Hotels in Bradford in general

Bradford is a metropolitan district that has a catchment area of almost 500,000 people, spread over a fairly wide geographical area. However, the city has known better days from its pomp as the major wool-trading city in the world at the latter end of the Victorian era. These days, and in terms of its hotels, the city boasts surprisingly very little in the way of acreage. The city centre has four major hotels: the Hilton; the Victoria; the Midland, and the Express by Holiday Inn. I have stayed in all of these at some time or another, plus a few of the smaller, pub-type B & Bs that were conspicuous by their mediocrity. There are a few other hotels dotted ...  Read the complete review

Looked like a good deal at £69 per room and when we saw the building from the outside we felt we had made a pretty good choice. It wasn't so good to stay in though. A bit shabby when you had a close look, but not too bad and a very imposing buildling. The problem we had was with the restaurant. They took our booking for 19:00 saying it was fairly quiet.. but when we sat down the waitress advised us that food would take 20 to 25 mins and suggested we might want to come back to 20:00. I didn't find this a very intelligent suggestion. We have three children, and they were hungry. As we didn't know Bradford, we settled for the 20-25 mins delay and for 2 courses.. the first ...  Read the complete review

Introduction I had to spend a night in Bradford recently and was booked into the Victoria Hotel, Bridge Street, by our administrative assistant. Last time I had to go to Bradford for work, I was advised to stay in Leeds and travel to Bradford by train, which I did (the train journey is only 20 minutes and trains run very regularly). This time, to cut down on travel time, I requested a hotel in Bradford. Big mistake - not one I am likely to repeat. Booking This was done without any problem by emailing thevictoria@brook-hotels.co.uk. The phone number is 01274 728706. The surroundings The hotel is located right in the centre of town ...  Read the complete review