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The Varsity Hotel & SpaThompson's Lane, Cambridge, CB5 8AQ (Show map)
Excellent,
Score from 315 reviews
“ Hotel was well located; out of the hubbub, yet within easy walking of city center and by river. ”
John,
Clearwater, Florida
In the center of Cambridge, with valet parking near the edge of the River Cam, The Varsity Hotel and Spa offers modern rooms, and an impressive rooftop terrace with uninterrupted views. Each room is named after a different Cambridge college, and features an LCD TV, DVD library, free Wi-Fi, and an iPod dock. Most rooms offer monsoon showers and under-floor heating. Some rooms have balconies and views of the college rooftops. Inspired by traditional Cambridge, The Varsity offers guests access to the Glassworks Gym and Spa, with hot tub, steam room, sauna and exercise classes. The hotel is just a few minutes’ walk from Kings College Chapel, Trinity College, and the majority of the Cambridge colleges. The Grand Arcade shopping center is a 10 minute walk away, and there are a number of restaurants, bars and cafes close by. Hotel Rooms: 48 The most recent booking for this hotel was made on May 22 at 11:49 from United Kingdom.
GeneralRestaurant, Bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Newspapers, Terrace, Non-smoking Rooms, Facilities for Disabled Guests, Elevator, Safe, Heating, Baggage Storage, All Spaces Non-Smoking (Public and Private), Restaurant With Dining Menu, Sun Deck ActivitiesFitness Center, Spa, Hot Tub ServicesRoom Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Fax/Photocopying, Special Diet Meals (upon request), Suit Press
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Total Hotel Score:8.6
Based on 315 reviews Guest reviews are written by our customers after their stay at The Varsity Hotel & Spa. |
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David
Mature couple
Southampton,
United Kingdom
May 19, 2013
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Friendly, efficient staff. Breakfast and dinner were excellent. Room/bathroom spotless. Bed huge and comfortable. Room light and airy. Complementary water and fresh milk and biscuits on request. Had to pull up a chair from against a wall to complete check-in. Would have liked slippers to be provided.
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9.2 |
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Eric
Mature couple
LONDON,
United Kingdom
May 18, 2013
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Location, luxury, view, balcony to take breakfast in room. Lack of attention to detail. To book top end room and then be initially allocated room with no bath on 2nd floor which was dark and small is unacceptable service. Evening meal delivered without the ordered bottle of wine which was then delivered unopened without a cockscrew! Careless!
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8.8 |
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Arun
Mature couple
Chadwell Heath,
United Kingdom
May 15, 2013
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Clean and very welcoming Staff were all polite and friendly Cost of parking was too much
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10 |
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Stephen
Young couple
Borehamwood,
United Kingdom
May 11, 2013
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My breakfast in bed, friendly staff & rooftop bar.
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9.2 |
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Julie
Mature couple
Kings lynn,
United Kingdom
May 6, 2013
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Very plush, lovely design, location excellent, staff very friendly and helpful Expensive
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9.2 |
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Claudette
Young couple
Surrey,
United Kingdom
May 5, 2013
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Everything, great service, facilities and atmosphere. No biscuits with the tea making facilities. My only gripe!
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10 |
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Jacobus
Family with young children
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
May 3, 2013
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Very friendly personnel. Good breakfast. Rooms are spacious and clean. Good views. Very good hotel. Entrance to the breakfastrestaurant going through the gym is a bit offputting because of the typical gym fumes.
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7.9 |
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Franco
Mature couple
Pokfulam Road,,
Hong Kong
April 28, 2013
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The overall view over the balcony was just fine. I was so disappointed about the service of the front desk staffs that my trouser was sent to laundry under the same day service and they promised I would get it back around 3 ish same day. But it ended up disappear for a day!!! Finally it was found out that they couldn't handle the "white color" trouser, that's why it haven't been processed at all. Well... I could take it as a reason, but the staff didn't make a single apology at all (when I complained it is so disappointing, she said "yes I know - oh thanks for your empathy)!! Even I needed to chase the front desk (same staff) 4 times to send me back the "unwashed trouser" right before I rushed to check out!!! The hotel has only 5 floors and it only takes a few mins to go up and down!! So all in all, there were three things very disappointing : 1. It is ridiculous the laundry service can't handle the white color clothes, 2. The staffs are so rude and impolite. That's all!!! 3. The toilet wasn't cleaned at all during my next day staying! I guarantee that it was the first time staying in this hotel, so was the last time!! I won't stay in this hotel ever again!!
