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Reviews of The Elephant & Castle Hotel 3 stars

Broad Street 29 Broad Street, Newtown, SY16 2BQ, United Kingdom

#17 of 20 hotels in Newtown

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 711 hotel reviews

7.8

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.5

  • Comfort

    8.4

  • Location

    8.9

  • Facilities

    8.0

  • Staff

    8.7

  • Value for money

    7.9

  • Free WiFi

    8.5

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  • Reviewed: 29 April 2024

    9.0
    Clean & comfortable, good food & helpful friendly staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing negative at all, great place to stay 🙂

    Have stayed here many times, twice now have up graded to a better room for same price. Riverside views, excellent rooms & friendly staff. Breakfast always good too & good parking.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Single Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The single room didn’t have toiletries ect.

    Location was excellent for the function we were attending. Breakfast was a little chaotic but lovely nevertheless. Rooms clean with great fluffy towels, views of the river very pretty.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The location is very good and the bed very comfortable

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 April 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    We were in the front room and with a night club across the road didn't get to sleep until about 4-30am, so ask for a back room

    Friendly staff and nice and clean

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 April 2024

    8.0
    Pretty good value for money, and a great location right on the Newtown main street.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The dining room has a rather 'basic' impersonal feel to it despite its lovely views....noisy with a very springy floor, and only an adequate DIY buffet at breakfast. On both days, a large party of guests were finishing off after taking breakfast at 7am presumably...by the time I got there at 8am the buffet was running down, and staff were elsewhere for some time. The hotel was a bit of a maze, with inadequate signage...window frame in my room in the older part was very dilapidated. The room was way far too hot on arrival, and had to have the small window open all night, despite turning the thermostat on the radiator right down....a lot of wasted heat...not good!

    Lovely location by the river. Decent sized single room with good ensuite. Clean and comfortable. Easy ample parking right at the hotel. Breakfast service friendly and helpful.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 April 2024

    8.0
    all round great stay
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    bathroom a bit of a squeeze

    location was great, food was great, bar was great

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 March 2024

    9.0
    Lovely hotel.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Check out time could have been later, say 11am.

    Breakfast was good. Location was superb. Room was clean.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 March 2024

    9.0
    Weekend break in Newtown
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double with River View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bar closes early (there are plenty of other bars very close by, so not a real problem). Breakfast very disappointing. For £130: per night for B&B, a self service breakfast of limited choice cereals and supermarket white bread really didn't impress us. During the week, they apparently serve cooked breakfasts, but not at weekends.

    Beautiful river view room with juliet balcony. Very comfortable and quiet room. Hotel has a lift which is always a bonus.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 March 2024

    8.0
    Overal a statifying stay however, there needs to be total transparency with the breakfast (as I would have probably pick
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sadly the shower in my room, 101 was absolutely pathetic. I would not recommend anyone wash their hair while they stay there (if they have this room) because the water just trickled out. I booked the room with breakfast included however, following booking I received a message to say no breakfast served on a Monday morning. This was disappointing and there was no reflection in the cost of the stay.

    Lovely accommodation and excellent location for what I needed. I had a river view and this was so pretty. Very peaceful there.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 March 2024

    7.0
    comfortable hotel shame about the receptionist the first person you see not a good first impression
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    attitude of the receptionist on check in couldnt wait to get away at 2.50pm said there was no breakfast on monday even though advertised and wouldnt give a refund because we said we would go then thats why we picked them over others, she said breakfast is complimentary anyway i said no we paid for it. We asked to see someone in charge she said im it.

    breakfast was excellent, room was ok water nice and hot

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 March 2024

    9.0
    nice stay great location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double with River View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Didn't like that there was no restaurant open in the evening ,not even bar snacks, so we went to a well known chain next door that was packed and probably cheaper.I understand it is difficult to get staff these days but next door managed it.

    Loved the room the Cwtch it was really nice and comfortable ,warm with a view of the river Severn, the bed was massive and really comfortable. breakfast was quite good but no Black pudding. Which I love.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 March 2024

    7.0
    Good location, clean rooms, reasonable value.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Found the labyrinth of coridors a bit difficult to navigate, quality of cooked breakfast not great.

    Firm bed, large shower, filling breakfast, good location in centre of town and next to river

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 March 2024

    8.0
    A well located, cosy, clean friendly place to stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Only offered Continental breakfast and no option to pay just for stay instead

    location, staff, comfortable, clean

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 March 2024

    8.0
    An enjoyable stay - no complaints.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    Room was at the very top of the hotel.

    Very good location in the centre of Newtown with plenty of parking space. Clean and comfortable room and a decent breakfast.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 March 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast was poor. Told it was continental which was fine. But 2loaves of bread cereal and yoghurt was not sufficient. No croissants,cold meats or boiled eggs. Worst of all no teaspoons! Ate yoghurt with a dessert spoon. No staff present to speak to.

    Excellent location comfortable room good parking.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 February 2024

    8.0
    stayed in room 102 which is a lovely double, I have stayed in a small adequate single before
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    The on-site menu could be promoted better but having a Weatherspoons next door must be an issue for the hotel

    Breakfast is excellent and the view from the dining room is magical

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 February 2024

    9.0
    Fine for my purposes
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Floors very creaky but it is old!

    Convenient location

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 January 2024

    8.0
    GOOD OVERNIGHT STAY
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    LOCATION

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 January 2024

    8.0
    Just what I needed.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There was a light by the phone in the room that kept going on and off. I put a towel over it and it no longer disturbed me.

    Convenient for central Newtown. Plenty of car parking. Very quiet.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 January 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The building is a maze, lots of stairs if you don't use the lift. My evening meal was acceptable, but could have been hotter and tastier.

    The hotel staff are great, really helpful. Parking was ideal. My room was lovely and warm, which was really nice as it was freezing weather outside.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 January 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No food served at all. We had booked for B n B but they advised us a few days before the booking date that they would not be providing breakfast.

    Lovely room good location.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 December 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    Nothing much.

    Good Wifi. Fresh cooked breakfast. Basic room and nice bathroom. Free parking. Well situated in town.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 12 December 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The emergency light above the door made the room very bright at night and not great if you were trying to get to sleep. Could have done with a desk.

    Breakfast excellent and comfortable room

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 December 2023

    8.0
    Staff were very helpful.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The staff were very helpful and cheerful.

    Stayed in November 2023

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