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Reviews of The Beeches

3 out of 5
The Beeches
12-14 Ellis Road, Clacton-on-Sea, England

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 132 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 132 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 27 out of 132 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 132 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 132 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

4.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

James

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Haydn

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
No heating and cheap duvet = freezing cold unable to sleep. No bedside table or bedside light. No seating or "work/eating desk". Small sink in bathroom too small to fill kettle, no plug in sink. Only one light switch in the room (by the entry door). Good mood lighting but got the impression that hourly rates might be available! Didn't stay for breakfast .....
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Tioney

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wouldbt be cheap if they paid me to stay here
£90 to sleep in a single bed in a bathroom. If you want to use a bathroom, as a bedroom, at least make it look like a bedroom. Still had the cheap plastic on the walls, and a pull light switch. Completely unfunctonal room. Was too noisy to open the window and too hot to not have it open. 2 hours sleep, before getting awoken by another guest checking in. Would never go back, or recommended
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Okish
Not a bad hotel, the owners seem friendly enough. The parking is relying on the street parking, which during Mon-sat is limited to 3 hrs no return during day hours, could be inconvenient
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2 nights Business trip. Decent stay
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Mervyn, Newmarket

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed on New Years Eve and had a single room with a shared shower and separate toilet. The room was clean with coffee making facilities, the bed was comfortable. Although it did not bother me there was no curtain or blind at the window. There was a certain amount of noise but it was THAT time of year after all and it did not continue all night. The included breakfast was good, with coffee and fruit juice, I had the full english and toast. I would recommend The Beeches.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Worse hotel I’ve ever stayed in paid £240 for me my cousin my 2nd cousin and a family friend only to be greeted with this room check photos blood stained mattress junkies in and out every half hour and mould in the bathroom wouldn’t recommend staying here my cousin spoke to the man on reception but wouldn’t offer us any money back
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff friendly and close to the seafront which are the positives. The negatives are hotel is very dirty and in need of refurbishment.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Anil

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Service with a smile
Very good and friendly management and staff
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
very disappointing stay.
Rooms Not up the standard of a so called "superior" room. shower tap fell off and water basically trickled out of shower head. room looked like it hadn't been hoovered. the remote control for the TV looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years. Breakfast not served until 9am for a contractor who needs to be on site early not good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Owen

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel was clean , the staff very polite and helpful. Could do with small fridge in room , breakfasts were excellent we will stay again if we visit Clacton-on-Sea Overall we were treated very very well.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Tina

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Had to ask for iron and ironing board as wasn't in room, the desk was also absent and all the coat hangers had been stolen from the room, my biggest issue was tea bags were just left on the tray not sealed 😕but the owners did make a effort to correct our issues as fast as possible.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Anne

When I booked it said including breakfast.It is still on the website advertising breakfast included.It said check in 2pm -10pm. arrived just after 6pm couldnt get in.Had to ring a bell and wait ages till someone came.Then we were told breakfast was not included and we would have to pay another £10 if we wanted it.Despite showing a screenshot of what we booked on my phone they blamed Hotels.com and said I was the 3rd person with this problem.Spent a couple of hours trying to sort this out with hotel owner and Hotels.com.Gave up in the end.I am diabetic and have health issues so need to take quite a lot of tablets with food in the morning.Ended up having breakfast else where.Also we were subjected to a family in another room slamming doors and their children screaming and shouting.They had also left 2 pushcairs at the foot of the stairs which were difficult to negotiate.Quite dangerous and nothing done about it.I would avoid booking here if you want to avoid hastle.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

Angela

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Chelsea

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Beeches GH @ Clacton on Sea
Pros: * Good location * Good parking * Excellent breakfast * Shower gels have also been provided Cons: * Rooms seems to be too small for the price * Even the TV was not bigger than laptop screen * Toilets and bath rooms are pretty crammed up as well. It feels, the owner has converted 6 rooms property into 10+
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night only, comfortable bed, good breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Margaret

