I really regret booking this hotel last year for a concert at the M&S Bank Arena and can't believe how ridiculously expensive it was for such a dive. We booked a "Superior" room with riverside view, but it was very small and everything was in a terrible condition. I am not sure when this hotel was built, but the rooms look like they haven't been decorated in 30-40 years. The bathroom was very small and dark, not helped by the very dated dirty looking floor and wall tiles. The bedroom had woodchip wallpaper and all the paintwork was off-colour and dirty looking. The room furniture was like something from the 70's, very basic with lots of wearmarks. The bed base was very stained and the bedding also had stain marks which is very offputting. The rooms are very hot as there is no aircon, although reception did provide a fan to help cool the room down. Our particular room had a problem with the window hinge and had to be lifted to open it. The breakfast was very poor, there is a reasonable choice of cereals, pastries and fruit juice but the full english was terrible with poor quality ingredients lacking any real taste. Staff were generally ok, but one or two could do with a bit of customer service training and try smiling. The only redeeming points which just about warrant a 1 star review are that there was an additional interior door in the room which helps to cut out night time distractions such as light and noise from the corridor and also apart from the cleanliness of the bed and bedding it was acceptably comfortable.