I've stayed here several times purely because of the hotels central location: this hotel along with the George across the road really is as central as you can get in Colchester. I've stayed in several rooms, all of which are tired and in need of renovation. To give you an idea of the sort of problems, the tiles in the... more

Stayed here for a night last week. And it was dreadful. In order... 1) Hotel website says they have free parking - they do not. You can use the loading bays outside until 7am but if you leave it any longer you will be clamped and towed. The hotel has no parking - the nearest is the NCP about a... more

stayed here recently on business. (room 9) Upon arrival they could not locate the key for the room and eventually had to let me in with the master key - as far as I am aware they still havent found the key, getting the receptionist or the night porter to let me into my room all the time soon got... more

we are 3 travel agent who stayed at the hotel after reading the reviews we did not know what to expect but the hotel was clean/and warm the bedding was clean an so were the towles the staff were very nice and the night ported was really intresting. more