Holiday Inn Express Colchester

The mobile reception is poor in this hotel. Also, there is no free WiFi in the room, but hotels.com saying there is . Please be aware.

Genuine Hotels.com guest review

Hotel was modern and decorated well. The rooms were finished well. If you have others sharing the room like your kids beware the sofa beds! We have an 11 year old who could not sleep on the sofa bed due to the springs being so near the surface, then of course you have to cram in to a double bed! We went down to eat in the main reception area but it […] was so cold there we abandoned the idea and drove in to Colchester. There is a farm next door and the smell is not pleasent while you are parking. Read more

Genuine Hotels.com guest review

The Hotel itself is actually rather nice and decent value, however the experience we had was dreadful, we were kept awake by drunken people and at one point for up to an hour all we could hear was swearing and kicking of a door. On reporting it and explaining the problem the person said let me see what we can do about that problem, he came back after […] and just said oh sorry about that. I know its difficult and not the fault of the hotel, however it certainly wasn't our fault and the experience was not one that we should have had and I would not like repeated, I believe it could and should have been dealt with much better. I would have personally thrown the guests out. They would have certainly ruined many peoples stay. Apart from that it would have been a reasonable comment. Read more

Genuine Expedia guest review

Unfortunately the room and corridor smelt of smoke. We found out that we were near to the 'smokers' rooms. Something that we shall be aware of next time. The staff were very courteous and the breakfast provided was very good. It was very difficult to find the hotel as we didn't have sat nav!!!!

Genuine Hotels.com guest review

While the hotel is nice, clean with efficient staff there is nothing else close to the hotel apart from a petrol station. The evening menu is limited although the free breakfast is adequate. Will stay at another hotel in future due to the lack of local amenities

Genuine Hotels.com guest review

Breakfast on Sunday was a disaster, the staff where overwhelmed by the number of people. Food ran out, cutlery ran out and tables were not cleared quickly enough and when they were cleared they were not cleaned. However, breakfast on Moday was fine, tables were cleared and cleaned and all food was available but at 9AM there were only six of us in the […] breakfast room. Read more

Genuine Expedia guest review

The Holiday inn express Colchester is exactly as you would expect this type of hotel to be except that if you want to stay in touch using your mobile phone or internet then find another hotel. Could get a signal outside the hotel but not in room so I missed loads of calls on my mobile and couldn't access the internet via mobile either. Internet access […] is only available if you pay around £6.50/day or £35.00 a week which I thought was expensive. Read more

Genuine Hotels.com guest review

Good hotel, but hard to find as set back from the road and you have to go onto a petrol forecourt to access it. Hotel receptionist not very helpful with directions, didn't seem to know the area or the road names very well. However, very amiable when arrived (phoned a taxi for me) however their taxi was a lot more expensive than the one I sourced online. […] Close to town centre amenities and good clean room, very comfortable. And standard breakfast. All in all, just average. Read more

Genuine Expedia guest review

Sunday morning 07.58 I was woken by someone hovering outside my room. I was not impressed to be woken so early.

Genuine Hotels.com guest review

The room was very small, clothes could be hung up but we had to use the spare sofabed as a storage space for jumpers etc. The bed was much too bouncy and small for us. In fact, my husband nearly fell out it was so small. Didn't really appreciate having to pay for the internet, £7.99 seemed a but steep. The shower was great and had lots of space which […] we like. The room was almost as far as you could walk but it was quiet that end and the receptionist had changed the room for us so that we weren't near the front door, where it could have been noisy. The breakfast was awful and if we stay again, we would go elsewhere. It was hard to find, we spent a lot of time going up and down the A12! A little bit disappointing that there was no signpost especially when other hotels in the area had them. On the whole it served its purpose. Read more

Genuine Expedia guest review

Bijna prima hotel en service, goede prijs kwaliteit verhouding. Het enige minpunt is de zeer slechte kwaliteit van de slaapbank voor 3e en 4e persoon op de kamer (119). Dit mag niet de naam matras/bed hebben Ik kan me niet voorstellen dat dit beter is op andere kamers (overal exact hetzelde meubilair.

Genuine Hotels.com guest review