The Charles Hotel

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We parked on their rear carpark and as a regular business traveller, I diligently and carefully completed their paper parking form with our vehicle details - Only three weeks later to find a PNC for £100.... (it being dated as 30th June arriving on the 11th June?) I rang and spoke to three different people " The Managers not here, Someone will call you back, I can't deal with this!" the usual excuses when no one intends to do anything! So I emailed them after each call only to have the given email address enquiries@ Then also emailed, directly and through their portal and again without any response! Given this attitude receiving this treatment faced with this type of practiced responses its a regular thing they are facing...

It’s not worth being called a hotel

Lovely shower , clean room , nice and quiet

This hotel is perfectly positioned for everything you need to do or find, staff are amazing, I've got a speak problem and they where happy to help me, I would 100% stay there again

Please note that the stairs from the car park to the back of the hotel are not for the faint hearted in rain! Metal circular stairs with a tight wind is not something that is fun with baggage. Similarly the stairs to my room were also quite tight with baggage. This is important for many to note. I was on the 2nd floor. But the bigger issue for me was the shower. I did not raise this with reception as it was nearly midnight at the time. The shower temperature fluctuated between scalding (highly dangerous) to very cold regardless of what I did. I managed to negotiate the time as it moved from one to the other in order to shower but as it was very weak it was not a great experience. On a positive note, the room was clean, tidy and with plenty of sockets.

Budget two nights but having no hot water until a staff member came to the room with a drill and screwdriver to sort was not great. The shower pressure was very poor also. Dog smell on the stairs up to the room in the hotel. It states on the hotel facilities an iron and ironing board. What I was given to use was shocking and the iron ended up marking my shirt. I appreciate it was cheap but I will nevwe stay here again.

No hot water today. So no shower, so not happy.

I chose this hotel due to its proximity to the venue I needed to visit and the fact that it had parking. So 10 out of 10 for that. I wasn't really fussed about anything else. They did offer me a full english breakfast for £10 so I had that - it was reasonable. The room was clean but a bit small, view to the street, a bit noisy obviously. Bed was comfy. Staff were very helpful. So all in all, I would say I got what I paid for. yes, I would use it again if visitng that area.

I stayed as I needed a room for the night, last minute. For the price it was actually fairly decent. The carpets in the hallways and stairs probably aren't the best choice. However room was clean and bathroom was fine. Staff member was helpful and the Indian restaurant connected did decent food and reduced for hotel guests. Shame they didn't make me a Chicken Tikka Madras despite writing it on the box, it was Lamb Tikka 😂 but I couldn't be bothered going downstairs to get them to sort it, but it was overall very nice anyway. There is limited free parking at the back of the hotel, quite a lot of stairs though from the rear of the property so might not suit people who struggle with stairs. Would stay again in a similar situation. It was roasting and no sign of any fans in the room, bed was comfortable though.

We were on the 2rd floor and the steps were very narrow for walk up and down on. Found it a bit risky. But overall cheap and cheerful