You get what you pay for!

The room was a bargain for only £45 on a week day night.

The hotel's reception staff are very friendly.

Parking is an additional £5 per night, if you go out during the evening you need to let reception know so they can code your room key so that it gets spat out at the barrier rather than getting swollowed.

The room is a good size and was spotless. There is a small flat screen T.V and tea and coffee making facilities. You can get more tea / coffee etc from reception if needed.

The bathroom has a large walk in shower and has excellent water pressure. There is no hairdryer in the room, but you can borrow one from reception. They take a copy of your credit card for £20 to make sure that you return the hairdryer on checkout.

There is a shuttle bus that runs to the airport, however we didn't use it.

All in all I would recommend this hotel for a quick overnight stop.

The Ibis is a budget chain of hotels. They are probably all very similar, and to a similar standard, so you do know what you're getting, once you've tried one, you've tried them all!

The Ibis at Gatwick is quite a distance from the hotel, but it's much cheaper than the nearest hotels. They do provide a courtesy bus from the airport - get the hotel phone number, ring them and they'll pick you up for free. However, they do charge to take you to the airport. But the man on the desk said it would be cheaper to order a taxi for the five of us, and he ordered one for the next morning. We thought the honesty refreshing!

We had an evening meal which was very good and not too expensive - though the public area, the bar/lounge/restaurant is very small, not many comfy sofas. We didn't do breakfast because we thought we'd get some at the airport. Pity we spent so long in the queue at the airport that we had to bolt down pastries and coffee! I wish we'd eaten at the hotel as it sounded good value and looked nice & fresh.

You wouldn't want to spend a holiday here, but for a relaxing start to an overseas trip you can't fault it.

This is a great little hotel to spend time before a long flight. The rooms are spotless and the shower excellent. Was able to watch a tennis match on eurosport on the bedroom tv before we travelled and the food was quite good - after all it is just a budget airport hotel. The staff were friendly and efficient. Would certainly recommend this hotel and stay here again

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.