Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings
178 Eastern Esplanade, Thorpe Bay, Southend-On-Sea, SS1 3AA
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
Located in a superb position on the seafront at Thorpe Bay and commanding unrivalled views of The Thames Estuary. A mile from Southend on Sea, close to both the... more
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| Hotel Details | Hotel Reviews | How to Book & Cancel |
8/10 Overall rating
| Category | Average Rating |
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| 8/10 | Check-in process |
| 8/10 | Your room |
| 7/10 | Working order of facilities / equipment |
| 8/10 | Order and cleanliness of the hotel |
| 8/10 | Performance of staff |
| 8/10 | Overall experience |
| 8/10 | Overall value for money |
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Lynn ( Mature couple)
from Bury, lancs , GB on October 20, 2009
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on September 29, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"good. would say again after builders work completed and no scaffolding to obstruct the view." (108437036)
clean hotel. freindly helpfull staff. good breakfast.not too near yet not too far from main attractions.
hotel having builders work done on the front elevation of the hotel and had scaffolding erected. this some-what spoilt an other wise enjoyabe visit. i think we should have been informed prior to booking.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on September 22, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"1 night spoil it" (108307894)
Hotel staff were good
yung people got drunk on saturday night and bang on are wndow at 3am sunday morning, and mayed a lot of noase keeping us awake.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on September 15, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Rubbish" (108113640)
none come to mind, sorry
The taste in style and colour of the room was little to be desired. Should have taken my sunglasses to sleep in. PLEASE check out the double SUPERIOR room. Illumious green is soo not my colour. Wondered why the bedrooms where not shown when I booked online. Could not get a smile out of any of the staff members.
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Julie ( Family with older children)
from Enfield , GB on June 16, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Er.. average. Very expensive for what it was. 90 quid, for one night in Southend. I'm in the wrong business.." (107372640)
Attentive staff
Room was awful. Whoever owns the hotel needs to buy some interior decorating magazines. Lime green patterned curtains, cheap furniture, looked liked my Gran's house... yuk !!
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Terry ( Mature couple)
from Highworth , GB on May 21, 2009
Not told at the time of booking that the restaurant would not be available when we were due to stay
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on May 7, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"pleasant" (107500618)
Willingness to upgrade us - although aware this was because of availability - I didnt realise I had booked a "back room". The internet booking was a little misleading in this respect re clarifying the difference
Dirty cup - had to be changed and initial standard room adequate but a bit claustrophobic with view of pipes outside.
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Shane ( Young couple)
from Herts , GB on May 6, 2009
Breakfast was very nice - Quiet location - Free parking
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Sheila ( Mature couple)
from Leeds , GB on April 30, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Small seaside hotel / guesthouse. Very clean and the breakfast could be as big or small as you wanted, good quality food. Not luxury standard but very comfortable and the standard you would expect from this type of star rated establishment" (107913879)
Absolutely nothing to complain about, quality of everything very much in line with what we were led to expect. Very clean
None really, the bar was a little pricey
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on April 28, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"overall we were very impressed and would recommend the hotel to anyone wanting to stay in Southend " (107400980)
the hotel was very comfortable and staff friendly and helpful - it was in a very good location (and unusually from our experience, with ample free parking!)and was excellent value overall - we would definitely use the hotel again when visiting Southend
the only criticism was that the people in the room above us were extremely noisy for most of the night and other guests walking past late and talking loudly and banging doors also disturbed our sleep - there is not a lot the hotel could do now about these problems other than improve the sound proofing between rooms when building was carried out and I don't know how feasable that would be to alter now.
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Melanie ( Young couple)
from Bungay , GB on April 21, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Quite pleasant." (107327738)
Excellent food in the Restaurant and Breakfast
Poor sound insulation between rooms, breakfast waiting staff seemed to be unaware when crockery or glasses ran out during the breakfast buffet. Also - it would be nice if the hotel offered food at lunchtimes.
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Peter ( Group of work colleagues)
from Berkhamsted , GB on April 21, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Pleasant retreat but extraordinary there was no dinner service on Sunday" (107452772)
excellent response when I encountered a problem with an external padlock to my suitcase and needed to fit it around personal needs
Extraordinarily slow service at dinner and a complete inability to obtain a daily aper. If you are going to offer that service and the newsagent fails, then you get your own staff down there and bring it in. If not, then don't offer the service,
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Andrew ( Mature couple)
from Leicester , GB on April 14, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"When arrived was greeted very well which unfortutanetly not the case by different staff later on in the week and at check out." (107571008)
The Breakfast room and bar is very well decorated and clean and the location free parking is also very good.
