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Dragonfly Hotel Colchester

3.0 star property
Hotel with free parking, in the vicinity of Colchester Castle Museum

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Lounge
Lounge
Standard Double Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets
Executive Double Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets
Exterior

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
The current price is AED 317
AED 381 total
includes taxes & fees
28 Feb - 1 Mar

Room options

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Twin Room

Highlights

Heating
Connecting rooms available
LCD TV
Hair dryer
Shower/tub combination
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Satellite channels
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Executive Double Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Executive Double Room

Highlights

Heating
Connecting rooms available
LCD TV
Hair dryer
Shower/tub combination
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Double Room

Highlights

Heating
Connecting rooms available
LCD TV
Hair dryer
Shower/tub combination
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Satellite channels
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the neighborhood

Map
A12/A120 Ardleigh Junction, Colchester, England, CO7 7QY

What's nearby

  • Colchester Castle Park - 7 min drive
  • Colchester Castle Museum - 7 min drive
  • University of Essex - 8 min drive
  • Mercury Theatre - 9 min drive
  • Colchester Zoo - 11 min drive

Getting around

  • Colchester Great Bentley Station - 10 min drive
  • London (SEN-Southend) - 63 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Oak Tree Coffee House - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Peking Palace - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Wooden Fender - ‬5 min drive

About this property

Dragonfly Hotel Colchester

Hotel near University of Essex
Located close to firstsite and Colchester Castle Museum, Dragonfly Hotel Colchester provides a terrace, a garden, and a bar. The on-site restaurant offers breakfast and lunch. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
You'll also find perks like:
  • Free self parking
  • Full breakfast (surcharge), an electric car charging station, and express check-in
  • 1 meeting room, a banquet hall, and smoke-free premises
  • Guest reviews speak highly of the helpful staff
Room features
All 50 rooms offer amenities such as free WiFi.
More conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Free toiletries and hair dryers
  • LCD TVs with satellite channels
  • Electric kettles, heating, and daily housekeeping

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Electric car charging station on site

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee daily 6:00 AM–10:00 AM: GBP 12.50 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Luggage storage

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have elevators
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • LCD TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Mobile key entry

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 12.50 per person

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Frequently asked questions

Is Dragonfly Hotel Colchester pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Dragonfly Hotel Colchester?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Dragonfly Hotel Colchester?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM.

What time is check-out at Dragonfly Hotel Colchester?

Check-out is at 11 AM.

Where is Dragonfly Hotel Colchester located?

Situated in Colchester, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Colchester Castle Museum, University of Essex, and firstsite. Mercury Theatre and Beth Chatto Garden are also within 9 mi (15 km).

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Dragonfly Hotel Colchester Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 252 out of 783 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 302 out of 783 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 135 out of 783 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 60 out of 783 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 34 out of 783 reviews

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice stay, easy check in
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Convenient comfortable hotel at a good price. Staff are friendly and helpful. Restaurant was not open Sunday night.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Sonia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnight stop!
It was am overnight stop to attend a funeral.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay as usual. Its a lot to ask having arrived at midnight but food and a drink would have been perfect.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and helpful staff. Overall great stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient stay
Good location , good room. A good base to explore the area. Breakfast ok.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable, convenient and good value.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Claudina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay very good value
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really like the hotel it is convenient and clean with a reasonble resturant. For this stay I needed to change the dates and between Expedia and the hotel they couldn't get their act together to move the date in time which left me with no choice but to make a second booking which cost me a lot of money.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dragonfly
Lovely hotel. Room and bathroom were very clean. Bar area was pleasant and reasonably priced. Inly let down was that the food service was a bit slow, we waited about 50 minutes. Lots of people were waiting for meals then they all came out in one go.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nikki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very polite friendly staff, good food. Will be coming back
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Beryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Need more food options for breakfast.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Per

Ok room for 1 night
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Richard

We stayed for the evening son incorporated an afternoon lunch / dinner and must say the food was only average. The breakfast the following morning was terrible and because we didn’t arrive till 8.40 am some of the choices were not even available having presumably run out
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great!
The staff couldn't do enough for our comfort and help us throughout.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnight Stay
What a lovely hotel - couldn't fault it. Had never heard of the brand of hotel before, but all was good. Very quiet hotel so had a peaceful sleep. We eat there too and again, couldn't fault the food or staff - would definitely use this brand of hotel again
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Merly

Liked: Staff & service
Dated
The hotel is dated
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
An ideal place to stay room was comfortable. Receptionist was very helpful and accomadating.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean comfortable hotel
Lovely clean hotel, can check in electronically on arrival but receptionist there to help if needed. Stayed one night for business, comfortable only one thing missing was a hairdryer. Would stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Staff were friendly and helpful. The hotel was good value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good weekend stay
Good view of lake, great service and hotel design. Bathroom could be improved
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angelina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
Lovely hotel lovely breakfast. No remote for tv but they gave us an option to move Room or free drink each !!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Carl

Disliked: Staff & service
Not the best experience
It's clearly a hotel running to a tight budget. Dinner in the evening was ruined as the kitchen 'lost our order' - after 50 minutes of waiting we had to re-order! Room was okay - but didn't get serviced, even with the 'Please Service my room' label hung on door. For similar price could have stayed at Holiday Inn...
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel. Lovely room with a view of the lake. Worth the upgrade
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Room was nice, bed was comfortable. The plug didn’t stay in the bath. Breakfast was ok but no choice of alternatives for hot breakfast for vegetarians.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024