Premier Inn Durham North

Truly terrible experience. The room was 28 degrees when we arrived which made us feel very uncomfortable. I asked if there were any cooler rooms as we were leaving for the evening but I was told that there wasn't, instead we were given an extra fan. To make things worse, the extractor fan I the bathroom was broken and after a shower the steam had nowhere to go and made the rest of the room feel extremely humid. I expected that the room would have cooled significantly when we arrived back at 11:30 pm. Instead, the room was 29.5 degrees! This made sleeping very difficult and uncomfortable. Needless to say, we did not get a good nights sleep. On checking out, we were told by an individual that this particular wing of the hotel is an extension to the original building and always gets hot and is hotter than the rest of the hotel. They could not believe that we had got through the night with that heat! On check out I complained about the temperature issues but was told to contact the company to lodge a complaint. The staff member acknowledged that the rooms in that part of the hotel can get very hot. Premier Inn dismissed my complaint as the website does not advertise that the hotel has air conditioning. My question to them is that if this is a known problem, why has it not been fixed!? Extremely disappointed with the whole experience, including the complaints process. I would not expect a hotel room to be 29.5 degrees, it would have been cooler to sleep outside! Shocking!

A comfortable and clean room. The mattresses was great as was the bedding. It was great that there was a portable fan in the room as the weather was overly warm. The air flow was minimal so the fan was required to be on all night. Our only disappointment was the restaurant. We found it to be very unclean and needing some improvements to make it more inviting. We couldn't wait to leave the restaurant. Tired and uninviting. Hopefully, the new owners will make the necessary improvements when they take it over. The current establishment is closing on the 31 July. We opted for the meal deal but were left disappointment by the options available for the meal deal. Sadly, the menu on offer in the room and online did not reflect what was actually on offer in the restaurant. Out of 11 starters on the main menu, only 5 options were available on the meal deal menu. More or less for the mains. I'd suggest this is addressed for all customers having the meal deal option. We were disappointmented to be presented with a shortened menu on are arrival. Considering we had made our choice whilst still in our room, how disappointing not to find our choice was not on this meal deal menu. Despite the meal deal offer, we won't be taking this option again. Very misleading for what options you have. Staff in the restaurant did not advise/guide as to what you had to pay extra for. Ended up being hit with an additional bill for food. If its not in the meal deal then you should say so. The quality of food , more so the evening meal was not as expected. However, the breakfast menu was just fine. Overall, great accommodation only to be disappointment by the restaurant experience.