Novotel Reading Centre Hotel 4 stars

Name: Novotel Reading Centre
Address: READING, RG1 1DP, UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: (+44)118/9522600
Rating: 4.3

Customer review rating 4.3/5 5,771 reviews

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Novotel Reading Centre Hotel

Hotel that makes every moment matter

Perfectly suited to family or business stays, Novotel Reading Centre sits in the heart of the town. Many of Reading's best restaurants, bars, and shops are just a stone's throw from the hotel. There's no shortage of things to do in the area, with easy access to Windsor and Oxford, and family attractions like Legoland nearby. From our central location you can enjoy proximity to local transport links including Reading train station, a two-minute walk away. Thames Valley Park is also just a shuttle bus away.

Guests can choose from executive and superior rooms, all boasting airy, contemporary designs and warmth. Our family rooms can accommodate two adults and two children comfortably. Leisure facilities include a gym, and indoor heated pool. The Gourmet Bar and Restaurant serves tempting food and drinks from an internationally-inspired menu - the perfect place to unwind after a busy day. Hosting a meeting, conference, or event? Our ten versatile meeting rooms can accommodate up to 110 guests.

Hotel extras

Central location close to primary transport links
Reading train station is only a two minute walk away, London Heathrow Airport is 40 km away
Breakfast available daily, Grab&Go on Weekdays, Full English on Weekends
Eight versatile meeting rooms for up to 110 guests
Leisure facilities including gym, pool, and kids' play area

This hotel participates to Planet 21 and is acting in favour of Positive Hospitality.

Services in the hotel and nearby

Check-in from 14h00

Check out up to 12h00

Paying

Online check-in
- Online check-in: Your arrival will be carefully prepared by our team
- Fast check-out: Simply return your key
WIFI/Internet Access
- WIFI at the hotel
- High-speed Internet
- WIFI in the communal areas
- WIFI in your room
- WIFI access
- Optic fiber technology provides the highest possible speed of Internet connection.
Parking
- Private indoor parking (Paying)
- Well-lit parking
Accessibility for people with reduced mobility
- Reduced mobility rooms
- Reduced mobility facilities
- Accessible bathroom
Pets allowedPaying
100% non-smoking hotel
Languages spoken at the hotel
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- Japanese
- Polish
- Portuguese
Reception open 24 hours a day
Electric car recharging units
Laundry
- Dry cleaning / Ironing
- Shoe shine machine

Indoor heated pool
Fitness centre
Well-being
- Hammam
- Sauna

BreakfastPaying
1 restaurant(s)
1 bar(s)
Room service
- Hot meals
- Cold snacks
- Opening hours : Week 24hrs
- Opening hours : Week-end 24hrs

10 meeting room(s)
Self service business centre
Copy/print service available

Hotel location

Novotel Reading Centre

25b Friar Street
(For car parking use RG1 1NR)
RG1 1DP
reading
united kingdom

Tel: +441189522600

Fax: (+44)118/9522610

Contact email :

Check-in from 14h00

Check out up to 12h00

READING BUSSES : Reading Station

By plane
Heathrow Int Apt At 40km / 24.86 miles
By plane
London Gatwick At 88km / 54.69 miles
By plane
London Luton At 96.5km / 59.97 miles
By train
Reading Station At 0.8km / 0.5 miles

GPS :51.456745, -0.972343

British Gaz Utilities 8.0 km / 4.97 mi
British Telecom 1.6 km / 0.99 mi
Cisco System Technology HQ 8.0 km / 4.97 mi
Ernst & Young Finance 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Hewlett Packard Technology 8.0 km / 4.97 mi
KPMG Finance 9.6 km / 5.97 mi
Microsoft Technology HQ 8.0 km / 4.97 mi
Oracle Technology HQ 8.0 km / 4.97 mi
PWC Finance 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
PepsiCo Concsumer goods 9.6 km / 5.97 mi
RWE UTILITIES 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
RWE Utilities - Thames Valley 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Symantec Telecoms HQ 6.0 km / 3.73 mi
Yell com Telecom HQ 0.8 km / 0.5 mi

Companies

Your meetings and events

Meeting@Novotel, making your meetings a success. Whatever type of meeting you are organizing, you can optimize the chances of its success by benefiting from the Novotel networkOur years of experience have let us build a great expertise in meetings organization.

