I Was Warned NOT To Stay Here! Britain's WORST Hotels
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- I Tested the worst rated hotel in Torquay, a Hotel that has hundreds of 1 star rated reviews. What I found left me shocked and questioning how the place is still running. Join me on a Tour of the Worst Rated Hotels in the UK where we will test whether the horrendous reviews match what we actually find at these Hotels. This Hotel is located in Torquay, Devon, UK. According to recent surveys Torquay is one of the Worst places in the UK. How was a night at the Worst Rated Hotel located in the Worst Seaside City in the UK Lets find out...
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It is great to see someone shining a light on the deep seated and widely prevalent deprivation in Torquay/Torbay. Your last video even made the local online rag. Over and over again our council prioritises pensioner tourists and the wealthy over its residents. Keep up the good work chap.
I'm a local paignton, what killed torbay is the loss of the nortel factory that employed majority of people in torbay especially paignton. And the loss of the holiday camps we had about 4 pontins in paignton and I think we had about 2 in torquay. It's cheaper to go abroad, I'm guessing tbe inglewood suffered during covid probably family run younger ones aren't interested in it and the parents are clinging on to their beloved hotel it would cost a few quid to bring that back to its former days. They would have lost the coach parties side of the buisness that is for sure. Shame tbh inglewood was a nice hotel
Such a shame, we used to go to Torquay and Paignton all the time as kids for our summer holidays, living in the North of England it seemed so idyllic at the time, with all the palm trees. So sad to see the social deprivation that wasn’t apparent when we visited in the 1980s.
There are still some very wealthy areas in Torbay, but sadly, as said, the council are absolutely useless. Always have been.
@felinemad the gulf is quite shocking you can go to torquay marina loads of wealth and money quite evident walk a few hundred yards up the town from the harbour and you see poverty and destitution
@@chucky2316 Still, at least our new MP has gotten measure of the problem. He will be both our MP and will remain as a local councillor, he has decided to use this new power to......Fix Torbays broken clocks and landmarks, I kid you not it is on Devon live today!
You a brave man to do this series. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
It's of a time that passed by 4 decades ago, families used to flock to Torquay for the quintessential British holiday, it's a hotel that's still suffering from the economic shock of the pandemic and only just hanging in there, no money for maintenances, no money for staff. It's sad to see.
I spent a week there on holiday back in 1991 and the place was immaculate.
So sad.
‘May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window?,Sydney opera house perhaps?,the hanging gardens of Babylon?,herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically by’?…..
I expected to see the sea..
@@reluctantheist5224 you can see the sea....its over there between the land and the sky.
Mostly the homeless these days
@@footballbrainiac4696 ….yeah it’s very sad to see,and is happening in so many of our once great seaside towns 😢
@@darrenb7765 Torbay council propagates the issue terribly
Wow that is rough!! There are nicer hotels for around the same price in Torquay! Ashley Court Hotel I stayed at a few weeks ago, with breakfast included which was really good for free the breakfast and decent hotel, not the Ritz but good for the money and nice people. Lady serving breakfast was a legend as was the owner. In fact everyone was nice and made me feel welcome.
🎉🎉🎉 Hi 👋🏼 Mr. JoeFish
I would have guessed about half that price 😮❗️
Thank you for a short but sweet video today.
Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
£42 is excessive for what’s there and the state it’s in but it is classed as peak summer in TQ. Prob the same price as the premier inn down the road or the travel lodge in torre.
Well done bud on another great vid.
Worst hotel in UK I encountered was in Blackpool. Late night booking after clubbing!
Opened the door it only opened 2 foot as it hit the bed, happy days!
Hey Joe, we have our share of run down motels and hotels in the states. Some of them you have to keep one eye open when you sleep. Some places are infested with bed bugs.
To be honest Joe, I would pay $35.00 per night USD. As a mentioned by the previous commenter. The council needs to pay attention to what's going on in it's own township and stop
the nonsense. Excellent video Joe ! You are the voice of the people who don't have one there. It's the one that talks the loudest and turns the squeaky wheel that gets the prize. Reviews can be hit or miss. All the best. 👍👍 Mate ! Jim and Harriet
Hey guys! Thanks for watching and the comment 🙏 I've seen a few videos from some of the bad motels in the states, and they looked horrendous. Thanks for your continued support guys 🙏
Great vid mate. Such a shame to see the state of British seaside towns
That saucepan is in case you need a morning wake up call, they’ll come and bang it outside the room 😂
I thought it was an old chamber pot in case you get caught short in the night.
