Mersea Island, Colchester hotel rooms at the Independent

"The staff were amazingly friendly and welcoming, the food in the restaurant was excellent and cooked fresh, will defo book again. "

"Everything was fine. Good value, clean, helpful staff."

"Clean room, comfy bed, ideal for working away. Nice staff. Good morning breakfast! Only downside the room was really cold. "

"It was all very nice, thank you"

"Rooms clean "

"We spent 3 days at the hotel,l was so impressed with friendly staff nothing was to much trouble. Rooms were clean and bright a nicely decorated. The complimentary breakfast was excellent so much choice. We had 2 evenings meal at the inn and wasn’t disappointed with any of them. I would recommend this holiday inn express as lm not easily pleased and l certainly was there.5*"

"Clean tidy comfortable bed and Emma the receptionist was very helpful well presented and lovely with a happy smiley face "

"The moment you step into the hotel you get the feeling of being in a 5 star hotel. A warm welcome from the reception team who gave us an efficient yet friendly check in. The room was amazing very clean and certainly above what we expected. Tea and coffee, lots of towels, comfy bed, giant tv, plenty of pillows. All the staff were excellent and the breakfast was very good. Could not fault anything. "

"Amazing staff and room was so lovely after our awful experience at the easy hotel "