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Orwell Hotel

3.5 star property
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Front of property
Library
Triple Room | Living area
Luxury Double Room
Reception

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Hamilton Road, Felixstowe, England, IP11 7DX
  • Felixstowe Seafront Gardens
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Ocean Boulevard Fun Park
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • The View
    ‪2 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Double Room

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Twin room 1

Twin room 1

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Luxury Double Room

Luxury Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Single Room

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

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Suite | Living area

Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Triple Room

Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Felixstowe

When you stay at Orwell Hotel in Felixstowe, you'll be near the beach, within a 5-minute drive of Felixstowe Seafront Gardens and Ocean Boulevard Fun Park. .This hotel is 10.9 mi (17.5 km) from Ipswich Waterfront and 1.3 mi (2 km) from Forum Amusement Centre.

What's nearby

  • Felixstowe Seafront Gardens - 13 min walk
  • Felixstowe Market - 3 min drive
  • Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club - 3 min drive
  • Martello Tower - 3 min drive
  • Suffolk Coast and Heaths - 4 min drive

Getting around

  • Felixstowe Station - 3 min walk
  • Norwich (NWI-Norwich Intl.) - 93 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Caffè Nero - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Hamilton Fish and Chips - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Alex - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Grosvenor - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Fish Dish - ‬17 min walk

About this property

Orwell Hotel

Hotel in Felixstowe with 2 restaurants and a 24-hour front desk
Orwell Hotel offers 60 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Stay in one of 60 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers, housekeeping is provided daily, and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and wedding services.
Enjoy British cuisine at Westfield, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 7 AM and 9:30 AM on weekdays.
Westfield - This restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner.
Buttery - This restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Hindi, Moldovan, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Height restrictions apply for on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee weekdays 7 AM–9:30 AM: GBP 10.95 for adults and GBP 6.95 for children
  • 2 restaurants and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Westfield
  • Buttery

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Luggage storage
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Digital channels
  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
If you are planning to arrive after 11:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately GBP 10.95 for adults and GBP 6.95 for children

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

Parking height restrictions apply

Property is also known as

Orwell Hotel FELIXSTOWE
Orwell FELIXSTOWE
Orwell Hotel Hotel
Orwell Hotel Felixstowe
Orwell Hotel Hotel Felixstowe

Orwell Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 189 out of 504 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 188 out of 504 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 79 out of 504 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 32 out of 504 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 504 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

ALVIN

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

elizabeth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent rooms food staff
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay.
A lovely stay at The Orwell as always.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend break
Short overnight stay. Good breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stay was nice, the only negative was the old bedding, pillow cases & duvet cover were bobbly so felt quite rough
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Krzysztof

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Samantha

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for a business trip
A nice sized room, comfy bed - had everything I needed.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Juliette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Kate

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location for the beach areas. The hotel smells as did the room of dirty drains. Be careful about the car park, you must register your car yourself or you will be fined as we witnessed someone who had a £100 fine. Our booking emails clearly document an 11 o’clock check out but house keeping were trying to get into our room at 10am. They said check out had changed and was 10am. It took 20minutes to check out as the manger was having an argument with someone at the front desk. The area opposite the front desk was used as a doss hole, someone had bedded down and was sleeping on a couch and the area smelt- not a very good look for the hotel. This hotel has a stunning potential under what is a shabbily run place. It does deserve better and could be a fantastic destination to visit and enjoy. Sort out the shabby decoration, respect customers and provide clarity of the hotel’s procedures, don’t let a main area be used for a doss hole that looks like a street corner, improve the smell in the place and be proud to have your hotel in Suffolk. The desk manger should not be so smug, learn how to handle complaints and resolve them with adult style. There are ways to deal with unhappy comments and these should be learnt.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Rose

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
I have known The Orwell for the last fifty years and find it sad that it has gone down hill. Lack of staff and attention to service is noticeable. Badly in need of redecoration and a spring clean. Light bulbs need replacing. Would be good to see the reinstating of real table service in the dining room.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

keith

Nice and clean staff were very helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very traditional Hotel
Very traditional older hotel close to the centre of town Staff were very helpful and friendly The room was a little dated but was clean & comfortable Breakfast buffet was plentiful and well prepared Evening meals were good but not a huge menu
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Alison

Travelled with family
I booked 4 rooms as we were attending my father in laws funeral. All rooms were superior doubles, my son decided to add an additional night in his room. Myself, other son and daughter checked in after the funeral, Friday and it was very obvious that the standard of “Superior Double Rooms” varies greatly. The first sons room was very dated, bath with shower over, peeling wallpaper, dated furniture, rusty radiator, old windows etc. other 3 rooms were lovely and a higher standard. We complained and advised all rooms were superior doubles. After much debating and looking at 2 more rooms, my son moved at no additional cost, although this was originally mentioned and took a lot of negotiations as the receptionist was a tad unhelpful. Be wary of what room you receive. Also problem with coffees and milk or the coffee on the bar, although this was sorted once they were aware.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Jean

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful ground floor rooms and lounges, my bedroom a bit dated but clean and a comfortable bed. Reception helpful and dealt with a complaint satisfactorily. Would use this hotel again with a great location opposite the railway station.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Philip

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Vince

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The Orwell is an old school hotel with some modern extensions...I stayed in room 102, part of the original building I would think...the room was a great size but the decor was tired, curling wallpaper, cracked paintwork and unfirm sash windows (especially in the bathroom which I could only hold open by wedging in a spare loo roll). The bed was very comfortable, unfortunately my nights sleep was wrecked by a family struggling to silence and control what sounded like a prebusecent unruly boy who was screaming, shouting and repeatedly slamming the door butting onto mine. Adults, I presume his parents, joined in the fun and games arguing loudly - the shenanigans continued almost unabated from eleven until one...Why reception/night staff didn't intervene I can only scratch my head over as the volume would surely have gone down to the front desk given the positioning...and before any points a finger at foreign influence the voices were very English...the repeated "f@@@ offs" were unmistakably native.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Poppea

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our first time in this beautiful hotel. Rooms had lots of space and were comfortable and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Sukhbir

Cold breakfast not good
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Justin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Straight out of train station to hotel which was opposite which was so convenient Staff friendly, hotel clean and tidy and rooms were perfect for both of us Bit of a walk to the beach but was a nice chilled walk and felt safe walking around area i didnt know
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Garry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay,well situated, friendly Staff all nice and tidy,I will definitely go back there again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Karen

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The Orwell unfortunately is rundown, and is in desperate need of a refurbishment. 40 years ago it was lovely. I'm giving it a 3 only because of the staff would were very good, not the hotel. Our room (124) overlooked the hotel garbage bins, dirty carpet, old mattresses (you could feel the coils), dirty cracked bathroom tiles, paint peeling from tub surrounding, and worse yet was the shower (moldy shower head which I believe gave me imflammed rash on my arms and legs which I still have and will have to make an appt with the doctor now that I'm back, plus hardly any water come out of it). Food not very good. I suggest going to 'Hotel Coco' which is half refurbished, beautiful restaurant and pub. Hopefully the Orwell gets the place back to what it used to be, but it's going to take a LOT of work sadly!
Stayed 27 nights in Jul 2024