I am well travelled both with work and for fun, I love my cats and horses spending lots of time rid...
I am well travelled both with work and for fun, I love my cats and horses spending lots of time riding. Am married to a kiwi which makes it fun when we watch England vs the All Blacks at rugby!
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As a business traveller to Newcastle I booked this hotel for two reasons.
1) It is about 5 minutes walk away from the station - particularly useful in the winter as those arctic winds sweep through Newcastle like no mans business!
2) It is right next door to my firms office so obviously means no taxis in the morning.
Sounds great so far and I would fully agree location is great.
HOWEVER
The hotel is large and clearly used for hen and stag weekends to a massive extent. The decor reminded me of a boarding school or a hospital - tired and slightly beaten up. There are signs everywhere warning you that if you trash the rooms you will be charged a deposit and there are bouncers on the door on a Friday and Saturday night, so probably not the best place to go for a romantic weekend with your other half.
The staff are relatively friendly, you will be seen quickly at reception desk and staff tend to smile at you which is always a good thing.
The rooms are functional but dont expect to be able to change the temperature - which is either freezing cold or boiling hot. The rooms are not soundproofed so you get a lot of nighttime noise from people leaving the hotel bars during the early hours of the morning.
There is a bed and bathroom in each room which is cleanish but don't be surprised to find hairs left by the previous occupant in the bath shower. On my last visit I could not adjust the water temperature in the shower so had to have one of those showers where you dip under the water for a second and then out as it got too hot and then back in when it cooled down for a second.
The hotel bars and catering facilities are good and reasonably priced so a definite plus. However breakfast (at £10 if not included in your room rate) is one of the worst that I have ever had.
Expect dry pastries and stale toast that you have to heat up yourself on one of those revolving toasters where you can have half raw bread or black toast. The orange juice is not freshly squeezed and the instant coffee machine awful!
If you are looking for a cheap and basic hotel this is ok - but I think that there are plenty of better ones out there.
Overall despite the good location I have decided to move to a competing hotel that is a lot further from the office - just for my sanity.
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Advantages: clean, nice decore, good restaurant for breafast and dinner also a bar Disadvantages: fairly standard, not really romantic weekend away style.
Advantages: clean, nice decore, good restaurant for breafast and dinner also a bar Disadvantages: fairly standard, not really romantic weekend away style.
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