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Score from 120 reviews
“Amazing dining room and architecture of the building. Nice bed, and room.”
Jeremy,
Bedford
The Red Lion Hotel was built in 1465 and is in the center of Colchester, Britain's oldest town on record. The historic building has original Tudor features, including wooden beams. The Red Lion Hotel is one of the oldest inns in the area. The individually decorated rooms mix traditional charm with modern comforts, including TVs, radios, suit presses and tea/coffee. All rooms have private bathrooms The Red Lion's old banqueting hall is now the Parliament Restaurant. The restaurant offers classic dishes and still has the original wood-beamed ceiling. There is also a bar and 24-hour room service is available. The hotel is a short walk from the shops and Colchester Town Train Station is 550 yards away. Parking is available for an additional fee in the public parking lot less than half a mile away. Hotel Rooms: 24
GeneralRestaurant, Bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Newspapers, Non-Smoking Rooms, Heating, Baggage Storage ServicesRoom Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Dry Cleaning, Breakfast in the Room, Honeymoon Suite, Shoe Shine, Packed Lunches, Fax/Photocopying
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Total Hotel Score:7.1
Based on 120 reviews Guest reviews are written by our customers after their stay at Brook Red Lion Hotel. |
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Paul
Mature couple
FROME,
United Kingdom
July 16, 2011
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Hotel staff friendly. Old world charm Noise from outside - late night revellers and traffic. No car park faciilties. Cost me £12 to park overnight
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5.8 |
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Andrea
Family with older children
dromara,
United Kingdom
May 15, 2012
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I took my daughter simply for a stay in a haunted hotel. The staff where more than friendly, couldnt do enough to help and make our stay enjoyable. (Thanks danielle). Loved the history of the place. Would go back again, and again, and again.
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8 |
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Sue
Mature couple
London,
United Kingdom
May 15, 2012
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The dining room was very characterful with it's Tudor beams The first room had no bed-side tables or side-lights for reading. It seemed very over-priced. We were offered another room which we took, although it had two single beds.
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3.8 |
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Soraya
Mature couple
CAMBRIDGE,
United Kingdom
May 15, 2012
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The Manager was particularly attentive and helpfull and all the other staff were very friendly. The ethos felt to be customer orientated and the atmosphere was very pleasant.
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8.3 |
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Paul
Mature couple
Newport,
United Kingdom
May 2, 2012
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It was local to where we were visiting Noisy extractor fans kept us awake at night breakfast was not worth £3.00 never mind the £6.50 each we paid on top of our price for a room very poor indeed also we were given the room key when it had not been made ready even though we had turned up after the booking in time
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5.8 |
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Dongxu
Group of friends
Beijing,
China
April 25, 2012
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Right in the town center, very convenient to take bus or taxi to anywhere. Staffs are very helpful and services are prompt. There have been many comments criticizing the facilities of this hotel, but as far as I feel, it was not that bad. My room was cosy to live in, and nights were quiet for sleep. As for the price, I think it's somewhat expensive. And no free Internet access in the rooms.
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9.2 |
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Eric
Group of friends
Sheffield,
United Kingdom
April 17, 2012
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Well positioned,friendly and helpfull staff. Comfortable and clean rooms.
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9.6 |
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Gordon
Family with young children
Marsascala,
Malta
April 15, 2012
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Excellent location and friendly staff Noise at night from the street
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7.1 |
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James
Solo traveler
Bickley,
United Kingdom
April 5, 2012
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It was very handy for town The bed's were not that comfatable, and it was rather loud outside on a saturday Night, It was very dirty around the edges, and the shower was very poor ! On a whole it look very tierd and run down and need alot of work doing to it
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3.8 |
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Philip
Solo traveler
Worcester Park Surrey,
United Kingdom
April 1, 2012
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The general style and friendliness of the hotel and staff was very good indeed. I would like to say that the receptionist staff member upon my arrival on 28.3.12 at about 4pm was particularly helpful in sorting out some directuions for me from the hotel to the business venue I had to attend. Very much appreciated.
