Madejski Stadium Hotel

Booked in here on the recommendation of a friend as we were dining out in Swallowfield that evening. Apparently this place is rammed with business types over the week but relatively quieter over the weekend. We booked via
and ended up with a impressive suite, 2 tv’s, free wifi all over for £79 (breakfast is extra at £15 pp). This is a fully non smoking hotel, the rooms were spacious and clean and the staff friendly and helpful. We didn’t try the breakfast as we were still full from the night before. Would definitely recommend.

The Madejski Hotel is part of the Reading FC stadium complex but don’t expect the stadium experience this is a seriously good hotel. Our rooms were very spacious with a massive double bed. The staff provide excellent service and the breakfast was very good. We paid £83 including breakfast for a Saturday night stay, a price that represents very good value for money.

There’s a hotel here? Really? Why would you want to stay in the middle of an industrial area like this? I suppose if you were working there, but that’s about it.
I’ve nothing against the football stadium (apart from them not selling black coffee, meaning you had to have white milk powder in it if you wanted one), it’s actually quite compact and you can get a good atmosphere at times — especially when they give away pizzas at half time; that was good.
If you’re there for a game then bear in mind that there are no pubs close to the ground and for the matches I’ve been to there they can suspend the sale of alcohol to away fans too. It’s very close to the M4 junction, but if you park near the ground you will get jammed in after the game.
It only holds 23,000, although they have plans to extend it to 36,000 — I’ve no idea where the extra cars are going to go.
The bus drivers are friendly though. One just stopped on the way to the ground picking up everyone on the way and dropping us right outside the ground. The more alert amongst you may point out that that is what busses are for, but this one was on his way back to the depot and just decided to do it without charging. He didn’t pick us up after the game though, miserable sod.