The hotel is located by the service station and just one minute from the motorway - great location and handy for all areas - even to get into the centre of Newcastle only a short distance away. I stayed for three nights and had a lovely room - double bed - menu choice of pillows, flat screen TV in the room and great fast internet - you did pay for it but the fastest internet in any hotel ever.

I ate both nights in the hotel restaurant and the menu choice was excellent - one night i had something from the specials list - which was excellent.

The bar area in the hotel was good and busy with a nice atmosphere and fine to sit in even though I was on my own got chatting to a few people.

Would recomend the hotel to anyone. Oh and big bonus you can collect Priority Club Points when you stay.

I spent one night at this hotel while on a business trip and while it was very much a standard Holiday Inn and you know what you are getting this one was great value for money. As with many of it's kind it is getting a little tired, carpets have seen better days, though perfectly adequate, the bathroom is probably ready to be decorated, but again nothing you can really criticise. It's location adjacent to the A1 makes it very useful when travelling to Scotland and the north east of England when coming from the South East.

At the price I paid this is one to watch for if you need to stay in this part of the world.

We booked this hotel for New Years Eve at a very reasonable price, including Buffet, Disco, accommodation and breakfast. The venue was listed as being for couples and families. It was very much for families as the children's entertainer (great for a while to keep the kids entertained) was still going at 10.30p.m. He had to be told by a number of people to put the disco on as we thought we would be playing :pass the parcel: at midnight. We had children in our party, and it still was annoying after a while. I felt sorry for the 'couples' who had booked. The evening buffet left a lot to be desired but the breakfast was excellent!!! There was nothing wrong with the hotel or staff, but the fact they had a wedding party booked in as well left the staff rather rushed and overworked.

Overnight stay whilst touring the North East.I found everything to be first class especially the rate.Nice clean comfy bedrooms. Food in hotels can be a bit hit and miss,this was a hit especially the breakfast. Just as important was the great norther hospitality shown to us by all the staff we encountered. Will return.