“a surprise”

Pleasant motel on the western outskirts of Peterborough. Easy to find. Pretty isolated, so reckon to eat in. The food is better than average, though. It's actually right beside the Olympic rowing course -- the site is lovely --- so weekends bring a stream of young crews. Our weekend was one of the half-dozen or so per year when national championships are run --- on our weekend, junior college eights. So the place was packed: 150 wonderfully fit and wildly excited kids. We enjoyed watching them. But check beforehand if you want a quiet stay !

“away day”

The hotel was good all round. No problems,and some rooms over look the lake which is nice. We did however, miscalculated the distance from peterbourgh railway station as we walked. So would recommed a taxi which is approx four pound, which is'nt too much.

“nice room, shame about the catering”

Spacious and modern, clean and comfortable. Good standard of decor and furniture, bed and bedding of a very good standard. Buffet breakfast in the restaurant was poor in terms of availability (eg, no bread rolls for the continental) or quantity (no staff to keep the serveries topped up). Cost of eating any meal there seemed high.

“Like a Travel Lodge but with an under-staffed bar!”

Great staff! Just not enough of them! The receptionist doubles as bar staff. So no one gets proper attention. Bar meals are delivered to the bar from the kitchen - the meals then stay on the bar until the receptionist or another member of staff sees them - they then have to find out who ordered the meal. Bizarre. Fundamentally awful orgainisation! Result is cold, poor quality fodder. Rooms are over-furnished. TVs are small. On my second (and last) visit my room was full of crane flies! Yeah, if only everything was as good as the receptionist! Never again.

“Musty and Grubby.”

We were booked into the Ramada Peterborough for a one night stay by the conference we were attending. As we had to go on to Cambridge after the conference we booked a second night. The room was so bad we did not stay there a second night. The room was dirty and smelly and the bed was awful. The mattress should have been white, it was brown! They couldn't give us another room so we covered it with a quilt but I could feel the springs in my back all night and I was cold.The coldest night this year and they turn the heating off in the night. We asked if they had better beds for the second night and were told that none of the beds were great. Needless to say we did not stay there a second night and were told we would not be charged but we have been. Really do not recomend it.