Location: Situated in non-town centre location, off A338 adjacent to Royal Bournemouth Hospital, with a 24H Superstore close by. Summary: Mid-sized, modern, purpose built full service hotel, including Fitness/ Swimming Pool also open to non-residents on repayment basis Rooms: Air conditioned and good sized, and clearly pitched above the "budget" level as wardrobe has doors on it (for some reason most budget chains don't). TV is modern flat panel, but has less channels available than UK DVB-T ("Freeview") default set Service: Average Prices: Variable, and hotel chain has the nasty, Ryanair-esque, habit of charging a fee if you use Credit rather than Debit cards. I strongly deprecate such behaviours: for any mid-market hotel this must be part of the "cost of doing business", with credit cards being the predominant payment method, and as such should be included in the base cost, not suddenly appear on the final bill as an extra charge :-( Overall: Reasonable choice provided that you can get reasonable price, but beware hidden fees read more

No vending machine. One small lift. Loud can hear footsteps from room above and voices in hall, kept me up at night. Shit overall. No room service past 10pm. Had better time in Jaywick read more

Substandard A lot of annoying problems--no wake up call one night, no hair conditioner, no wash cloths. Restaurant manager was rude and waitstaff not terribly friendly. Restaurants stop serving food at 9:30. Gym means a lot of people going in out very noisy. Outside of Town and there's really nothing else in the area of the smallest restaurants or other things to do in walking distance. read more