Jurys Inn Bradford

Whatever pleasantries this hotel has are just on the surface. You would think that the worst thing that could happen to this hotel is that it’s located in the center of Bradford. It’s bad, don’t get me wrong, but the actual worst part of this hotel is the way it’s run. On the surface, it looks okay, but give it more than a cursory glance and there’s so much wrong with it. The lobby area looks ok, but it’s actually in need of a good refurb. The furniture is tatty, stained and worn. The reception staff seem polite, but they’re actually inept, inefficient and outright lie to the guests. Some rooms are closed due to water leaks. Unless the hotel fills up, then hope you don’t win the damp room lottery. The lifts always smell like some awful combination of alcohol, stale food and body odor.
The rooms are actually reasonably clean and well-​appointed, but everything else is an assault on your senses. So much noise from the hallways, from out in the street, from the reception area, from the other guests. Rotting garbage smell from outside the window and steaming curry and chips clouds wafting up when the pubs let out. It seems a lot of cheapskate groups like school trips and budget wedding parties from the area like to stay at the Jury’s Inn because it’s cheap. Really, they should pay people to stay in Bradford, not the other way around, so that justifies the low rates I guess.
You know it’s a bad hotel when you’d rather go outside and take in the pleasant surrounds of Bradford City Center than stay in your room and listen to the people in your corridor slamming doors and running up and down the hall. Another delightful bonus is the drunken serenade you get from your window between 2am and 6am. The only thing that earns this hotel even half a star or indeed my effort in writing this review is that the cleaning staff are very pleasant despite what I’m sure is an immensely challenging job in such a dirtbag place. They are always friendly and accommodating and really helped to make our stay better in any way they could. That’s incredible considering they probably spend most of their time scraping vomit from drunken yobs off the carpets.
At least the WiFi is good.