Best Western Reading Calcot Hotel

Stayed here on a recent business trip. The decor is a bit tired and dated but look beyond that and you have a great hotel. Staff and service very good with a good selection at breakfast. Rooms are a good size with the only draw back being the size of the bathroom. Apart from that a very pleasant stay. less

Hotel was very comfortable excellent booking it facilities gentleman was exceptionally helpful. Room was clean & tidy, bed was comfortable a little too squishy. Bathroom clean & tidy a note on the door would of helped our toes as door stopper 10cm from loo so stubbed toes frequently. Breakfast was very good & self service with plenty of choice available. Staff were very polite & amenities clean. My only issue was the noise Saturday night unfortunately we couldn’t open the window as adjacent to the noise, pedestal fam provided was very much appreciated with the exception of the aeroplane engine that ran it. Guests were not all courteous to people sleeping as woke at 2am as they were trying to get in there room. Overall a nice place & good value for money less

Once again we had a lovely Breakfast as non-resident, you can help yourself to Continental or Full English, so you can as eat as much or little as you would like. The food was cooked very well. The staff couldn't do enough for you. We will definitely be visiting again. less

Stayed here as it is very convenient for getting to Purley-on-Thames, where my son was getting married. Nice hotel with an easy check in and friendly staff and a good sized room. The breakfast is excellent, one of the best I’ve had in an English hotel. Good bacon, sausages and eggs etc and excellent service. We had one evening meal and this was equally as good. Staff at both breakfast and evening were really friendly. I have only two criticisms. Firstly, the size of the bed in our room, it was supposed to be a double, but was more like a large single. Measuring only 4’ 3” across, not a lot of room for two people. There was room for a much bigger bed. Secondly, although it didn’t affect our stay. The shower screen was not very effective, as where the door joined the side glass, there was a gap, allowing water to escape and soak the floor. To sum up. This hotel could do with increasing the size of its beds and perhaps better shower maintenance. But the breakfast was excellent, so I’ll forgive them the small bed. less

I managed to get a winter promotional price for a stay at this hotel - £81.00 for 2 nights. (I booked well in advance). Let me say that the 3 star rating does not reflect the quality of the hotel. Check in was fast and all the staff were friendly. The rooms were exceptionally clean and the decor was of good quality. Although at the front of the building on the busy road, the room was quiet due to the double glazing. There was also lots of parking available. We had dinner and breakfast in the restaurant which was comfortable and the food was excellent. Now, this is where the hotel scored a 4 and not a 5. We waited half an hour for our drinks at dinner, we asked three times and were well into our meal before they arrived. People in the bar area received drinks after our order had been placed. Lack of bar staff or untrained waiting staff? The waitress was a bit flippant on the 3rd request but did apologies for the wait. We weren’t the only couple who put in repeated requests for their drinks. At breakfast on the first morning there was only one chef catering for a very busy restaurant which meant a wait for some of the breakfast items. He was very polite and apologetic. I would stay again and recommend, but would expect to see more staff to cope with the large numbers of residents. less