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5 |
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Jude
Group of friends
London,
United Kingdom
April 23, 2013
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The staff were absolutely excellent and their service was kind and unobtrusive. We found our rooms very comfortable and clean and enjoyed the facilities as well. Found nothing to dislike.
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9.6 |
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Birgit
Solo traveler
Wasserbillig,
Luxembourg
April 23, 2013
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Really nice, helpful and freindly staff. Good restaurant with nice food. You could look into my entire room, except the bathroom, from another room, felt like in an 'aquarium'. For the price, I missed a place to sit down comfortably, other than the bed.
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7.1 |
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Jeanette
Group of friends
Southend-on-Sea,
United Kingdom
April 23, 2013
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I liked the staff and I had a very good room that was comfortable and had good facilities. Breakfast was very good as were the staff that looked after us. Cost was reasonable and the hotel well located for shopping. Unusual to have to go outside main hotel building to get to breakfast room but understand why.
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7.9 |
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Sally
Mature couple
London,
United Kingdom
April 21, 2013
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Great, central location. Helpful and attentive staff. Clean and very comfortable room. Very noisy room in the morning due to wooden floors in rooms and constant noise of footsteps travelling from other rooms.
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9.6 |
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Annette
Family with older children
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
April 20, 2013
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Convenience and location Bed sizing is not international standard they use British standard, so king size is 160cm wide not 180 as per booking.com website states. Beds were a little hard, pillows were lovely.
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7.9 |
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Michael
Mature couple
Butlers CrossHP17 0XF,
United Kingdom
April 18, 2013
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Staff, rooms, extras such as real coffee & coffee maker in room, great breakfast, spa facilities, convenience to centre.
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9.6 |
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Howard
Mature couple
High Wycombe,
United Kingdom
April 14, 2013
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A very quiet comfortable hotel with an excellent location. Staff very friendly and helpful. Breakfast included in price. Cafetiere in room. Good TV, iPod dock, free Wi-Fi. Breakfast not quite as good as expected.
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9.2 |
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Vicky
Family with older children
Stevenage,
United Kingdom
April 10, 2013
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Clean and modern, helpful and friendly staff. Room was a little small.
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9.2 |
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Adam
Young couple
St Helens,
United Kingdom
April 9, 2013
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Essentially everything. The decor, the furnishings, the home media equipment, staff were polite, friendly and helpful, comfortable, inviting. Unfortunately my room overlooked the loading bay, but we didn't care much.
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10 |
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David
Solo traveler
Dayton, OH,
United States of America
April 9, 2013
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This is a relaxing hotel with a very professional staff that works to make your life easier. The room was comfortable, the breakfast well done, and the location could not be beat.
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9.6 |
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Jane
Solo traveler
Oxford,
United Kingdom
April 8, 2013
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design bathroom location helpful staff noisy aircon units inside and out of building expensive
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8.3 |
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Tina
Mature couple
NEWCASTLE-U-LYME,
United Kingdom
April 5, 2013
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Excellent hotel, the room we had was fantastic, would not stay anywhere else when returning back to Cambridge.
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10 |
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Catherine
Young couple
Leicester,
United Kingdom
March 28, 2013
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Great location, lovely room and bathroom, helpful staff who put parking ticket on car at 8am, nearby restaurant was good for cocktails. Few niggles.. No biscuits with tea, breakfast in bed was cold by the time we got it, spa is separate building from the hotel, parking is off site and expensive
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8.8 |
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Tan
Family with older children
Singapore,
Singapore
March 25, 2013
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Great location. Breakfast varieties and quality were excellent.
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9.6 |
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Annu
Family with older children
Chaguanas,
Trinidad and Tobago
March 25, 2013
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Location. Modern design
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10 |
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Robert
Mature couple
Mickleover,
United Kingdom
March 24, 2013
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Location Value for money
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5 |
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Nicola
Young couple
Milton keynes,
United Kingdom
March 22, 2013
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The staff were really friendly and the hotel was really clean and comfortable . I was a little disappointed with our room , I booked this hotel after looking at the web site and reading reviews, however our room didn't really have the wow factor , it was quite basic and I do not feel worth the £185 we paid .
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7.1 |
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