Premier Inn Bedford South (A421) hotel - Bedford

Richard B.

Take a tip from me. dont set your hopes even low for this place! We stayed on the Friday before Christmas so we could visit family. The room allocated to us was supposed to be Premier Plus, well I will let you decide about that when you look at the pictures. The receptionist when I booked in didnt even tell me which room I was in, just gave me a key card. When I asked what room I was told top floor up the stairs. I didnt have a clue about stairs, lifts as never been before. The whole hotel did not smell very nice. Only one bedside table in the room so they had positioned an occasinal table with wheels as a stand in. I had requested a bath if possible. Nope, only a shower and no apology. As for the rest of the bathroom, Well I dont think it has been cleaned properly ever. I have added pictures to this review. I will let you decide if that is acceptable. One of them shows the dirt in between the toilet seat and lid! The rest is just dirt, dust and water damage. Also no toilet brush. We then visited the pub next door. It had just gone 21:00. Food was not available! Myself and my sons settled for a drink only for last orders to be called at 21:30 and closed at 22:00! Keep in mind this is the Friday before Christmas! My suggestion is spend a little more and stay somewhere else.

Tom B.

Having used this hotel before to visit family, this visit was certainly the worst. Due to work being carried out, there was noise in the morning and, despite reminding reception that we wanted the room serviced, on the second day, we came back at gone 9 pm to find it untouched..
Also, the shower didn’t appear to have been cleaned since we were last there…
Not happy….

Fiona H.

Comfortable bed, well thought out accessible shower / wet room. Room to move around the room with a wheelchair. Wardrobe rail at a level to allow a person in a wheel chair to put clothes on the rail BUT only if less than 2 foot long! Dresses or suits would be crumpled. Free parking. 4/5||||But 1) Room temperature and Air Conditioning|| 2) Housekeeping|| 3) Breakfast at adjacent Brewers Fayre ||||Advertised as having air conditioning however controls only allowed temperature down to 19 degrees C and only remained on briefly (I suspect as reached set temp). ||||Windows sealed completely so unable to open and get fresh air from outside (which was so much pleasantly cooler during our 2 night stay on the 12th and 13th September 2024). If a fire were to start in the room and block egress from the room door - where is the fire escape? We resorted to wedging our door open into the corridor to allow some cooler air in whilst awake in the room.|| ||The shower was used twice and despite the bathroom door being kept closed, the room became unbearably hot for our 2 night stay. ||||The second day we requested a fan and room service and informed reception as the door hanger notice for housekeeping suggests. We did not request a change of bed linen but asked for fresh towels, replacement coffee/tea and mugs/glasses etc plus the rubbish emptying. ||We returned around 5 p.m after a funeral to find the door hanger still on the outside of the room door. The bedroom bin had been emptied although some rubbish had been left on the carpet. 3 new towels were left on the unmade bed. The bathroom had not been touched. The rubbish bin still full and used towels still left in shower area. No fan. ||||The manager, Lorraine, was brilliant! On duty at reception at this time and she went out of her way to sort out these issues. Personally emptying the rubbish and replacing the bin liners. She brought us fresh mugs etc and found a fan for use on the 2nd night which at least allowed us to get some sleep.|| ||We had booked breakfast ('full English') in advance at the Brewers Fayre opposite the Premier Inn. It is served between 06.30 and 10.30hrs. We arrived just after 10.00 hrs. The coffeee machine was broken so instant coffee sachets provided. The breakfast bar was half empty. We were told 'this is it and what is left'. (I wasn't the only customer either). I made a fuss and fresh of the above was prepared - we got a refund for the 2nd day.

Luke G.

Room was really nice. But when we checked in we asked what time breakfast was, the receptionist said 'there is no breakfast'. She said a lorry hadn't turned up, I asked why they can't get the ingredients from the local shop, she said they can't. So premier inn breakfast this time. Was all very odd.

Rosie

Great location - close to the A421 and just 10 minutes to Millbrook proving ground. A small premier inn with just 2 floors, with lots of free parking available. There is a new build housing estate across the road, I found the area very quiet. A Brewers Fayre is opposite for breakfast and dinner, however I recommend the pub / restaurant across the road for a delicious Carvery and desserts.
Modern and clean rooms and powerful shower. Standard Premier Inn. There were Premier Plus rooms, although I did not stay in these. The hallways smelt amazing!!
Would stay again.

Anthony U.

Large room, quiet with the usual decent nights sleep you'd expect. The pub over the road is used as the restaurant.

My aircon wasn't working so it was uncomfortable until it got darker outside, it was promptly fixed once reported.

N J.

Clean and tidy newish hotel. Some sort of buzzing noise coming from near the room door, reported to reception.
Attached pub needs a clean, not a bad breakfast.

Colin M.

I have never stayed before and come to stay for a few days for work. The woman at reception Safynna was helpful in finding my booking and didn't mind helping me she was fantastic and had good customer service qualities made my problem in checking in much better. I found her customer service above average. Excellent. The hotel room was clean in itself and it was quite a nice stay. I would recommend everyone staying here. Welcoming service and clean and comfortable rooms.