Best Western The Rose And Crown Colchester Reviews

Another pleasant one night stay while in Colchester for a sports tournament. Comfortable room, welcoming and helpful reception staff. No complaints!

Lovely old hotel with many of its original features. Unfortunately our room was next to a busy road so quite a lot of traffic noise throughout the night.

This is a charming very old hotel with creaky floorboards and winding corridors. The rooms are a reasonable size and quite comfortable. The rooms can get a little warm in the summer as there is no AC - the windows do open though. Good walks in the area along the Colne River to Wivenhoe and up to the Colchester Castle and Roman Ruins.

I stayed for two nights while competing in a local sport (croquet) tournament. I didn't sample the food as I was being well "fed" elsewhere. The room was spotless and very comfortable, though the nature of the building meant an interesting trek, up and down stairs and round corners, from Reception to my room! Very pleasant and efficient staff.

I stayed here a couple of years ago and found it convenient, clean and reasonably priced. Oddly enough, I was given the same room so I could do a direct comparison: Whilst there was nothing intrinsically wrong with it, the bathroom in particular could do with a few minutes maintenance. The grout in the shower which couldn't be easily reached was pretty mouldy and the shower door didn't shut properly. On the plus side, the bed was comfortable and the water was hot. Breakfast was pretty dreary, if like me, you just go for the continental. Cooked was to order and looked far more appetizing. I could only get the WiFi to work in the bar area which was a bit annoying...

Really nice old coaching in with plenty of character. Accommodation rooms were modern and very nice, indeed. Staff was excellent and nice, homey public areas. The evening buffet was good as was the disco and this was an ideal night out for the more mature person.

Easy check in and friendly staff. Room warm and clean

The staff are excellent, we were attending a wedding and the receptionist has a printed map ready to hand to us so that we knew where we were going. Free parking was good, the room, one in the exec block was a good size, not too much noise from the outside world. Night staff were very friendly and helpful, I would recommend.

The hotel was lovely, staff were always cheerful and pleasant, room was nicely updated (albeit a bit damp). Really cool just to stay in such an old and historic building! Was a 15-20 minute walk into the downtown, though, which we had to do every night for the restaurants.

Stayed for one night (Saturday) to be near the beach at Walton. Receptionist was polite & friendly but did direct us a long way to our room up & down stairs, would have been much quicker to walk across the carpark. Room looked pleasant enough & was clean, fairly spacious, reasonable lighting & enough mirrors, furnishings/style very standard but wardrobe was large. Bed was a double but seemed narrow, shame there wasn't a kingsize option. Bathroom looked disappointing - grouting was old & slightly stained & there were water marks on the bath, floor was a little bit scuffed so it didn't look or feel clean although it was fairly clean; towels & linens however were spotless. We had dinner in the bar/brasserie & the food was excellent, well worth a try (only 1 vegetarian main but there were salads/starters/sides that would have been suitable if you wanted a light meal or if you ordered a couple). They do only serve food til 9.45 which I thought was a bit early but they did make it clear at check-in so not a problem. There was a private disco that night near our room but there was no noise from this at all. However it was really hot that night and though we had a fan we had the window open and there was a fair bit of road noise (we were right next to the road). Don't know where other hotels in the town are but I thought the location was fine. They said the bathrooms are due for refurb in which case I would definitely stay again and I'd probably stay again for 1 night anyway.