meeting rooms

From 1 to 110

attendees

Configuration is not available for these requirements

- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 18 participants
- U-shaped Room 10 participants
- Board-room 14 participants
- Classroom style 10 participants
- Banquet 12 participants
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 18 participants
- U-shaped Room 10 participants
- Board-room 12 participants
- Classroom style 10 participants
- Banquet 14 participants
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style Configuration is not available for this hotel
- U-shaped Room Configuration is not available for this hotel
- Board-room 14 participants
- Classroom style Configuration is not available for this hotel
- Banquet Configuration is not available for this hotel
Configuration is not available for this hotel
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 18 participants
- U-shaped Room 10 participants
- Board-room 14 participants
- Classroom style 12 participants
- Banquet 14 participants
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 18 participants
- U-shaped Room 10 participants
- Board-room 12 participants
- Classroom style 12 participants
- Banquet 14 participants
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 40 participants
- U-shaped Room 18 participants
- Board-room 20 participants
- Classroom style 26 participants
- Banquet 26 participants
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 40 participants
- U-shaped Room 18 participants
- Board-room 20 participants
- Classroom style 26 participants
- Banquet 30 participants
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 45 participants
- U-shaped Room 20 participants
- Board-room 20 participants
- Classroom style 30 participants
- Banquet 30 participants
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 70 participants
- U-shaped Room 30 participants
- Board-room 35 participants
- Classroom style 50 participants
- Banquet 50 participants
- Height 2 m
- Theatre style 110 participants
- U-shaped Room 38 participants
- Board-room 45 participants
- Classroom style 80 participants
- Banquet 90 participants

Table of rooms
Room name	Surface area, Sort ascending	Height	Theatre style	U-shaped Room	Board-room	Classroom style	Banquet
Meeting room 1	26 m²	2 m	18 participants	10 participants	14 participants	10 participants	12 participants
Meeting room 8	26 m²	2 m	18 participants	10 participants	12 participants	10 participants	14 participants
Meeting room 5	30 m²	2 m	Configuration is not available for this hotel	Configuration is not available for this hotel	14 participants	Configuration is not available for this hotel	Configuration is not available for this hotel
Meeting room 3	30 m²	2 m	18 participants	10 participants	14 participants	12 participants	14 participants
Meeting room 4	32 m²	2 m	18 participants	10 participants	12 participants	12 participants	14 participants
Meeting room 6	53 m²	2 m	40 participants	18 participants	20 participants	26 participants	26 participants
Meeting room 7	53 m²	2 m	40 participants	18 participants	20 participants	26 participants	30 participants
Meeting room 2	56 m²	2 m	45 participants	20 participants	20 participants	30 participants	30 participants
Meeting room 1 & 2	88 m²	2 m	70 participants	30 participants	35 participants	50 participants	50 participants
Meeting room 6 & 7	106 m²	2 m	110 participants	38 participants	45 participants	80 participants	90 participants

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Screen
Flipchart
TV with VCR
Videoconferencing
Audio and video equipment
Meeting room
Lectern
WIFI access
Syndicate rooms
Video equipment
Overhead projector
Airconditioned meeting room

General equipment

When organizing your meeting, the hotel will be happy to discuss the availability of its facilities and services with you.

Our accommodation(s)

Spacious, contemporary in design, and adaptable, the Novotel room is truly a place for living. Perfect for all your needs.

Standard room, ideal for family - 1 Queen bed & a sofa bed

Max. number of persons: 4
Area: From 24 m² / 258 sq ft
Views: City View *

* Subject to availability

Wireless internet in your room
High speed internet
Coffee/tea making facilities
Direct dial telephone

Standard room - 2 single beds

Max. number of persons: 2
Area: From 24 m² / 258 sq ft
Views: City View *

* Subject to availability

Wireless internet in your room
High speed internet
Coffee/tea making facilities
Direct dial telephone

Executive Room with Queen Size bed

Max. number of persons: 4
Area: From 25 m² / 269 sq ft
Views: City View *

* Subject to availability

Wireless internet in your room
High speed internet
Coffee/tea making facilities
Direct dial telephone

Rooms

Our restaurants and bars

Gourmet Bar

Type of cuisine: International

Entertain your palate at Novotel. Enjoy a range of local and international cuisine, simple yet authentic, in a casual setting.Whether you want to eat or simply have a drink, our restaurant has that extra something you can only find at Novotel.

Lunch

11:00 - 22:00

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Tue
Wed
Thurs
Fri
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Dinner

11:00 - 22:00

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun

BAR

Absorb the lively atmosphere at Novotel. In stylish surroundings, choose from an array of beers, wines and cocktails served by our fun and friendly staff. Our buzzing bar offers the perfect place to enjoy an evening's entertainment or relax and unwind.

