I stayed here last year for almost a month. I didn’t bother to review it here because it was a bit sort of… dull. The standard used-to-be-Stakis, UK regional Hilton, that is more than a bit tired. However all that changed with a business stay recently.
I had flown down from Edinburgh to East Midlands early (there are two flights, 08:20 and 18:40) and taken a cab from the airport to the hotel (£8). Yes – despite the hotel being called the Hilton East Midlands Airport and despite the fact they have a shuttle bus I had to get a cab. The shuttle bus needs to be booked and unless you are on a stay which includes parking costs £8. I know. Don’t get me started. It truly is an outrage. Anyway, I digress.
I presented myself at the reception around 10:00 and smiled. I was way too early for my room but I knew that the bar / lounge here gets so very busy (the M1 is less than five minutes away which makes the hotel a good choice for business meetings) and I was hoping that the hotel hadn’t been full the night before.
I was, of course, informed that my room wasn’t ready, however as I had asked very nicely, I was given another room to use until my room was ready for me. I thought this was a really nice touch and off I went to catch up on some work.
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