Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel 4 stars

Customer review rating (ALL Rating) 3.7/5 469 reviews

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2 St Marys Street, MK42 0AR BEDFORD, United Kingdom

Description

Hotel extras

  • Conference venue for up to 450 guests with private bar and 7 meeting rooms

  • Stunning views over the River Great Ouse from the restaurant, bedrooms and event space

  • Bar area with live sports channels available

  • On-site parking

  • City centre location with great transport links

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Hotel location

Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel

2 St Marys Street
MK42 0AR BEDFORD
United Kingdom

GPS:52.133977, -0.465752

Telephone
Fax +44 1234 799902

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Hotel services

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On site
  • Car park
  • Pets welcome
  • Restaurant
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wi-Fi
  • Air conditioning
  • Breakfast
  • Bar
  • Meeting rooms
  • 100% Non Smoking Property
  • Room service

The Riverside Restaurant

Head to our Riverside Restaurant to dine with scenic views overlooking the River Great Ouse. Choose from various British and International dishes, using the finest local and sustainably sourced ingredients where possible.

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ALL Rating  3.7/5  469 reviews

TripAdvisor Rating  4.2/5  350 reviews

Certificate of excellence 2025

Staff were good. Hotel not clean.

TripAdvisor rating 3.0/5

153lyuban Business - TripAdvisor review

I stayed here for work for 3 nights. I was given a room on the 7th floor. It stunk of toilet and the bathroom was not cleaned. The reception staff immediately found me another room. It was slightly better. However, you must definitely take your own cleaning materials to this hotel. There were stains on the bathroom door,bin, side tables etc. My room was opposite the lift and the door had a missing chain. The safe was broken and making a ticking noise all night. The aircon rumbles intermittently all night long. My bed linen was washed but had stains/ marks i suspect are stuck. Lights are extremely dim and room is dark & dingy so if recommend bringing your own lamp if you want to work. No wardrobe, clothes hang on a rail. No ironing board or iron. ( you can ask at reception) The breakfast is an austerity breakfast. Has the basics but tastes and feels budget. Honestly, this is what I imagined travelodge is like. It's fine if you don't look too closely at anything. But I had to go and get dettol and wipes to make it sanitary. Location is ideal, very central. Plenty of parking. Staff were very pleasant and responsive and helpful. But I got tired of complaining.

I have given a rating of terrible because if I put a lower rating you would think I had overlooked the question.

TripAdvisor rating 1.0/5

andrewpM9821AH TripAdvisor review

If I put my actual rating of this experience you would think I had missed the question .. It's a BIG ZERO. Works Xmas party on 6th Dec 25. We started with a leak from our drink 'bath' on the table containing our bevvies for the evening, the colour of the leak can only be described as sewerage discharge which stained the whole table cloth. The table cloth wasn't changed but our container was exchanged for 3 fire buckets. We sat for about 19.30 pm , waiting for god knows how long for a very sad looking starter , a watered down shrimp cocktail, another hour atleast for the main course and I'm told desert arrived at 11.00 PM. I didn't wait for it because my main was only served at 22.00. There were in excess of 200 people in our dining room with 5 untrained members of staff serving us. On behalf of my Boss who spent good money on this fiasco , YOU SHOULD REFUND EVERYONE WHO WAS THERE, especially the group who went out to McDs and brought it back to the table. This is a true account of my experience , If it is not too late then cancel your booking, thank god I didn't book a room for the night.!!

Dear Andy P, Thank you for your feedback regarding the Christmas party on 6th December. The issues you’ve raised about service, food quality, and staffing levels have been noted and are being reviewed. The event clearly did not run as planned, and this has been escalated to management. Best Regards, Denisa Lushi Front Office Manager

Christmas party fail

TripAdvisor rating 1.0/5

568justz TripAdvisor review

I attended the Mecure Hotel for my work business party and was so disappointed with the co ordination of the night, the taste of food and underwhelming atmosphere. The food took ages to come out and when it did it wasn’t tasty at all, I’ve never had a time where I haven’t enjoyed all three courses until that day. I don’t really drink so I wasn’t fussed about the alcohol, however my colleagues did not like the wine. There was a DJ however no music until we finished eating, the atmosphere would’ve been more lively with songs in the background whilst we ate. I just felt that it wasn’t worth the money we placed.

Great location, spacious upgraded rooms

TripAdvisor rating 3.0/5

paoragbenson TripAdvisor review

We had a special rate, including breakfast, but were told it wasn't, on both mornings. No staff at bar until requested at reception. No staff at reception for check out so left keys on counter. Great location certainly a lot better inside than the dire exterior suggests. Unfortunately there is a strip of metal, strategically placed, to block the wonderful view when you're n bed or sitting.

Could do better - food awful - car park a (not in a good way) adventure

TripAdvisor rating 2.0/5

the_very_hungry_guy TripAdvisor review

An evening event attending a "murder Mystery for Christmas. Did not stay overnight. The hotel is a little tired looking with carpets wearing thin in places. bar staff (one person) was friendly and efficient but clearly run off her feet with the number of customers. Food was utterly dreadful! Opted for the Christmas dinner - turkey roll, nasty roast potatoes, brussels like golf balls and everything flavourless (the starter was a ham hock terrine, obviously factory produced and sliced thin enough to read a newspaper through it). The car park is appaulingly laid out and full of potholes, its also small and with poor marking it encourages haphazard parking. Come on Mercure - I've stayed with you before in other locations - you can and should do better!

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