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ZIP by Premier Inn Cardiff

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    Business trips or fun-filled weekends – social spaces and smart rooms just a short drive from Cardiff city centre

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    Free parking

    Air conditioning

    Powerful en‑suite shower

    Free Wi‑Fi

    Accessible

    Accessible Wetroom

    Parking at ZIP by Premier Inn Cardiff

    This ZIP offers free on-site parking, subject to availability. The car park is shared with the David Lloyd Leisure Club next door, spaces are first-come first-served. There is also limited parking spaces outside the front of the hotel.

    Our rooms

    Single room

    Enjoy a comfy single bed and a sofa, plus en-suite powerful shower, storage, hangers, and Freeview TV 

    Free Wi-Fi

    Powerful shower

    Overhead storage

    Air conditioning

    Restaurant

    Bar with hot Grab & Go food
    Breakfast

    Start your day with our breakfast bundle! We’re offering a great deal on our breakfast bap bundle – a sausage bap, bacon bap or vegetarian sausage bap + a hot drink or 100% Pure Orange Juice for £4.50. Grab yours at reception and enjoy in your room!

    Reviews for ZIP by Premier Inn Cardiff

    1-2 of 831 reviews

    "Quirky & value for money!"
    This quirky room is perfectly big enough for a solo traveller. A little like being in a caravan or space pod! Very clean and quality bathroom fittings. Mattress a little thin and could be improved upon. Everything you need. Excellent value for money.
    "Great concept and great staff"
    It's an amazing concept, everything you need for a night's stay! Bar and restaurant open til 3am, free foozeball table, free hairdryers, free ice-water, free ironing room with facilities and free parking. Relaxing chill area with giant TV, great atmosphere, amazing staff, especially the nights Milad, Tom & Evan all are very friendly and welcoming. More Zips are needed around the UK
    "Breeze of an experience"
    Nice location, staff are kind and welcoming (even offering useful advice), pod was clean, bar open till 3, happy days! Thanks, ZIP Cardiff
    "Will be looking at somewhere else to stay next time"
    I am here while writing the review and although I know this is branded to be a budget hotel, the smell that hit me when opening the room door was terrible and then much worse when opening the shower door. There is dust in every inch of the room and overall, I just can't wait to leave. There is however free parking and The front staff are brilliant here though and very friendly and helpful but there is not much that can be done by them
    "Stop gap to and from hospital"
    Stayed here with my daughter, for 9 nights, while my grandson had major spinal surgery in the Heath hospital Cardiff, very clean, staff all friendly and helpful, food and drink available until 3 am, couldn't ask for anymore,

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    Hotel description

    Set just off the A48 right next to the Howardian Local Nature Reserve, ZIP by Premier Inn Cardiff has everything you need for a simple stay in Wales. Whether you’re sightseeing in Cardiff or staying over on a business trip, you’ll only be a 15-minute drive from the city centre. Our small rooms have been cleverly designed for a basic stay with just the essentials – an en-suite bathroom, a comfy bed and free Wi-Fi. ZIP rooms come with either a sealed frosted window or a colour changing light box – if you have a preference, please speak to a member of our crew at check-in and we’ll see what we can do! Downstairs, you can grab a light bite and a drink from the bar, watch Sky Sports, play table football in our chill out area, or get some work done in our booths.

    Extras at ZIP: Early check-in – £15 | Late check-out – £10 | Extra pillow – £3 | Room clean – £10 | Fresh towels – £5 

    Hotel contact information

    Phone: 0333 777 3979

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