Northampton West (Harpole) hotel

This was a disappointing experience, particularly as we usually find the premier inn brand very consistent. My husband is a wheelchair user so we booked an accessible wet room at this hotel. The room was at the back of the hotel, and the corridors couldn’t accommodate my husband’s wheelchair. He had to get up and walk down the corridor, causing him excruciating pain and holding up other guests, which added to my husband’s stress and embarrassment. The room itself was fine, and the lady at check in, when she was alerted to the issue with the corridors was absolutely lovely, she went above and beyond to offer what she could, such as opening the fire exits for us. Unfortunately, the design of the building made using these impractical. We ate at the attached beefeater for dinner and breakfast. For dinner, despite us making a booking for 6pm, this didn’t make its way to the restaurant. We were asked to leave and go round the outside and enter through the bar area. Again, this was an accessibility issue - trying to negotiate the wheelchair around the tight corners on ramps and take a long way round the outside is unreasonable in my opinion as we’d booked for 6pm on check in, and arrived at 6.03. Breakfast the next morning was fine, except that the coffee machine was broken and only instant Nescafé sachets were offered. A noticeable downgrade from the normal offering. I’d strongly advise against booking this hotel if you have any accessibility requirements, as the design of the building and location of the rooms made this hotel inaccessible. I do want to reiterate though that this review is not directed against the staff members we interacted with, who were all lovely and a credit to the hotel. The two stars I gave were more than earned by their helpful attitude and compassion for our situation.

Parking Fine: I have received a parking fine even thought the receptionist reminded me to enter my registration. Premier Inns refuse to help and now say they can't find my booking reference. I have the reference in my inbox but now have to appeal the parking charge with the parking company who are crooks. Hours and hours trying to sort this out over the phone. Stay somewhere else or be prepared to pay an extra £95 for the privilege of staying in this dump which doest have wifi no matter what they claim.

Easy to locate, book, registering. Very comfortable beds, quiet. Grateful for ground floor room. Would recommend as a stopover

The poor staff in this hotel !! This hotel needs a serious overhaul . Not enough staff , cleanliness and general maintenance awful , bedroom was pretty bad with dust , mould and flaking paintwork . Restaurant terrible

So, after getting the ultimate wifi, I'm sat in the reception writing this review using my phone hot spot. I can't get a phone reception in my room, can't even log on to the 'ultimate wifi' in my room, or reception. There's absolutely no chance of the Internet working, the further away you are from reception, the less chance you have connecting. Premier Inn, it's 2025 not 1995. An Important part of being away on business is the ability to send and receive emails, I don't want to sit in that awful bar next door to do my office work. So here I am, sat in reception, trying to conduct business. Ridiculous!