Sporting Lodge Inn Middlesbrough  

Friendly, professional and helpful staff. Good value for money. Handy for road links. Excellent breakfasts!

Nothing, really. You get what you pay for, and a bit more at this venue :o)

The price.

No smoking.

Gym,pool and sauna facilities

Bed was extremely soft and uncomfortable . Bar facilities closed at 11 pm on the Friday evening .

The sports facilities

The hotel needs a refresh, it looks very dated.

Friendliness,efficiency,cleanliness,quality of food,free wifi and spa.

The carpets in the corridors need replacing.

problems with wifi

Price/ location

Beds

Food was ok.

Poor wifi,poor phone signal. Overpriced. £2.00 charge to use credit card. Will not be using this hotel again.

- The price was excellent value. - The gym was biggest experienced at a hotel. - Pool and spa facilities were excellent. - Food was very good quality. - Room was comfortable and quiet.

I enjoyed the pool, sauna and rooms

the price of the food!!!!!!!

Excellent, friendly staff, good breakfast.

Hotel run-down, carpets, beds, furniture in rooms needing renewed/replaced. Same with chairs, tables in restaurant. Overall shabby looking hotel.

Food excellent Room service excellent

Just one point, couple of hairs on the bath

Does what I required - clean, comfortable, slept well, Excellent food.

Overall the hotel needs updating / decorating

The staff were friendly The pool was nice and warm

The bath was a bit dirty, the bathroom needed updating and there was no extractor fan, breakfast on day one was cold but on the other 2 days it was hot

room and location and the price

friendly staff, good service in restaurant. Convenient for motorway

sliding windows on ground floor room that did not lock!? Hole in bedroom carpet with tape stuck over it. Bathroom very small! Blinds on bedroom window broken. Wifi signal not good- kept having to reconnect. Accommodation needs updating

Room was clean and comfortable

Food in restaurant only avarage and not good value for money.

location, bar area, housekeeping staff

The restaurant was pleasant with a good menu. Enjoyed a good steak.

Rather impersonal with the focus around the fitness centre. Public areas not welcoming. Room OK but not worth the rate paid.

The cleaning staff were bright , cheerful and helpful, they did a good job of cleaning the room.

The whole hotel was tired and in need of refurbishment. The floor in our corridor was dangerous, the floor under the carpet was very uneven and difficult to walk on without being in danger of turning your ankle. The dining room was dark and dingy and the staff poorly trained, the person who brought our wine to the table destroyed the cork because she had not been shown how the corkskrew worked. While dim lighting may be acceptable in the evening and may even seem romantic to some a brighter room is required for breakfast. When I went for my orange juice there were no glasses left out, I pointed this out to a passing member of staff who was carrying a tray and was asked if I had asked anyone else as she had her hands full at the minute, she then said if you go and sit down I will bring some. When I went to select my breakfast from the buffet there were no plates available, I had to interupt two members of staff who were deep in conversation to again ask for something that should have been there in the first place, having got my plate I started to gather my food only to find that there were no eggs left in the container, I gave up at this point and had breakfast out the next morning. There was a complete lack of information regarding the facilities available to guests staying at the hotel in the rooms.

Quick entry to the major road system. If you're staying a few nights then the pool and gym complex would be useful.

Shower didn't work and we didn't find out until the morning. The shower dials were missing and should have been picked up prior to our stay. Called reception, unable to offer us an alternative, in the end I had to shower in the swimming pool changing room. Restaurant was just too dark, literally had to allow eyes to adjust before finding a table, and they took away our drinks while we were making toast. Generally quite a tired hotel.

good breakfast very friendly staff. clean rooms

all good

Pool and spa was good room was ok

Over priced in bar

Handy for business in Middlesbrough and with helpful staff and decent leisure facilities which are a help. Clean and practical for business.

A bit faded and 1960's, someone I know describes it as "Crossroads". More importantly, WiFi was a bit hit and miss and hard to use

Everything, no problems whatsoever