Roomzzz Newcastle

Got to admit I'm quite excited to hear Roomzzz's news that they will soon be opening their 5th hotel. Roomzzz's new hotel will be in Newcastle which is a little surprising as they have been talking about opening hotels in Bristol and London for a while now.

We only recently came back from a brilliant birthday weekend at Roomzzz's Manchester, and we are still as much in love with Roomzzz's as we were the first time. As we are fast approaching gold membership the addition of a new hotel is very welcome indeed. So long as they keep the quality as high as their other properties they should be on to a real winner here.

Roomzzz Leeds West.

As regular readers will know I recently posted a review of the excellent Roomzzz aparthotel in Manchester. The guys at roomzzz were so thrilled with it they declared me the winner of their online competition. Hoorah!!! The prize was a free night in their Leeds west aparthotel. Not wanting to waste a good excuse for a weekend away we paid to stay for an extra night, packed our bags, filled the car with booze and snacks than headed across the Pennines to Leeds.

The first thing we noticed was how well situated it was for Leeds city centre. Leeds west is located near to Leeds university and is a short walk from the city centre. Parking is ample and cheap (£4 for the whole weekend.) and there are several shops, bars etc in the surrounding area.

Check in was fast and efficient. Having stayed in the amazing liberty suite in Manchester we had high hopes. This was tempered by the fact we knew we were staying in the cheapest room they offered the smart studio. The room was a wonder. While smaller than the liberty suite it used the space very efficiently. There was a large bed, a lounge area more than adequate for 2, the same cooking facilities as the liberty suite and a clean bathroom with shower.

The style of roomzzz shines through with efficient use of furniture to separate the bed area from the rest of the studio. The room is equiped with ipod dock and A flat screen TV on one of those fun swivel plates so that you can watch from the lounge or the bed. The only downside we could find was the lack of aircon. This however wasn't too much of a problem as the area is quiet, so the window could be left open. I imagine it could get quite warm in the height of summer, so worth considering.

We massively indulged and took full advantage of the room. We had all intentions of visiting a local Indian that scores highly on trip advisor. This idea went by the wayside, instead we ordered in from the excellent boxpizza, which is in the same building as roomzzz, and watched several films. Twin this with an excellent afternoon watching the rugby on the flat screen with cake and a brew. Priceless.

All in all I would say Roomzzz Leeds west offers phenomenal value for money (even if you don’t blag a free night) and is excellently located as a base for a trip to Leeds. We have all intentions of making a return visit, this time trying much harder to escape the charms of the room and take more advantage of Leeds itself.

I won I won.

Recently we spent a weekend in Manchester. We were there to see Ghost the musical with my folks as we’d bought them tickets for Christmas. I was so impressed with our accommodation at Roomzzz Manchester, I wrote a review.

I also joined roomzzz facebook groups and was glad I did when they had a blue cross sale. Which meant we were able to book for a weekend in December in order to enjoy the Christmas Market, and get a ridiculously good deal.

Last week I noticed they were running a competition to win a free night at their Leeds ApartHotel. The competition was essentially “say nice things about Roomzzz. We will pick our favorite and they will win.” So I posted a link to my review. I thought that at the very least it would generate some traffic to my blog, and I’d have a chance to win a free night in Leeds.

They went crazy for my review, they reposted it on their facebook walls and blogged about it. Than on Tuesday morning they announced the winner of their comp…….it was me. I was thrilled and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the guys at Roomzzz for picking me(, and for putting up with my strange inability to find messages on facebook.)

So come the weekend we will tasting the delights of Roomzzz Leeds West. Bring it on….


Update

The also mentioned my tripadvisor review on their most recent blog.

Roomzzz Manchester

If you've ever tried to book hotel rooms in Manchester you'll know how difficult it is to get a good location and quality of accommodation, without having to re mortgaging the house. Generally your left with the enviable choice of sacrificing location, sacrificing accommodation or paying through the nose for it. That's why when i was looking to book for a recent trip, i was quite intregiued to see Roomzzz had opened a Manchester Aparthotel.


This photo of Roomzzz Aparthotel is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Roomzzz had crossed my path once when we were looking to stay in Leeds (where Roomzzz have 3 aparthotels,) although we didn't end up going to leeds i was very impressed by the pictures of their rooms and the prices. So when we were booking for our stay in Manchester i was happy to see that Roomzzz had expanded west to Manchester. The prices were very competitive and the rooms looked very nice online. So we took the plunge and booked a liberty suite for 2 nights.

We were not disappointed. Roomzzz Manchester is a wonder, its hard to tell on the map but i really can't think of it being better positioned. China town is literally across the street, picadilly gardens is 2 mins walk so debenhams, primark and the arndale are right on your door step. It is a 3 mins walk to the Palace theatre, 5 mins walk to deansgate with all its pubs and restaurants.

On walking into (or down to) the roomzzz lobby you can tell this is no normal hotel. Roomzzz has the boutique thing going on in spades. Lots of lovely, stylish and comfortable sofas fill the communal area, where the complimentary continental breakfast is served, their is also a pantry where you can buy all those little essentials you may need (including pizzas.)

Than into the room. The liberty suites are huge, they are positioned at each corner of the building with massive windows perfect to watch the city outside. The boutique style continues with a very stylish interior, complemented by a full kitchen, large screen tv with dvd player and apple imac!!! I've rarely been so impressed by a hotel room. The room was even ultra glazed (i counted at least 4 panes.) meaning we could hardly hear anything from the busy city outside.

The suite was so beautiful, so well appointed it meant we could just relax, and get on with weekend. Which as you could imagine was difficult when we really didn't want to leave our room.