The hotel also benefits from a large leisure centre, with a state of the art Gymnasium, pool area with hot spa bath, Sauna and Steam room... more »
The hotel also benefits from a large leisure centre, with a state of the art Gymnasium, pool area with hot spa bath, Sauna and Steam room, and Beauty treatment rooms. (BL 10/2005) A distinguished Victorian style hotel. The Hotel is situated five minutes from Templemead station and eight miles from Bristol airport.
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Housed in a grand Victorian building, The Grand is located in Bristol's historic and commercial center, within 500 meters of the harbor, bars and the Cabot Circus Shopping Centre. The 182 guestrooms have a warm décor with carpeted floors, wooden furniture and coordinating patterned fabrics and upholstery. All include satellite television, wireless Internet access, coffee and tea making facilities, minibars and trouser presses. Guests can sample modern international dishes in the restaurant, enjoy a late night drink in the bar or keep fit in the leisure center where they will find an indoor pool, gym sauna, steam room and spa tub. Business guests can make use of the ten meeting rooms, the largest of which seats 600 people. The concierge can help book shows and restaurants; there are also laundry facilities and room service. Guests arriving by car will find parking spaces at the hotel (fee). Guests are 300 meters from the main Broadmead shopping district and within one mile of attractions including the harbor area with its bars, cinemas and museums and the SS Great Britain. The famous Clifton Suspension Bridge is two miles away. For those arriving by train, Temple Meads station is about one mile from the hotel; alternatively, Bristol airport is eight miles away, connected by bus and taxi to the city center.
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Notorious lying, transfer to a hotel 50 miles away which didn’t have phone reception, not warning in advance they are fully booked (although issuing a valid booking confirmation!), 3h in taxi, causing a lost of a work day, attempt to charge a...
I checked in Thistle in Bristol - service is what you expect to be good, but the the 2nd floor room I check in have broken toilet tile and broken window which have a wind tubien running outside and the bird or Seagual sing from 5 in the...
I would say this is an average hotel. The walls in the rooms are paper thin and you can hear the guests in the rooms either side quite clearly. Also, there was a musty smell in all the corridors. Good enough for Hen or Stag parties but not the...
Clean friendly leisure club, great
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Posted Dec 20, 2006
Excellent
Clean friendly leisure club, great hotel staff, nice food, and easy going bar.New style breakfast not the best, ran out of papers half way through the day.“Excellent hotel, very friendly staff especially in the leisure club. Would consider going...
I LOVED THIS PLACE!! I was upgraded to a mini-suite which was superb. I had a fantastic breakfast in bed every morning. The lobby was pretty and you could walk around easily to interesting places or drive and keep your car parked in the garage....
The Disabled facilites in my room were
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Posted May 20, 2005
Mediocre
The Disabled facilites in my room were exerlantThey had 2 coach partys in which overtook the resturant which left all Business guests waiting“if they had tour partys in i would have choice an alternitive...
Good leisure facilities and pleasant
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Posted Mar 09, 2005
Good
Good leisure facilities and pleasant roomCheck in staff wanted to charge me full price despite booking at reduced rate as not shown on computer.“Room and hotel facilites good .Staff pleasant but under pressure as evening functions demanded staff...
Clean, friendly and helpful staff,
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Posted Dec 07, 2004
Good
Clean, friendly and helpful staff, comfortable“Overall, very good. One thing: I'd booked a wake-up call for 6am, but it never materialised. It was a good job that I'd booked a secondary wake-up on the TV set, otherwise I would have overslept...