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Reviews of The George of Colchester

3 out of 5
The George of Colchester
116 High Street, Colchester, England

Reviews

7.6

Good

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8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Stephen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Hannah

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good rooms. Parking is chargeable.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again - old quirky hotel
Very pleasant stay - old quirky hotel right in centre of Colchester. Parking was fine just behind the hotel. Very friendly staff and comfortable room. My only comment would be that the stairs are quite steep leading up to the top so request a room on first floor if steep flights of stairs may be a concern - but for me it was a great stay and would return next time in Colchester. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dale

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

arash

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ai-Linh

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No lift and lots of stairs. Air con in the room welcome.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Natalie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lynda

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Lucy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No cleaning facilities in the room, no umbrellas in reception, parking charge, window didn’t open in the room and really nosy
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Brenda

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Hotel, but not if arriving be car
Friendly staff, comfortable room, excellent breakfast. Cannot fault the Hotel itself. One small criticism would be the information about parking is far too brief. Unkess you are already familiar with the car parking situation in Colchester Town Centre and the App itself, the system generated email did not offer any useful assistance whatsoever. Unsurprisingly the car park was half full, as people like myself used more easily accessible sites (and with far simpler payment methods)
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Jay

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Alison

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jackson

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
breakfast
When i cam down for breakfast there was a room filled with customers, and only 2 members of staff servicing. As they were both busy they did not notice that i had been waiting at the entrance to the room as the instructions clearly indicated. In the end because of waiting for a long time i decided to find a seat. In that time a waitress asked for my breakfast order, but explained that it would be longer than 15min. As i had already waited i was running late for work. So I only requested coffee. Despite paying for breakfast. I did not have time to discuss this at check out because of the delays to the start of my day
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gwendolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel staff are great. I've stayed at both properties in Colchester several times and everyone is so helpful and kind. Rooms are adorable. Bed is super comfy. Breakfast is good. I love that they are right in the middle of High Street and close to everything. Highly recommend staying here!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Alan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
KP
Not such a great nights sleep with all the street noise but otherwise good.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Chris

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice Hotel in the city centre - parking not great.
Room was modern and clean. TV fitted to the wall in slightly odd position. Food service stopped at 8:30pm and the numerous instructions re parking didn't seem to make parking any easier, ended up with long walk up the hill to hotel and £10+ spent on parking.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Terrific
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All aspects very good except; Car parking terrible(no spaces) and cost £9.50 a day. Insufficient staff in bar, so takes 30 minutes to get served.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

D

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, clean room, only complaint service at breakfast was slow
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a great stay in this lovely old hotel.
I am from Suffolk met my sister from London here and we stayed overnight in this lovely old hotel. We had a lovely evening meal, breakfast and afternoon tea and the service was very good and the staff were all very nice and friendly. Thank you all. We will definitely return.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Howard

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel. The rooms have been upgraded to a very high standard. Very tasteful. Only negative is that the walls are very thin so we could hear conversations next door but because of the age of the building that’s to be expected.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Maria Elizabeth did

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Class and character
The place has real character and was a pleasure to stay in. Breakfast was very tasty and the staff we met were all very pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

phipps

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Hotel was lovely. So quirky and trendy. Beds comfy too! We didn't stay 4 breakfast as had to take off. Car park at the rear, which was handy. Only thing was, our vehicle was broken into during the night and things stolen.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Poppy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice room, comfy abs clean
Just stay for a night, because we have early morning appointments. New room look very nice and clean
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable stay!
Always a lovely place to stay, place is clean, well kept and the staff are all brilliant, special thanks to the young man who took my luggage up for me! Food is excellent, service is excellent. They have refurbished since my last stay and it looks great. Thumbs up from me!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Edward

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The George Colchester
Room was okay, a little overpriced. Was going to have dinner at the restaurant (which had 1 table on a Monday night) stood in the restaurant area with my colleague for a while no one came, none of the servers who were standing at the bar acknowledged us, so we walked out and went elsewhere for dinner.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Decor and room, check in process needs work
The Hotel was lovely and clean. Has a real unique feel to the place, with fantastic decor throughout and smelt amazing in all areas. Our room was clean and all facilities very good. The breakfast was really nice and of good quality. The checking in was below what you would expect as staff were not very knowledgeable about rooms or what services were provided and that was the only let down for our stay. Car Parking was £9.50 which we were not aware of until arrival and do think if you are a patron at the hotel this should have been included in room price. We would recommend The George though.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Dale

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
High St frontage stay, noisy all through night
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

christele

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great rooms and facilities. Loved the decor. Pretty unique. Good choice for breakfast (English and continental). Very clean. Central position (shops/restaurants/castle/ other local tourist attractions). I would definitely book this hotel again if i was visiting Colchester again. The only negative is the small parking (limited spaces) behind the hotel which is public. You have to pay extra (just under £10 for 24 hour) and can't pre-book it.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Queenie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is a great hotel for those who like the nostalgia of a very old building, and the food is good! Two of the staff were EXCEPTIONAL- Kelly and Antony!! This place is very lucky to have them!! The location of this hotel is very convenient, except for if you want to catch a taxi. The taxi drivers have decided that they will only take cash, which goes against their licensing. If they’re found out they can get in trouble. I am in the process of writing a letter of complaint. I did finally find one company that was honest, PANTHER CABS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED, the driver Steve was wonderful. I would recommend this hotel. Nothing fancy but has such charm!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
The hotel was nice, although I wouldn’t recommend eating there our meal was very disappointing the chips tasted like they’d been cooked hours before and were inedible. The main issue was access to the car park and the incorrect instructions on the hotel’s website. After a long drive to Colchester we then drive around for an hour trying to access the car park. Eventually got through to the hotel who informed us to avoid the cars prohibited sign and to access via the high street. Luckily there was one space so we could park after that horrendous nightmare otherwise we would also have probably been fined by the council. So having spent who knows how much on extra petrol, plus generally going crazy trying to follow directions on a pdf that took you around Colchester’s one car wide backstreets, we were offered nothing not even a drink by way of goodwill. To be honest the whole experience was horrendous. I’d avoid booking here.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

warren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022