Have stayed at this hotel a few years ago but now it is just awful and will not stay there again! When we checked in the receptionist acted as if she was doing us a favour - lots of sighing and messing around with the computer. Had to wait for a young guy to show her how it worked and then they tried to charge our card twice for the room - until I told them it was already paid for through Holiday Extras!! Went to our room to walk straight out again - stank of stale smoke and as I suffer from asthma and had specified a no smoking room we went straight to reception. The second room was ok but everyone has said it already here "peeling paper and tired looking rooms" We went down to the restaurant and were the only ones in there at that time and was surprised to be served by the woman (Mrs Happy) who was at the reception when we checked in - unless she has a twin sister. Meal was so-so but all in all we will definitely not stay again - it seems that if you are booking in and parking your car they allocate their very worst rooms.....

Ok so we stayed here for one night before a long haul flight the next day.

We arrived about 3pm. checked in with the rudest receptionist ive seen, booked the car in for the 15days parking and went to the room.

The rooms were an ok size, smelt DISGUSTING, bathroom was horrible with exposed pipes, dirty bath etc. did not feel clean

But not ones to moan (as we were only there one night) we left our suitcases and went to the bar for drinks and food.

Bar is a bit run down but i supose that could be quite quirky....
got the the bar and found they had one type of beer, no malibu, no rum, no wine, no pineapple juice, limited ammounts of coke.
In their defence they had just been taken over by Menzies Chequers (instead of Thistle).

So we got what drinks we could and asked about food. We were told the chef is not in till 4, that was ok so we waited in the beer "garden" looking out on to a noisy busy roundabout

at 4 we went back - still no chef and we were told the chef isnt going to bother coming in as it wnt get busy until at least 6 o clock

as we were all very hungry - and frankly abit annoyed at this point so we walked about 20mins down the road to a hungry horse (the air ballloon) Which was lovely

So we came back went to be and set on our way for a fantastic holiday.

we had to then go back and get the car which was quite simple really, and got in the car. before we left the car we set the trip meter which now said 33 miles?! we were tired and annoyed at this point so we just left it and drove home.

we are really not complainers normally and as we were only there for one night we didnt like to kick up a fuss but i really wouldnt reccommend this place. its not the worst place in the world but its not a nice start to the holiday. maybe it will improve when it fully becomes Menzies Chequers?

We have since found out we could have stayed in the hilton for an extra £15!

Got this through Priceline for an overnight stay on our way to India via London. Reasonably close to the airport -- shuttle costs $2.50/person. Run down, peeling wallpaper, really tired looking, across the street from a gas station and convenience store -- all in all, just another motel close to the airport.
Would pay a few more bucks to stay in a comfortable place.

Decided to stay here for one night as the prices in the Gatwick area were ASTRONOMICAL!! This was the only good thing about this hotel. Bus to the hotel (H3) comes every :30 minutes but it has no place to store luggage so everyone, despite their physical condition, must drag there bags up and into the bus as there is no storage area on the bottom, this included elderly people and women with many bags and children in tow. It was as if England just discovered tourism 2 weeks ago. Check in took awhile, the room was fair and in the bathroom the facia was coming off the walls and the shower sprayed out in 360 degrees thus neccesitating a well closed shower curtain. The restaurant charged me $16.00 or 8 pounds for a tuna salad, beer was extra. Gatwick Airport, while less of a refugee camp then its older brother Heathrow, bulged at the seams and security seemed to go out of its way to anger everyone. I made 10 seperate flights on this tour and Gatwick was the only one who made me check my carry on bag. I would suggest that the U.K. either shape up its airports from the current third world ghetto stage or issue an all points bulliton for tourists NOT to come and visit for the next 10 years!