Brook Red Lion Hotel

Old world features

Breakfast was awful on my ptrvioud visit, so avoided

All of the staff were happy to have a chat and very friendly. Rooms were clean and beds were comfy.

It’s a lovely building with lots of character and has Tudor beam work throughout, the location is in Colchester Town itself with everything you need practically on the doorstep. You definitely get a historic feel as well as a good vibe of the hotel itself and its staff member (daytime and night staff members were amazing), I particularly liked overlooking Lions Walk as I walked through the corridors, with the lights of an evening. The bed was very comfortable and the staff themselves were very helpful and couldn’t be more welcoming, as well as informative.

Beautiful historic building in need of a little TLC. I understand this is a Grade-listed property with beautiful period features and restrictions around renovations. However, a lot of the interior currently feels worn down rather than historic. A gentle refresh not a modernisation, but a replacement of tired items would go a long way. The room I stayed in was not aesthetically pleasing due to how worn down certain things looked (the bed was clean and comfortable), as well as generally seemed to be just put in the room rather than any decor plan or cohesion to it. Unfortunately the bathtub was heavily stained from age, the housekeeping staff clearly cleaned it well, but it has reached a point where no amount of scrubbing will make it look clean. It simply needs replacing to match the potential of this charming building.

Good breakfast .lovely building ,good staff

Room 5 bathroom,bath not gooo it was badly chippped in places and and abit grubby, we had to buy a rubber bath mat to stand on ,no ice in bar over 3 days no draft beer ,bottle s not chilled enough,