Premier Inn Norwich Nelson City Centre

This Premier Inn is a fantastic deal and the location to the stadium, which is why we visited was ideal. The room rate makes this hotel an absolute no-brainer; the breakfast price for a decent meal is a great deal. The staff were friendly and very helpful. I would visit again, for sure. That said, the whole property could use a good clean. The curtains and walls in our room could use a scrub. The carpets in the restaurant need cleaning. I

Terrible surroundings. Stinky and unsafe. Especially the pedestrian entrance past a decrepit garage. Room smelled badly. AC either too hot or too cold. Window could not be opened.

Damp patch on the ceiling,shower leaked from above attachment. Door lock needs attention.Alarm went off and no one around to help .
Im not use to staying in a place with no connection to reception
For a solo £108

Thank you so much to Benjy and Debbie on the desk Saturday night. They were so friendly and accommodating. We had just come from a terrible hotel over the road but the guys on reception helped us book a last minute room.

Benji at the Norwich branch was fantastic, very welcoming and friendly. Facilities and breakfast were good too. Hope to visit again soon!

We are currently staying at the Premier Inn Nelson and have stayed here many many times over the years. Norwich is great for family get togethers and Christmas shopping and TBH the hotel location and reasonably priced parking make it an ideal place to stay. However over these years the hotel has declined, we always book the premier plus rooms but even these have seen better days, our room 203 has an overwhelming stench of damp/mould, the air con didn’t work properly (so had to have windows open with traffic noise) and the cleanliness wasn’t great. If these are the premier rooms I’d hate to see what the standard rooms look like now. The “premier” rooms are pretty small with tiny shower rooms. The shower had good pressure and are stocked with Bayliss and Harding toiletries. The grubby hand marks on the door (not ours), the mould on shower seals and the thick dust on the glass light shade did nothing to convince us this was premier at all. The double bed was super comfy as always and we had the added luxury of a fridge and a coffee pod machine. We had access to ultimate WiFi for our stay but only on one device, so it’s a fight to the death on who gets to use it, when we tried to use the voucher on another device it said it had already been redeemed, sadly for Premier Inn I got to use it to write this review. The bar is quite simply a dirty dive of a place, we tried to order 4 of the cocktails for £20 which represented excellent value except they didn’t have the ingredients for most of the 6 or 7 cocktails on the menu so instead we ended up ordering 2 cocktails for £12 and some other drinks for our party of 6, the tables were sticky and furniture mismatched not sure if shabby chic is the intention here but it was just plain shabby. To top off our first evening in the hotel we saw a poster on the way back to our rooms advertising 2 cocktails for £10 so we’d been ripped off too. We all ordered breakfast, however there was drama as we arrived as reception had incorrectly booked us in for the second morning of our stay and to make matters more confusing put it under one name, we sat there while they sorted their mistake out until we were given the all clear to get breakfast, sorta wish they hadn’t. Sausage and bacon looked microwaved with no colour to them, beans were lukewarm and they’d run out of white bread and some pastries. With all the fuss we wish we’d gone elsewhere. TBH I was trying to persuade the rest of the party not to have our evening meal there given the state of the place and the quality of the food but convenience won over and we had our evening meal there. As expected there were at least 6 things on the menu that weren’t available (sense a theme here) which was a bit disappointing but we all managed to find something. Prawn cocktail didn’t come with the bread and butter as advertised and had to be chased and they had run out of the yoghurt mint dip for the Indian nibbles. The mains faired a bit better however the Korean burger was without the advertised Asian slaw. The turkey roast dinner was nice and everyone who had dessert enjoyed them so not as bad as I had expected. It feels like a hotel on its last legs with the team working hard to make the best of it with absolutely no investment in either training or facilities. I started at 3 but with all of the issues we encountered it had to be graded a 1, we’ve agreed we will never stay here again.

Bedroom nice and river view lovely. However, with no heating in the bathroom and no ability to turn the water temperature up (it was restricted), this was the lowlight for us. This also meant that the towels had nothing to dry on from one shower to the next.

The antiquated shower curtain was also very poor.

So, bathroom in need of a refurbishment definitely with a towel rail desperately needed.

Premier Inn itself was no more than you can expect, although the Premier Plus rooms did not match up to other premier inns we have stayed in. The main issue was the bar and restaurant. We went there for a drink and everything was sticky and shabby, The floor and carpet was blackened and most pf the tables were very ropey. I put notes on the table to say they were disgusting. Managements response was they (I assume Whitbread???) were not going to do anything because the Nelson was going to be demolished. When asked when, we were told it should have been last year. That suggests that the company has washed their hands of the place at the detriment of their customers and we have been exposed to below standard facilities. Surely a good clean once in a while would not cause too much expense and give their customer base a better experience. That are other Premier Inns in Norwich so we will definitely trying another Inn.