Lunch

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Thurs
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Dinner

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Well located good stay

Miss R. Couples - 14/09/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Clean staff was helpful and polite breakfast was lovely

Dear Ms r., Thank you so much for the positive feedback. We are happy to hear you had a positive experience and you liked our breakfast. One of our priority is customer service and we are glad that we met that mark! We hope to see you soon again. Lorena Montana I Guest Relations I Novotel Reading Centre I Reading RG11DP Tel:44 (0… 2600 | Email: H5… I www.accorhotels.com I www.facebook.com/Novotelhotels

Anonymous Couples - 07/09/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

The only thing stopping this being the perfect stay was the fact the aircon wasn't sufficient for our needs.

Great Stay for the Family

Debra Families - 03/09/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

A well situated hotel with good facilities both at hotel and surrounding area. I had a room for 5 people so had 2 rooms with an adjoining door. The 2nd room was half price so a reasonable priced stay for the whole family. We were 40mins from our destination …. Legoland …. and was ideal.

Dear Ms W., Thank you for completing our online survey. We really appreciate your nice comments and we are glad to hear you were satisfied with the way your issue was dealt with. We look forward to welcoming you again in the near future. Lorena Montana I Guest Relations I Novotel Reading Centre I Reading RG11DP Tel:44 (0… 2600 | Email: H5… I www.accorhotels.com I www.facebook.com/Novotelhotels

Fantastic

Ana D. S. Families - 01/09/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Very good, all staff was extremely helpful and friendly.

Dear Mrs De s., Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We are happy to hear you had a positive experience with us and we look forward to seeing you again in the near future. Lorena Montana I Guest Relations I Novotel Reading Centre I Reading RG11DP Tel:44 (0… 2600 | Email: H5… I www.accorhotels.com I www.facebook.com/Novotelhotels

Matt T. Families - 01/09/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Staff very helpful, but I think that the pool needs monitoring as there was more than 8 people in there when we had booked our time slot.

Trouble free, great location

John Families - 31/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Simple check in, great location , nice clean modern rooms,all in all great value for money.

Could be better

Cristina Families - 29/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

We have got a bus lane fine because the postcode directed us to the hotel, not the car park, and following directions from reception to turn right we now have to pay £60. For an executive room, the walls were dirty from previous guests, the bathroom was too small, the towels were too small and far from soft. The room is only cleaned every 6 nights, which is extremely unhygienic, I definitely clean my own house and bathrooms more often than that. No air-conditioning in the room and hardly any availability for the swimming pool. The only good thing is that most of the staff we encountered at reception were very friendly.

Bleh

A. J. Couples - 25/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Not enough plug sockets. The wallpaper was scratchy and painful. The room was very hot and the fan did not help. The toilet and sink were in different rooms (???). Drab. Fridge did not cool anything throughout the entire night. Shower was nice. Bed was comfortable but had to request more pillows. Couch was very comfy (!!!). Staff were helpful and responded to requests. Enjoyed the priority checkout. WiFi was fine. TV was very small and far away from the bed.

Heating and Shower

Tom C. Business - 25/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Not a good experience. The shower was running virtually cold and the air climate system is not adequate as the room was very warm with no way of cooling it down.

Reasonable price clean room

Catherine Families - 17/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Disappointed with the control over the pool. Was made to make an appointment then others arrived. . Hotel admittee they had no control stopping guests going from their rooms . Not good enough. We only stayed in pool for 10 minutes . Some girl was also filming on her phone . Not ideal

Great Staff

T. Families - 17/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Website information on hotel parking is inadequate - arrived tired and not sure what to do. Checked in on-line as this was meant to speed things up but had to wait 20 minutes in a queue when I arrived. Staff, especially Lorraine, were excellent. Worked tirelessly to make our stay enjoyable. Great beer, Camden Town was well looked after, Gourmet Burger was tasty but Fish and Chips very ordinary. Nice to have our own meeting room in which we could socialise whilst social distancing.

dissapointing stay at the novotel

James P. Business - 13/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

No aircon on extremely hot day, light in room not working

Dear Mr P., Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. Please accept my sincere apologies for letting you down regarding the room temperature. I can only hope that my colleagues on duty managed to offer a fan in the room and could help sort out the issues with the lights. Although your most recent stay has admittedly been disappointing, I do hope will consider giving us another chance when life brings you back to Reading. Gergo Jahni I Rooms Division Manager I Novotel Reading Centre I Reading RG11DP Tel:44 (0… 2600 | Email: H5… I www.accorhotels.com I www.facebook.com/Novotelhotels

Ideally situated close to shopping centre and railway station

Mr D. H. Couples - 12/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

We were able to check in early as the executive room we had booked was available. Unfortunately the cooling system in the room was not working and the fan not operating. We brought this to the attention of the reception staff but there was no member of the maintenance team working so we accepted a fan as a second best option. Later in the night I also noticed that the toilet was continuing to fill up and make a noise. Thankfully this was drowned out by the fan or it would probably have interfered with our sleep. Some maintenance issues therefore have pulled the score down from waht was an otherwise enjoyable stay.