I'm surprised it's still managing to stay open with so little to offer. It's more like a hostel for the homeless. I'm also pretty gobsmacked you didn't search for bedbugs...
Dear Joe, great video and expose' but peak season the price is reasonable and you must take the view that you are only there for a night or two and move on. One might say you only get what you pay for. The things to look out for are bed bugs and it can take ages to get rid of them or worse still, a slapper sleeping in the bed previously and you might contract scabies and itch for weeks in the lower regions. How was the breakfast as you never mentioned whether that was included ?? You probably had to ring for a reservation for security reasons. Years ago one just walked into a friendly reception area to be met and greeted, Many of us appreciate the work you do and your honest comments. You are one of the few guys on RUclips with the most
friendly manner and lovely blue sparking eyes. All the best Peter
Forty two pounds? Amazing! My husband and I stayed in a hotel in Rome, the Hotel Gigolo and it had exposed wires hanging out of the wall so at least you didn't have that! When I was a child (I'm now 74 we used to go to a Torquay hotel every Christmas, the Victoria Hotel. It was very posh. You had to dress for dinner, there was dancing in the ball room. All sorts of activities. I loved it. A bygone age. I love you videos.
Good grief; I stayed here, a block-booking, for about 3-4 weeks as part of a 24-strong New Stores Team of a now defunct Chain Store, back in about 1980. Others stayed at the closed one opposite. (Sherwood? Can't remember).
At the time it was well -run and immaculate. The owners were friendly, charming and most accommodating. To show our appreciation, we had a whip-round at the end of our tenure, which bought the daughter of the establishment all her driving lessons.
Rooms, B&B were 37 per night I recall.
So sad to see what Torquay has become. It was such a lovely town at the time!
Hi John, love hearing personal experiences like that and fair play to you for doing that for the young lady and her driving lessons. It's a real shame, Its easy to imagine how it was in its prime, a lovely hotel! I believe it's now run by OYO the hotel chain. So hopefully those owners got out before it was too late 🙏
Sad what this country has become.
14 years of the Tories...
@@nektekket852labours there to speed the managed decline up, tories are there to slow it down, but continue it, and give the public the false impression they can stop it
Hey there Joe, thanks again for another great video, myself personally I would pay upto 30 quid for the night to stop there, to be fair the room didnt look too bad its just such a shame about the outside of the hotel, the hotel could definitely do with some TLC, could be a really nice place 😊
In it's day this place was a really nice hotel. Had a few comments from previous employees. Bit sad really. Thanks for watching and the comment
And what about 'Fawlty Towers'..?
Still going strong?😂🥴
I live in Torbay and I thought the hotel had been derelict for years. What a surprise you can stay there!
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£20 per night I would pay for that.
Yeh I think that's about fair 👍
That was exactly what I thought too. No way is it worth 42 pounds, you can get premier inn rooms for that in many areas. However if I had to stay in Torbay and didn't want to pay much and there wasn't many other offerings then I guess I might pay it. It looks like a hotel close to closing permanently.
😂😂😂😂 my firm gives us £80 P/N to stay away. Quids in lol
@@bonzobanana1good luck getting a premier inn for 42 pound a night peak season 😅
I agree mate .here in Fremantle WA,that just would not happen
I wouldn't pay that much for a room in that place but great of you to give it a go and share your experience 🙂
I guessed about £40. Any lower than that and they probably wouldn't cover their costs (which are always a lot more than the casual observer might think), no matter what the state of the place.
If you paid £20 I guess that would be for a homeless hostel kind of place.Although £40 may seem expensive for the place, it might just help them survive.
Joe going ALL in! Admire the desire to even want to experience that hell.
I was a chef in the area for a great many years.
A large majority of the coaching hoteliers were very much stuck in the 60's and 70's and forgot to move with the times. They wanted to remember the glory days without spending the money to re-furbish.
Because of that, tourists found better places to stay and the slow fall of the coaching hotels happened. There were many other issues that happened but that was the start of everything.
There's now a Travelodge on the way into the main Torquay centre and a Premier Inn (that is currenly cheaper than the inglewood in peak season) 100 yards away from where you filmed this.
Me too, a chef. Torquay has become so run down, some of them expensive for what they are!
