Campanile Hotel - Basildon - East of London

As I turned into the hotel complex, I could see the garden areas were well maintained and looked delightful. The 'welcome' at Reception was warm and informative. The room was extremely clean and tidy and had everything I required for an overnight stay, including tea, coffee and milk. There were plenty of parking spaces and even when I returned at 9:30pm, it was still easy to park not far from my room. It really is a well laid out complex and as elderly, single woman, I felt really safe. I had a great night’s sleep. Because of the motel type layout, there were no banging doors or people talking loudly in corridors, just a nice quite night. The bed was supportive but at the same time soft but not too soft, the pillows were slim and softish and very comfortable. At breakfast the next morning, the waitress explained what was on offer and took my order, then I relaxed with a great cup of tea while it was cooked. I didn't want a full 'English' so chose poached eggs on toast and bacon. The poached eggs were spot on, nicely rounded and exactly soft enough in the middle. They came with nice lean bacon that was fried. There was plenty of brown or white bread on offer, along with croissants, muffins and other delights. Oh joy! There were multiple real toasters available to toast the bread, far better than the conveyer type ones that are often used in other hotels. I have stayed in other hotels but this is the one I will be coming back to in Basildon, as I really enjoyed my stay.

Comfortable bed and pillows. Had all we needed. Staff very thoughtful and gave us a room away from the bar area. Once traffic died down it was very quiet. We both slept v well.

make no mistake this is a budget hotel, set out like a motel. but saying that the room is basic but exceptionally clean you have a hot shower tv tea making facilities and a lovely breakfast in the onsite facility, it has a bar and exceptional staff. It is just off the A127 three minutes to basildon by car, bus routes & a retail park just across the road. Our stay was uneventful & quiet. we will continue to use this hotel when we are in the area again

The whole experience from booking in to checking out, so nice to be recognised at reception by Tracey the manager following another stay here just before Christmas... Another nice touch was entering a lovely nice warm welcoming room as the weather was very bitter outside and through tiredness travelling from Manchester...bedding,bathroom and the room were scrupulously clean as always...

Looks like a residence more than an hotel, so gives you that feel and independence of a micro-apt. Double door which is good. Probably in the middle of nowhere, so consider if you have a car before booking (I went there for working reason, so this didn't impacted me). Breakfast includes lot of options & vegetal milks, which is not that common in UK. Special mention for the super nice cook.