Ipswich Pykenham's Gatehouse Hotels

"This is an obviously well run hotel with first impressions catered for. The staff are all pleasant and welcoming and the room well laid out with plenty of room to breathe. The air conditioning worked well and more importantly was quiet in its operation. Close to the main station and just a short walk to town. The breakfast was excellent with a very good choice of hot and cold food. The evening meal, though expensive, was excellent and a good portion was given. All in all an excellent place to stay."

"The Lounge area was very nice, lovely reception staff and great breakfast but any joy ends there. The corridor towards my room smelt so bad. My room was tired and the kettle was damaged and riddled with lime scale. There was also a very musty smell in the bathroom. However, the worst thing was that the sound of traffic filled my room all night snd kept waking me up. I’ve stayed here a few times and never heard the traffic so probably down to the location of my room 😞 "

"Cheap and nasty..boxroom"

"Clean room, great service amazing staff "

"Lovely apartments "

"The picture displayed was not how this property was. Perfect location for what we needed but the property hadn’t had a decent clean.. dust on various sections. All carpets need replacing - in a shocking state. There were 4 false widow spiders in the top room - these were inside the property!!… we killed two but others impossible to catch. I slept on the sofa on the last eve not wanting to get nasty bite. No plug in middle sink, no working olug in kitchen sink. The bathrooms were well decorated and relatively new and it was clear the property was part of a renovation. In time it could look brilliant. The bath mat was mouldy. The firearm was bleeping on arrival but the landlord Michael was very attentive and sent someone around to disconnect it. This wasn’t replaced, but we did have two working alarms on the other floors. The car parking was great. I was expecting the picture above… a picture of the exact property should be visible. I would stay again if it was cleaner and carpets replaced. Certainly the attic room needs spider intervention. The blind in the attic room didn’t work, pole had broken off, you couldnt darken the room. You will see from the picture on the living room that it’s wasn’t the advertised room looking at the sofa. "