Barons Court Hotel

Lovely stay at hotel, very quirky..would recommend

This claims to be a three star hotel. Can only be on a scale of 1 to 10! Entrance is at rear, by the smoking area. Met in ‘reception’ by guy wearing casual clothes and baseball cap. On back of bedroom door was notice saying ‘breakfast 7-9am. We went down next morning at 8:30 but looked in vain around the ground floor for any sign of breakfast. We roused the baseball hat guy from his room by ringing the front door bell. He was astonished that we were expecting breakfast. We left immediately to find somewhere more civilised.

Tired property in need of major refurbishment, though bedrooms and the bathrooms were clean as was the towels and bedding despite the outdated decor. Rooms were extremely warm and we did have to open the window for comfort. Both bedrooms were spacious enough and both had a bath as well as an overbath shower, though I could not get the water to heat up. Our other guest's headboard was half hanging from the wall! Only stayed for one night as attending a local event. Parking at the rear was available and secure. The gardens were in need of a tidy, but given the recent weather could be excused. On arrival there was an ashtray outside the main door overflowing with cigarette buts, not a great initial welcome. The public areas downstairs were very dark, dingy and the type of ornaments did not help. Breakfast was available at an extra cost, we did not opt for that though it did smell nice. Price of one room without breakfast was £63, much cheaper than the hotels in the town but you get what you pay for. With some investment, it could be a goldmine. Location in a residential area, extra cost for taxis into town, but no charge for parking.

Overnight stay. On arrival offered a choice of 2 rooms 1 ground floor 1 first floor. We chose the ground! Wrong decision. Very noisy room with every arrival or conversation with reception very audible, especially the woman arrival in the early hours of the morning. The room was clean and tidy with excellent wifi. The shower was a trifle small but the biggest complaint was the mattress in which at least one or two of the springs were broken making it very uncomfortable. All in all as value for money for 1 night only it was ok. Left without seeing reception so unable to pass on our observations

The location with parking is fantastic, the building is very well done. I would say that some investment into some water improvements could be needed at this stage but I would be glad to return

The good points: Huge room and bathroom, both clean and comfortable. Decent bed, although mattress too soft for my liking (personal preference). Huge TV but with dreadful intermittent WiFi despite there being a hub outside the door. Not too far from town centre and on a bus route. There is plenty of free parking at the rear of the hotel. Not so good Had to request a towel for the hubby as we were only given one and a hairdryer as there wasn't one in the room (ladies will understand how much a pain it is to drag your own bulky hairdryer). There was no WiFi code in room and when hubby mentioned it whilst getting a towel and hairdryer it wasn't offered. The heating was on all night and we couldn't turn it down/off and even with the windows open, it was quite stuffy. It is advertised as having breakfast but they had no chef. Shame, as the dining room was lovely. I'm surprised they didn't offer continental. The shower didn't work initially and when we mentioned it, we were told that it should as it was recently refurbished. When we did eventually get it to work, the water was freezing cold. An electric power shower should give instant hot water. Luckily there was a hand held shower attached to the tap. So we managed. A couple of things which I found slightly worrying. There was no evacuation procedure on the back of the door. Every hotel I have stayed in, both UK and abroad, has this on the door. There was a copy on the reception desk, but we didn't notice it until we were leaving. The other thing which my husband said could potentially be dangerous, was the piping to the taps. They were the wrong way round. They should be hot to the left, cold to the right. He's a construction manager, so knows about these things. The taps weren't marked so anyone with a visual impairment might be in for a shock. All in all, not a bad hotel but not brilliant either.

Very nice stay for the money spent

Very comfortable and very friendly staff, room was clean and tidy great value for money would definately recommend.

Had to have a taxi into town. Shower was awful. Very unusal establishment. Good parking and host was helpful in booking taxis