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Booked a Queen room in the Hilton sale for last Friday. Rate was £54. On morning of check in, room upgraded to King Suite so did online check in. Hotel was very easy to find, being sign posted as soon as you come off the motorway. You have to enter your car registration at check in or there’s a notice saying you will incur a £60 fine. Apparently, hotel is so busy, but some people had previously left their cars there whilst car sharing to work or even longer periods when catching flights from Humberside airport. At check in at the hotel, no mention made of upgrade and given keys to room 145 on the first floor. Strange numbering in that room 145 is nowhere near 144. After walking along long corridors and looking lost, cleaner eventually took us to room 145, the entrance to which was in a small passageway between rooms 104 and 105! It would have been nice for the receptionist to give directions. The King Suite was entered though a small narrow lounge/dining room and into the good size bedroom with a four poster bed. The bathroom had a shower over the bath and a glass panel. Shower pressure was excellent, but did tend to flood the floor. Unusually, the bedroom also had an emergency exit door which opened onto the main corridor directly opposite the doors to the stairs/elevator. Hence the bedroom was quite noisy. There was no air conditioning in the suite and the room was very warm and it was only possible to open the windows a couple of inches. However, bed comfortable and managed to sleep. The next morning, told I could have requested a fan for the room and also that some refurbished rooms do have air conditioning. Nice feature in the room was that the fridge had complimentary drinks, including 2 small white wine bottles, 2 peroni beers and 2 diet coke bottles. Had early breakfast in the restaurant the next morning and service and food were good and it was very busy with golfers eating prior to playing golf. Had a walk around outside on the previous evening and it’s a very impressive golf course and wooded grounds. The lounge/bar and restaurant areas all looked like they had been recently refurbished and all had air conditioning and were all quite pleasant. Visited the Leisure Centre, to use the pool, sauna and steam room, which is in a separate building at the back of the hotel. Again, the pool was quite busy but it was a late Friday afternoon and as well as hotel guests, there are also club members using the facilities. Think that the £54 rate was really good value and the suite would be fine in the winter, spring and autumn, but If returning in the warmer summer weather, would definitely ring ahead to see if a room with air con was available.