Colchester Town Centre

Location: Convenient proximity to Colchester town center, attractions, and transport links .

The room, at a higher class, was unpleasantly smelly as it was treated by some chemicals leaving a mothball-like smell. We had to air the room but every time we left the smell came back. This made us worried what we were inhaling over the night! There was no-one at the reception, and we had to leave the hotel to join timed plans. Overall - very disappointing stay.

Stayed in 2 rooms with my Wife and 90 year old Mother in law. Myself and my Wife were on the ground floor in room 12, Mother in law room 108 on first floor. The receptionist was in helpful and said she could not move us all to rooms next to each other as the hotel was full. She also took pleasure in refusing the £249 in cash which my mother in law offered for payment of her room on the grounds that she could not produce photo id.I wanted to pay card and cash which was also refused. I ended up paying cash with NY driving licence but was short-changed as they didn't have the coins for the balance they owed me. The breakfast dining was unbelievable. The waitress was downright rude and un inviting from the moment I entered and said 'Good morning ' She seemed annoyed by our presence and grudgingly whisked us to a table. When I enquired where the coffee machine was she bluntly snapped ' You've just walked past it's. This triggered me and I told her to go and got on with it myself. She returned to the table a minute or so later and got on bended knees in a very theatrical manner to apologise . My Wife told her she should not be working with the public and she then turned on the crocodile tears saying she was having a bad time. We all have bad times, we don't have to share the problem. She disappeared but I knew she had to take the cooked breakfast order so I went to find her. When I did find her she said she was 'Frightened' to come to the table. Needless to say we did not return for the breakfast we had all paid for on the second morning, opting for motorway services instead. A note on the bedroom flooring. This seemed to creak and squelch underfoot and at night the footsteps from the room above ours were unbelievable keeping us awake until 1.15am