£42!! You were robbed! £36.50 for Monday, Go to the Ashley Court Hotel instead :)
It's quite sad to see because like you said back in the day I reckon that place would have been rammed
Hi Joe, Its sad to see whats happened to places like this. You can tell that it was probably a cracking place many years ago.
Brits choosing to Holiday abroad and a lack of investment have taken its toll on our Seaside locations.
I don't know what to say,
My grandfather from Liverpool who moved to Australia in his late 20s who now in his 80s has returned to England one last time for a 3 month holiday, stayed in Torquay for a week.
He said it was nice and I don't know if he stayed here but it's quite shocking seeing all your videos about England falling apart I hope he is still having a good time !
I used to gig here on Saturdays in 2013 and 2014.
Back then it was a busy, bustling, and thriving coaching hotel.
It was always busy, it was well run by Sue, and whilst the place was a little dated back then, the atmosphere and happiness of guests more than made up for that.
That was until it was purchased off Mark, by the owners of the Sherwood Hotel who immediately stripped it back, got rid of the coaches, and turned into a shell of what it had been 6 months prior.
The rumour was, the hotel was bought for the sake of Money Laundering - But nothing was ever confirmed.
This hotel was once a lovely little basic hotel.
It's a shame to see it's demise.
Never had good experiences staying at OYO places 😑
Hey bud, haha yeh me neither 👍 thanks for stopping by and watching mate
"Compton, long beech, INGLEWOOD!"
Lalalalala it's the....
Compton is up the road lol 😂💯
I’ve stayed here, in that room aswell, wasn’t that bad, was being used by builders for cheap accommodation, free parking aswell. The bed was clean and the staff were friendly.
Great video as usual mate, I'll have to come here for my channel at some point 🙏
I stayed there about 13 years ago. It was clean enough then but in need of a refresh and rather dated. It was very busy and the lounge and bar were full. The pool was a nice area which was looked after.
Seeing inside it now and it seems like they haven’t decorated or looked after anything since then. The furniture all looks like it’s the same stuff.
The grounds would have been lovely in the hotel's heyday.
I think £30 would be fair for one night.
I enjoyed the video btw.
*Nah you would need to double that and more to get me to stay !*
@GrrMeister We stayed in a 'converted' stable in Devon once. Very dirty, damp and complete with wildlife (slugs). I think my standards may have dropped then!
JoeFish might fancy a stay there 😅
After seeing this video, I went along to offer my services to maintain their swimming pool, as I’ve had extensive experience at maintaining pools back in the 70s and 80s. But after seeing there pool, I could see that it was too small to benefit me or the hotel to hire me.
To be fair on the hotel owners, they haven’t long moved in to the hotel. Given time, I’m sure things will improve. Even at the time of my visit the garden had already been tidied up with the grass cut.
I like it plenty of character, probably challenging staff makes it interesting
You gotta feel for the owners, the decline of the British seaside holiday due to cheap flights abroad has almost killed this industry, theyve probably barely got enough money coming in to keep the doors open let alone do any renovations.
My parents used to go torquay in the late 60s till 76 .
Used to love it there , loads of fave places like Kents cavern ,model Village, daddyhole plain .
Such a shame its gone the way it is now .
So many Happy memories of how it used to be 😢
Kents Cavern, the model village and Daddyhole plain are all still there and running just fine.
@al81yoo
Thanks, being thinking of bringing my grandkids down to see where I used to holiday ,but I'm not sure if it's a good idea !!
Hey Joe, Well done putting yourself in the line of fire staying there. I remember BPB stayed in a proper shit hole in Luton, Looked worse than this one???
It's a good location and I like Torquay. 42 is a bit expensive given how run down the hotel is, maybe around 30 per night in peak season. I can never understand why these hotels don't just buy an upholstery cleaning machine and clean the stains off the nasty material round the bed frames. The bar in the main area is beautiful.
Pure LUXURY after watching an AirBnB in Thailand. Still having little giggles about his 'adventure'. E10 - The worst AirBnB ever, from the 'Traveling Hunchback'. Watch it 'JoeFish' you'll get stitch 🤣
Thank you for uploading.
The Inglewood has been on the slide for a long time. 20 years ago it was a classy busy hotel with good reputation. I thought it was closed actually. Shame its in this state. £42 if that included breakfast is not too bad. I was actually going to get a job there 18 years ago, just off Belgrave road it was busy.
