Mermaid, Ipswich by Marston's Inns

Great price for a great place. Our room was spotless. The reception is at the restaurant, so be sure to get what you want before they close at 11pm.

Ok stay

Very comfortable. Only one drawback was, Ipswich were playing at home. So if you take your car out of the car park you have a job parking when you get back until the match as finished. They did warn us that it would happen when we checked in

Could not fault it, spent first night in 103 found it a bit noisy, near road, so receptionist changed it to 202 which was excellent [I slept until 9.15 the next day

Stayed for a show in Ipswich, comfy and quiet east check in. Had meal at the mermaid it's a marstons not bad. We went and had breakfast nearly a tenner for the big one and wife had mushrooms and poached egg on toast, seeded bread. The big breakfast was not big and disappointing, eggs cooked we'll, bacon cold two tiny sausages horrible, beans luke warm black pudding tasteless. But worse was mushroom on toast, two of the smallest poached egg I have seen but was cooked well and runny put on the plate, one piece of normal bread put on other side not what was stated and one over cook small mushroom on other side. I gave her my tomato as I'm not keen and she couldn't eat it as it had a horrible taste. You can help yourself to the continental but very limited choice, cold tea coffee, couple of cerial porridge in a plastic tub you pour water in and toast. Oh and three pastires, shame really, for breakfast find a cafe or wetherspoons yes wetherspoons their breakfast is cheaper and hundred times better, that's saying something.

We had a perfectly pleasant one-night stay. Our first stay in a Marston's hotel and I would say it's on a par with Premier Inn. The service was friendly and the cooked breakfast was very good. The room was large, if a little empty. Couldn't get the wifi to give us an internet connection, which was frustrating, but not disastrous - though if we'd had kids with us, it might have been another matter!

Staff were very accommodating when we needed extra pillow etc. Came within 10-15 minutes of being requested. Also the staff packed us a carvery up each as due to hot weather i could not make the walk over to the restaurant due to my mobilty issues which was really nice. The one point i would make is only having one key card, if my partner went outside for a cigarette i ended up with no lights or Tv. People in room across from us had same issue. A very enjoyable stay