Good basic hotel. Rooms were fine. Could be a littler closer to the airport - a 5 min taxi cost us 12 pounds becuase we arrived after the free shuttle service had finished! All in all was fine.

Having tried the overpriced Hilton on previous overnight stays near Gatwick we decided to give the Ibis at £61 a night a try.

We found the desk staff (all French!) very helpfull, they even let me use their computer to check-in for our flight the next day.

The room was clean, a little compact but fine for a "one night " stay and although the "modular bathroom" was small it served the purpose very well.

All in all very good value for the money, and we will certainly use the Ibis again for any future Gatwick stays.

We only used the bar / cafe for drinks, prefering to go the short distance to Crawley for our evening meal.
Tip:- If you like Chinese food try the Fortune Villa in Crawley High Street. It was the best Chinese I have tasted in a long while!!.

Having read the reviews regarding the hotel bus we took a taxi from North Terminal for about £ 10. About the same price as the bus and more convenient.

David Brown
Javea Spain

We spent one night there before a morning flight. We wanted a smoking room with wi-fi. The lobby said smoking rooms were on the 5th floor and we couldn't get wi-fi there. Turned out in-room wi-fi was expensive so we wouldn't have used it anyway. There were computers available in lobby for 9 pence a minute - a bit pricey in our opinion. Bed was hard and a bit lumpy. The bathroom was a strange modern modular unit - felt like a large airplane toilet with shower. Shuttle charge to Gatwick was GBP 4.5 each. We had a car and paid 5 GBP to park for the night. (If the shuttle had been free or cheaper, we probably would have turned the car in the night before our flight.) The room had very little space for our luggage - which we lined up on the floor against the wall at the foot of the bed. Since we kept the window open to air out the smoke, we heard a lot of traffic all night. The good news is the price was right (66 GBP, including car park) and it is only a few minutes from airport. All in all, the hotel was just "okay." I'd rather stay somewhere else next time.

For a budget hotel before an early morning flight this did the job. I had stayed in the Travellodge at Gatwick also and this is a better standard.

The big shower was a great bonus.