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10 |
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Jean
Solo traveler
Dublin,
Ireland
March 28, 2012
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It is very central and it has a cosy feel to it. The lack of a lift is a hassale and it could do with new stair carpet and new decor.
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7.1 |
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Steven
Solo traveler
Cambridge,
United Kingdom
March 26, 2012
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For me the important thing was price and a central location in Colcheter as I had several business trips to make using it as a base. The historical nature of the building appealed. Bed was comfy. Good sized room. Pleasant staff. It is in a very noisy location. Light sleepers - beware! By the third night I had just about become inured to the street noise. The heating system is also incredibly noisy. There was no hot water at 630 in the morning.
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5.4 |
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Paul
Solo traveler
Wrexham,
United Kingdom
March 23, 2012
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Lovely olde worlde hotel. Great value, food and location. Have stayed before and will stay again
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9.2 |
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Stephen
Solo traveler
Selby,
United Kingdom
March 23, 2012
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No hot water in the morning, cold shower, rooms /bathrooms dated. Understaffed
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4.6 |
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Rory
Family with older children
Brandon,
United Kingdom
March 19, 2012
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fantastic old building, and very helpful staff. Will definitely return.
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8.8 |
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Konstantinos
Solo traveler
Athens,
Greece
March 18, 2012
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need renovation ASAP! poor services, old building with no recent renovation
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4.6 |
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Darren
Solo traveler
Chelmsford,
United Kingdom
March 12, 2012
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No hot water.
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7 |
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Hilary
Solo traveler
Farnham,
United Kingdom
February 9, 2012
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The grubbiness, the poor service (they forhot my wake up call), the lack of working central heating in the depth of winter etc.
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3.3 |
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Wendy
Mature couple
romney marsh,
United Kingdom
January 23, 2012
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The staff at the Red Lion were very friendly and helpful. Food was very nice and service was prompt. Bath and shower in room 11 needed attention...When switched to shower function, hot tap did not stop running, meaning you had to detach shower and use it at other end of bath otherwise you would burn your feet!!
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8.3 |
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James
Solo traveler
Hounslow,
United Kingdom
January 16, 2012
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Excellent location, middle of Colchester High Street. Very friendly and thoughtful staff. Very clean. Excellent value. The shower was a little weaker than I personally like. Suffers (as most old hotels do) from squeaky floorboards. But no massive issues.
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8.8 |
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Ken
Young couple
colchester,
United Kingdom
January 12, 2012
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Conviniate place to stay after weddding receiption Room well worn , missing material and ripes in headboard spit ,broken bath panel lack of normal equipment E.g hairdryer and iron in room ?
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4.6 |
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Carla
Young couple
LONDON,
United Kingdom
December 21, 2011
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My room was very cold and also some of the lamps had no bulbs in so we had to have the main light on.
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6.7 |
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David
Mature couple
Hatfield,
United Kingdom
December 19, 2011
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I liked the hotel, as it was in the centre of town, It would have been nice to know that the hotel doesn't have it's own car park, and that the nearest car park was 10 minutes walk.
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7.5 |
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Jeremy
Solo traveler
Bedford,
United Kingdom
December 14, 2011
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Amazing dining room and architecture of the building. Nice bed, and room. noisy fan or something adjacent to my room. car parking shower
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8.3 |
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Mr
Mature couple
COVENTRY,
United Kingdom
December 13, 2011
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No heating to room.very cold through out our stay, informed reception,and was told nothing could be done to remedy problem .No hot water on demand,had to call down to reception to remedy problem and then had to wait a further 30 minutes for water to heat up.shower completely inadequate,was more like a trickle from a watering can. Room service served us luke warm tea in the morning. On the whole very very dissapointing. Will never book again or recommend to any one.
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4.6 |
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