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Reviews of Crescent Hotel

35 Coley Avenue, Reading, RG1 6LL, United Kingdom

#32 of 32 hotels in Reading

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Review score

Based on 293 hotel reviews

4.5

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    5.2

  • Comfort

    5.3

  • Location

    7.0

  • Facilities

    5.1

  • Staff

    6.7

  • Value for money

    5.5

  • Free WiFi

    6.5

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  • Reviewed: 8 December 2023

    5.0
    Passable
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Throughout the night there was shouting and noise from the room upstairs. I could not sleep

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 November 2023

    3.0
    Poor
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Single Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    noisy

    wifi good warm and cosy

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 29 September 2023

    4.0
    Good value for money, but disappointing accommodation.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Arrived slightly before 1600hrs and was clearly told no check-in until the 1600hrs. The room allocated was a single, but was very small with only approximately 0.7m between the bed and the wall with nowhere to stow a small travel case. The shower worked upon arrival, but the fittings were broken and required careful management. The shower was cold in the morning unfortunately. The bed actually had a very slight slope left to right, but I did manage to get a satisfactory nights sleep.

    Reception staff were friendly. Only 15 minutes walk to Reading town centre.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 September 2023

    3.0
    Overpriced hotel that is in serious need of a revemp. Could be a much better hotel
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Exceptionally dated and as basic as can be. Felt like I was in some sort of detention complex

    Location and the character of the property

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 September 2023

    4.0
    Cheap & basic
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Parts of the room were unclean and in disrepair

    Location and price

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 August 2023

    3.0
    It was just below average
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Room was too small

    Nothing

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 29 July 2023

    3.0
    I would never return to stay here again..
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing worth mentioning..

    Location is good

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 July 2023

    5.0
    Great owner 👏
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Budget Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    You get what you pay for

    We arrived very early 1130 and the guy in reception was brilliant and let us book in with 1 of our rooms (we were heading to Englefield for Richard Ashcroft) and we arrived back at the hotel 0100 the next morning and as promised he was waiting to give us the other keys for the other room, beds are clean and comfy and the parking is 👌

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 9 July 2023

    4.0
    Not great but very cheap
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room en suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It needs gutting. Does not feel safe. The room was OK but soooo small. Beds were uncomfortable and only 1 pillow per bed.

    The location worked for us and the price was cheap. It kinda had to be though as the standard was very low.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 4 June 2023

    3.0
    Don't expect The Ritz
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room Ensuite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It has the feeling of a cheap bedsit. Walls marked, chipped and broken tiles on the bathroom floor (which could easily cause injury), loo seat unstable. Bed had a dip in the middle (but otherwise comfortable and sheets perfectly clean).

    We knew it was going to be very run down having read the reviews. We booked it fully realising this, because it came at a budget price, was conveniently located, had free parking and WiFi and we only needed to crash after a gig, so would be spending minimal time there. The parking and WiFi didn't disappoint, the check-in and check-out were trouble free and staff friendly.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 April 2023

    3.0
    A dreadful place, and not that cheap. Go elsewhere if you possibly can.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Twin Room en suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Totally run down hotel, plaster coming off the walls in the room, filthy carpets, continuous flickering light in both the room and stairwell, a shower who's temperature you couldnt control (it was a actually scorching), the soap dispenser congealed, and then around midnight I they decided to move the furniture around upstairs. Incredible.

    The receptionist was quite pleasant to talk to on checking in.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 March 2023

    3.0
    If shower and bed were not broken it would be very good for short stays.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room Ensuite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Shower head was broken and so we’re floor tiles in the bathroom. Bed was broken and sunken in.

    location was good and the staff were pleasant

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 29 January 2023

    6.0
    Very basic, cheap, good value for when you want to spend the minimum.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Twin Room en suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not the cleanest of finishes, but not filthy.

    Very basic, cheap accommodation. Appropriately priced, budget accommodation.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 January 2023

    3.0
    Poor
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The heating in the room was extreme with no possibility to turn the heat down.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 3 December 2022

    6.0
    okay to stay, but like many places I’ve been the hot water is luke warm and sometimes there’s none as most hosts are cut
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    nothing

    stay there to have a night out in Reading town centre

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 16 September 2022

    4.0
    Give it a big miss
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room Ensuite
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The shower wants condemning the pond outside is a health hazard the carpet in the hole building has not been hovered for months the doors have grime ingrained into them and the stairs are so steep you need a rope not to fall down them

    Nothing

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 19 August 2022

    3.0
    Faulty Towers watch out,
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 11 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cleanliness: hotel as a whole - poor house keeping.

    It's cheap and you get less than you pay for.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 3 August 2022

    4.0
    Good location and value for money but would not stay there again
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Single Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The one night when I was asleep I got bit by something and got an infection

    The property was in a good location. The staff also seem friendly

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 24 July 2022

    5.0
    Budget hotel needs decorating Very basic but sheets and towels were clean Bathroom had a window and
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Twin Room en suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Hotel needs a refurbish

    No breakfast available

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 15 July 2022

    4.0
    tolerable - thank goodness facilities where are I was visiting were quite excellent
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Poor cleanliness. Dirty mattress cover, dust on skirting board. Cobwebs on bathroom window, across the open part. Small dead slug type things in the bath and on the floor.

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 10 July 2022

    4.0
    Over priced for the condition of the hotel. Thankfully location was good.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Twin Room en suite
    • Stayed 1 night

    Paid at check in and also through the booking.com website so had to void a charge, now waiting g for money to be credited. Room is very dated and decor in a poor condition. Both shower heads were awful and didn't really do the job needed. Curtain was too narrow for the window so couldn't really block out all the light. No breakfast served service but was pre informed.

    Parking at the property is good and location from town is ideal.

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 4 July 2022

    3.0
    The manager was helpful facilities were poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Twin Room en suite
    • Stayed 1 night

    There was only one sheet of toilet paper Bedroom curtain was dangling as the rail was broken There was what looked like a peep hole at the side of one of the beds Hotel was in general in poor condition especially for the price

    Shower toilet abd bathroom were clean

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 29 June 2022

    3.0
    Bed was comfortable, but, its totally in need of a refurb and clean
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room en suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Hairs in the bathroom and stains on the wall. One plug socket in the room. It was dirty in many places in our room. The curtains were broken. The whole place needs a refurb and a good clean. I could go on..

    The bed was comfortable, the TV worked, the kettle worked and it had its own bathroom

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 24 June 2022

    4.0
    Done the job probably won't stay again
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Twin Room en suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bed was uncomfortable decor needs attention

    Good location

    Stayed in June 2022

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