. WiFi worked well. The breakfast does not offer much choice if you don't like English breakfast (if you do, it's probably quite good, from what I saw). Fresh fruit would have been nice. Good, basic accommodation for a very reasonable price (in an expensive town).

The place has a great location. But do not stay here if you want a warm shower. I do not demand a…read morespa-like experience, but tepid is fine. This was freezing, no matter what time of day I tried and I was here for three nights. They can say all they want about "sustainability" but this is about being cheap. And I can run the shower. I was in Scotland with a shower just like it and the Scots gave me hot water. And they promised me 5 pounds if I didn't get my room cleaned. They didn't clean and they never gave me my voucher. But the big thing is the water. I would have paid more to stay some where else for a decent shower.

First hotel that we stayed in for our UK trip and I have to say after being around the entire area…read moreof UK this one is pretty alright. Yes Ibis is known to be a pretty small and very tight hotel. There also is no front desk, they have places for you to sit at but you aren't allowed to eat any food that is bought outside! While I was there I saw a group of 20 people trying to use the level one facility where breakfast is served, but they had bought 8 large pizzas. Overall this place is suppose to be budget friendly which you can see a lot of different types of people here. Location wise it's pretty convenient and close to the train station. But I have honestly never been in a room this tiny before. If you paid for breakfast it's pretty much the same thing daily which is a traditional English breakfast filled with eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, toast, fruit salad, sausages, and some cheese. But I would say skip it and just go outside to a coffee shop. It's not worth the amount that you have to pay.

Had a great breakfast at the Acorn guest house this morning. There were three to choose from: The…read moretraditional English Breakfast, the Continental Breakfast and the Vegetarian Breakfast. The Continental Breakfast is about cereal and cold breakfast items. The Vegetarian, of course is about no meat. The traditional English breakfast (Which I ordered) features an egg sunny side up on a piece of toasted white bread, a sausage link, a couple of pieces of ham, a cooked piece of tomato, sauteed mushrooms and baked beans in a tomato based sauce. White and wheat toast with a variety of jellies and jams, coffee, tea and orange juice also came with the breakfast. Everything was cooked very well. The meats were all a bit salty, as you might expect, but everything was quite good! The dining room is very small and tables are right next to each other. Very cosy. (The price I clicked on below refers to the hotel, which is a very nice - moderately priced three star European hotel. Smallish room with a smallish shower, but super friendly staff)

At $220 US a night or around £130 I expected a bit more for what I paid for...or maybe I just don't…read moreknow any better. The rooms are small and I had to share a bed with my mom while traveling (already a humbling experience as a grown man!) They didn't have availability for 2 separate beds during Summer Solstice weekend but I wasn't willing to get a separate room. However, the delicious English breakfast that came with the room was spot on and the breakfast tea got me hooked! My family spent a few hours just chilling in the bar area since it offers the most comfortable group-sized seating, although the outdoor patio is also a nice place to lounge around...or even in the sun room. Pros: cute, old hotel with charm and located right across from Jesus Green. The service was decent and the maid-service was very accommodating. Delicious full English breakfast option! Parking lot. Cons: No lifts/elevators for older people to walk up. Also, the wifi here is quite spotty and I had to sit in odd corners of my room to get a decent signal. There was kind of a lack of available outlets to charge my phone and stuff. I think the price for the room would be better if discounted by 20-30% and I think doing an AirBNB might be a better option the next time I visit Cambridge...but next time I'm in a bind for a room, I wouldn't mind staying here again.

The Arundel House Hotel is perfectly adequate hotel with clean rooms, professional staff, although…read morenot very friendly with an slightly above average restaurant. My room had a new small flat screen TV although it was mounted against the side wall and not in front of the bed. There are no Irons and ironing boards in the room which for me being a business traveler was most inconvenient. Apart from those two issues the Arundel was comfortable and very well located.

Outstanding customer service from the front desk staff salvaged what could have been a terrible…read morestay! While staying at this Travelodge during a heat wave in the UK, the building's air conditioning went out. That night, they moved us to 3-different rooms to try to remedy the situation. We eventually landed in a room with air! Unfortunately, that room conked out around 3am. The next morning, a little rough for the wear after a sleepless night in a hot room, the front desk staff informed us that not only that evening's stay would be comped, the ENTIRE 3-night stay was refunded. I've never experienced such proactive customer service in my life. We didn't even ask for a refund -- they were just determined to make things right. The hotel itself is in a good part of town, close to the train station, lots of restaurants and shops and only a 15-20 minute stroll into city center. The room was efficient and comfortable, at least when the AC was working.

I stayed here for a few days for work. I wasn't looking forward to it, after reading reviews from…read moreprevious patrons. All was true, I have to say! I arrived at 1:30 PM and was told that I could not check in until 3 PM unless I paid 10 pounds. So, I sat in the lobby and used wifi until 3 PM. I've never been in a hotel where I had to pay to check in early. She was really rude and very unhappy, it seemed, about her job. When I checked in, my room was on the third floor. You have to use your key card to get into all of the entrances, including your floor entrances. My floor, the third, had its door broken, so no key was required. My room was in the middle of the floor, with a window looking at the retail center next door. It's very sparse and simple. I can deal with that. However, there is no phone in the hotel room(s) - how unsafe and weird is that? I've never seen that before. You also have to pay an arm and a leg for wifi, so if you want free wifi you have to sit downstairs in the lobby, which had only two plugs for you to juice up your laptop, and they are always being used. The shower was okay, and somewhat clean. The bath tub did have a lot of rust. The wallpaper is coming off of parts of the wall and there is wall damage throughout my hotel room (i'm sitting here as a type, in fact). I can feel the springs in my bed and it's a floppy crappy bed. The walls are thin - you can hear photos ringing and loud people in the hallway. And there are lots of loud people - each night I was here I have seen drunken teenagers coming in looking for hotel rooms, so drunk they could barely stand, and staff had to call the cops. The hotel is across from a nightclub, and I think kids go there to get wasted and stay here. A lot of kids were "turning 18" meaning getting plastered! Oh, and the heat doesn't work in my hotel room. Nothing could be done because the hotel was fully booked. The staff is often rude and disinterested, they were even making fun of guests when I was in the lobby in the morning. There was one guy who worked at night, who was pretty friendly, the rest were terrible. If you are desperate, I understand if you'd want to stay here, but, try to stay in the city itself, or keep on driving.