Hilton, Maidstone - A Good Option

Advantages: Location, quality of staff
Disadvantages: Not close to town centre

...Reasons for choosing this hotel: We've stayed here before and the position is good for us when visiting friends and family, being just off the M20 Motorway at Junction 7, approximately 4 miles from Maidstone town centre. I could have used a cheaper hotel (there is an Innkeepers Lodge and a few Premier Travel Inns locally) but as a member of the Hilton loyalty scheme which allows you to "double dip" and not only earn Hilton points, but also points for your chosen Airline rewards programme at the same time, it is a good option for me, so I checked online on Boxing Day for a 1 night stay on 27th December. Booking: The Hilton website, whilst not the most exciting in the world, is easy to navigate - if you know which hotel you want to stay at , you can use the option on the left hand side of the home page or, if not, the locate...

BristolBud 28.02.2008 (10.01.2008) · Read review
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Review of Hilton, Maidstone

A Maidstone miscellany - with answers

Advantages: A practical, pleasant and prosperous town
Disadvantages: But short on character and maybe even charm

...This review was originally written as a guide to Ciao members about to attend a get-together in the town of Maidstone. As a town to live in it has numerous advantages, but I find it hard to defend it against the charge of being a bit dull. Holding the Ciao Meet there was one minor attempt to liven it up. A more desperate attempt still is to be found at the end of this review, in the form of a little quiz which attendees were invited to complete, with prizes for the best entries. The answers to the quiz and the prize-winners are now shown below. I must confess to having rather mixed feelings about Maidstone. Obviously, it must have something going for it or I wouldn't have stayed here for over twenty years, but it's hard to make its attractions sound very out of the ordinary, or indeed very attractive. Maidstone is...

torr 29.11.2003 (28.01.2007) · Read review
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Come to Sunny Maidstone

Advantages: Plenty to do
Disadvantages: No football stadium yet

...Following Torr's opinion on the historical place called Maidstone, that had some fallacious facts added for good measure, I will now entice you (well, maybe) to the place with some very basic low down facts! (I have paragraphed it with headings to make skimming easier!) I chose to move to Maidstone in 1978 when I purchased my first house with my then fiancé having scouted around the outer London area, from Basildon, Crawley and Canvey Island. We decided on Maidstone because it has excellent rail and road links into central London which was of major importance in those days as we both worked up there. Maidstone still has excellent links with London and the rest of the country's motorway network, although it has missed out on the High Speed Rail Link to Europe - this can be accessed via Ashford, twenty miles further down the county...

orlando 31.12.2003 (27.11.2006) · Read review
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Maidstone called and they came

Advantages: Fun day out
Disadvantages: It has to end

...***** In the beginning ***** The idea of a Maidstone Mini Meet was muted whilst Torr Duncan and I (orlando) were sitting at a bench outside of a London pub having missed our train home, and with an hour till the next one, after the London meet. We have had some ad hoc mini meets before, which have always been well received, although they have been held in Canterbury which has a lot more to offer than our town. However, a previous Maidstone meet did manage to be very well attended, so we thought we could give it another go. Various dates were offered, and pre Christmas became a non-starter as we hadn't got our act together in time. Duncan and I each put out a review of our intention, and asked for feedback on dates. Despite some members not being able to make the 27th January, it did become the majority vote, and so we...

orlando 05.02.2007 (10.02.2007) · Read review
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Review of Maidstone Meet - January 2007

Luncheon in Maidstone AKA Mexico

Advantages: Delish food, great lunch menu, good atmosphere
Disadvantages: a little cramped

...When I go to shopping with mum, we like to treat ourselves to a nice lunch and when we go to Maidstone, we just can’t resist going to Mexxa Mexxa every single time. I went last week with ma and yesterday with my boyfriend. This review is mainly about lunches at Mexxa Mexxa as I have never been to the restaurant in the evening. Mexxa Mexxa is a Mexican (quelle surprise) restaurant in Earl Street, Maidstone, just around the back of the new Fremlin Walk shopping development. It is a bright building, you can’t miss it, decorated outside in blue and orange- a couple of doors down from Pizza Express and opposite Nando’s. The inside is decorated with dark wood, tiled floors and skinny waitresses. All of the seating is downstairs and the waiting staff bring the food down from the kitchen upstairs, so perhaps the constant...

fabulous_girl 31.07.2006 · Read review
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Maidstone Review

Advantages: Great Clubs/Pubs/Bars/Restaurants/Shops
Disadvantages: A slight attitude problem with local youths.

