Best Western Gatwick Skylane Hotel

When we arrived the hotel was closed and we had to find somewhere else!

We arrived late and had to move rooms because of a dozen large bugs in one of the beds. The second room appeared to be fine. We checked the double bed for my 6ft 16 year old and I relaxed by having a bath. By the time I was out of the bath, he was asleep and I discovered different small bed bugs / flee like animals. By this time it was too late to move again, my son asleep and I was exhausted after driving with an early flight next day. Next morning no one was there to talk to. Terrible, didn’t sleep

Beddings had stains and there were insects in bathroom

Room was basic but clean. Bed was really comfortable, pillows were especially comfy. Shower was great, towels pure white. TV was digital so lots to choose from.

Due to Covid there was no restaurant or even breakfast services. Hotel seemed run down

Hotel was clean, although only experienced room and reception as bar/restaurant was closed due to Covid restrictions I'm assuming. Evening meal was room service only, but was delicious and well presented. Breakfast however was delivered the night before in a small carrier bag, consisting of a yoghurt, 2 x chocolate muffins, an apple and a Capri Sun (but no fridge to put any of it in).

Good experience,staff friendly and value for money.

Initial impression was of a very dilapidated hotel. The car park surface was badly broken up in many places. The atmosphere felt dreary, mainly due to the fact there only seemed to be 1 or 2 guests. Reception was unmanned except for arrival, a telephone number was shown on reception for emergencies. No instructions available to switch on bathroom towel tail heater. Shower was like standing under a waterfall, it had a very poor shower head. No hot breakfast available. This may have been a better place prior to Covid when there would have been more guests

Very basic rooms with no upto date conveniences. looks very tired and in need of updating throughout.

Confusion over what date it was at check-in, thinking we booked for the day after but we didn't. Room is very basic, one flat pillow each, aircon is locked on and very very noisey. Can hear everything others get up to in their bathroom, including whatever they are doing in the loo! Water pipes going over or around the room very loud and make a vibrating noise everytime someone uses water in another room. Left as soon as we woke up after an uncomfortable night on a very hard matress. Whole place needs a fresh update and need for more covid measures other than a bottle of hand gel at reception.

Room smelled bad was very noisy shower was cold, did not sleep here I left and went to the premier inn 2 minutes down the road cheaper and much nicer!

At check in I got told if I wouldn’t mind being put in a room without a tv which obviously isn’t an option. Then got told they have no double rooms available even tho that’s the type of room I booked so ended up in a triple room with three single beds. Also I choose the option to add breakfast for £8 which turned out to be a grab and go breakfast, for £8 I don’t think so!!!

Having unpacked, I then had to change rooms as there was no TV remote - also no hot water in the shower - not very impressed

No air con in two different rooms Shower terrible Sink was about to come off the wall No one in any uniform Would not recommend at all

Said the price included breakfast but when we arrived was told it would only be a cold breakfast. The manager on Friday night did not supplies any thing and rang at 8am in the morning to see if we wanted anything ... we declined because the night before we stayed under my partner name Johnson and when we got back to the hotel at 10pm that night was 2 white plastic bags on the door handle ..inside was a yogurts one each apples and a carton of juice in cherry and a peice of cake..the apples were soft and two of us both dont like cherry flavoured..there was no spoon to eat the yogurt included.. i had no milk carton for a hot drink in my room so had to go to the garage to get milk to have a drink and only paper cups. I gave the items back (breakfast) to the manager in the morning said the item were warm and had no spoon to eat the yogurt anyway.. he offered to give a spoon i i declined because i like my yogurts cold from the fridge not left over night in my room. I was very disappointed the room was ok.. but the hallways were dirty and the large mirror in the hallway was so dusty and the carpets and smelled .. no change of towels or bed making service in fact no service at all .

Supposed to include a cooked breakfast, when we checked in the receptionist said the restaurant was closed and said he would leave a cold option outside our room, when we got back to the hotel after our night out we found two small bags hanging from the room door handle, in the bag was a yogurt with no spoon and no way of keeping chilled until the morning, there was some cake an apple and a small carton of drink, I don't eat cake for breakfast! Also while out on our night out I got a phone call around 10:00pm asking what time we would be back as the main door may be locked!! This is supposed to be an Airport Hotel! The room itself had hairs everywhere from a previous occupant, clearly there Covid-19 cleaning measures are way below standard, I advise caution for any future guests

The hotel staff even after we had told them we were aware of checkout time and had put a sign on the door. Continued to knock multiple times and this was until 9 am. Check out time wasn’t until 11am, 2 hours away.

poor WiFi (you won't be able to get any work done if you're dependent on the WiFi), incorrect room booking, pointless shower... bathroom smells of overflowing sweage. customer service not a strength... so poor I've lost the will to try engaging in any more discussions... had a future stay booked and as I checked in manager was on the phone to another guest examining there was no issue with the WiFi (more on that later). ive been up since 5am, spent most of the day rolling in mud.... all I wanted was to freshen up and get some sleep. checked in, got to my room, headed straight for the bathroom... took ages for hot water to kick in. freshened up, about to jump onto the bed (the mattress felt like it had seen better days) and realised there were two single beds.... I had booked a room with a double. notified the manager of the issue.... he said I'd already used the room so couldn't do anything. After a bit of a discussion said he'd look into what he can do. called me up later and told me that no one was around now to make up a room for me so he couldn't switch me over. I looked online... 6 rooms with a double bed still available for booking. made a trip back down to reception... a new gentleman was starting his shift... gave me a different, more transparent reason "you've used the room, no staff about to redo the room you're in, if we move you now we've effectively lost a room

Staff are NOT helpful. Property is basic. Poor service.

The only good members of staff are Abi and Delores in the restaurant. Check in staff said 'Hello' and 'this is your room number', that was it. No other information on breakfast, dinner times or check out times or anything else that might be worth knowing. The key cards never work in the rooms so get them reprogrammed before you bother to walk upstairs (just to walk back downstairs to reception!). Strangely the manager knew my room number even though the only person to tell me was the lady on check in. I didn't trust him after he tried to tell me that he reprogrammed my key on a day that I wasn't even there! Don't expect anything special for the restaurant food, and be patient with the kitchen. But Abi and Delores in the restaurant make up for that! The beds are comfortable enough. The kettle in the room fits in the sink but you have to manoeuvre it around a weird angle to get it out (at which point the water pours out!) So it's a painful task of using the tiny water glasses to fill it up.