Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews of Alcamo Hotel & Conference Centre

3 out of 5
Alcamo Hotel & Conference Centre
290 Ulster Street, Hamilton

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 145 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 45 out of 145 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 43 out of 145 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 145 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 145 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place has a good atmosphere and has ample parking space. I definitely enjoyed our stay there, and would stay there next time.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Lynne

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Old and very tired, mould around the shower / spa bath which was hard to get into and out of. The hall way smelt of urine. Only managed 4 hours sleep due to guests yelling, talking and stomping above us. Would not recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Denise

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Size of the place
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Neville

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

lenie

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Denise

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Property was very dated inside and bathroom needed updating. Spa bath in room didnt work
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Jill and Alan

Liked: Staff & service
Smell in the bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Debra

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness
There was clearly no noise restrictions after 9:30 pm at night. There were no net curtains for daytime privacy only full blackout curtains and there was only two lights working. The toilet smelt of urine in the shower grout was covered in mould. Also getting into the shower was difficult as you had to either sit or straddle over the spa bath edge. bathroom vanity was very poorly cleaned around the taps. Cutlery was wrapped up in a tea towel that was very obscure to find. The cooling was a very rickety pedestal fan
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Gordon

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Was adequate for what we needed
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

ingrid

Traveled with partner
Very old , need refurbishing and renewing
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Cassie

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Best thing was the reception service. Room was outdated and desperately needed doing up, found a cockroach in the room. Nowhere on the listing does it say this olace is also used as emergency accomodation, but you find that out when you get there and hear the other people there.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Blom

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice room and bathroom. Basics like tea, coffee and milk was provided.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Philip

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The property was very well maintained and easy to find
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Wendy

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
will not stay there again or recomend it
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Etienne

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
No seating outside near the pool area! With Covid peole need fresh air!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
I didn't like that they had no communal kitchen so had to buy either takeaway or food that could be heated in a microwave.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Sai on Aug 12, 2021
Sorry, our communal kitchen is closed for renovation. But we do have rooms with cooking facilities. If you wanted a room with a kitchen, do let us know in advance as they are usually booked out early. We look forward to having you here again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Served our needs
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Sai on Aug 6, 2021
Thank you for your feedback. We hope to see you again.

4/10 Poor

George

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness
Only book as a last resort
This hotel is quite dated and run down and needs some maintenance. When I checked in they put me in the wrong room type vs what I had booked. Eventually they moved me to the correct room type and when I walked in it smelt like smoke and curry. Rather than complaining I went and bought some scented candles to make the room smell more pleasant. It also wasn’t very clean. To be honest I would stay here again if I absolutely had to but it would be my last resort.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Sai on Aug 7, 2021
We're sorry you were unhappy - we'll work hard to fix the issue you experienced. Although, we do note that the room that was allotted to you initially by Hotels.com was not the one you booked, but when you informed us of the same, we swapped the rooms to match your request. Thanks for letting us know about the smell. We will look into the same.We will ensure your next stay with us would be much more memorable.

6/10 Okay

Lynda

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room are so clean and bed are so clean and tidy thank you for your good work cheers
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Alcamo Team on Jul 30, 2021
Thanks for your response. We look forward to having you again.

6/10 Okay

Rhonda

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quite run down and appeared to be used as emergency housing
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Alcamo Team on Jul 30, 2021
Yes we do have a separate block for Transitional Housing

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This Hotel used to be a very nice place to stay. It is tired and in bad repair with very aged fittings. It needs a lot of time and money spent on it to bring it up to any type of good standard. I would never stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Sai on Jul 16, 2021
We are very sorry for your bad experience. If you could please let us know your name or the room number which you stayed, it would be help us follow up on your review and improve.

