Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings
148 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, WD6 1EQ
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood
Elstree Inn is in the heart of Borehamwood, close to the train station and a shopping park. It offers a friendly approach and an affordable price. Room... more
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| Hotel Details | Hotel Reviews | How to Book & Cancel |
6/10 Overall rating
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| 7/10 | Check-in process |
| 5/10 | Your room |
| 6/10 | Working order of facilities / equipment |
| 7/10 | Order and cleanliness of the hotel |
| 5/10 | Performance of staff |
| 6/10 | Overall experience |
| 6/10 | Overall value for money |
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Colin ( Solo leisure traveller)
from Reading , GB on December 13, 2009
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Michael ( Group of work colleagues)
from Ashton under lyne , GB on October 20, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"not a pleasant stay and sleep was disturbed by other guests returning during the early hours" (108269058)
room with window outlook on a wall,shower operated eratically,tv reception poor and no sky/cable tv as advertised.old sagging mattress.not offered an alternative room when we asked
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Dawn ( Mature couple)
from Halesowen , GB on September 2, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"value for money during ongoing refurbishment and places to eat in close proximity." (108791662)
location of where we were staying.
website advertises bed and breakfast but on booking in was told breakfast no longer offered - this did not reflect on the website. Also no-one available to check out with
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on August 10, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"The room was very small, poorly ventilated. The hotel was being refurbished, the entrance was through a backyard, which was filled with beer-kegs from the pub/bar next door. The place was dirty with scruffy/torn carpets and marked and broken walls. Not fit for Hotel Guest habitation at any level." (108650639)
Convenient to Train Station
The Hotel is still being refurbished (while it advertises itself as already having completed refurbishing), the entry is through a back-door from a pub's backyard, walls and carpets are in tatters, and the room was extremely small. Bad value for money
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on July 24, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"Good value and close to where I needed to be." (108302371)
Staff courtesy; immediate hot water in shower.
Tricky getting TV remote to work; carpet made feet itchy
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on July 4, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"couldnt wait to get out" (107705375)
no good points
Building work being carried out plus other peoples clothing in wardrobe
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 30, 2009
staff very helpful
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Anonymous ( Group of work colleagues)
on May 17, 2009
tiny rooms, two flights of steep stairs, no help offered with luggage,room smelt of smoke
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( Solo business traveller)
from Sheffield , GB on May 17, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"I will use again " (107478444)
Very clean. Parking. Staff
Noise at rear of hotel
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on May 12, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"ok for an overnight stay but i would not book for a long stay." (107599771)
Room was clean and tidy, quiet and peaceful attmosphere, easy access to local shops, parking ok,
no food services availible, no smoking rooms although website said there was.
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Joslyn ( Solo business traveller)
from Bergerac , FR on April 29, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"Pleasant place to relax for a short visit. Cosy with friendly and helpful staff and an associated pub providing excellent meals and Real Ale." (107321876)
Relaxed, helpful, friendly staff Cosy atmosphere Excellent pub meals
Banging door which could not be traced - tho' staff tried hard Limited car parking Needs more clariication of association between Elstree Inn pub(for meals) and the hotel. I was told hotel provided no dinner or breakfast and found out myself about excellent pub food.
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Paul ( Solo leisure traveller)
from Maidenhead , GB on March 12, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"I will not stay there again." (107537487)
THe stafff were pleasant and welcoming. The bed was comfortable.
The hotel is dated and in need of serious redocoration and up-grading.
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Ashley ( Solo leisure traveller)
from Benfleet , GB on February 17, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"excellent" (107782151)
easy parking, clean room with tea and coffee
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Anonymous ( Group of work colleagues)
on January 13, 2009
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"Even though the location was brilliant we will not be returning to the hotel." (107507441)
It was an excellent location for where we needed to be.
We booked a twin room and when we got there we were told they gave our room away and that we would have two single rooms. This was unacceptable. We ended up sharing a single room as we didnt feel comfortable.
