My wife and I stayed at the Thistle Hotel in Exeter for one night to celebrate my birthday.

It was everything we could have asked for.

Having booked directly through the hotel, we got an excellent rate for a standard room, which was bright, spacious and clean with a lovely bathroom.

The hotel is perfectfully located in the centre of the city and the buffet breakfast was most welcome too.

A nice hotel in a nice city.

I stayed here for 1 night on a business trip. A very nice and modern hotel with a warm welcome feel as you enter its main doors. The lady at the Reception was nice and helpful. The room itself was nice, my only advise is for the hotel to:

1) Fit proper glass shower rail instead of the old style fabric shower curtains

2) Install a 21" LCD screens as the current one does not really do justice to the room

3) Better dusting regime around the bed headrest area by Housekeeping

Overall the hotel was a very nice stay, I did not try any food so can't offer any opinions.

Stayed for one night which was complimentary following a previous stay which was less than positive.

Following my last stay I contacted Thistle to give them some feedback and received a fast and positive response from the General Manager. I took him up on his offer of a complimentary night stay some 11 months after the initial offer yet he was still happy to honour it.

This time our room was great, on the 3rd floor, huge bed, great bathroom and a fruit basket!! nice touch!

We had a drink in the bar which was very pleasant, and breakfast which was great, lots of choice with a cooked breakfast made to order, no buffet which was a very welcome change!

So, overall a great visit, however got the feeling the room we had was far from a standard double, so would only go back if we stayed in a room of similiar standard again!

The hotel is in a very good position if you are traveling without a car as hotel parking is very limited. The room that i stayed in was clean and in a good condition the tv was a little out dated with only 5 channels unless you wanted to pay for more. There is internet at the hotel but you have to pay for that as well. Staff are pleasant and helpful the menu is very boring if you are staying for more than a couple of nights and very expensive you have to pay for everything even chips with a steak are extra. The hotel seems to be missing something as if it is relying on it past and not looking forward.