Hotel reviews advice guides

Our expert hotel inspectors check in, anonymously, to the UK’s best and worst hotels to bring you impartial reviews you can trust, with ratings for rooms, food and drink, value for money and more.

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Best UK seaside hotels

Our secret inspectors go undercover in some of Britain's best seaside hotels. Our expert reviews will help you make the most of your beach break and avoid an expensive disappointment.

13 March 2024

Should you stay at a Wetherspoon Hotel?

Our secret hotel inspector checked into a Wetherspoon hotel to find out if the pub chain offers comfortable rooms as well as bargain drinks and meals

13 March 2024

Best UK hotels for under £100

These are the UK’s best budget stays from our undercover team of reviewers

13 March 2024

Best luxury hotels in the UK

From a sumptuous seaside spa to a Victorian townhouse, our undercover inspectors think these luxury hotels are worth splashing out on

13 March 2024

Best hotels for under £200

Here's where to find quality, personalised stays for less than some 'budget chains'.

13 March 2024

Best dog-friendly hotels in the UK

Canines will receive as warm a welcome as their humans at these dog-friendly hotels reviewed by our undercover inspectors

13 March 2024

Best historic hotels in the UK

From an 18th century farmhouse to an old Georgian boot factory, these historic hotels are the ones our undercover inspectors rated best

13 March 2024

Best UK hotels 2024

From a bargain seaside stay to sleeping in a vintage railway carriage, our undercover inspectors reveal the seven best hotels they've reviewed

13 March 2024

Best Gran Canaria Hotels 2024

From the oldest (and grandest) hotel in the Canary Islands, to a seaside stay with ‘swim-up’ rooms, our undercover inspectors reveal the five best hotels they've reviewed

13 March 2024