The Charles Hotel

Meh. It was ok I suppose. Was blocked in the narrow car park. The narrow metal spiral steps to get in the building were not good if you have a bag. Inside was clean but minimal. No lift. Narrow steps on the stair cse to the second floor. Bed was hard. Even after we turned on the switch for the hot water and waited, there was no hot water for the shower. No a/c just a fan.

Beding and towels were clean.Bed comfortable.

Me, my partner and my 6 month old daughter stayed in the hotel, the shower was blocked and we had to ask multiple times to get it sorted so that we could shower. The shower temperature wouldn't regulate so we ended up having to keep adjusting throughout the shower, when we asked if something could be done we were ignored and they just left the room. The room was very hot and the fan was broken so we couldn't keep cool.

Nothing really apart from the tv Internet

Friendly staff ..compact but comfortable room. Apparent lots of work.been done ... some details still to go, my blind not working properly. Internet access didnt work. Breakfast like a farce..clearly not had 6 cooked breakfast orders before. Not enough cups; tea, and coffee and water not readily available. Milk for cereal seemed to be a problem. Despite this the staff were friendly they just hadnt planned how to serve.

Avoid this place, our check in time was between 3 and 4pm, we arrived at just after 3 to find the hotel locked, we rang the doorbell and tried to phone but no answer to either. Two guests in the hotel came down to go out so they let us in the front door and we then sat in an empty reception area for 1 hour. In the end we had to find alternative accommodation as we were in Chatham for a party in the evening and needed to get ready. We were about to leave when somebody finally turned up and didn't really seem bothered that we had been waiting for over an hour to check in. We told him we had found somewhere else to stay so we didn't even get to see the room but I feel that we probably had a lucky escape.