A fairly standard example of the Premier Inn brand, on the edge of the Emerson's Green housing estate, just off the A4174 ring road and close to the M32. A large car park is available, providing for both the hotel and the adjoining Beefeater restaurant. A Shell petrol station and the Emerson's Green retail park are all within the nearby vicinity. Basic refreshments and travel items are available from vending machines within the reception area. Guests are assured of an extra level of security through having to swipe their key cards in order to access the corridors. Breakfast is available in the adjoining pub.
The room was large and spacious with a decent amount of storage, although the total lack of telephones in the bedrooms is extremely concerning in terms of both safety and comfort. You've no choice but to exchange a degree of safety for a businessman's decision to cut costs. Menus for the Beefeater pub and leaflets further extolling the Whitbread brand are littered throughout the room, ensuring no surface is free from an advert. The room would benefit from plug sockets next to the bed. The door chain was missing, and an extra level of security had to be improvised through threading a coat hanger across the door. The bathroom was small but adequate, with the added benefit of a bathtub. The bed was comfortable enough and the choice of pillows was appreciated, although be prepared for disruptions to your sleep as the 'quiet zone' posters throughout the hotel seemingly don't apply to certain guests. Furthermore, if you enjoy settling down to sleep in an extremely warm bedroom, you are in luck. The window provides fresh air at the least, but the security devices most hotels insist on equipping these days do not enable any kind ventilation or refreshing breeze. The nonsensical wall-mounted thermostat permitted a moment of reduced temperature before gradually creeping back up to thirty-plus degree heat. Simply turning the radiator off is not an option.
Ideal for convenience and low price, but otherwise bland and sterile. This type of accommodation seems to lack character as a rule, as ought to be expected from a large budget chain hotel. In contemplating a further stay at this or any other Premier Inn hotel I would have to insist on a visit of only absolute necessity. read more