The Earl of Derby - Inn

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8.2
Very Good
From 155 reviews
Cleanliness

8.2

Room Comfort

8.2

Service and Facilites

8.8

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Allan
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6.0
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Reviewed 14 week(s) ago

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Okay ish
Paul
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with Friends
6.0
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Reviewed 17 week(s) ago

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Chosen originally for its location to Cambridge City centre with free parking and looked good in the pictures. We arrived early so decided to take lunch there. Very inexperienced staff member behind bar led to disjointed, incorrect and undercooked orders. Not a good start and due to this we never ate there again during the stay. The manageress offered free drinks to redress the food issues and who throughout the stay was pleasant and helpful. We later established that she was not the owner and seemed to be doing well to keep everything together. Rooms upon check in were disappointing in quality and cleanliness. The TV in one of the two rooms did not work and only one room had a fridge. Interestingly both rooms had sets of ear plugs provided. These we discovered were to counter the noise on the first night of a karaoke in the bar until midnight and also to try and diminish the sound of clientele drinking and smoking outside the rooms in the car park area. The second night this went on until 03:30. This needs to be advertised so that all potential customers are aware. The rooms certainly didn't justify their £130.00 per night charge. Very questionable as to how this can be graded a three star establishment. Overall very disappointing.
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Miklos
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6.0
/10
Reviewed 19 week(s) ago

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Close to the city center, free parking, and very friendly and helpful staff. The lodging is next to a busy intersection. The room and bathroom were very dated, and the shower hot water faucet was not working.
Helena
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Friends and Family Family
8.0
/10
Reviewed 20 week(s) ago

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Very friendly welcome, private safe parking. A spacious clean comfortable room. Food available if needed. Great location close to railway station. Easy walk into city centre ( if you like walking) otherwise plenty of buses all day. A good find 😊
Ian
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with Partner
10.0
/10
Reviewed 24 week(s) ago

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Comfortable stay with friendly and helpful staff
Maria I
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Family
8.0
/10
Reviewed 28 week(s) ago

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Close to the train station and quiet area. Friendly and helpful staff.
Mandy
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Business
10.0
/10
Reviewed 36 week(s) ago

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Really good value, lovely staff and a very comfortable room
Christina
8.0
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Reviewed 37 week(s) ago

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Good location with parking. Walkable into the City centre.
Indrit
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Business
8.0
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Reviewed 40 week(s) ago

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The host were friendly and helpful. Clean and quiet room, and good breakfast. The free car park was nice to have. The building and facilities, although a bit dated, were good overall.
Goutham
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Business
4.0
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Reviewed 45 week(s) ago

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The staff was very nice. But the rooms were very bad. They had black and red bed sheets seemed clean but I couldn’t dare to sit or sleep in the bed. I checked in, saw the room, checked out right away.
ANJONG
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Business and Leisure Family
10.0
/10
Reviewed 49 week(s) ago

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Room is very quiet and comfortable.
Rachel
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Leisure Family
10.0
/10
Reviewed 52 week(s) ago

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Friendly welcoming staff, comfy beds and a clean room
Jenifer
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Leisure with Partner
8.0
/10
Reviewed 54 week(s) ago

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Our room was clean and spacious. The lighting in the room was not great. One day, no housekeeping was done. The hotel is very close to the Cambridge train station and there are lots of coffee shops near the hotel. We ate our breakfast there one morning.
Tracey
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Business
8.0
/10
Reviewed 65 week(s) ago

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Welcoming! Julie was the perfect host, lovely young gentleman showed me to my room, loved that as I had a long journey. Paul was friendly and had a nice breakfast. Would love to stay there again.
Loh
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Friends and Family Family
6.0
/10
Reviewed 66 week(s) ago

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The hotel is convenient and walking distance to train station.
Yuyan
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Leisure Family
4.0
/10
Reviewed 67 week(s) ago

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A lot of noise at night from outside roads and bars . No AC super hot, but the staff is nice.
Steve
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Business
10.0
/10
Reviewed 67 week(s) ago

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Go to hotel when working around Cambridge
Gavin
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10.0
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Reviewed 68 week(s) ago

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We were given a room at the front of the pub, above the bar. The pub is on a busy road junction and so there is traffic noise! It was hot so we had the windows open, it was noisy, however, the windows are double glazed and there were ear plugs provided. There’s no air con but there were 2 fans in the room. There were also plug in radiators, hair dryer, iron, full size kettle and plenty of tea, coffee and biscuits. The room and bathroom were clean and well presented. We stayed on a Monday and Tuesday night so cannot judge if the pub would be noisy as there was nothing going on. We didn’t use the bar, however it looked clean and the staff were all happy and polite. You can walk into the centre of town in about 15 minutes alternatively the buses all run from the station which is only two minutes away. Big plus is the gated free parking in the car park, as there doesn’t seem to be much car parking in town and what there is is expensive. We had a good stay in a traditional town pub. For the price of the room, it’s great. There’s a block of rooms behind the pub which must be quieter, if you’re a light sleeper, I’d definitely ask for one of those! We had a great couple of days in Cambridge and Derby was a great base to work from.
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Sarah
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Leisure with Partner
10.0
/10
Reviewed 71 week(s) ago

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Very central for what we wanted, quick check in, friendly staff, clean and comfortable room
Jack
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10.0
/10
Reviewed 73 week(s) ago

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Very friendly and helpful hosts. Great location. Great breakfast for very good price.
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