Top 10 Rivington Lodge Hotels

First the good bit. Staff very welcoming, helpful and efficient. Not so good. Ordered soup of the day, it was barely on the warm side. What’s hard about checking that food is hot before it’s served? Also, eleven quid for a glass of Merlot. Is this North Manchester or central London? Went to my room for a shower. The shower rail and head were incapable of being secured in a fixed position. The whole thing continuously drooped, sagged and slid around and had to be constantly readjusted. There were only two settings available for the water. A pathetic red hot dribble or a freezing cold dribble. No amount of swearing or fiddling and faffing with the controls made the slightest bit of difference. After a pleasant evening out in Tyldesly l returned to the Hotel and retired to bed. At approximately 5.00 am, l was very suddenly awoken by what sounded very much as if someone had crept in to my room in turned on a vacuum cleaner. Despite having established that no one was actually in the room and no vacuum cleaner could be seen, the noise continued for about five minutes. I was unable to find out what the noise was or where it was coming from. I returned to my bed. At around 9.00 am l started to have strange dreams about someone knocking on my hotel room door while muttering something about “ house keeping” the dream suddenly became real when this same person unlocked and entered my room, still blathering away about “ house keeping”. I suggested that he might wish to travel far and multiply. The room was mine till midday, what was he thinking? Later l went down stairs to find the breakfast room. I wondered around trying to find it, but could only find what appeared to be a 24 hour night club that was serving food accompanied by loud music. On closer inspection and some tentative, shouted, inquiries, it turned out that this was in fact the breakfast room. Has anyone ever, in the entire history of UK commercial accommodation, demanded or complained about the lack of loud music while eating breakfast? I very much doubt it.

First of all I want to say the staff are lovely and can’t do enough for you. The hotel is in a great location and if you’re out with friends in Manchester and just need somewhere to lay your head for one night then this place will do. But it’s not exactly the ritz Carlton. The carpets in the room were dirty, I wore flip flops inside the room the entire time. The chair in the room was also dirty. There was a hair on one of the cushions on the bed that wasn’t mine. But the bathroom was the biggest disappointment. I showered on the night but then left in the morning and opted to go home to wash again. The toilet roll holder was broken so the toilet roll kept dropping on the floor. There were cracks in the wall and floor tiles and in the sink. There was rust on the rail on the side of the bath. It was just very unpleasant on a whole and in desperate need of redecorating. The rooms shouldn’t be more than £40 a night at best.

Very clean well looked after hotel, stayed on Wednesday 21st Sept and I must admit how well the hotel staff handled a big problem on that evening, even though they had to close the bar early, shut the main door and access to the car park. The reason for this was that a group of Travelers decided to take up residence in there car park blocking off the car park and setting up home, caravans, vans, beck chairs letting there dogs run wide. The hotel staff managed the situation very well, manned the car park and access to the hotel all night to protect there guests and there vehicles. WELL DONE TO YOU TO ALL THE STAFF.

Hotel staff are great, friendly, professional - with a smile to greet. Ella was on the desk when I arrived, she was already on a phone call but acknowledged me and also let me know that she could start to book me in as she was waiting for the other company to answer, but if necessary would have to pause if the organisation answered. I was perfectly happy with that as at every point she kept me informed and apologised for keeping me waiting - even so, I was booked in and card key issued within 3-4 minutes of my arrival. I was impressed. Paul at the bar is also good - he makes a great latte and engages in conversation when applicable. The rooms are always clean and quiet. Very happy to recommend.

This venue/hotel has a lot of work to do. I booked a two-night stay for a business conference. To be fair, the conference, reception, and bar staff were lovely, helpful and friendly The room itself was basic. Only found the kettle when packing to leave as it was packed away in a drawer! No water was available in the room, so I had to go back to the bar to get a glass of water. There was a constant smell that I originally thought was coming from the bathroom but wasn't. It was musty and damp which kept catching the back of my throat and making me gag. The room wasn't cleaned, or the bed made during my stay - due to a shortage of staff - a note was pushed under the door. It is what you expect from Raddison! You can tell it is due to have a refit. The pricing should reflect that. I did say to the reception staff I should have stayed across the road at the Premier Inn.