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Great Expectations33 London Street, RG1 4PS Reading (Show map) Good, Score from 154 reviews“The staff were very friendly and the room was excellent. I would highly recommend this hotel.”
Elizabeth,
Northampton
This historic building was once visited by Charles Dickens for his public readings. It offers a Dickens-themed restaurant, light, modern rooms with private bathrooms, and a themed bar. Great Expectations is located within the center of Reading, right across from The Oracle Shopping Center and a 10 minute walk from Reading Train Stations. Reading’s numerous stores and restaurants are all within easy walking distance. All of the rooms at Great Expectations feature a TV with DVD player and tea/coffee-making facilities. Guests can also make use of free Wi-Fi access. Hotel Rooms: 29, Hotel Chain: RelaxInnz.
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Total Hotel Score:7.4
Based on 154 reviews Guest reviews are written by our customers after their stay at Great Expectations. |
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Andrew
Group of friends
Solihull,
United Kingdom
October 25, 2011
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I was amazed at how nice the hotel was considering how cheap my rate was. Staff were friendly and food was great. Definitely stay there again!
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10 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
United Kingdom
October 16, 2011
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They put me in a better room for free - smart rooms - freeview, good temp., Blackout curtains, comfortable, uncluttered, helpful staff and service. -Thursday night is noisy downstairs night by the sound of things so get on second floor if you can. Think it might not be every Thurs though. - shower towel not big enough -dust on some surfaces in bathroom
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9.2 |
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Kornkanok
Family with young children
Bangkok,
Thailand
October 23, 2011
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Good breakfast! It iwas better than the expectation. Weak wifi signal in my room.
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9.6 |
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Francis
Solo traveler
Centre Park Road,
Ireland
October 14, 2011
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Good breakfast, comfortable bed, nice biscuits each day. Minor work needed to bathroom extractor fan. Only one day's shower gel provided automatically.
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8.3 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
United Kingdom
October 5, 2011
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Walls a bit thin
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9.6 |
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Anonymous
Young couple
United Kingdom
September 28, 2011
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Friendly bar downstairs with a pool table. Food menu looks good. A pleasant stay. Breakfast was a let down. My partner is french so therefore would have preferred a continental breakfast as apposed to only English breakfast. He asked for beans on toast and they had run out of beans. I'm from Reading and I know it would have taken them 5 mins to get beans from the closest shop.
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8.5 |
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Chris
Mature couple
Weston-super-Mare,
United Kingdom
November 20, 2011
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This is a very attractive building in a great location for Reading's Oracle centre. Breakfast was excellent and the staff helpful. The room we stayed in was of good size with reasonable furnishings, but not well cleaned. The bathroom has lots of mould starting to spread.
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5.8 |
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Sylvia
Mature couple
Barnoldswick,
United Kingdom
November 17, 2011
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My husband and I are regular visitors to Reading and usually stay at the Holiday Inn Caversham Bridge, now Crowne Plaza. This our latest visit wasn't planned and was at very short notice, I just happened upon Great Expectations whilst searching for hotels near Reading Railway Station and am I glad I did. This hotel is only seven minutes walk from the railway station and is ideally situated for shopping, the Oracle Centre is just round the corner. Great Expectations, a former theatre has a relaxing air, the huge ground floor is the public house part and is set out as a Victorian shopping street, Charles Dickens is everywhere. The staff are very friendly, pub food good and very reasonable, the rooms although not fancy are clean and functional. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Great Expectations and will certainly be back in the near future, 3 days b&b for £152.00p in Reading is certainly great value for money.
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9.2 |
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Monika
Solo traveler
Salisbury,
United Kingdom
October 28, 2011
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It's located very close to my place of work.