I recently paid £74 for two nights (fri & sat) at a perfectly presented Travelodge in Birmingham. Everything was pristine, staff were lovely, wifi was good, got some work done.
Joes hotel without doubt overpriced and underwhelming.
I was told by property guy last year that many of the hotels and b&b's are still in the hands of elderly owners who are reluctant to or cant afford to upgrade, refurbish or sell, and that just the basic maintenance is carried out by the owner or a basic handyman.
Its sad really 😢.
Nice price actually. We have somewhat similar cheap hotels (usually paired with hostel rooms) also from 1.000 to 3.000 Rub (from 15 to 50 $). So I believe the price is okay. The quality is somehow even worse than in some our post-Soviet hotels. Atrocious for a first-world country!
Our culture vanishing while we deny it.
Isnt the wall at 0:47 ish where Banksy did the 'Robot' or there abouts?...
Edit.. It was next door towards the seafront that Banksy did 'Boy with Robot'
What makes me laugh about Torquay is theres always new hotels being built, not that theres enough here already 🙄 instead of making new ones.. why dont the council put money towards doing these specific hotels up. The imperial hotel, right near the coast, used to be a novelty 5 star hotel! Now all its dated and gone down to 4 stars, which could go back up to 5 if it had a little polish up. Just makes me laugh because these new hotels we don't actually need, we've got enough 😂
Councils don't pay for hotels. It is private people, clowns like Richardson who own the Grand and a few others, stretches himself to thin, so they are all crap. Instead of making 1 (ie the grand) really nice.
Yes, and they recently tore down the famous Palace Hotel in Babbacombe. To become Singaporean identikit luxury homes. The other important Victorian buildings are all under threat.
Awesome review on a nightmare hotel mate. I was genuinely thinking of reviewing exactly the same hotel in Torquay. You should also check out the Russell Court Hotel in Bournemouth, I literally couldn’t get any sleep there….hotel review vid is on my channel!
Definitely in need of refurbishment.
Quite sad to see.
I’m sure that at one time it would have been really nice.
Mind you, saying that, I stayed in a hotel once, one of the big well known chains, and I found toenail clippings on the carpet and the mattress had dubious stains 🤢
I saw this hotel in an Urbex video not long ago I'm sure of it. I remember there part around the left hand side where you can walk under the building in the tunnel bit. Looks like it hasn't changed much 😮
I was thinking maybe twenty quid, to be honest though I've no idea what is the average price for hotels is,thanks for the video,you gotta do like 1 or 2 in each shire if possible 😊😊😊
Probably suffered during covid times, as a local most if not all the hotels that end of belgrave road are coach holiday hotels, inglewood was a nice hotel in its day 😢sad to see it like this
Worse hotel I’ve ever stayed was the orchard Weston supermare , furniture looked like it had been rejected from charity shops, radiator was set so couldn’t be adjusted and room was freezing after watching the carnival we had to sleep fully clothed it was that cold .
Your videos are excellent 👍🏻
That was one of mark jenkins hotels once up a time - he owned Grosvenor, Kistor and Inglewood at one point
The blemishes you pointed out would be things I wouldn't have cared about since they don't have a meaningful impact on the general experience. It did seem better than the reviews suggest, but just a bit outdated.
Not good enough to become a migrant hotel then
@@mooodeuce that’s exactly what it’s going to become. That’s why the owner hasn’t spent any money on it. Once the enrichment begins, the British Government will pay for the place to be renovated and converted
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Why are white people so bitter 😂
Migrant processing centre, not hotel 😂
If you want answers listen to Barbara learner Spectre and watch Europa the last battle.
Also, wasn't it the Inglewood where the kid died in the pool a few years back?
it was pretty awful, but seemed clean! its so sad places have to be like that
Agreed 👍 yes it's certainly a shame! Thanks for watching
It made me feel sad having had happy holidays in the area when I was young. Having said that, I think it was worth £30
I would have paid £40, so £42 is pretty close! 💸🏨
I see your reference to Fawlty Towers, yet I think even Sybil and Basil would have cleaned up some of the stuff left behind at odd locations 😂
...and better taste in decorating, like a moose head on the wall. 😁
Nice review, Joe!
That was used for "a quick visit" back in the day.
