Ramada by Wyndham Crawley Gatwick

We stayed one night, the car park is free and is located behind the Crawley's High Street. The price was quite low for a well-known brand like Ramada, but the hotel looks a little bit unmaintained and the fact that we didn't had hot water at all made us not being too surprised about it.

Well situated for high street and transport links. Lots of drinking and dining options very close. Room was cold no central heating so additional electric heater needed. A fairly historic looking building so rooms are not that modern but a bit of character. Surprisingly quiet given position on high street. Bit irritating to find front doors shut on arrival c 3.30 and took two calls to get someone to let me in to check in. Also no one on desk to check out.

No fridge. All room doors slammed closed with no dampening resulting in frequent loud bangs. Very strick on 12:00 check out time but reluctantly I was given until 13:00.

Large clean room with all the facilities that I would expect. Reception staff were friendly and helpful but.....No hot water in the morning. was told that the boiler had tripped and this was rectified, too late however as we were booking out and on a schedule. Also no breakfast available at the hotel we had to go out.

Not the nicest, considering all hotels could do with being a bit cleaner than normal at the moment it felt a little grimy, but the sheets were clean and it was only a place to have a base to explore from because I was considering buying a house in Crawley and wanted to get a feel for the area, the Ramada is well located on the biggest high street I've ever been to. The front desk were helpful as we arrived earlier than check in and wanted to leave the car in the carpark, which they accommodated. They were still friendly when we wanted to check in and when we checked out so in my limited conversations with staff, all boxes were ticked there.

This is one of those hotels which looks really impressive from the front but if you’re arriving by car and parking at the back you wonder where on earth the office travel agent has booked you. Potholed car park which is shared with a hand wash car company and shabby back buildings. But once you get inside it feels more like the olde world coaching Inn that it used to be. Yes the floorboards creek and the plumbing was a little dubious ( I never worked out which was the hot and cold tap in my bathroom) but that’s what you get with an old hotel when the owners don’t have the money to regularly update it. The rooms are a decent size, so too the bathrooms and they’re well equipped. Hotel wasn’t serving breakfast which they were blaming on Covid which seems a bit weak nowadays, most hotels I’m staying in have returned to doing breakfast. In summary it’s fine, clean, comfortable, safe and good value. It could do with some TLC and if it got some it would be brilliant

Hotel room for the most part was okay, the bathroom was very dated with lots of black mould on the bath sealant. The shower curtain is hung in a straight rail which makes it very difficult to shower without it wrapping around you. There are only paper cups for the tea and coffee and after one use they are badly stained and don’t wash for a second use.

Stayed for 1 night. Bathroom obviously not been cleaned poo marks in the bowl. Then at 9.30 am knock on the door the housekeeping immediately let themselves in before we had chance to answer while we were still in bed was 11 o clock checkout.

We were up four flights of stairs, along several corridors. No lifts, no one to help carry our very heavy suitcase. When they state Restaurant closed due to Covid, they literally mean permanently closed - as in empty. No food or drinks available at all in the hotel. Room very hot, water cold. Shocked that this is a Ramada Hotel.