Abbots Hamilton - Hotel and Conference Centre

Brian Harrison5 months ago

4/5

OK.. Yes it's dated... But read on!! It's not a 4 star, but it's def not a 3 star, it would be closer to a 4 star, so as the choice is between 3 and 4... It gets a 4. I would (and will) stay here again. In short, if all you want is a pristine new room, with flawless paint, new bathroom and all that guff.. Probably look somewhere else. If you can handle it being clean and tidy, but a bit older... I'd say this is the place to stay in Hamilton. But, I've stayed in a lot of hotels in Hamilton, this is the one I would try coming back to. Dated and worn or not, it's clean and tidy, it has aircon!! So I could sleep. Very quiet. They go the extra mile, I arrived to a coke, chocolate bar and bag of chips... I am used to a chocolate or biscuit, this was a pretty cool touch! Having a desk to work at... Awesome!! The toiletries included a toothbrush and toothpaste! Cool touch, I have infact forgot my toothbrush on occasion. Not this time, but great touch! In Hamilton, it seems common to get a small bottle of non UHT milk... So much better than a couple of 15ml UHT plastic things that you use up with one drink. This place has that too. This place has decaff coffee?? I have never seen that in any hotel, I mean.. I don't drink decaff, but that is a awesome touch I feel. Check in experience was great, the lady even walked me to my room. I can't emphasise enough how easy check in was. This is how Hotels should be. So often I'm at the end of a day's driving, getting to a hotel and jumping through hoops to get access to my room. Not here, I was in my room minutes after arriving! Epic! They have indicated they are going to refurbish in another review, that's cool, I'll be booking here regardless when working in Hamilton from now on, because I want comfortable, quiet and easy. And this place achieves that and includes some extra details to make it feel special. The Internet was a little spotty, but I've had far worse at far more expensive hotels, got my work done fine on the laptop. Handy to have a dairy across the road. TV upgrade would be good. I feel like so many motels have missed the chrome cast revolution, that said, I carry my own because it's so common for it not to be available.