George Hotel

Convenient car parking and town centre location with easy access to taxi rank and excellent breakfast. Hospitality tray appreciated.

Steep steps up to first floor for access to bedrooms - no apparent lifts so not suitable for disabled guests. Old fashioned bedding package i.e.sheet, blanket and bedspread.

Visit relatives and shopping

No

We liked the friendly service, the general ambience of the hotel, the food, the central location and the convenient car parking

Possibly nowadays you should opt for a flat screen television. The image of the current sets do not reflect a quality hotel. Updating of some of the furnishings should be considered. The carpet in our room was very worn.

My glass of wine was nice.

The badly stained mattress on my bed, the threadbare carpet in my room, the peeling paint, the hole in the bedspread.

We have stayed at this hotle in the past but their has been a general drop in standerds that we were quite shocked at

The comfort of the bed was terrible and the nose in the room from the street was so bad it continually woke us up during the night

Location and how pleasant the room was

After travelling all the way from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, for a birthday party, the early morning call on the Sunday at 9 am, was not appreciated especially as it wasn't booked.

Good location of hotel. near the down town. good service. clean & tidy.room is spacious.

It was very central, excellent location - would recommend purely based on loaction

it was not really value for money. Room was a bit shabby, it was very hot and the aircon wasnt working properly. Shower hardly had any power.

charm of the room and hotel

bed a little firm, would have liked a duvet but otherwise excellent

Very helpful staff, although often busy. We got a much better room, on request, this second time of staying at the George. Comfortable and 3 star. The lounges are very comfortable and the food is good. The hotel still retains the atmosphere of an old coaching inn and is very central to the liveliest part of Colchester, the town centre.

The hotel bedrooms are in need of refurbishment. Being in the heart of the town, it can be noisy in the early hours; hardly the fault of the George, because of the location.

The reception staff were incredibly unfriendly and unhelpful - arriving at 9.30 pm there was no possibility of dinner or even a sandwich and no helpful suggestions as to how I might find something to eat. The young woman in the bar was delightful and helpful and finally suggested a Spar up the road where I could buy a sandwich. She was keen to help me solve the problem of finding something to eat but the man on reception had no interest whatsoever. I also had a heavy suitcase and am in my early sixties and there was no offer of help up the very steep stairs to the room. Similarly the next morning the check-out was cold and perfunctory. They could do with training the reception staff.

Friendly and comfortable with good food (inexpensive)

I stay at The George alot and the carpetsand furniture need updating ( I know some have been done) Some of the beds are very hard and some of the bedrooms need updating !) Since the smoking ban was introduced I really feel the furniture in the lounges could be renewed - threadbare arms to armchairs.