I was attending my friends hen party and this was the hotel of choice.

It has a great central location and we found the shops were pretty much on your doorstep and the main pub area is only a short walk. There is also a great range of restraunts just round the corner.

As for the hotel I would say it was def over priced for the state of repair it was in. I understand central hotels are always higher priced and more used but I would have expected better. It was certaintly not how the advertise it on the tv.

I looked at 3 rooms as there were a group of us staying and all could have done with a good coat of paint. In our room the shower had a leak which meant when you used the shower water sprayed out the shower head straight over the shower curtain and soaked the bathroom floor. Bit of a health and safety issue there.

In all 3 rooms the water took ages to walm up in the showers. In all rooms the bed sheet were full of dust when you shook them - not appealing when you are going to be sleeping in the bed.

The one room smelt suspiciously of smoke though all rooms are supposed to be no smoking.

In the other room there was the most gigantic spider you have ever seen in residence and the room it self just looked plain grubby.

When we enquired about room service we were told they did not do this despite there being room service menus in all the rooms. We then went to enquire at the bar for food. People who had ordered food over half an hour ago were still waiting and it was not busy and the food was not difficult (pizza, chips, burger etc). Hence to say we went out to eat.

On the plus side the rooms are very spacious and it has a very central location. It is also a cheap taxi ride from the train station (approx £5).

Overall I would not recommend this hotel to anyone until it has had a refurb.