after reading the reviews on here i was a bit hesitant about my stay here, i was only staying for one night & didn't have any other options but to eat in the restaurant, on the whole it was a very pleasurable stay.

yes its slap bang in the middle of an industrial estate & right next to the motorway but it was very comfortable, clean & tidy. i ate in the restaurant & enjoyed free internet browsing whilst waiting for my food. i only had a burger & chips but it was very tasty & hot with a very fresh side salad.

my room was good, considering it was cheap. much nicer than some expensive travel-lodges i have had to stay in. the bed was comfy with fresh clean crisp sheets, i had to retune the tv to receive all the freeview channels but this was a minor inconvenience, i just let it scan through whilst i was taking a shower. The shower was brilliantly powerful! (Ive stayed in a few hotels where the shower is like Chinese water torture) which was a welcome relief after a hard day.

the staff were very helpful & the breakfast was fantastic too. I have to stay in a different hotel each night because of my job.

don't expect too much from it & you wont be disappointed overall this has to be one of the better hotels Ive stayed in on a budget

If you have ever seen the film 'No Vacancy' you will have a perfect idea of the room standard at Restover Lodge. If not I strongly suggest you watch it before considering booking this 'Hotel'. Dirty and unclean rooms, no ventilation in the bathrooms so if you have a shower get ready for a steam room and watch the smoke alarm. There was a substance on the mirror and floor which I can only describe as blood, so the off white stained towels were used to cover the floor. Only two of the three lights worked in the room. No hairdryer, no toilet brush, the only accessable socket was squashed between the table and wall, blanket screwed up in storage space. It was lucky we were there for a night out as I dont think I would have stayed there sober.

On arriving at the Restover, we weren't expecting a fantastic room for the price.....our expectations were met on getting into our room; very basic, although not necessarily unclean. We then decided to eat in the restaurant thinking again that it was hardly going to be fantastic but probably cheapish and would satisfy our hunger as we were starving. WELL, first of all it was 15 pounds per person for 3 courses, which seemed a bit steep for such a basic hotel, but on getting our courses, I doubt now whether I would pay 15 pence for the 3 courses, never mind 15 quid. My wife had the soup, and this is no lie, it tasted like cigarettes. When you consider we got our starters within about 30 seconds (literally) of ordering them and the fact that the actual restaurant was filthy, they obviously had a vat of soup that someone was smoking over and a fag butt (or 3) fell into it. I had the prawn cocktail, not great but edible. Unfortunately, we had already ordered our main courses (chicken chasseur and mushroom stroganoff) which arrived 3 minutes after our starters, so before we could think about cancelling, we had our main meals. These consisted of a) a bowl of gravy with bits of chicken floating in it and a bed of packeted rice on the side and b) a bowl of canned, hardly cooked mushrooms in a disgusting, watery sauce and another side of packeted rice. Yuck! The desserts we had were ok but clearly out of a box. Just to top it off, the docile 'chef' was quite rude with us when he had to take our half eaten meals away. In the end, we ordered a pizza from the nearby domino's (we funnily enough found the phone number from a pizza box left in the lobby to our room, they must have had the same idea as us!) so we didn't end up going hungry at least!

My wife and I are not picky, and for me to write this review shows how I am genuinely warning people not to go in the restaurant! By the way, the breakfast was adequate and complementary, almost gourmet compared to our dinner! But do NOT go to the restaurant on an evening!!!!!

Like many others staying at this Hotel we are taking trade courses at the near by MET Centre. First impression is this place in smack bang in the middle of an Industrial Estate. The layout reminded me of an American style Motel as you can drive up to the room. The rooms are very basic but certainly adaquent for crashing out after a hard day. The shower must be the most powerful water presure I have ever experienced. The only negative aspect is the TV is on the small side. Also there was alot of people complaining about trucks reversing all night with their Beep-beep-beep warning sounds however to be honest I got used to it. The Bar/Resturant is OK with cheap specials on the menu range from average to very good. The staff are very helpful and at the time of writing the receptionist is very professional and polite. They also run quiz nights on thursday. A nice to see they make an effort.