281 Hotel & Restaurant

I wasn’t expecting the restaurant to be phenomenal. I book budget hotels every week for work and have grown to expect mediocre food. However I arrived at this place and was met by really friendly staff, a nice room (it’s not the ritz, but I had nothing to complain about at all) and me and my staff went down to the restaurant and had the best food I’ve ever had in a hotel! It was so nice, all home made and made well! The staff were so lovely as well. Put it this way, I’ve never left a review in my life, but it was such an amazing stay, I felt I HAD to leave a review this time.

We stayed at Hotel 281 and were very disappointed. We requested 2 quiet rooms as we had seen reviews where kitchen noise was an issue. I asked about this again when we checked in. The rooms allocated were very noisy from early evening with the music from the empty bar and restaurant, the constant drone of the fans and the noise from other guests. None of us slept well. The plumbing is an issue, the toilets don’t flush properly and take forever to refill so you hear a constant trickling. The bathrooms need a deep clean and damaged fittings repaired. The hot water isn’t very hot, I was able to run a shallow bath without adding any cold water and it was still tepid. Didn’t try the shower as the water pressure was so low. There is an overpowering smell of air freshener plug ins everywhere, not great for asthmatics Ignore the menu completely. Breakfast was terrible, we had deliberately chosen the hotel as it offered a vegetarian mix breakfast, only to be told in the morning that the only vegetarian option was beans, hash browns and fried eggs. The ‘full English’ was not as advertised, no mushrooms or tomatoes. Don’t be fooled by the fresh juice, it is cheap cordial Nobody on reception when we checked out. We were already late because of the delays at breakfast so we were unable to complain in person. We sent two emails to the hotel, both of which were ignored. We went through the booking agent but still hotel 281 refused to acknowledge the issues or apologise

Highly recommend this place, staff are fantastic and food was excellent We will stay here again

Hotel is a little tired. Furnishings in room were old but serviceable. No plug in bathroom sink. However, the price paid was very reasonable. The breakfast was excellent. Bed was very comfy. Staff all went the extra mile and were very helpful and friendly.

It was a great stay here,very comfortable and warm. Food freshly cooked,bacon sandwiches were awesome! Turkish meal in the restaurant was delicious and authentic. Staff could not help you enough, cant wait to stay again. Its worth mentioning that all rooms are upstairs and theres no lift.

Staff are very welcoming. Unfortunately on this occasion there were hairs around the bath and the desk had not been wiped down

Only problem I had was , on arrival at the room there was no power. Bedside lamps weren't working. They took out the bulbs, but, didn't have any replacements.

A clean bedroom very nice. A bit noisy from the fan at night when the restaurant still open. No evaluator, not good for fat guy, older customer

A great little hotel and restaurant/bar, the owner and all the staff are very helpful and the rates are very reasonable. Thanks, well be seeing you again.