The atmosphere on arrival was unwelcoming. The service was poor, housekeeping was very poor, there was mould round my bath taps. Communication between departments led to an embarrassing experience from something that should have been simple and easy to deal with. If you have any accessible or special needs, don’t expect any help, as none is forthcoming. The friendliest staff work nights. If you stay on a Friday night, get very drunk, most of the other guests seem to, they then carry on partying in their rooms till the early hours. As the only one in reception is a young female I didn’t feel I could say anything as it might put her in danger, I know a staff member has been attacked there in the past. The restaurant is a joke. Service is slow, even when they aren’t busy, in fact if you’re an IDDM be careful when you take your insulin or you’ll have a hypo. I’m not sure where the chef learned to cook but he needs to go back, either to demand a refund or take the course again. There seems to be a decided lack of training, leading to a lack of care about anything across the board. Come on Whitbread, support your staff and help those at this very poor hotel/restaurant have some dignity. I have stayed in lots of hotels, many of them Premier Inns, but never have I felt the need to complain in the manner I did at this one.