Review of Colwick Hall Hotel 4*

This hall has so much to offer but if I wouldn't return, I can't recommend. On arrival, it's beautiful, even in the rain! Reception staff were super lovely and it turned out my request for a quiet room had been accommodated, thank you. However. When we got to our room on the second floor, or in the roof, it was absolutely stifling. I appreciate there's limited windows for fresh air but the small desk fan at the side of the bed that was caked in about 12 months worth of thick fluffy dust just wasn't doing a great job. The room was huge, the bed bigger than my whole bedroom at home but on closer looking (and I don't mean scrutinising, I just mean just looking around), it didn't justify the £140 per night price. One chair had wobbly/wonky legs so you couldn't sit on it, the kettle sounded like an airplane coming in to land, the only window (velux) about 20 feet up was dripping on the carpet so we had to shut out the only fresh air and some tiles in the bathroom were cracked and wobbly. The bath was lovely though — nice and deep — and it was great to have some big fluffy bath towels! I'm sure the bathroom products are lovely but all in plastic wrapping so we didn't use these. Upon request for some more coffee (great big sized mugs in the room! ) the ladies on reception provided these with a smile :-). I would recommend considering having a small fridge in the rooms so the complimentary bottled water (again, in plastic bottles, not glass) could be stored in these and offer a small 1 pint bottle of fresh milk rather than the small plastic pots? Although breakfast was nice and my poached eggs were made to order, small things like the really, really dirty skirting boards or the dirt under the tables near the bar area that we noticed when the staff were moving them around really need seeing to. I am not a snob and I camp and stay in cheap accommodation mostly, so when I have to pay £140 for a night somewhere, I sort of expect something nice. I won't be returning in a hurry.