The hotel is bit dated . The restaurant was filthy and no way near enough selection for Breakfast. We stayed in the plus room which was nice overlooking the river. Warm and cozy .

Been to this hotel 4or 5 times, but have to say the standards have dropped significantly, quality of service does not seem to high on their list, had wine spilt over me by the waitress in the restaurant, never anyone on reception to offer help or assistance, when I took advantage of someone being at the reception desk,asked if they could call a taxi for me, but was told that can't do that and to google a taxi firm. We were there from Friday to Sunday and had no room service at all, no beds made or towels changed, not cleaned, really poor service all around, the hotel generally was grubby at best, carpets were dirty, floors were sticky in the bar and restaurant, toilets were dirty needless to say, we won’t be returning.

Läget

Hotel and location fine. Clean rooms ,friendly staff. Restaurant I wouldn't recommend as unless you book they want you to sit at the bar as they don't have enough staff to accommodate table service. There were plenty of empty tables and I was told it's not there problem. Good customer skills. As a frequent traveller and business user of Premier inn I find this unacceptable.

Hotel is ideally situated for both bus & rail connections. It is looking/feeling a bit shabby in place bus I understand their are plans for redevelopment of the site. We were in room 35 which is an accessible room. There is a large pillar at the foot of the bed which a wheelchair user would have to negotiate. It is a large room and we found the heating to be inadequate, leaving a chilly feeling to the room despite being set to 22c.

Visited Norwich to attend a fitness event. Premier Inn Nelson is right beside the river, & the swans are lovely to see from your room or on the way to breakfast.
Close to the station & city centre. Payable parking behind the hotel.
Lots of walking nearby. Lovely riverwalk through the pub across the road where you can walk as far as you're capable of.
The rooms are always clean with a wonderfully comfy bed & powerful shower.
Staff are always helpful & friendly. Excellent value for money.

Arrived at 3pm after checking in online, I expected to use one of the self serve check ins, but these were all out of order. I had to queue in a line of 4 or 5, with only one receptionist on duty. I was initially impressed with my room and relaxed before an early supper in the restaurant which was pretty good. However in the evening I started to note the pub noise opposite my room. As I was watching TV it didn't bother me. But as it got later it got louder and continued till past midnight, the worst was the outside street lighting shining through the curtains.
And I awoke the the noise of traffic going over the bridge outside from about 5am. Definitely not a good night's sleep. All Premier inn could say was sorry. Had the issue been the bed, no problem. Noise, not something they can control. Hello Premier inn, have you heard of double glazing. Won't stay at the Nelson again in a hurry.
Not what you expect for a £100 quid a night

Access reception down a dark poorly lit “ambush alley” check in was ok staff ok however room 33 was a bit Travelodge by Wyndham ie rough. It didn’t appear secure as ground floor but the piss de resistance was the unflushed toilet.There appears to be maintenance issues everywhere the room did not appear clean as usual and no WiFi .
Norwich airport & Broadland much better . Breakfast ok. But it’s just sloppy.

We have stayed at Premier Inns all over the country for years.
This visit was because of a hospital appointment at the Norfolk and Norwich.
We were allocated a ground floor room backing onto gardens by the river.
We went out for dinner and returned to the room about 11.00 pm.
Soon after that we went to bed and turned the lights off.
What followed can only be described as a horror story. Someone started banging on the window and a hand appeared through the window trying to get into the room.
I ran to reception while my husband remained in the room.
Eventually we tried to sleep again and the same thing happened twice,each time with me running to reception.
Needless to say we got no sleep at all.
The reception staff were very helpful and gave a form to send off to claim a refund for their “guarantee” of a good nights sleep.
Premier Inn refused to meet the guarantee ..twice. Their argument was that it happened outside of the hotel. Well I could argue that a hand coming through the window was in fact on their premises.
I was shocked that such an awful experience was met with such lack of understanding ..all for the price of their sleep guarantee.

Pleasant stay. Ideal location as we were arriving late by train, it’s across road from station. Comfy beds, eat as much as you can breakfast. What’s not to like!

Special shout out to Rob and Aaron in the bar who went the extra mile entertaining my son with Halloween themed fun and games, top marks.

A comfortable hotel a stones thrown from the railway station yet walkable to the city centre. A reasonable restaurant is attached. However, once again I could not help noticing how the carpets in the public areas could do with a clean.

The staff were friendly and accommodating. We asked one of the staff for a restaurant recommendation which was very appreciated (also was delicious!)

The bed was comfy but the lighting in both the room and bathroom was lacking. The toilet required heavy pressing to flush.