I stayed at this campanile hotel weekend 12/08/11 on a coach trip with newmarket holidays and had a wonderful time,im not going to say it was the best hotel i have stayed in but as its only a budget hotel on the same lines as premier and travel inns it met my expectations,the breakfast was very good,the cooked breakfast was done on the open flamed grill and was cooked while you waited,you helped yourself to cereals,toast,tea and coffee,fruit juice and can go up as many times as you like for refills,the rooms were clean and comfortable,my only little complaint is the bar only stays open until 11pm although there is a toby inn just 5 minutes walk away and for the late night revellers a pub called the chevy inn which is open until 2am which is opposite the toby inn.Overall i enjoyed my stay and would also like to thank newmarket holidays for a fantastic weekend.

We were attending a friends wedding in Beamish and our friend told us this wasn't far from there about 20 minutes. We stayed for 2 nights so was only there for sleeping really.

Its very basic and cheap. The staff were nice and friendly. The rooms were okay. Just need a thorough clean and refurb.

We had breakfast one morning, it was fine, cooked breakfast and choices of cereals etc.

Also went to have a few drinks one evening and they were expensive 2 glasses of wine for like £8.00 or so.

I wasn't expecting great things for a budget hotel and it lived up to my low expectations.

Good points: the staff were very friendly and the continental breakfast was great, the room was a reasonable standard of cleanliness
Bad points:- Despite having free wifi, the only available power point in the room was in the corridor outside the bathroom - if you think you will need to charge anything, I advise bringing a multi socket extension cable
The wall hung toilet had been installed at a slight angle, which made it very disconcerting
The noise from adjacent rooms is quite bad
The bed felt as though it was convex, as though it was slightly higher in the middle, which made for an uncomfortable night

I've been used to the Campanile hotels in France so i thought this would be along similar lines, only £52, you can't complain about the price, and the greeting fine, very friendly and 'happy to do their best to solve any problems'. Trouble is the biggest problem is the fabric of the property itself. I didn't actually end up sleeping here, its only a few yards from the A1 and is very noisy with poor double glazing. The room walls are wafer thin and you could easily have a conversation with your next door neigbour by barely rasing your voice and the foul one sided conversation I had to overhear was enough to make me leave for the Holiday Inn Express on the same site. The carpets are not clean the decor is worse than tired and the room smelt.