De Vere Venues Harben House  

Modern, clean rooms. Comfortable bed. Excellent, free wifi. Friendly staff. An easy, pleasant 10 minute walk into the town center.

There was no light over the desk working area, but the staff did offer to find a lamp for me. I stayed in a single room, so don’t know if the bathroom layout is the same in the larger rooms. There is no fourth wall to the bathroom, so, while it is recessed, it is basically open to the room. This is fine if you are in the room alone, but it wouldn’t be nice sharing the room with someone you were not comfortable with.

The staff were friendly

The room for single occupancy had an open bathroom...which is guess is why they say single occupancy. There was a terrible earsplitting squealing sound that came from the pipes, at one point it squealed for about 10 minutes!! Horrible! Id stay there again but in a different room.

Good quality hairdryer and iron in room. Very quiet.

The room was small and felt really cramped. Bit dated but cleanliness made up for this. No fridge in room.

Price/perfomance very competitive Good quantity and (partially) quality of services

In-room toilet is terrible maintenance level is not great (windows leak, water leaks in toilets, etc.)

Food was excellent quality. Layout of hotel

The cleanliness of the bathroom could have been improved. Hotel entrance not well sign posted.

Good value for money. Gym, bar and restaurant all on site.

The hotel is tired and - room furniture etc dated.

Friendly hotel staff , food and service was very good

Not much really.... The staff were pleasant and that's about it.

On arrival the hotel looks like a block of flats you would see in a cold war spy movie (very depressing). No good signage for the entrance and very tight parking once you get in. The first room I was allocated was not to the standard on cleanliness I would expect from any hotel and there were even ants running round in the shower and across the headboard!! I requested a room change, on entering my new room I found it to be already occupied by a very surprised looking man, the third room they allocated was also occupied. By this time I was not very amused so they went to check the fourth room before I went up, fortunately it was free. I'm not sure how a hotel can run without knowing which rooms are filled, not very professional. They gave me free food and drink in the hotel for the night by way of apology which was a reasonable offering but the food was quite mediocre with many items obviously being pre-prepared frozen items. Service was quite slow and other peoples food around me was arriving cold. The poor food continued into breakfast with one of the worst I have ever had in a hotel.

Superb value for money, well lit, covered car park with ample cctv coverage, leaving you free to enjoy the facilities without worrying about your motorbike. The staff are very helpful and friendly, and the gym & jacuzzi are a great way to unwind after a days work. The rooms are compact but fully functional and I had no issues with the en suite, other than the ridiculous taps on the shower which take 10mins to actually coax hot water out of, not because the hot water doesn't work, but because the taps are absurd. I ate a few meals there and the food was nice, although if its a bit too expensive, your within half mile walk of several pubs, a chippy and some shops. Nice comfy bed, best sleep I've had in years.

Stupid taps on the shower! Also they prolifically replace the complimentary soap on a daily basis which I found wasteful.

Excellent for milton keynes

The main entrance as well as the parking entrance are not enough signalised with lights and boards information

I arrived early and was told that check in must be after 2pm. The reception staff was quite abrupt. The room I had had a leaky bathroom and had to be changed. The room was a poky sized room with enough space to swing a cat. The bed was backed by a wall that had plumbing pipes and so there was a constant noise of running water