Good with a few bad points. (Holiday Inn, Ashford Central)

Member Name: Vandersar

Product:	Holiday Inn, Ashford Central
Date:	25/08/09 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Clean and good facilities.

Disadvantages: Slow service and expensive breakfast.

We went down for a wedding and were actually reasonably impressed. It's in a good location just 3 minute walk from Ashford town centre; although some might say this isn't far enough! It is easily accessible from the M20.

The rooms are spacious and kitted out with tv and various drink-making facilities. The hotel will order you a newspaper in the morning and the rooms are kept immaculately clean. The bathroom has one of those power-shower things which I personally prefer to one that just dribbles water on you. For the happy couple, I believe the Honeymoon suite even had a Jacuzzi.

There is a nice bar downstairs with a decent selection of drinks at reasonable prices. The reception room for the wedding was a bit no-frills but this wasn't the most expensive place to rent. Apart from this, the buffet was also decent. All in all for what we paid, the hotel was worth it.

The only complaints I would have was that the breakfast was very pricy and this did impact on the overall value. We also found that the reception was often unmanned or that at checkout time there was only one person. This inevitably led to an irritated queue of hungover wedding guests.

Summary: A good night's sleep but nothing special.