After many stays in similarly priced hotels (around the £30 to £50 mark) such as Travelodges, Premier Inns and Holiday Inn Expresses, although usually very good they all become very 'samey'. The Campanile brand offerers something a little bit different but still the same standard if not slightly better. The French theme, with the very tasty biscuits left with the tea/coffee in the room along with the two little boilet mint/sweets are a nice touch. The bedding was very comfortable with extra pillows available in the wardrobe. The room had a nice new flat screen tv with the usual channels (not the full freeview range though like Premier Inn chain now offers). The best thing about the hotel was the free wifi in the room - something not even full service hotels provide! Front of house staff were very helpful and were able to accomodate my room choice. The other significant benefit with Campanile is the free breakfast, which offers a good range of the usual things you would expect. The Leicester hotel is probably one of the older ones looking at the new style of rooms on their website, however what is in place currently is very good so no complains whatsoever. Finally, the other major benefits are free parking and an exciting dinner menu with reasonable pricing. Only drawback I can think of is the road being quite loud outside if you're in a room facing it and there was no climate control - the room was quite warm on the top floor (Nov) but with the window open it made it quite difficult to hear the tv.
- Campanile Hotel Leicester
