ibis budget Derby

Good welcoming from staff when arriving at the hotel. Gold service from staff through out my stay and reception was open all night. Good food served during breakfast each morning, could not fault. Would stay here again and reccommend to anyone.

I didn’t stay at this hotel and didn’t know it existed until I got a parking fine via email today! Apparently I stopped for 30minutes in their private car park, whilst picking up some lunch at the Subway store, that’s different to the rest of the car park at these services! The only evidence they’ve provided that I was parked where I shouldn’t have been is a picture of my number plate front and rear. Had I noticed any signs giving any sort of warnings I wouldn’t have parked there. Please be aware if your in the area and avoid the Ibis hotel or it might cost you £100 too! I won’t be stopping anytime soon!

The room was very small - we had a twin. Beds could have been slightly further apart, so two cups could fit on the small table in between. Other than that, everything was fine. Staff were friendly and the hotel was clean. Very nice shower and a decent breakfast. Ideal location with a lovely pub across the carpark! A bot overpriced for a budget hotel.

Booked this to meet friends, we live in the North West and they live in the south so this was round about in the middle between us. It was an ideal location for what we wanted (a chilled night with good food and drinks). Situated in a service station with plenty of facilities (coffee shop which serves lovely coffee, a pub the cherry tree, which was great for drinks and a kfc ) the location was pretty perfect. For a 2* budget hotel it did what I expected. The room was clean and basic. There wasn’t coffee/tea making facilities in the room but 24/7 drink making facilities in reception are available. Ok the reason why I’ve given 3/5 the best was so uncomfortable I struggled to sleep. My husband wanted to stay out to watch the end of the boxing but I went back to hotel I had to stay awake to let him in because we were only issued with one key card (standard apparently ). So I had to stay awake to let him in the room. My husband attempted to get a beer on return, from the hotel bar but was told he couldn’t drink it in the bar area because the night staff had cleaned already. The staff on the door were rude to my husband when he tried to get back in because he was a little stupid and couldn’t work out how to get back in (after coming in and going back out to the car passing and saying hello to the staff ). It required the scanning of the door with your hotel key card but reception staff are also able to let patrons in from the inside (I think it was slightly inconvenient). These issues didn’t ruin our stay - we had a great time, but warranted the 3/5 in my opinion

I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of noise outside my hotel room - it is the first time I have stayed in a hotel at the services so I thought I would hear traffic noise, but I didn`t. The room is compact. The window blind did not block all light, but it was much better than short curtains. The shower was powerful - the towels were good quality. The bed and bedding were good, and clean. The air con was superb (we stayed during the heatwave - it was a great relief to come away from the festival and into a cool room). There are food outlets at the services - I did not use them as I drove out to a supermarket.