A well situated hotel near the train station and city center. Friendly staff and clean rooms. The rooms were very spartan, no carpets, minimal old furniture, a garden chair
for a desk chair. no thermostat to control room temperature. Strictly "bare bones"
The price was not "spartan". quite expensive so the value was poor.

The hotel is typical of many that cater primarily for business people but we were part of a tour group so the dynamics between guest and hotel were perhaps different to those that a solo traveler would experience. The checkin was efficient and friendly and there are two lifts to all floors. Our room was clean and functional and had everything we needed, enough storage for our clothes, a safe, tea and coffee facilities and a coffee machine. Also a very efficient shower. No problem with lighting in the corridor or any other public area. The bar service was excellent and there were plenty of comfortable chairs to relax in.
In contrast to the previous reviewer I found the meals to be generally very good but somewhat simple as I suspect these were prepared just for our group, normal guests would be directed to the two independent restaurants on the ground floor: a steak house and the ‘Tasty Wok’. The restaurant staff were very helpful and would do all they could to help people with allergies.
Breakfast was a very good buffet, if you cannot find what you like here then you are hard to please! I enjoyed my stay.

Our room could either ve described as minimalist or spartan. Dipped tables bedside cabinets. Strange lights. No drawers and extremely limited storage. Corridors made one feel in prison (haven't been in prison, but its what I imagine its like). Painted brick walls. Breakfast ok. We had dinner there for four nights. Without doubt we were offered the WORST FOOD EVER EXPERIENCED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. DREADFUL. DISGUSTING. Larer found that they don't nirmally serve evening meals. 5hink they were brought in. Room only cleaned if you ask for it, or after 4 days. Ther are two distinct categories of staff. Those who seemed full time of African Caribbean heritage were hard working, helpful, friendly and wanted to make your stay pleasant. The other group were, I think, part time students. I found them to be uninformed, unhelpful, in one case sarcastic and couldn't care less. Location in town ok, but whole town in middle of nowhere. New, reclaimed land. No character.