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on December 23, 2008
location
someone coming into my room at 8.30 am
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Anonymous ( Group of work colleagues)
on August 13, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"never again" (108057454)
clean
run down, shabby, broken bed
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on October 24, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"Good clean accommodation less expensive than Premier Inn or Ibis nearby but rooms are much smaller." (107793891)
Location, clean room, tea and coffee facilities,free car park
Looked not too good from outside
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Marcel ( Mature couple)
from York , GB on July 30, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"We had to keep a window open because it was an unusually hot night and the room had no a/c. Unfortunately, the window was above an alley next to a pub making for a noisy night. Our room was also positioned just inside a door at the top of the entrance stairway. This meant that we also had the constant sound of other guests coming and going. We were also subjected to a loud shriek and commotion early in the morning after someone found a dying bat in the alley!! There was a bath with a hand-held shower attachment which is not the best or easiest way of taking a shower." (107100752)
Location. Right on the main road in the centre of Borehamwood.
No air conditioner, no shower fixture, poorly located room
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on June 13, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"Awful - completely unacceptable - at any price" (97808227)
Smell, noise, tiny room, dirty shower room and someone had used the toilet. It was not possible to stay there - even although it was 8.30pm and I had no alternative placfe to stay. I wrote to the Booking agent, as follows-"I have just left this hotel – impossible to stay here – smelly, tiny, grubby room – the whole place reeks of food and is terribly hot with no ventilation. Why do you have this place on your site?" And the response from the hotel was appalling - they charged me for the night and saidf it was I who hasd used the toilet. I wrote to the hotel, as follows: "I am afraid that your decision to charge me for this smelly cupboard doesn’t surprise me – it disappoints me. If you can offer this accommodation at all you have no scruples. I will be asking the local authority what their opinion of your service is and if they ever inspect the accommodation. I am also hopeful that Active Hotels will recognise the damage that you do to their business too. If active hotels don't remove this hotel from their site I will never use active hotels again
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Anonymous ( Group of work colleagues)
on July 7, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"Won't be going back" (99407852)
Location central to everything
Requested a twin room but was allocated two singles. However one room was so small that the sink was actually inside the shower cubicle. Hotel right over a pub and was therefore very noisy at night.
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Anonymous ( Same sex couple)
on September 15, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"excellent and adequate for needs" (107279881)
above a pub
no over bath shower
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Nicholas ( Mature couple)
from Glossop , GB on September 2, 2008
Plenty of tea & coffee. Staff assistance excellent. Cleaning staff very accomodating. Useful having Wetherspoons next door.
Hotel furnishings etc a bit tired but price reflected this.
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Karen ( Group of work colleagues)
from Gilford , GB on June 8, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"This hotel was definetly not what was put in brochure. Was old, shabby and needed a complete refurbishment(even though it says on line that it is newly refurbished)could not wait to get out (dont book this hotel)" (97539767)
The all male staff were friendly and helpful
rooms were totally unaceptable and not what we had booked. Shower was not working room was shabby and smelly and very grubby and unclean. never will i stay here again
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Neil ( Solo business traveller)
from Torquay , GB on June 30, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"poor value." (108070187)
car park cctv
double bed in single room. broken shower. mould in cubicle. broken window handles. noisey, to the extent of drunken yobs having fights outside on both nights I stayed. (paid for three nights, couldn`t wait to get out).
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Geoff ( Solo business traveller)
from Chipping campden , GB on April 5, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"It was ok for the money. New carpets and a less slapdash paint job would be very welocme" (97360609)
Friendly staff, comfy clean bed
Scruffy room, tiny en suite
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Isobel ( Solo business traveller)
from South lanarkshire , GB on April 4, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"very basic" (97991448)
it was local to amenities
shower was dirty insideth shower door looked like mould black and unsightly. no light when you close door of shower. poor quality linnen. window shut but did not open. bed linnen old and tatty. not impressed and too expensive no breakfast inc in price
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Robert ( Mature couple)
from Rotherham , GB on April 11, 2008
very clean and comfortable. friendly staff, takeaways pubs/resturants close by, would stay again
can't think of anything
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Anonymous ( Other)
on March 31, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"I would have liked to know that the hotel is over a pub with twenty four hour drinking and the resulting noise did not make the stay a restful one" (97804311)
The room was clean and the bed comfortable
The ensuite facilities were a cramped plastic cubicle
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Ahmed ( Solo business traveller)
from Kilkenny , IE on March 24, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"size of the room internet access" (97315795)
small room poor shower no internet access in the hotel
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Alison ( Young couple)
from Staunton , GB on March 5, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"The Elstree Inn was pretty much as we expected from reading previous reviews (although wasn't as noisy as we thought it would be). It was all we needed for a one night stay in that it was comfortable and convenient and we were quite happy. For the cost I would say it was good value for money." (97199921)
It was easy to find and very close to the party that we were attending.
