Copthorne Hotel Cardiff

I stayed in this hotel at the weekend having got it for £40 (for the room only) on lastminute.com - a friend was running the Cardiff Half Marathon which is why we were staying in the City - the first thing I noticed is that the place is quite a bit outside the Centre, we lucky, had the car with us, but if you don't, i'd advise checking out the various ways to get into the centre. Anyhow, customer service in this place is pretty good, to be honest we only had to visit reception once, to check in, but it was polite and efficent and when we asked if it would be possible to delay check out time by an hour on account of returning late from the marathon, this wasnt ...  Read the complete review

I booked this hotel several years ok as a surprise for my then partner. I booked the honeymoney suite, at a cost of £250. When we arrived i wasnt very impressed by the look of the place, it was on a busy roundabout, about 10 minutes from the centre of cardiff. The carpark was pretty small, and the outside didnt look very impressive at all. When you walk in, its a small lobby, that doesnt shout out luxury, this leads to a bar area and a door to your left which are the rooms. We were shown up to the honeymoon suite, and i have to say for double the price I wasnt impressed. It was a standard size room with just a small extra dining area. The ...  Read the complete review

You may well ask why I am writing about a hotel only 50 miles down the road from my house - well the alternative was to drive to Cardiff for a meeting on Monday lunchime then do the return jouney home in the rush hour and then return, again in the rush-hour by 8.45am the following day for another meeting, or stay over at someone else's expense - what would you have done? I opted to stay, and thats why you are getting this review. The Copthorne chain are owned by Millenium hotels, and not a brand I am particularly familiar with; I did stay in the Copthorne, Aberdeen for a number of weeks and it was good, but that was 15 years ago and time changes everything ...  Read the complete review