Stayed at Colchester hotel in March 2026, the place was uninviting, we were charged £20 for checking in early & £8 day for parking. The hotel was cold throughout, housekeeping was restricted to every two days so you had to wash your own cups and glasses and ask for toilet rolls, milk & teabags.
The restaurant and bar served tea in builders mugs with the teabag still, no spoon and nowhere to put the used teabag. Food was awful and the Indian offering was all micro waved, breakfast food was a buffet, poor quality ingredients, bacon was inedible, dried up scrambled egg was enough to make you feel sick. Service was very basic, mostly designed to keep staff number to a minimum. At £180 per day we expected so much more!