Royal Cambridge - Cambridge , United Kingdom     

I stayed here just one (hot) no a/c) night in July with my daughter. Hotel is in a great location to walk into the town and river. We had a room at the back so not on main road. Room size and bathroom OK...Breakfast good.....service at breakfast a little surly, but good at reception. The hotel overall is adequate...clean but a little tired.

We stayed here for a week while my husband did some work at the university. Aside from the lack of air conditioning, I was really pleased with this hotel. The rooms definitely seem to differ greatly -- I passed by a single room which was being cleaned and it looked tiny and stuffy, but our double was spacious and lovely (we had room 210). I thought the bathroom was especially nice, with a big tub and a window. The rubber ducks in the tub were cute. The location is great, and the service was very friendly at breakfast (which was good), dinner (also good, for a hotel restaurant), room service (tasty sandwich), bar, and reception. We somehow booked a shorter stay than we intended (our mistake), and they were able to extend our reservation, and were very understanding about the situation. The cleaning service was prompt and very good. The noise from the street was a little annoying during the day, but at night (around 10:00) it really quieted down. It was well worth it for having everything within easy walking distance. Don't eat at Brown's, as someone else on here mentioned. I've never had such insanely slow service in my life. Walk down past the Fens to Rice Bowl, which was easily my favorite restaurant in Cambridge.