Just had a great stay at the Melrose I was on an intense driving course, I was on my own for the first 2 days then my Husband joined me and the owners allowed us to bring our little dog too. We had a great stay and found the hotel clean and cosy the decor is being updated at the... More

This hotel is in need of a bit of TLC. However the welcome given to us by the hosts (and their dog) made the stay very enjoyable. The room was clean and the bedding fresh and aired. Beds comfortable with tea and coffee in the room. I arrived with my daughter and 3 grandchildren. We hired the family room. This... More

Very comfortable beds, very spacious rooms with tea and coffee making facilities and very good sized flat screen TV with a DVD player attached and all freeview channels. The rooms are kept to a very high standard of cleanliness and the beds are made each morning and rooms cleaned although we had a room without en-suite as requested at the... More

Very comfortable bed,TV,tea and coffee making facilities in room. Very friendly hosts. Excellent full English breakfast was served early for me as requested. Shower area could have been cleaner but for £25 for a single it was great value.

70's furniture, thin walls, poor facilities, naff decor. Its not truly awful, but rubbish for the money - its overpriced by about a tenner. Only as a last resort stay here, there's much better competition nearby

the Melrose Hotel in Clacton is a family run business of over 30 years, many of its guests have been coming here for many years due to the facts that follow, the rooms are cleaned every day the bedding which is always clean and fresh is changed on a regular basis, the hotel is child and dog friendly. The couple... More

This has to be the nastiest hotel I have ever stayed in, whoever gave this hotel a four star rating is obviously deluded. The two ladies who do the breakfast service and double up as the cleaners are pleasant enough however I found the couple who run the place a bit stand offish and the whole decor looks like something... More

i stayed her for a week while doing an intensive driving course, i had a single room which had good storage space for clothes and personal items, the shower was on the landing and i never had to wait for it despite the hotel appearing to be quite full. Warm with good water pressure. Breakfast was anything you wanted really,... More

i am writing this review as i have stayed here for a month,so i feel i can give an honest and unbiased repotr of my time here . the hotel is situated on the seafront and has parking for up to 8 cars on its driveway , on entering the hotel there is a cosy lounge and checkin area with... More