6/10 Okay

MARCUS

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Average
Extremely dated and needing a serious makeover. Lots of things need checking and repairing, e.g. loose foot on convection heater, flickering and noisy fluorescent lighting. Bed was comfy though.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Sai on Jul 16, 2021
Dear Marcus. Thank you for your feedback. We will definitely take your suggestions seriously and improve.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was full of homeless people who were loud and messy. Towels and laundry were hanging all over the balconies and outside doors. It was damp and had mold in the bathroom, lights didn't work and there was exposed wiring in the room which was freezing upon entry. I didn't feel safe leaving my car in the carpark, albeit it was ok the next morning. Couldn't wait to get out of there and wont be going back
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Alcamo Team on Jul 30, 2021
Thanks for your response! It would be helpful if you could let us know the room number you stayed for fixing any issues. We have never once had any incident, just because we have a separate block for transitional housing. We also have CCTV fixed around the property to ensure security.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Alcamo Team on Jul 30, 2021
It would be helpful if you could let us know your room number, so we can keep tag of the room that you stayed.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Great easy access and located close to the city.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Sai on Jul 16, 2021
Thank you for your feedback. It would be helpful if you can let us know the room number you stayed in so we can go back and check the room for improvement.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Tied decor but ok . Only gives limited amount of wifi
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Manager on Jun 24, 2021
Our daily allowance for WIFI is 10GB. That is much more than most places give!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Quiet, dated but spacious
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Manager on Jun 22, 2021
Thank you for your review.

2/10 Terrible

Tom

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dirty bathroom, hair from previous guests
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Alcamo Team on Jul 30, 2021
Thanks for your response. We will do your best to ensure your next stay is better.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
An alarm went off at 2 a.m. and went for at least 30 minutes.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Ross on Jun 10, 2021
When did you stay with us? Was it the radio? They alarms haven't gone off here for two years.

8/10 Good

Dawn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleased.
We had room 44 out of the way which was nice. Very affordable for 3 ppl it does need a bit of maintenance but hey for the price it was very comfortable. If you want 5 star this is not the place but the service was great so that to me is 5 star in itself. My one suggestion we were here for a sports event which got cancelled and we love rugby. Sky sport would be a nice touch👍
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Ross on Jun 7, 2021
Thank you for your review.

4/10 Poor

Fariyah

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Alcamo Team on Jul 30, 2021
Thanks for the rating. We look forward to having you back

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Manager on Jun 22, 2021
???

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
It was nice and tidy, yet no plug for the bath tub.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Manager on Jun 22, 2021
Thank you for the review. We cant identify which room you are in so we will have to check all 56 rooms for plugs

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

6/10 Okay

Paul

Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dark and old place I found bed bugs there I left early
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021
Response from Sai on May 11, 2021
We apologise for your inconvenience. It would be helpful if you can share the room number and the date of stay so we can go back and recheck the rooms for any bed bugs as we have not had any such complaints from any of the rooms in the past few months. Since the review is posted as anonymous, we are unable to validate the issue. We request you to kindly share further details for our improvement. Thanks Alcamo Management

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Ross on Apr 23, 2021
Thanks for your review.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was quiet and clean and the reception staff very nice. The room was tired and dated. Cigarette burn marks on bathroom vanity a huge semi circular bath with overhead shower which was difficult and dangerous to get in and out of, antiquated fixed hair dryer unit which was virtually useless and very limited choice of tv channels
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Ross on Apr 22, 2021
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately you didn't leave a name or a room number so we can't check your room.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Ross on May 2, 2021
Thank you for the review.

8/10 Good

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Comfortable but a little dated.
The hotel is a little dated but the room was comfortable and included a microwave plus two stove top elements for those who wanted to cook. It was a nice touch to have complimentary bottled water. The bathroom definitely needs to be refurbished although it did include a massive spa bath in the bathroom which I had to clamber in to have a shower. A bit hard for some people. There is no restaurant or bar but a very nice restaurant and cafe called Gerards at a nearby motel. It was open for breakfast from 7.30am on Saturday which was great.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Ross on Apr 22, 2021
Thanks for your review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location close to town
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Ross on Apr 18, 2021
Thanks for your review. Ross

8/10 Good

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good place to stay - convenient location - quiet - comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Ross on Mar 19, 2021
Thanks for the review. Glad you liked Alcamo. See you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021
Response from Ross on Apr 18, 2021
Thanks for your review. Ross

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Ross on Apr 18, 2021
Thanks for your review. Ross

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Wasn’t amazing wouldn’t return stayed at worse places though
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from Alcamo on Nov 8, 2020
Thanks but we cant do anything about this as you haven't identified what 'wasnt amazing' and also which room you were in.

10/10 Excellent

Duffy, Nz

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No complaints, lovely staff, we will be back. Tauke!!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020