I stayed at the Ibis Gatwick on a Tuesday night before we flew to Cyprus. The hotel is not far from the airport with the shuttle bus. The rooms were very clean, and the staff was very friendly. I would recommend it for a quick stayover before an early flight. I had booked on the website ibishotel.com at £10 off.

Nice, new hotel near Gatwick Airport. Reasonably priced but like a number of places near London you have to pay an additional £5 for parking. Rooms smallish and bathroom/toilet was put in as a complete unit. Would stay there again.

I have probably spent about 10 days in the last 6 months at Ibis Gatwick and found all the rooms to be very clean, although somewhat small and a little boring. Then again this is a budget hotel so I do not expect otherwise.

The hotel is a bit of a distance from the airport. One time I did not have a car, so I was going to catch the hotel bus but the sign at the Gatwick Airport hotel bus stop stated that Ibis bus was 'on request', and I did not have the hotel's telephone number with me, so I decided to catch a taxi. The taxi fare was £10.50, so if you are on a budget, I would suggest arranging for the hotel bus. If I recall correctly, the sign at the reception said it was £4.50 return.

On the room itself, everything was quite adequate although nothing fancy. The water pressure in the shower was great (I have a hatred of low pressure shower - it somehow does not make me feel clean) and the shower water temperature is always quite consistent so you do not end up worrying a sudden zap with cold water or scalding hot water onto your face. I would prefer to have a bath tub although I cannot expect everything for the price they charge.

The reception staff are very friendly and helpful, although some of them seem to have a little trouble understanding some of the more complex requests. Then again that is understandable given that most staff's first language is not English - and they almost invariably do their best to help anyway, so this is not meant as a complaint.

The continental breakfast is quite good (£5.25 per person), with fruits, yoghurt, eggs, various breads, ham, cereals etc. Croissants taste and feel like proper croissants, but I guess you can expect that from a French hotel chain. The 24-hour menu is adequate, and the food is quite reasonably priced. I had a duck confit during the normal restaurant hours which was quite well presented and tasty.

Although a bit basic in terms of the room fixture, overall Ibis Gatwick Airport represented good value for money and I would not hesitate to stay there again.

Ibis is a budget hotel chain, so you can't expect too much. However, the place was spotlessly clean, quiet and comefortable. The bathroom module was not to my taste, but seemed to work fine. The bed was very just right.

In all I was quite pleased with what we got and my only winge would be at having to pay extra to park there (£5 per day), but considering the proximity to Gatwick perhaps that is to be expected.