The shower pointed in the wrong direction and couldn't be changed.
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on February 1, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"On the hotels website it said that they had smoking rooms which they didnt also that breakfast could be purchased for an additional payment which it wasnt. The bathroom was scruffy and the carpets were stained." (97665763)
The guy who checked me in was friendly and welcoming thats about the only positive comment I have
Situated on a noisy main road the room was pokey and very basic
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on January 30, 2008
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"The room was very small for a double bed. The ensuite facilities were extremely small and the shower head had to be held by hand. The external noise from the awning flapping in the wind and the traffic below prevented us from sleeping well." (97265352)
very friendly and helpful staff
poor quality of the room
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on December 19, 2007
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"The hotel was bhasically clean but needs a lot of updating. We moved rooms on the second night as the first night we had no sleep as thr room was above a pub. the rooms were small.The reception area shabby." (97925025)
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Anonymous ( Same sex couple)
on December 13, 2007
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"I would like to have known that it was above a pub and that it was noisy. I would also have taken a bedside light with me as neither siade of the bed had a light" (97624353)
Not much
The car park was muddy and full of puddles. The night porter wasnt much help. It was noisy for most of the day starting at 7am.
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Natalie ( Solo leisure traveller)
from Luon , GB on November 21, 2007
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"over all it was a very cheap hotel which was good but if i had known how poor the quality of the hotel room was going to be i would have paid for a double room. i actually left early rather then stay the night in such a poor room" (97132443)
the low price
the room was freezing cold and incredibly cramped there was mould in the shower and the toilet was also very cramped. the tv was above the foot of the bed so i knocked it a few tims and the wardrobe was squeashed up against the side of the bed
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William ( Group of adult friends)
from Wilmslow , GB on July 13, 2007
The Hotel and room were clean and to a good standard.
The shower in our room did not have any hot water (the fitting had broken so only cold water was available.
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Steve ( Solo business traveller)
from Sutton coldfield , GB on July 4, 2007
near work
room was a bit grubby
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Nicola ( Group of adult friends)
from Wythenshawe , GB on July 3, 2007
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"Great location, beds very clean and confortable. I think mine was a smoking room as it smelt a bit. Would definately book again for an overnight stay. There were places to get cheap breakfast nearby. Lots of stairs so not good if your elderly. We were allowed to leave cars in car park for the day as hotel wasn't busy which was very kind of them (we were getting the train to London)." (99405757)
Location, close to the Elstree Studios (4 mins walk)
The shower didn't look very nice
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on June 29, 2007
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"I would have liked to know more about the local options for breakfast, Other than that the hotel lived up to everything else and I will always use you again, and have no hesitation in recommending you." (99329808)
Very Clean & Good Value
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Colin ( Mature couple)
from Leeds , GB on June 23, 2007
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"for the price paid, we got that that we paid fro, and got the only hotel available that weekend. A good selling point would be the nearness to Tv Studio's. Negative sail's point the Inn beneath which as customer's you are discouraged from enterring. Being made VERY unwelcome." (99712746)
incredibly basic. tv basic 8 chanels, definatly NOT SKY as advertised. would we go there again, absolutely NO. However the strong point The Staff, Pleasant attentive and a credit to a basic Inn.
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Gerard ( Group of adult friends)
from Manchester , GB on June 20, 2007
Elstree Inn, Borehamwood - Reviews & Ratings"Hotel Directly above a witherspoons pub." (99557112)
price
No ventilation in bathroom
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