...I have lived in the Maidstone area all my life and have had various experiences in the 22 years i've been here. SHOPPING:- Maidstone town centre has many many shops to cater for everyones needs. Sport shops, music shops, card shops you've got your Argos and also fair share of fast food restaurants. With the newly built Fremlin Walk area of the town now completed it improves the shopping even further in Maidstone. House of Fraser being my personal favourite. The Chequers Centre or The Mall as it's now called is like a mini Bluewater which again houses all your well known shops and fast food restaurants so all you shopping lovers will be in your element in Maidstone. Motor World, Matalan and B&Q are also within the town. Saturday afternoons in particlar are extremely busy so expect traffic on the roads and the streets. NIGHT...

Jamie_GFC 07.06.2007 · Read review
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Maidstone-The County Town of Kent

Advantages: Good location. Prosperous. Fairly clean
Disadvantages: Lacks night life, a bit expensive.

...Maidstone,one of the larger towns in Kent,is actually the County Town. Somehow it seems to be less well known than several other places in the county such as Dover, Canterbury or Gillingham. It is essentially a prosperous place and is only around 40 miles from London. The shopping scene in the county town is a good one and most of the well known multiples are represented here, and there are a number of good specialist shops. There are several high quality hotels in the town or on the outskirts as well as guest houses and bed and breakfast establishments. There are some very good eateries in Maidstone,including ethnic restaurants, and where I would give it very high marks are for its pubs both those in the town centre and at outlying spots such as Bearsted, Allington Lock and Harrietsham.It really does have some gems. Maidstone is not...

ashford 07.08.2000 · Read review
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Milling aroung Maidstone

Advantages: Not far to walk most places
Disadvantages: Taxis expensive

...This is a pretty hard review to do as it depends where you want to go! It is also not going to be of a lot of interest to a lot of people. So bear with me please! I actually live in Medway as do a lot of people who go to Maidstone, particularly on a night out. Then again Maidstone attacts a lot of Kentish people from all over as it has a lot of pubs/clubs compared to other areas in Kent. Getting there: When I go to Maidstone on a night out I tend to get the bus! I feel a bit stupid all dressed up in my glad rags but after 7 o'clock Arriva do a "happy hour" where you can go anywhere for a pound. The bus service is very good and frequent and most buses take you to the Chequers centre (shopping centre) which is right in the middle of Maidstone and next to the highstreet (where it all happens!) For further info on buses depending...

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Live Music and Fine Food (at a chain restaurant!)

Advantages: Affordable, Clean, Good Music, Nice Food, Great Location
Disadvantages: Sometimes a longer wait for food

...Despite the fact that Pizza Express is a chain of restaurants I always feel like I have a different dining experience in each restaurant I visit. I have visited Pizza Expresses all over the UK including chains in Maidstone, Gatwick Airport, London and Cardiff. I am writing this review about Pizza Express Maidstone because this is the local Pizza Express restaurant to me and is the one I have been the most impressed with. If ever we decide to go out for a meal, either with my family or with my partner, we nearly always decide to go here because it's always such a good experience. ~~Location~~ The location of a Pizza Express can vary in importance. In Cardiff the location is ideal because its right next to the bay and overlooks the water with large windows all along the front of the restaurant. In Maidstone, however...

tac20 11.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Pizza Express Maidstone

It's Zizzi to lose track of time!

Advantages: Great for long lunches
Disadvantages: None

...As I occasionally have to work in Maidstone, I usually arrange to meet up with an old friend who works there and try out one of the many fine eateries that the County Town of Kent has to offer. And over the years, we've had the good, the bad and the downright revolting. Happily, Zizzi's falls into the "good" category. If you don't know Maidstone, it's not the easiest place to find, as the town sprawls across quite a large area, with numerous small side streets. However, a new shopping centre, Fremlin Walk has recently opened, and is well signposted - Zizzi's is very close by in Earl Street. The decor is nice - classy and opulent at the same time. As my friend and I visited for lunch, we didn't book and were seated straight away by a very pleasant waiter. As Italian restaurants go, the menu is pretty much what you'd expect...

alleycat01 19.09.2006 · Read review
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