My mother in law sadly died very unexpectedly and we found ourselves needing to dash to Wellingborough and in need of accommodation for a couple of nights. I confess we booked the Columbia more because of availability than because it was our first choice - but we ended up being really pleased that we ended up there! The location was really convenient for the town center, but nicely out of the way and so quite quiet. Our room with spotlessly clean, and the bed was very comfortable. The manager was aware of our sad situation and was very understanding that we needed some space and for everything to just be really easy for us. We weren't sure if we'd need to bolt on another night, but he reassured us that we could make the decision in the morning. All in all it was a good place to stay during a very emotional time and very reasonably priced compared to other hotels in the area.

The room and bed were very comfortable, with brilliant white sheets and duvet, The shower was hot and powerful, with fluffy white towels, and free shampoo and shower gel. The breakfast was amazing. Two each of bacon, eggs, sausages, and hash browns, and a large flat mushroom, with a side order of baked beans, Fruit juice, cereals, toast, tea and coffee were offered. And all of the hot food was freshly prepared and served on a hot plate. A truly excellent breakfast. Parking was good, with the large car park being lit up all night, a very safe place for your car.

Can't think of anything.

Although the hotel is dated, it had a very good friendliness to it.

The Georgian wire glass doors, some with cracked panes and the old fashioned steel fabricated cream painted staircase with maroon carpeted treads made it very old fashioned. If the colour scheme were modernised from yellow and maroon to some warmer pastel shades, it wood improve the warmth of the building in my opinion.

Comfortable bed, clean room, really good tasting and filling breakfast. Really good evening meal that we had on one evening. Good location for getting to the central part of Wellingborough and further afield. Staff were friendly and welcoming.

The rooms and hotel are looking very dated and could do with a redecoration. Our room door lock wouldn't latch in the 'locked' position so these need looking at or replacing.

Proprietors very helpful and responsive to any request we had. Room very spacious and comfortable with all standard facilities although bathroom basin rather on the small side. Should also add that the meals, both breakfast and dinner, were plain, wholesome, straightforward and copious. The chicken curry is particularly recommended

Dislike the abominable custom of paying for the stay immediately upon arrival. However this seems to be becoming standard in UK hotels, so not a specific complaint here. Never encountered this in hotels in France/Italy/Spain. Outwardly the hotel looks somewhat dismal, even scruffy. On arrival we wondered if we'd made a mistake in booking it. But as time went on we realised there was nothing fundamentally wrong - and see above re the proprietors

Very clean hotel Lots of clean towels, mini toiletries and extra pillows Breakfast was only £9.99 really worth the money it was tasty and everything was topped up Staff are friendly and helpful felt looked after

The mirror in the bathroom was very high for me I'm only 5"1 and there is no mirror at the dressing table at all so not ideal Wood on Windows is a bit worn

It was clean and the room was lovely and warm. The bed had 2 pillows which was great. Probably one of the best English breakfasts I've ever had. It was cooked all fresh and just how we like it, the plate was hot and the beans and tomatoes came in a separate dish. It was excellent.

Not that we didn't like it but it is very dated.

Noisy car park under the window as people were crunching the gravel when they walked over it throughout the night and our window was open because of the heat. Also very surprised that you could not drink the tap water do we had to go and buy some bottled water

The hosts were wonderful helpful polite and attentive. Could not have asked for more.

The radiator in our room had a leak however the hosts identified the problem and immediately offered to change the room for us.

The food,including dinner,was exellent.The staff were all friendly and helpful arranging a groundfloor room to accomodate my mobility problem.Should I need a hotel in Wellingborough I would use this hotel.

I was very satisfied