Coventry Hell Hotel

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Horrific Decor, terrible service

...I recently booked the above package for myself and my boyfriend, for 1 night?s stay in May. Not just any random 1 night's stay though - this was the night before we left a grey miserable UK for sunnier climes - Rome to be exact. We were flying from Coventry and as we had to be at the airport at the ungodly hour of 5am and parking at Coventry airport is non-existent, we decided to really push the boat our & book an overnight stay at an airport hotel with a fly/park package. I booked using Brittannia's online booking facility (http://www.flightparks.com/Default.asp?Page=60) by following the ?Coventry Airport? link. The total cost of our stay, to include 1 night at the hotel, return transfers to Coventry Airport and parking at the hotel during our holiday, was £69.00. Unusually I didn't do too much research into the quality...

richardsonjones 18.05.2004 (02.06.2004) · Read review
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Review of Coventry Hill Hotel, Coventry

Hilton Coventry Hotel

Advantages: Close to main road network & NEC. Very helpful staff
Disadvantages: Not a great deal within walking distance

...An eventful recent (March 2008) visit in order to compile this review, but more about that aspect later. This hotel is part of the international Hilton chain, and was chosen by my wife and I for a winter/spring weekend break for us along with our 16 month-old little boy. We have stayed at numerous Hilton group hotels previously in the UK and in other parts of the world and have usually been pleased with their standards. This was a 'last minute' booking, so we had to take what was available, and on initially being offered 'Coventry' we weren't too keen - we had visions of not talking to one another whilst we were there !! However I can say that we were pleasantly surprised by the hotel. It was very easy to find, especially with a sat-nav! However without the aid of technology and relying on a good old-fashioned map then it...

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Review of Hilton Coventry Hotel

Coombe Abbey.. so much more than a hotel

Advantages: Great rooms, great food
Disadvantages: None

...to stay. Worth every penny a truely wonderful experience. The staff were friendly and helpful and on the occasions I have stayed my rooms have been marvellous! The food is to die for, a real treat. Highly recommended. My Opinion on the Country Park Great day especially if the sun is shining! Lovely walks set in lovely grounds. As I said before you can even have a BBQ in the grounds know if you want to make a family day of it. Worth a visit. How to get there For sat nav purposes the full postal address is: Coombe Abbey Hotel Brinklow Road Binley Coventry CV3 2AB By rail: The closet railyway stations are: Birmingham, Rugby or Coventry By air: Birmingham Airport is the closest airport (not sure how much the taxi fare would be!)...

jinxyjo 02.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Coombe Abbey Hotel, Coventry

Coome Abbey Hotel,

Advantages: Beautiful rooms
Disadvantages: None

...I had the wonderful plesure of staying at the Coombe Abbey hotel during a business trip 3 years ago, I was tasked with manning a stand for my employer at a conference at the University of Warwick just outside Coventry and had to stay over night for a few days. I discovered that my manager had booked this hotel the week before the trip and was a little surprised that he hadnt booked anything closer or more convenient, at the time I was very annoyed as it dawned on me I would have to rely on taxis to get me around during the 3 days I was away for (I dont drive - yet) The second my taxi pulled up to the gates outside the estate and made its way down the long drive to the hotel I instantly cheered up and realised why my boss had made the booking, this place was stunning and not unlike a small stately home. I later learned from the staff...

liz3yy 26.10.2008 (25.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Coombe Abbey Hotel, Coventry

Ideal for Coventry City fans (allegedly)

Advantages: Decent room, friendly service
Disadvantages: A bit out from the centre of the city

...INTRODUCTION Travelling to Coventry to one of my company's offices for the first time, I picked the Novotel thanks to our booking system which immediately pointed me to the cheapest option available. Some way out of town, I wasn't expecting it to be anything memorable, but I was at least hopeful of it giving me a decent nights rest. Here is what I found. LOCATION Apparently it's 10 minutes from the centre of Coventry, Birmingham Airport and the NEC and a walking distance from the Ricoh Arena, home of Coventry Town Football Club. It doesn't say whether this is 10 minutes is walking or driving. We were told there was a curry house about a 15 minute walk away, right from the hotel, under the railway bridge and straight on down Longford Road, Nashaa. We went there and I have to say it was excellent and I'd highly...

