Stanstead Abbots Vacations from ￥190,338

The room and hotel are need of some TLC, for sure, but the bed was comfortable, the room was spacious, and I have to give props to the receptionist. He was a lovely young guy.

Really handy for Stansted airport.

Lovely area - Harlow Park. The property has a beautiful well- kept garden. The owner and staff were friendly and helpful, the atmosphere in the house was homely. Food and drink available to buy and prepare on site in the well- eqipped kitchen. Books and board games galore.

Every room I’ve stayed in here has connecting rooms. You can hear a pin drop in the next room. Light switches being made etc etc. if you get someone so boring your knackered. Phone signal is pants and WI-FI is hot and miss.

This was a reasonably priced and fairly comfortable option. Staff were generally very helpful and exceptionally polite. However, on our arrival after being seated in the brasserie, we had to wait a long time and eventually find someone, to place our order. We liked our room with balcony, and the parkland environment. However, it was impossible to use the bathroom during the night without waking the other occupant because of light spillage. As a suggestion it would be good for the hotel to work with the university management to develop a safe pedestrian route to the bus stops at South Courts - the footpath runs out at the car parks and we found we had to walk on the road to progress towards the bus stop. This would be completely unmanageable for someone in a wheelchair. There was a wedding going on during our stay and as the wedding party were using the enclosed garden space, we weren't sure if we could sit there.