La Baguette - Reading

The hotel's location is awesome (1 minute walking from the train station and 5 minutes walking from the Oracle Mall). The staff in the restaurant were very friendly and the breakfast really good with a wide selection (don't expect cheese though). The room's size is average. The bed was very clean with new sheet but they missed cleaning the washing basin […] every day for no apparent reason. Overall, good for a short stay if you don't mind average sized rooms. Read more

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I have seldom been more surprised at the convenience and comfort of a B&B. It is located within a block or two of the Reading Rail/Bus Station. It is above a cute coffee shop. There is excellent wireless, TV and good security (3 card entries to open rooms). The room and bathroom was spotless.

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The room was clean, easy to find and really close to the Railair and train station. I could get the room key even after teh reception was close. They left it in a mail box for me with instructions. Overall it was good.

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The room was a good value for money, next time I'd go for a bit bigger room in a nearby hotel though. The shower didn't work properly - I had to take a cold shower, which is not the best thing to do before going to sleep. :) Room was clean. Breakfast was nice. It's difficult to find a parking space in the area - I parked on the street and got a ticket […] - be careful, the parking man is very alert. Read more

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The hotel is located just 1 min walk from Reading station. The rooms are small but clean. The major problem is there are no phone numbers to contact. My flight was delayed by 10 hours but still they wanted to charge me for the day, which I did not stay. They do not pick up phones nor respond to emails. My request for an additional day was turned down […] and they refused to refund the amount paid. Read more

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The B&B is superbly located and directly by the train station. Simple to find and seconds away from restaurants and other amenities. The room is small, quiet and functional. However, it was missing a hair drier, you had to book the ironing board and the breakfast was plain. The bed was very hard and difficult to sleep in. The B&B is average and you […] could do better by paying a little more to sleep in comfort. But its good for a very short stay. Read more

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Hotel was in a very good location in the town center on the down side it was very noisy due to the close vecinity of local bars blasting out music til 3 in the morning,room was small warm and comfy on the down side the bathroom was not cleaned during my stay i was giving no fresh towles in fact their were still on the floor were i left when i returned […] to hotel on the first day, the cup i used for coffee was only part cleaned and still had coffee stain on it, i paid for B&B only to find out on arrival that Breakfast is not served during weekend stays, no parking facillities cost £12 per night in local car park would not stay again. Read more

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Great location, friendly accommodating management. Close to all facilities and railway station. Room basic but exactly what you would expect for the price. Would recommend again. Thanks

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good for business and shopping, location very good

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I simply needed a hotel close to the station for a business trip. La Baguette fit the bill - my room was clean and functional. Unfortunately I didn't have time to stay for breakfast! Only thing that wasn't so great was the room was extremely hot when I arrived - but all I needed to do was turn down the radiator and open a window to cool it down.

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Cost effective centrally located Hotel. Warm, free Wifi. TV remotes were broken and not maintained but didnt bother me. Reported them to owner

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All plus-points apart from: The shower was ok but could have been far better - the head just needs to be replaced to allow better flow. The walls are too thin when there is a noisy family in the adjacent room. The music in nearby bars can be faintly heard until 1am (although I was out until late so was unaffected). Despite this I would stay again if […] I had the same situation of having to be at Reading Station early in the morning. Read more

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was not too happy with everything about this place

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I had a problem in contacting hotel when I arrived Reading. I dialed the number showing on this site several times but no one answer. After finding way to the hotel, there is no one so I have to call them again. It took me almost 30mins in front of the hotel to get in to my room. The room was small but really nice and comfortable. The bed sheet and […] pillow look old and a little bit dirty. Shower was acceptable clean. Breakfast at cafe downstairs was lovely and the ladies there was nice to me. Read more

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Excellent communication re: after-hours check-in. Room was large and better even than advertised. Very powerful shower! Clean and well-kept room. Can't fault this B&B for the price.

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It was what I needed.. close to the station downtown reading.. small room but clean. Value was fair all I could ask for.