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Review of Novotel, Coventry

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE FLUSH TO STAY HERE

Advantages: Nice hotel, good facilities, reasonable rates, convenient location
Disadvantages: Have to pay for the facilities, possibly not central enough for some

...rate of £42.50 B&B and free parking ? something that continues to become a rare commodity in many hotels. SETTING & LOCATION The Royal Court is situated in the Keresley area of Coventry, about 3 miles from this vibrant city. The hotel is set in roughly 11 acres of parkland, with the traditional manor house having restored to its former glory, with modern accommodation tastefully added on. The Royal Court is close to the M42, NEC and Birmingham Airport and motorway network linking North with South, making it the ideal location for onward travel to a variety of locations throughout the UK. RECEPTION Reception is a very grand affair, reminiscent of the splendour more often associated with the more up-market Spanish hotels. The hotel has a number of grand conference rooms (accommodating about 600 people in total) and offers...

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Review of Britannia Hotel, Coventry

Chased Away

Advantages: Impressive Victorian Architecture
Disadvantages: Not up to Expectations

...£100 per night. Personally, paying even the lowest possible is too much in my opinion. I would rather have gone somewhere else and paid slightly more to have enabled me a good night sleep. *****Extra Information***** Hotel Tel No: +44 (0)870 609 6130 66 bedrooms (Number Of Family Bedrooms: 23 rooms Number Of Non-smoking Bedrooms: 34 rooms) Family bedrooms are available at the hotel London's Restaurant and Bar Oak panelled lounge Lounge with BT Openzone Number of meeting rooms: 5 Meeting room capacity: 80 Parking Spaces: 100 Nearest Rail Link: Conventry 3.5m Nearest Airport: Coventry 1m *****Overall***** I am not a fussy person, and do not like to complain, (which is perhaps a downside sometimes) though I do feel that the whole bedroom aspect is enough to send anyone insane and especially enough to never return to...

elfbwillow 16.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Chace Hotel, Coventry

You won't have a problem getting up here

Advantages: Nice rooms, good rates (even rack), good service, convenient location
Disadvantages: Food could be better, no leisure facilities, out of town

...Yesterday was destination Coventry for a conference at the Science Park near Warwick University. Having lived in the city for a number of years, I know most of its nooks and crannies, and since I moved away, I have managed to familiarise myself with a number of its hotels, including two in the Britannia Chain, one of which is the Royal Court, with its plush leisure suite and expensive restaurant, it doesn?t typically fall into the budget chain, and the Britannia Hotel, dead in the centre of town, convenient, nice big rooms, low rates but sadly no parking, and travelling alone in sub zero temperatures, I really didn?t fancy trailing across the city streets with suitcase and laptop in tow. Plus, the following morning I needed to be at the Science Park and didn?t fancy battling the rush hour ring road (anyone who knows this city will...

sue.51 15.01.2004 (16.01.2004) · Read review
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Review of Coventry Hill Hotel, Coventry

Coventry.We're Sky Blue!

Advantages: Tons of history & cool places to visit!
Disadvantages: It's SERIOUSLY Urban!

...This might be a bit of a biased review because I actually live here ;-) So what can Coventry offer you as a visitor? History! Those devilish Huns air-conditioned Coventry during the 1940's (sorry, some of us are still a bit bitter about that) and you can still see the after effects of that in Coventry Cathedral. Our old Cathedral that is. Yep, we've got 2 Cathedrals! Well at the football we do sing "If you want a Cathedral, We've got one to spare" and we can actually mean it! Actually we have 3 Cathedrals! At least according to Tony Robinson and Time Team we do, we're the ONLY place they ever visited and spent more than 3 days digging there. So thanks to Phil & Mick we now have another Cathedral, admittedly its a big pile of rubble but so is most of one of the other Cathedrals too. You can see the City wall (or whats left...

atytyut2434 31.07.2008 (19.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Coventry in General

Corus of disapproval

Advantages: Looks good from the outside
Disadvantages: The room!

...As a regular (if reluctant) visitor to Coventry I have sampled one or two of the local hotels with mixed results. I had been putting off writing this review because I don?t really like running down a place on the basis of a one-off visit. However, in checking out the Corus chain's web for current prices etc, I find that I?m not the only one to be disappointed. Confirmation is out there, for those who may need it. ~ Log on to the hotel?s own site and what you see is pretty special (for Coventry!). Half-timbered mock-Tudor frontage, spacious grounds, lavish suite, well-appointed restaurant?it mentions, but doesn?t show, the timber-panelled bar. Wander around this site though, and one thing should strike you. There are a very limited number of photographs. A hotel that is really something special should be capable of providing...

hiker 26.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of The Chace Hotel, Coventry