Amazing Stay!

A. A. Families - 12/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

spent a day with family and it was awesome.

Dear Mr A., Thank you for taking time to share your experience with us. We work hard to meet expectations like yours, and we’re happy to hear we hit the mark for you and your family. We hope to see you again in the near future. Lorena Montana I Guest Relations I Novotel Reading Centre I Reading RG11DP Tel:44 (0… 2600 | Email: H5… I www.accorhotels.com I www.facebook.com/Novotelhotels

Made to feel very welcome

Richard Solo - 10/08/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

All really good except no hot water for shower

Purna V. -. O. Business - 27/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Extremely patient during a time of crisis, thank you.

Friendly & helpful staff

Jerry N. Families - 22/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Lovely welcome, clean room, comfortable bed and happy staff in the bar area. Woken by a fire alarm in Sunday morning at about 6.15am.....was a shock, especially as it was a false or panel only problem.....!!! This aside it was again another happy visit to Novotel....

Dear Mr. N., Thank you for sharing your feedback. Please accept our most sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused by the fire alarm. I understand it is definitely not the kind of wake-up call you were expecting. I am very sorry that this impacted your rest in our hotel. This event was a very isolated and unique case and I truly hope you enjoyed your experience with us despite this unexpected incident. I apologise once again and hope you will give us the opportunity to make it up to you in the future. I hope to see you again soon. Concerning to the room location, our reception team is always happy to give you a better room. Have you had the chance to report to reception your inconvenience with the room? Kind regards, Raquel Munaro I Guest Relations I Novotel Reading Centre I Reading RG11DP Tel:44 (0… 2600 | Email: H5… I www.accorhotels.com I www.facebook.com/Novotelhotels

Quite, but pleasant

Gary J. Business - 19/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Nice hotel. Parking was a tad difficult to find, but after a call I manage to locate hotel car park. I thought the restaurant menu wasn't brilliant and did think of having room service, but didnt fancy staying in the room. Staff were friendly and noting extraordinary. Breakfast. Im not a smoked bacon fan, so that was disappointing and equally not a cumberland sausage fan either. Nothing wrong with a traditional pork sausage and dry cured bacon. The egg on the hot plate had been there a while. Day 2 breakfast I had cereal. Would I stay again, maybe.. sort out the air con in the room and highly likely if I ever get back to Reading

Welcoming and pleasant

Anonymous Business - 17/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Friendly, comfortable. Good breakfast.

Dear Mr. B., Thank you very much for your feedback. Regarding the room layout, is a brand standard, unfortunately we are unable to change it. Thank you for your kind words and we look forward to seeing you again. Kind regards, Raquel Munaro I Guest Relations I Novotel Reading Centre I Reading RG11DP Tel:44 (0… 2600 | Email: H5… I www.accorhotels.com I www.facebook.com/Novotelhotels

Well located - perfect for what we needed.

Ollydrew Families - 17/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

This hotel is smack bang in the middle of Reading. It's a stone's throw from the train station and all the shops. The staff are friendly, and the room/bedding was clean.

Dear Mr. Olly, Thank you very much for sharing this great review about our hotel & team. Please accept our most sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused by the fire alarm. This event was a very isolated and unique case and I truly hope you enjoyed your experience with us despite this unexpected incident. Please feel welcome to reach out to me directly if you have any questions or comments. We look forward to welcoming you again very soon! Kind Regards Raquel & Team Raquel Munaro I Guest Relations I Novotel Reading Centre I Reading RG11DP Tel:44 (0… 2600 | Email: H5… I www.accorhotels.com I www.facebook.com/Novotelhotels

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Hotel extras

Hotel location

Novotel Reading Centre

Companies

Your meetings and events

General equipment

Our accommodation(s)

Standard room, ideal for family - 1 Queen bed & a sofa bed

Standard room - 2 single beds

Executive Room with Queen Size bed

Our restaurants and bars

Gourmet Bar

BAR

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