Premier Inn St. Albans/Bricket Wood

We have stayed in this hotel before as it's close to a place we visit when we come down from our home in the North. it's pleasant, clean, quiet (despite being next to the M25) and the staff are always friendly. The moor Mill pub next door is nice and has a good atmosphere with a big beer garden. Nice comfortable stay overall.

I did a lot of research before booking this hotel and read a lot of reviews, a lot of which put down the hotel because of the Beefeater pub nextdoor. We however, found the hotel fabulous. Exactly what you’d expect from a Premier inn, lovely and welcoming front of house staff, large comfortable high up bed, large room, tv, charging ports and a lovely en suite bathroom. The charging ports threw me off slightly as they were actual USB’s next to the bed which did cause a slight issue due to having a USB-C to USB-C charger but we were able to get around this by using the plug socket at the end of the bed with an extension lead. The shower was exceptionally clean albeit not very powerful which was a little disappointing but didn’t ruin our stay. We were skeptic about the Beefeater next door due to the reviews but decided to give it a try anyway for our evening meal. The staff were lovely, food was delicious and hot and it wasn’t too expensive given the location. The pub is part of an old mill which has the history of it posted downstairs when you enter the bar it also has old milling equipment on the second floor. Upstairs is where you’re seated for food, so unfortunately not very accessible due to the age of the mill (being built in 1086 there’s no lift access but downstairs is completely accessible although not sure about the toilets as I didn’t use them there). The scenery around the mill is beautiful and considering you’re not far from the motorway you can barely hear it, there’s a lovely walk around the river that the mill uses and a huge beer garden out the back of the pub also. In short it was a lovely stay and we will definitely be coming again.

The hotel was as you would expect from Premier inn clean,tidy, comfortable massive bed a good night sleep . Only down side was the poorly staffed restaurant on the 3 days we were there. The food was good but the wait and very poor breakfast service let it down