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7.5 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
Italy
October 13, 2011
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Pub inside
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7.5 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
United Kingdom
October 3, 2011
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Breakfast is very flexible staff very helpful and will make an omlette etc if you dont want the full english Evening was cool and needed a bit of heating in the room
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7.5 |
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Bernard
Solo traveler
Mosta,
Malta
October 2, 2011
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Nice decore and food was great. Great value for backpackers Internet was extremely slow and no telephones in the rooms
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8.3 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
United Kingdom
February 8, 2012
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The Location This is not a complaint - I haven't the time. Hotel is very convenient and inexpensive. But the TV in the room couldn't hardly receive a signal. It was very noisy till 12.30 at night because it has a downstairs bar so you can't sleep till then. If you want food in the bar, you have to fight for a place to sit down, I almost didn't get a seat. Although food was fine and very reasonable.
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6.9 |
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Jade
Young couple
raynes park,
United Kingdom
February 8, 2012
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It was fantastic!! I booked the hotel owing to the price and the location then realised it had a series of bad reviews and I wasn't expecting much! The room was huge, with a sumptuous four poster bed and the biggest bath I’ve ever seen. It was very romantic and I thoroughly enjoyed it! The breakfast was cooked to perfection and the staff were friendly and welcoming. I would recommend this hotel to anyone; I can’t wait to go back!! Nothing, the tv was on the blink but as soon as I mentioned it, the guy came up straight away!
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10 |
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Tracey
Solo traveler
Torpoint, cornwall,
United Kingdom
February 6, 2012
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The staff were absolutely lovely really helpfull they made me feel welcome and safe as a lady traveller alone. The breakfast was great and I ate there for the 3 day stay. Good value for money and comfortable news. The music did go on abit 12.30 pm on a weeknight was a bit tiring when I had to get up and concentrate in a classroom all day . That said I know it is a pub but possibly could be made a bit clearer when booking, I would probably stay there again though.
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8.3 |
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Saltanat
Solo traveler
Glasgow,
United Kingdom
January 30, 2012
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only location 1) breakfast is very poor, no choice 2) the staff didn't change the used towels 3) TV didn't work very well and the staff did nothing to repair it in spite of my request to do it. 4) the price is very high for a such kind of poor service!
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4.6 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
United Kingdom
January 30, 2012
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Bed cover stained. Shower rail controling the height of the shower came to pieces when trying to adjust shower height.
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6.3 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
Georgia
January 30, 2012
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It's right in the center of Reading, cheap, friendly and clean
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8.8 |
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Andrew
Solo traveler
MELKSHAM,
United Kingdom
January 29, 2012
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I liked the bar area, breakfast was very good. Location-wise, it was perfect for Reading city centre. I expected some in-room facilities such as tea-making, an ironing board, trouser press and some storage / shelving room in the bathroom.
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7.1 |
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Stephen
Solo traveler
Headley,
United Kingdom
January 27, 2012
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Good location, good value, rooms small but clean, bright and friendly
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8.8 |
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Gururaja
Young couple
Cambridge,
United Kingdom
January 27, 2012
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It has got an ancient look and the reception next to the bar, seems to be little different than usual. The room was not clean for starters. Was too exhausted when I reached the room on the 2nd floor carrying all my bags (No lifts!!). There was help from the bar but still it wasn't easy. The bed sheets had stains and the bathroom had the left overs of the visitors before me to that room. Overall cleanliness is poor! I hope the hotel management does something to change this. Breakfast was okay but wouldn't say great. However, when I complained the next day about my room, the manager promptly changed my room to another one and apologised. The other room did not have any battery in the TV remote and I gave up. Had to walk to floors down to report for even a minor thing. Great expectations does not believe in phone service, so please rely on your mobiles in case of emergency.
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4.6 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
United Kingdom
January 26, 2012
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efficient friendly staff, nice room
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10 |
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Alan
Mature couple
Wolverhampton,
United Kingdom
January 25, 2012
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Excellent value for money.
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10 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
United Kingdom
January 23, 2012
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Very central, walking distance to my training place. Staff very friendly a helpful. The hotel has everything you need for one night. Cleanliness in the whole was ok ish , but the bed cover had few big stains, which it make the whole thing unpleasant.
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6.3 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
Italy
January 18, 2012
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Friendly staff. Historical building. Comfort. No carpet in bathroom (not so common in UK). Effective free WiFi. Bulky breakfast. Nice pub indoor.
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10 |
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