Ibis Rugby East

Bit out dated friendly staff

This was a last minute booking, literally got to the hotel and crashed and the woke up early in the morning and was out of there. Did not really get to check out the hotel but did the job. Oh and their breakfast is good.

We booked a family room but were allocated a double room. The staff did correct this and give us a drinks voucher which was nice but the rooms smelt stale and were very stuffy.

Decent sized room with comfortable bed. Shower ok, no bath. Air conditioning very noisy. Overall the room was OK, although not worth the price charged. Food is poor, small portions, not well prepared, much of it lacking in flavour. Restaurant/bar area has no atmosphere. Nothing local as an option to walk to as this is on an industrial estate, but good location close to M1 and A5.

Only looked at two things when booking - did it have a restaurant and air con. A yes to both according to the listing. Arrived at 8.30 to learn the restaurant had closed. Had a few pints in the bar and asked for match of the day to be put on tv (we were the only ones there) only to be told that the licensing didn’t allow bbc to be shown! Returned to room only to find the air con didn’t work. Staff friendly enough and tried to be helpful but disappointing stay overall.

This is our 2nd visit and it’s more than satisfactory. The rooms are of a good size and clean, the bed is comfortable and it was quiet. What more do you need?

Couldn’t say anything bad about the room, bed was really comfortable and the place was clean. Felt sorry for the staff as there isn’t seem to but much of them for a busy Saturday night, looked like the head chef was cooking, taking orders, serving on the bar, waiting and collecting plates and glasses. There was a leak outside our room that we informed someone about but thinking got done whilst we was there, it didn’t affect our stay so we wasn’t too bothered. We didn’t eat but the atmosphere in the bar was nice. Easy to get too, nothing around the hotel unless you walk 20 mins or drive 5 min. Would stay at again.

Lovely staff, ridiculously hot but they can’t control the weather and gave me a couple of fans! I expected a more basic, budget type room for the price but was pleasantly surprised at the room size and facilities. Great car parking and Wi-Fi as my O2 signal was rubbish there.