If you'd ventured 50 miles NW you'd have had a lovely welcome at the stunning 'Sutherland Hotel', Newquay. I'll bet you you've not seen anything on that scale of depravity. And it still has a licence to ensure men, well, 'enjoy' themselves. The challenge is yours!
standards have dropped in everyting from customer service, basic standards of business running, maintaining of people's houses and gardens, council maintenance of public areas and people's driving standards. All in line with the mass innoculations that happened over the last few years. IQ levels of people are lower and it shows.
This is absurd.
Torquay has excellent hotels.
The Grand, the Osborne, The Imperial, the Headland,the Lincombe, the Cary Arms.
Torquay is full of charm, history and good restaurants.
Just like London or Bristol it has good bits and bad bits.
Agreed. Too many people who pass through and make sweeping judgements here.
😂😂 please focus all your videos around hotel reviews of torbay..... This is class
Isn't Torquay where Basil Fawlty had his hotel?
Yes 👍
I stayed in a Manchester Travelodge recently
Very clean and modern but.my view was of strangeways prison lol not an issue but not the greatest view
The £40 seems quite reasonable
There's a hotel in skegness that is literally called "premier hotel not premier inn" that is an awful hotel would love to see you do a vid on it
Joe is always going the extra mile for us! 😄👍👍
Haha 😂 I try!
I don't think its for me personally but I don't think you can expect much for the price sad to see all these hotels run into the ground but you can imagine how they may have looked when people had the money and employment to be able to get away for a few days.
Great vid thanks again
Thanks for watching 🙏
Pay? I think they should be paying me, if they want me to stay there.
I've walked past this hotel probably more than 100 times (guessing) and I thought it was derelict , what a dump.
I’m watching this as I’m in room 20 with my girlfriend, absolutely awful place, there was 2 people breaking in last night when we were sat in bed, I do not recommend anyone staying at this hotel!!
Plenty of really nice places in Torquay to stay. And the coastline is so beautiful. Easy to make these videos about any town to get clicks but paints an unnecessarily negative picture.
use to be touristy area, now so quiet the town. if they renovate it, they will not get back their investments.
Have you tried Hylands hotel I would recommend to record a video it should be shut down it’s that bad. Sorry did I say bad I meant tragic especially room 37
That place would have been great back in the day
Agreed you could tell that. A shame! Thanks for watching
2:30 Come on, you didnt have to put your fist into that door. That's bang out of order and you know it!
😂 certainly a shocker, the door didn't even shut
I would say that is about a USD $35 to $40 a night hotel.
So 25£ is fair.
Plenty of on-site parking must give it at least one star? £7 a night, should be free for guests.
I thought I was watching Tommy Fleetwood review the hotel at Royal Troon ⛳️🙈🏴🍻
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Would have been stunning back in the day. I guessed 45-50. I don't think I'd want to stay there....
40 SQUID WAS ABOUT RIGHT....
Should keep the Hotel inspector busy for a good while ! If she's up for it.
Plus 7 pounds a night to park your car:-(
Anymore trouble in Leeds?
Torquay itself is run down. I doubt very many Hotels can survive, this one needs gutting and refurbishment. But that would cost more than the hotel could make. For 42 pounds I would prefer to sleep in the car. I am living in SE Asia and in most countries you woukd get better than that for less.
This is someone extracting the last few quid from the place before demolition and development !
Wow i worked there in the 1980s when i was 21 it was a silver service hotel im shocked to see the status of the hotel
I’ve stayed in this hotel a couple of times, yeah it’s not great but it’s cheap and cheerful… I’ve stayed in rooms at Butlins that are worse this and 3x the price….
Stayed there last night, worst hotel I've ever been in, no hot running water, used towels and general filth everywhere! Good luck complaining staff blazing out the windows
@starrgazer1000 no breakfast I don't think you'd want it anyway. Honestly the room in the video looked loveley in comparison
£42 seems a bit steep but really it does look tired. Imagine staying there on honeymoon 😂
Check in 4pm - Checkout 10am - Utter disgrace. The UK budget hotel industry is a f*cking shambles. Bed and Breakfast places used to be a better option, but the prices for all have gone crazy. I will be in Bangkok in a couple of weeks, 20 quid a night will get me a decent place. I will never get over paying 110 for one night in some God forsaken North Wales coastal town. Rip off Britain.
Fiver a night and you gotta fight the cockroaches for breakfast , looks rough as a dogs arse lol
It certainly was! Thanks for watching 👍
I wouldn't have paid more than £20 for that room.