Dakota Nottingham

Whenever I go visit my family in England I stay at this hotel!
The hotel is modern, for the most part clean and expensive!
The location to my family is awesome and they have a onsite restaurant which serves good food!
The downside is this hotel is next to a business park so you tend to get the business type trying to impress their staff or the guests!
Place is good overall!

I think these folks have the luxury of being the only modern hotel in the area.
Nice building well signposted.
BUT…
The staff are poorly trained, to say the least. Bar staff didn’t have a clue, and even less when it came to serving breakfast. The waitress, who brought me the wrong breakfast order, asked me if I was sure I ordered what I ordered from her… I mean, seriously? At the bar she really had no idea of any of the spirits or how to pour a drink — the lime slices were brown and manky around the edges and had clearly been cut days earlier. And the music in the bar was so loud we had to ask for it to be turned down, we couldn’t hear across the table.
The breakfast for 14 pounds was a laugh — the ‘buffet table’ was a joke. Coffee — o dear, stick to the tea.
The rooms are actually quite nicely appointed, if small, but no wardrobe, just a nook, and no fridge, iron or ironing board. I got an ironing board sent up with an iron which promptly ruined the shirt I put it on as the plate was covered in some burnt substance I could not get off my shirt. I know you are thinking I should have checked, but I did puff the steam and wipe it on the board before use, however it seems the cotton was especially good at attracting the debris. [sigh] And then 5 pounds an hour for wifi — really? And lastly the pillows are truly diabolical — it they cost more than 50p each I would be amazed, they were a shocker.
When we went to get a coffee in the reception area we were informed we had checked out and had to pay cash (we hadn’t) and I was not offered an itemised bill to check before they took my payment.
All in all, you could do worse — but give it a hard think.

Very much a business orientated hotel this one located in the corner of a business park, whose resident businesses provide the majority of the custom. The façade is impressively modern, with black shiny cladding, awhooshy, Star Trek stylee automatic doors, and moody modern lighting. Plus points: — clean and tidy
— friendly and efficient staff
— a pretty serviceable menu in the Bar and Grill Foodwise, the dinner menu is pretty good, with an emphasis on meaty dishes; they advertise that all their beef is from Derbyshire, aged, etc., and I’ve heard no complaints. The kitchen also does a good line in starters, high points including calamari (so simple, so easy to screw up), and a very nice game terrine. If I was to sum it up, it’s an uncomplicated, and perhaps slightly old fashioned menu, but probably well suited to the clientele and with a serviceable wine list. The rooms seem to be large, reasonably comfortble, and boasting the mod cons one would expect lots of exposed brick and is-​it-​a-​wardrobe shiny wood. On the downside: — my room had a monsoon shower, but no bath– the shower produced a stale-​smelling trickle of water, not the gushy tropical downpour one would hope for
— the sink appeared to be able to produce hot water, but not cold. Not great for shaving or brushing your teeth
— breakfast, some mornings, appear to be not-​quite-​ready after the restaurant has opened; quite inconvenient if you’re looking for an early start
— the room service menu is rather staid and changes irregularly; incidentally the menus in the room have only a vague resemblance to what is actually available
— the bar is fairly pricey £9.50 for a double G & T seems a bit steep, even to a Londoner. I could also whine about the room being over heated, the sheets over-​starched, or noise in the morning, but in my experience these are true of most bigger hotels anywhere in the world, so it would be somewhat unfair.

From the outside you would not expect or think it was a Hotel! Inside you are transported to wherever you want to imagine you are. Nice bar, great rooms. Slightly more expensive than other Hotels close by, but I think worth the extra! You need to try it, don’t take my word for it.

We stayed here on our wedding night.
The rooms are all the same price and for the exceptional quality, good value.
The hotel has a fantastic contemporary style and i just loved it. It has a slight industrial feel to it with all exposed pipe work and ducts.
The room was beautiful, in dark chocolates. the bed wa o comfortable i just didnt want to get up. and the bath room was lovely, with nice toiletries.
Breakfast was also really delicous and well cooked.
As i said we stayed here on our wedding night. I hadnt told them when i booked but at the end of the night when we got back to the hotel in my wedding dress, the manager came rushing over and sat us down. The kindly gave us champagne and drinks as a gift from them and we were treated like royalty. They made it really special and we paid no extra for a honeymoon suite etc, it was just fantastic.
Very highly recommended.

You wouldnt believe it is where it is! Its quite expensive though, but its where all the ‘celebs’ hang out haha

A fab Hotel– Very Posh Very Reasonable! felt I could be anywhere in the world– Highly recommend!!!