One of our top picks in Colchester. Just a 10-minute drive from Colchester's historic city centre, the Best Western Marks Tey Hotel offers free WiFi access and free private parking. Guests have free access to the leisure club and there is also an on-site restaurant. The Lifestyle Health & Leisure Club is complimentary to residents during their stay and facilities include a 50 foot indoor swimming pool, and steam and sauna rooms, fully air-conditioned gymnasium and 2 outdoor tennis courts.
The elegant lounge and cocktail bar provides the perfect meeting place and somewhere to relax before dining in the splendid Brasserie Restaurant, which offers a selection of international cuisine, complemented by carefully selected wines from around the world.Colchester Zoo is within a 10-minute drive of the hotel and the Tiptree Jam Factory can be reached after 20 minutes' drive.
The elegant lounge and cocktail bar provides the perfect meeting place and somewhere to relax before dining in the splendid Brasserie Restaurant, which offers a selection of international cuisine, complemented by carefully selected wines from around the world.Colchester Zoo is within a 10-minute drive of the hotel and the Tiptree Jam Factory can be reached after 20 minutes' drive.
Services
A private bathroom, flat-screen TV and tea/coffee making facilities are featured in this room. A double bed, flat-screen LCD TV and bathrobes are featured in this air-conditioned room. Executive rooms feature luxury mattress toppers, chocolate, minifridge and complimentary water. Fancy a staycation but you just can't leave your fur baby alone at home?
Here at the Marks Tey Hotel we take everyone's safety seriously. That's why we follow all the Government guidance. Local restrictions still allow for training, education or work related essential meetings to take place up to 50% of the usual maximum capacity per room. This means we can now accommodate up to 90 delegates in our Balkan Suite upstairs or 50 in our Claudius Suite downstairs.
The Marks Tey Hotel is the perfect setting for wedding receptions for up to 120 seated guests. With grounds for stunning photographs and a great choice of function rooms, the hotel is the ideal venue for your wedding celebrations. On your very special day, relax and enjoy the occasion, whilst our experienced and professional team ensure that you have the best possible start to your married life.
The Marks Tey Hotel offers contemporary food with a modern twist. Our menus are made with fresh ingredients daily, anything from classics, all day brunch, afternoon tea and light bites to takeaway. We have introduced contactless ordering via Swifty app to meet table service requirements. We will be adhering to social distancing and have all the right measures in place to keep our guests and employees safe.
Staff will be taking members & guests temperatures upon arrival, some information for Track & Trace, reducing fitness class sizes to 6 people max, reducing pool bather load capacity to 12 people max. Classes will also be shorter than usual to allow time to sanitise the equipment & space in between sessions.
Reviews (9)
Marc Mawdsley
Dec 31, 2021
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Curly Porter
Dec 26, 2021
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Went to meet my parents and had the Xmas meal. Very disappointed with it. The menu choice was quite poor and had lots of alcohol laced products with no alcohol free replacement.
The main course well, when I go out for a meal I'd like it cooked better than I can at home. Turkey was dry and covered in jus. What they did to the cabbage was disgusting. The veg was microwaved a bit too much and was nuclear hot inside!
So for £60 I managed a coffee and a main. Didn't even get offered a mince pie or the cheese and biscuits for our fifth course, so we got up and sat in the bar area.
Won't be going
The main course well, when I go out for a meal I'd like it cooked better than I can at home. Turkey was dry and covered in jus. What they did to the cabbage was disgusting. The veg was microwaved a bit too much and was nuclear hot inside!
So for £60 I managed a coffee and a main. Didn't even get offered a mince pie or the cheese and biscuits for our fifth course, so we got up and sat in the bar area.
Won't be going
Paul Brock
Dec 26, 2021
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Kevin Pearce
Dec 20, 2021
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John Macrae
Dec 15, 2021
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Rosemarie James
Dec 12, 2021
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Derek Harding
Dec 09, 2021
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Angela Townsend
Sep 25, 2021
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Our room was clean & comfortable on arrival, though another chair would have been good. Because of the present situation with Covid19 & the safety of staff, we had paper beakers & a wooden stirrer on the tea tray & plastic cups in the bathroom. If you wanted to take a drink back to your room from the bar, again it was a plastic cup. We didn't have any housekeeping, which wasn't an issue for us at all, plenty of bin liners to put any rubbish in & we can make our own bed. All the staff were extremely pleasant and very helpful. The hotel itself was very clean and every precaution was taken for the
P. Wright
Sep 21, 2021
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The rooms were very comfortable although it was a ridiculously high step to get into the bath/shower. A better shower would prevent a hair drenching while turning on the controls. The staff were superb. The breakfast was very good. A dress code would be advisable - approx 10 year old child in sleep wear, no slippers at breakfast!