There was a very limited choice of breakfast cereal and also the bed matress seems "tired".
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on April 14, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Poor experience has led to change in hotel." (107864365)
Cheap
Room too cold. Plastic cover over matress. Complete confusion over booking - no clarity if I had a room reserved or not even though I received confirmation through the internet.
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John ( Mature couple)
from Diss , GB on March 31, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"A very plesant stay even if only for i night" (107599476)
Staff very helpfull and polite Room clean and tidy.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on March 30, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Excellent" (107307137)
Newly refurbished,no complaints and very relaxing
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on March 17, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"was good although i expected a higher standard of customer service than we received." (107816057)
had a lovely room and view
was not that friendly and felt unwelcome.
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on March 10, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Great" (107562846)
Room was really nice, big, clean and comfortable. Bathroom was totally new refurbished. Staff was very friendly. Very good English breakfast. Situation is great, just by the seaside. I loved the old style bed.
The bar was a bit expensive. We paid £3 for a bottle of water. Also there was only two small soap
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Teresa ( Mature couple)
from Bigastro , ES on March 3, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Very good short stay. Wish it could have been longer. Will definately recommend to other people" (107731677)
Excellent food. Friendly helpful staff. Spotlessly clean throughout the hotel.
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Steven ( Group of work colleagues)
from Rayleigh , GB on February 25, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"I'd stay at the Camelia again, it's a very nice place to have a weekend break." (107738299)
Great food nice location, helpful friendly staff.
Room was a bit noisy, not very soundproof from other rooms (particularly shower and bath noises).
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Joseph ( Young couple)
from Mursley , GB on February 16, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Great" (107588578)
Breakfast was great! Room was standard as expected, with no problems at all. The free tea and coffee was a welcome thing for arrival. Very quick positive response when I requested a late checkout of 1 hour more.
No satellite tele (I think this was advertised)...tele was very small too.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on February 14, 2009
Lovely,friendly hotel.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on February 12, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"excellent." (107761310)
very clean, lovelly staff.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on February 12, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Always good. I like the location, out the main hustle and bustle but very close to the beach." (107973724)
Comfortable clean room. Friendly staff. Proper bathrooms with baths.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on January 27, 2009
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Adequate would not be worth proper price.£70" (107372544)
clean.friendly.good breakfast.
No hot water had a cold shave. 2 items of electrical equipment in the same plug.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on January 3, 2009
great see view comfortable flat
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on December 30, 2008
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"yes would stay again" (107692808)
very clean and pleasant room
one bed side light had no bulb
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on December 1, 2008
My husband went for a sandwich and had to wait nearly a hour!!!! Also there was still rubbish in the bathroom and a cobweb [that must have been there for a good few months!!!]above the bed.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on November 26, 2008
When checking in with my partner, passing comment made by member of staff which i felt showed no discrection on their part. Could have been a problem but luckily we saw the funny side of it.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on November 11, 2008
Good breakfast - sausages and bacon you would have bought for yourself, real (not tinned) tomatoes. Room very clean and spruce.
Not really "bad" but the bed bordered on the orthopaedic!
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Glynn ( Solo leisure traveller)
from Doncaster , GB on October 31, 2008
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Very good hotel, clean, tidy and friendly staff. Would use this hotel again." (107891144)
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Ian ( Same sex couple)
from London , GB on October 27, 2008
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"Enjoyable all round" (107589096)
Hotel clean and staff very friendly and helpful.
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Barlas ( Young couple)
from London , GB on September 3, 2008
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"It was a great experience, sea view room, 24 hour entry into hotel, private car-park!" (107233104)
Did not like the full-english breakfast, but thats just because i've never liked it
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Anonymous ( Group of work colleagues)
on August 15, 2008
Breakfast fantastic
Bed very uncomfortable, blankets instead of quilt which made me itch all night
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on July 29, 2008
Camelia Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - Reviews & Ratings"we had a lovely time." (108085778)
the room was clean, if a little small and the staff were very polite.
breakfast was a little disappointing as it was cooked in bulk, not cooked to your specification. what was served tasted good enough, and there was quite a choice, but i prefer my food cooked as and when.
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everything was great,just nothing to complain about!