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3-5 South Park Hill Road, Croydon CR2 7DY, England
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South Park Hotel
Ranked #15 of 18 hotels in Croydon
3.0 of 5 stars 15 Reviews
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Brighton, United Kingdom
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“Worse hotel experience I have ever had”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 June 2011
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The smell of indian food is ok in the evening but not in the morning when it is rather stale and accompanied by grubby tacky carpets and rude staff.

I arrived at breakfast, went to get a coffee, the coffee pot got caught on the filter bit and as I went to stop the filter falling out, the pot caught the table and smashed. The waitress shouted at me (literally) to sit down and get away. I sat down. She shouted at to move to a different table. Everyone else obviously silent and finding their cold oily eggs suddenly fascinating. Another member of staff came out of the kitchen, glared at me and went back in. By this time I laughed with my partner in a disbelieving - and embarrassed - way. The waitress then went from table to table telling them that there was no more coffee because 'that lady' has broken the only pot (I opened my mouth to point out the other pot on top of the coffee machine or the shelf of cafetieres but decided to keep it shut!).

Interestingly, the couple beside us then complained that there had been no breakfast out a few days ago. An argument of "Yes there was" and "No - there wasn't" ensued. Absolutely nuts. In the end the waitress disappeared to speak to the glarey woman in the kitchen, came back and said, "There was breakfast but it was obviously on a bank holiday so she did breakfast later." "Well you didn't let us know that" "Well of course she wouldn't get up early - it was a bank holiday" That was that as far as she was concerned!!

Ok so finally went to pay. Reception shuttered with iron grill. Glaring woman from kitchen took the key from us - sitting behind the 'prison' grill of course - and said "£15 for kettle" I explained that there was no way on this earth I was paying for a coffee pot etc etc. She then said, "You broke the coffee pot and then you laughed, you did it for fun, you think it is funny...." A long discussion followed. I did not pay for the pot but left wound up and teary.

Never Ever Ever in a million Sundays if it is the last Sunday in the universe go to this utter rip off a joint. I seriously think trading standards should get involved.

  • Stayed June 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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London
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Disgusting, unprofessional, rude and very very poor customer experience”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 June 2011

We turned up at the hotel and they had "lost" our booking, with no spare rooms available we were forced to leave. Rather than being apologetic they became rude and were completely unprofessional. The place looked grotty, old fashioned, poorly run and with staff who obviously didnt know what they were doing. AVOID AT ALL COSTS unless you would like 0/10 customer service or to be shouted at! yes... they shouted at us because apparently it was our fault they didnt have our booking.
WORST HOTEL I have ever come across - I wouldnt even give it 1 star.

  • Stayed June 2011, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 December 2010

IV ARRIVED BACK HOME AND I FEEL I MUST WARN OTHERS OF THIS HORRENDUS PLACE booked on the net for . When you walk in to reception the first thing you see is a formidable grill of bars over the reception desk this i initially thought was for staff security however, after staying there I know its to stop unhappy guests from getting their money back. The tv in room is tiny and theres only 5 channels no satellite or freeveiw The 2 woman on the desk are unfriendly and refuse to enter into any form of civil communication with us when we stated we leaving a day early as we had been called away for personal reasons and [by the lure of a decent bed } they pointed out we would still be charged! AS WE NEVER CANCELLED 48 HOURS EARLIER not withstanding the fact that we had actually arrived in the first place.!!!! We had wondered why we were the only car in the car park and apart from the staff of the adjoining curry house we heard at 3 am in the morning its safe to say we escaped....im now going to my more comfortable bed for a kip as im happy to be home albeit tired. TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS

  • Stayed December 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Good Basic Hotel, with nice Resturant”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 December 2010

I stayed here for 4 nights while working in the area. I was worried, having read previous reviews. After entering reception, I was aware of what you could call, and Indian Restaurant smell, and previous reviews have mentioned, but it wasn't over powering or for me an issue.

Check in was quick, and I was shown to my room, at the back. You walk through the restaurant to get to it, but otherwise I was greeted by a clean modern room, with usual facilities.

There was no smell in my room, and have 4 peaceful nights.

I did have room service one night. Food was great, slightly expensive, but very tasty. Unusual Indian / Chinese mix.

The hotel is a 2/3 *, it has an Indian Restaurant and is run by Indians, who I found very helpful.

For the price I was happy with the hotel. There is better out there, and if you dont wish to experience an Indian Restaurant maybe choose somewhere else, but I will be reurning.

  • Stayed November 2010, travelled on business
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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“smell of curry, dirty looking and unprofessional”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 October 2010

I've never felt compelled to leave a review about a hotel so this is my first one, as I feel responsible to warn off people about this 'hotel'.

A colleague and I had to stay in this hotel as we had a last minute arrangement in Croydon. The only upside about this hotel is its location being within 10 mins walk away from South Croydon train station.

The hotel just felt unhygienic, I stayed two nights where I had to sleep in my clothes as the sheets were stained, so were the bathroom mats. The carpets in the hall way were black! with grease stains. The rooms weren't sound proof at all, but I couldn't fall asleep before 1am anyway due to the comfortableness so it didn't actually become an issue. The room was hot and dry as it was literally on top of the kitchen of the curry restaurant business down stairs. The whole places smelled of curry, it made me feel very self conscious about meeting clients the next day if my clothes smelled of the curry.

The staff were unprofessional, which may come across as being rude. It had a very family run business feel. I felt being told off about not going for the dish that's recommended by one of the owner. We waited a long time to check in and the key cards were again covered in black stains/ dirt. I feel the business owner probably did have the best intention, but highly unprofessional in a hospitality business.

The following is the review from my work colleague who luckily only had to stay there for one night:

'It wasn't very pleasant, but was exactly as I expected. Any cheap independent hotel in London is going to be grim. Unfortunately as we were given such short notice before we were confirmed to be travelling down that night we had little alternative. I didn't complain at reception as I didn't think it would make any difference and my room was better than xxx's (one bed had no stains...). I would definitely enjoy writing a review for it on laterooms tho! The owners are so oblivious to the hygiene issues that they offered me a £5 discount on my next stay.... Errrrrrr no thanks!! '

Hope this would help anyone to choose wisely.

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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3-5 South Park Hill Road, Croydon CR2 7DY, England
Price range (per night):* 130 AUD - 867 AUD

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