Copthorne Hotel Cardiff

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 ...

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 ...