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nasty experience
A really bad experience. No one on sight to assist with problems. Shower to hot and could not adjust temperature. Shower dirty. Dirty cup in room ... made coffee could not drink it due to grease from cup. Could not remake as milk used. Handbasin in room did not drain effectively. Could not change channels on TV so could not watch. Had to unplug TV to switch off. TV very small and in really bad position on wall. Photos of hotel allocation misleading. Situation not remediated after complaining. No apology from hotel. Refusal to refund after the relationship soured. Hugely out of pocket as Hotels.com staff member advised I should move out.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Unfortunately the T.V. Didn't work and the shower kept going from cold to scolding hot. The room was clean all be it very basic
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very cheap basic B&B, close to the sea and town centre, so we'll located, I had a good couple of days there
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
no curtains in room strong smell of paint was locked out at one stage shared room had uncomfortable bed
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Like - the 2 ladies who served breakfast were cheerful and greeted us with nice smiles - the cafetiere of coffee with breakfast although small, was very nice coffee. Dislike - in order of appearance - huge chip on less than clean mug in the bedroom, no teaspoons, had to stir our coffee with a pen. only 2 sachets of instant coffee but after making the first one and seeing the limescale scum on it that was OK - we didn't plan to make any more coffee in the room. Bathroom, black bits on floor, not sure what but clearly had not been hoovered. Shower yucky looking to the point I decided not to bother having one. Then decided I couldn't do without and tried to have one but the water was so hot it wasn't possible and then tried to let it run for a while to see if it calmed down and it the water disappeared to a trickle. Hope we didn't mess up anyone else' hot water!!. The water pressure in the sink was a trickle. The walls were plain white without a single piece of artwork. There was a step-down to the bathroom which nearly caused a nasty accident when visiting the bathroom in the night - luckily I stopped myself before I faceplanted the shower screen which was just a foot inside the tiny bathroom door. The bed was acceptable for comfort but had some stains on the bedding that were old and washed, but still not great to see. And I realise now that the view in the Beeches thumbnail on their page must be some view in Claction- it certainly is NOT part of the hotel. or even the view.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
The Beeches was perfectly adequate accommodation and I think quite cheap for the area. None of the accommodation, breakfast, staff, etc were particularly good but neither was there anything wrong with them.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bathroom to small not fit for purpose, room was cold upon arrival at 2pm, pointed these things out to the owner. The starf were very helpful .
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Great location, comfortable but needs updating
The bed was very comfortable and the room was nice and bright. There was a whole in the wall that had been somewhat filled and left. The TV was high up on the wall so not very comfortable to watch. On arrival the owner said I had room only, but my booking clearly stated breakfast included. The owner had a discussion in front of me with the booking company and asked them who was going to pay for my breakfast. This wasn't the first time this had happened, as the owner mentioned it during the conversation with the booking company. I would have expected a more professional approach but this didn't happen, and no apology was given for the error that had been made. I wasn't exactly looking forward to going down for my breakfast, however the owner wasn't there. The two ladies that done my breakfast were very pleasant and I enjoyed it.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed here many times but this time was disappointed that the toilet wss filthy,had hairs and a yellow scum at
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great welcome, good rates, great parking, very helpful staff, big breakfast sets you up for any thing. Could do with the heating coming a bit earlier.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Mikey

Was lovely stay at the room one lamp wasn’t working and the window in bathroom wouldn’t shut properly but appart from that was good trip
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Batandkill, Hertfordshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfortable room, staff pleasant and breakfast included in the price
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Reasonable
Pleasant enough for the price we paid.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

mr cooper

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
reply
good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Wayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice clean room with a comfy bed would definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

4/10 Poor

Shanie

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Its not a hotel its a b nb
Over priced for a very small b nb , and online they have a very different picture
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

E

Room clean staff very friendly breakfast was good.
Stay with my daughter and grandchildren for the fun at Clacton-on-Sea pier
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Run down guest house
Extremely poor value for the money. The house is in need of renovations throughout and cleanliness much to be desired, even the cups in the room where not clean. The carpets are worn and grubby, window sills were black with dirt. I would advise anyone not to stay there.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Pasquale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good room and excellent facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Only stayed one night, room was good. Breakfast was nice and quick, but we sat next to a window that had cobwebs and dust.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018