I had the misfortune of spending a night in this awful hotel earlier this month. From the outside it looked like OK, a little run down but not terrible. This changed when I made my way to the room. The internal corridors of the hotel smelled musty and the window frames were rotten. My room was overlooking the car park... more

A tough one to rate: our second stay at this hotel and we'd go back again too, despite the downsides. We love the location and the staff try really hard to please, in some ways better than staff in much more expensive hotels; certainly more attentive. Our room (we had one overlooking the garden first time we stayed) looked out... more

Chequers did look a little shabby from the outside but was in an ideal location with lots of free parking. We arrived early but were able to check into our room straight away. Staff some of the friendliest we have come across Stayed a night while visiting Newbury races, we actually walked to the course which was around 20 mins... more

6 of us came for the weekend to Newbury to go to the races on the Saturday. From the outside Chequers looked very run down with rotting window sills, but when we went to reception we received a lovely welcome from the receptionist. Our bedrooms were lovely, we couldn't fault anything in any of our 3 rooms they were very... more

It is true that the outside of the hotel, and some of the internal public areas, need some investment in order to bring them back to their former glory. Having said that I found the staff to be just about the most friendly and helpful i have encountered anywhere. I originally booked three nights for a business trip. This over-ran... more

Ok, I agree the dining room needs to be re-decorated ASAP but I have stayed ibn this hotel 5 times now and have never had any problems with the cleanliness of the rooms in the main part of the hotel. Try and not get a room in the annexe building in the car park! The staff are always friendly and... more

Just returned from a long weekend in this very dissapointing hotel. The receptionist was friendly enough and helpful with our enquiries re the area. We had booked a suite as it was our anniversary weekend. Whilst negotiating the stairs we noticed the hotel was badly in need of a refurb. Age can be excused but bad housekeeping cannot. Our room... more

Where do we begin? DONT STAY HERE! we checked in on a thursday before the recent heavy floods to attend a local wedding, we could have mistaken the place to be a funeral parlor due to the attitude and greeting we received from the receptionist (i'll not name her maybe she was having a bad day), straight away i noticed... more

I stayed in this hotel while I was in training in the same hotel. At my arrival the reception very unfriendly annonce that my room is not ready I have to wait, after one hour she come and ask me do you want something to drink sir ? I said no I want my room please. 30 minute later my... more