Best Western The Rose & Crown Hotel

We needed a hotel with parking within walking distance of Colchester town centre. In the end because the walk in is not that pleasant, we caught the bus from outside the hotel which was an unexpected plus point. Our room was not in the old part of the hotel and was standard fare and a bit tired. The basics were right however and the bed was comfy and the towels acceptable. It was a bit strange to only have 1 bedside table lamp and there was no shaver point in the bathroom. The room rate was good value though and we appreciated the bar facility for the evening. less

i should have walked out as soon as i walked in............ waited forever to be served ..... even though only 1 other table of people in whole place. the young waitress messed about moving tables and chairs infront of us ...... i have no idea what she was doing. ordered two roast beef dinners. the beef was as tough as old boots and the roast potatoes were rock hard... diabolical. no chef know to man could have thought that was okay to serve. made me laugh because waitress said ill be back with your veg and extra gravy ......... but then stopped to seve drinks inbetween serving us. didnt matter we didnt need it... walked out hungry again another place to avoid... colchester has such an array of resturants its hard to believe how hard it is to get decent food here ....... less

My friend and I stayed here for one night whilst walking the Essex Way. For the price, the stay was amazing value. We had a room in the annex across the car park. It was newly refurbished so everything was clean and fresh. The room was bright and airy and spacious. Dinner was very tasty and good value. Breakfast was excellent with a great choice of fruit, cereals, cheese, pastries, cold meats and a great vegetarian cooked option. This was an excellent value for money stay and we had s lovely time here. We would highly recommend this pub for food and accommodation. less

Great value for money supported by very caring and dilligent staff. Breakfast was of good quality, parking was easy and hotel cleanliness was very good. We had a room by the coridor, which you could hear people walk by, only down-site to for our stay less

The hotel itself is lovely, very nice old building. The resturant food was excellent. A couple of points for reference the annex rooms look they have air con it’s not installed, it’s a normal fan in hot weather. The free Wi-fi is nice and fast, very comfortable beds. The hotel car park does get full so you may end up in their overflow car park. I don’t know where their accessible room was. The annex does have a platform lift so I don’t know if it’s upstairs. Also it’s roughly 4 bus stops from the main High Street. I think it’s possibly a 15 minute walk from town not 5 or so. less