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The cafe was closed when I went to pick my key card up on Saturday morning at 9.30am although it is advertised you can pick up from 9am - 15.00. Breakfast was advertised as included on your booking but when I asked they said no on Sunday? The television did not work in the bedroom. Then at 9pm the music started from near by pubs and was so loud it vibrated […] through the bedroom and was thudding until midnight. So overall I WOULD NOT recommend this B& B & would never stay here again. Read more

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I have two pieces of advice for anyone staying here: bring earplugs and phone the cafe or its owner (both numbers are easy to find online) to make sure you can get in - if the cafe's shut, you'll have to retrieve your keycard from a combination locker by the door. You'll need the earplugs because the cafe you'll be staying above is next door to O'Neill's […] and round the corner from Wetherspoon's. If you can handle both of these and don't mind not staying in the lap of luxury, this is a great little B&B - it's clean and a (pretty decent) cooked breakfast in the cafe is included in the price. The location, while noisy after dark, is otherwise pretty hard to fault - it's literally round the corner from shops, pubs and the station and opposite the Town Hall / museum. My room (a single) was small but had plenty of storage, an en suite shower room, TV and digibox and tea and coffee facilities. Everything was spotless, although I think the mattress was getting a bit tired. It was slightly strange not meeting the landlord at any point, but apparently they do live on the premises. The staff in the cafe were all very friendly and pleasant. I would recommend this hotel if you are looking for a convenient location for a short stay and prepared to forego a couple of comforts. I don't think I'd want to make a long stay of it (I stayed for 2 nights), as I think the noise from the literally neighbouring pubs would have got to me, but it was very nice to be so handy for the station. Read more

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Very close to the station and excellent value for money. What it had to offer was no-frills, but very clean and well presented. Excellent for overnight stay before catching the bus to Heathrow and much cheaper than the London alternatives. Unmanned check-in worked well and breakfast from 7am was fast and tasty.

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I am an experienced traveler, having staying in B&Bs, hotels, university dorms, and tents. I even slept on the pier once in my youth. HOWEVER, I was severely disappointed with La Baguette. I arrived at 10:00 pm and found the building locked up. A passing couple allowed me to use their mobile phone to contact the manager, who said he'd sent me an email […] with details, but I received no such email. The key card had been left in a lock box. I found this odd as I had specific "24 hour reception" in my search for a room because I knew my train would be coming in late. (What would have happened if I hadn't happened upon this couple?) The room was incredibly small; once my carry-on was set next to the bed (the only place for it), I had to climb over it to get to the bathroom. I couldn't get to sleep until around 3 a.m. A bright blue light from a nearby pub shined brightly through the window, even with the curtains drawn. The music from the pub was so loud even earplugs didn't drown it out. There was no breakfast provided, which made the relatively low price a moot point. Again, no notification was sent to me regarding this-- otherwise I'd have chosen other lodging. There wasn't even anyone to ask about breakfast, nor did I see a place to eat nearby. I really thought booking a room at a place connected to a bakery guaranteed a place for breakfast. No dice. The listing said internet service was provided, but there were no instructions on how to access that, so yet another selling point was misleading. In the morning, there was no one around to leave the key card with. I left it in the lockbox and wondered if that was the right thing to do. Overall, I give this experience 1/2 a star... one step above sleeping on the street. I spoke with an older gentleman in the morning and saw that his room was a reasonable size, but even if I'd had a larger room, I'd still be disappointed. "Disappointed" is an understatement. I left exhausted, hungry, and annoyed-- not exactly the best wa Read more

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I cabn't fault the location of La Baguette, just a couple of minutes walk from the rail and bis stations, but arriving late in the evening (after the take-away has closed), the unstaffed entry is thoroughly offputting. Entry is via a smart card obtained from a locked security box, having obtained the key code by phone. The room was small but clean enough […] (apart from the slightly mouldy shower cubicle), but was far too hot, very noisy at night and first thing in the morning (bottle recycling from pub next door), and TV and some other electrics didn't work on first evening. These were fixed by next evening, having asked at breakfast, but lack of maintenance regime is disappointing. Breakfast was acceptable, but choice and quality could be better. Read more

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Ok the hotel is not luxury but it is cheap and room was fine. had furniture, ensuite etc. ensuite was clean. My bed though definitely seemed to be giving off an odour that i noticed as I put my head down to sleep. Kind of faint but presumably coming from the mattress itself. I'm really not familiar with the smell but I became slightly paranoid that […] it could be a stale urine smell from an old mattress. Now this is obviously a big deal and I don't know for certain that’s what it was. I was only staying for one night so never said anything. If I was staying on I would have asked to move room. the baguette shop downstairs operates as the "front desk" and the staff there were super nice. So I'd still go back but might just ask for a different room. The bathroom was super clean and they supplied the usual body gel etc. Breakfast was actually good quality as the place is a cafe anyway - not like one of those B and Bs where they give you horrible food. Read more

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All-in-all totally OK. Clean, comfortable room. Shower was a nightmare though. It was clean, but water was just trickeling down.

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- central location (near shopping, near train station) - helpful staff (although not present after 3pm, which can cause complications, if not prepared) - simple clean rooms with dated equipment (this time hot water did not work, at a prior time the aged TV was broken)

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