Novotel Sheffield Centre

An excellent hotel for a Sheffield city stay. Perfect, central location. Ideal for exploring Sheffield Hallam. Particularly liked the ‘back door’ entrance that took you immediately to some lovely restaurants and the square. The room was a nice size and the double sofa bed was great for me son. Very large and very comfy bed. Also liked the volume-controlled television and the way the toilet was separate from the main room. We used the gym, pool and steam room. All fine, for a city hotel. Will definitely stay again. Quite pricey and have to park close by, as their on site parking goes very quickly. Reception gives you a voucher to ensure local parking is a little cheaper. But neither was a deal breaker.

Very dated and in desperate need of a refurbishment. Reception and bar area nice enough but the room was extremely disappointing and stuck in the 1970s. Dark and dingy, tiny bathroom with a separate toilet and plug in heaters! Definitely not worth the money and we won’t return until it’s brought in to the 21st century.

Very clean and welcoming hotel, staff very friendly and professional, swimming pool just amazing and cocktails at the restaurant are awesome, thank you very much for treating me with a free drink vaucher. Really recommending this hotel to anyone and I will be back definitely.

This is my casual place to stay because I have my Accor membership as well. GM has personally sent us a cake to treat me well. Thank you once again make us confirmable to stay and my wife was preparing her thesis draft while we are in the hotel. It was an excellent service. I had a chance to explore new talent by staying in this hotel. it was a life changing moment for me.

As the hotel I stayed in last was fully booked I booked two nights at Novotel. At reception I was greeted with a smile by the female receptionist, at reception my booking was dealt swiftly and I was given my key card and room number. Upon entering my room I saw a very large double bed with the usual lights on each side. The room itself is very large and spacious with wooden cupboards - one thing that distinguishes this room from others that I have stayed in is a small mini fridge. Unlike most hotels, I stayed in the toilet is in a separate room from that sink and bath - the sink itself is very unusual in shape and tap. Function wise, the bath/shower worked as expected apart from being difficult to get to grips with at the start. The large flat screen Smart TV, even though the smart features were not working, served me well after dinner and was allI needed before flu g to bed . Even though I didn't have breakfast at the hotel, I had it at Hygge, the breakfast area/dining area was large and there seemed to be plenty of variety. Not far from the breakfast area is a large bar with an outside area where I enjoyed a soft drink before and after I went out for dinner. Gym and pool: During my stay at thr hotel I had a good a few quick looks at the gym and pool, even though I didn't use it, from a close up view from the entry door I could saw a medium sized gym with cardio vascular machines, resistance machines, free weights, a self standing punch and kick bag and exercise mats. However, there is a swimming pool opposite the gym that I dis use for physiotherapy on the last morning before I headed home. The pool itself although small is fit for purpose - the purpose I used it for anyway - it is a a heated pool that is only 1 metres deep in tnt shape end and 1.5 metres deep in the deep end - I was lucky to have the pool all to myself that late morning. For the pool a d gym, I would definitely recommend this hotel for national climbing teams. One thing I forgot to mention is that to access the pool and gym you need a different key card and before the receptionist gives you a card, you need to fill in a health a d safety questionnaire. THE STAFF: Well, what can I say. The staff at Novotel are super friendly and extremely helpful. One example of this is when my locker key fell out from my trunks and ended up at the pool. After my rinse shower I headed back to reception and told the receptionist I dropped my locker key in rhr pool she got her colleague to help me pick it up but after two attempts and help from a third staff member I failed so at the end he dived and got the key himself. After this the receptionist gave me some extra time to shower and told housekeeping that I needed to shower. I would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to ALL the staff members that helped me get my locker key back - you are such wonderful and lovely people. Distance from Depot Climbing Sheffied: A 5-10 min walk to Fitzalan Square/Pond's Forge tram stop then a a 15 min tram ride to Woodbourn Road followed by a 5 min walk to Depot Climbing. Distance from The Foundry Climbing Centre: A 20 min walk or a 5 min walk to Arundel Gate bus stop and a short bus ride followed by a very short walk. Distance from Hygge Cafe: This place is where I had my breakfast on both mornings. It is lovely little independent cafe with amazingly friendly staff. It is around 5 mins walk from Novotel. Distance from Leopold Square: Novotel is 5-10nivs walk from where Wagamama and Zizzi's are. Distance from Meadowhall shopping centre: Pretty much the same journey as for Depot Climbing Sheffied but instead of getting of at Woodbourn Road stay on tne tram and get of at Meadowhall Interchange and follow the signs Distance from Sheffield Station: I took the tram to Fitzalan Square/Pond's Forge and walked. I would say it is a 5-10 min journey. I was definitely recommend this hotel for people visiting friends and)or family who are studying at Sheffield Hallam University, national climbing teams, stag and hen doos, family getaways, and romantic getaways. A 4 star hotel that should be 5 star and a 4 star one with two star pricing. Thank you for all your kindness and helpfulness, it was greatly appreciated. Savvas Ioannou Team Friction Labs London