Samuel Pepys

Location: 31 Church Street, Harwich, gb

Star Rating: 3 Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Non-smoking rooms
• Restaurant
• Family rooms
• Non-smoking throughout
• Kid meals
• Evening entertainment
• Outdoor furniture
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Invoice provided
• Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
• Smoke alarms
• Key access
• CCTV outside property
• Television in common areas
• Free wired internet
• Golfing on site
• Self parking (surcharge)
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Internet access
• Housekeeping on request
• Concerts/live shows
• Wine release events
• Japanese garden
• Covered parking
• Vegetarian menu options available

Rooms Available

• Double Room

  Featuring free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. The double room features a wardrobe, an electric kettle, a carpeted floor, heating and a flat-screen TV. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed

• Single Room with Shower

  Offering free toiletries, this single room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. The single room offers a wardrobe, an electric kettle, a carpeted floor, heating and a flat-screen TV. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed

• Family Room

  Featuring free toiletries, this family room includes a private bathroom with a bath, a shower and a hairdryer. The family room features a wardrobe, an electric kettle, a sofa, a carpeted floor, as well as a flat-screen TV. The unit has 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Sofa
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Sofa bed
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed

• Single Room with Shower

  Offering free toiletries, this single room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. The single room offers a wardrobe, an electric kettle, a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a flat-screen TV. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed

• Single Room with Shower

  Providing free toiletries, this single room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. The single room provides a wardrobe, an electric kettle, a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a flat-screen TV. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed

• Single Room with Shower

  Featuring free toiletries, this single room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. The single room features a wardrobe, an electric kettle, a carpeted floor, heating and a flat-screen TV. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed

Guest Reviews

• David (8/5): Nice comfortable accommodation with excellent food - Central location All good
• Martin (9/5): A most enjoyable one night stay - The staff were really friendly, and although just spent 1 night, was pleased with the whole experience. ~~The way that breakfast was prepared was amazing, and everything was fresh, I was asked if there was anything else required for the meal, and it seemed that nothing was any trouble. Eggs cooked perfectly for me.
• Gary (10/5): Wonderful staff, nothing too much trouble, any problem immediately sorted - Didnt have breakfast this time because i was leaving at 7am, but i was offered any type of breakfast to take with me. Wonderful staff and everything done to please the guests. Nothing
• Ewart (8/5): Recommended hotel. - Excellent and friendly staff-my arrival was delayed but when I rang the Samuel Pepys there was no answer, however, they rang me back and arranged a later check-in. Full size television not the usual small wall-mounted set. Fresh towels every day. Sunday breakfast was not served later as in many hotels. Two bottles of water and a small packet of biscuits provided every day. Harwich only has two convenience stores and one cash point.
• Peter (8/5): -
• Arie (8/5): -
• Riccardo (10/5): Fantastic Stay - I liked everything. The food was exceptional! Staff are fantastic and friendly Unfortunately only with the single rooms the shower pressure is very weak.
• Gabriele (8/5): -
• Anthony (7/5): -
• Dick (8/5): Prima, voldeed aan de verwachting. Jammer van de koude douche. - Zeer vriendelijk personeel. Goede ligging. Rijkelijk ontbijt. Douchen met koud water, werd niet warm.
• Gary (10/5): Brilliant, shame about room above me was very loud but sorted in the end - Although i didnt have the full english, the assorted foods were excellent. The staff know me as i have stayed overnight many times, and nothing is too much trouble and any questions are answered straight away. Brilliant staff N/a
• Michael (5/5): - Das Essen war gut! Kein Wasser am Waschbecken!
• Riccardo (10/5): Wonderful 1 Night stay - Wonderful beds, got to sleep soundly, pillows good and supportive too. Room 2 - bathroom is great, has everything. Has all usual amenities. Restaurant has a wonderful menu! Staff are all very pleasant, cheerful and welcoming. Nothing I’m realistically aware of
• Peter (9/5): - Superb, v generous proportion. Filter coffee instead of instant would have nice Just a shame the bar wasn't open when I got back on Sunday evening
• Philpott (8/5): Good location and comfortable stay. - Excellent breakfast Needed a mirror by powerpoint so could see to dry hair.
• Gary (10/5): -
• Jo (8/5): 1 night stay before early ferry - Close to Harwich ferry port. Easy to find with Google maps. Parking on site. Bed very comfortable, slept extremely well. Staff incredibly helpful and friendly. Great pub / restaurant downstairs with delicious, reasonably priced food. Staff kindly had my breakfast ready for 7am when they opened due to my ferry time. Very accommodating. Family business, good to support that and great to have that personal service. Win-win!
• Rianne (8/5): - Bij aankomst was het hotel nog gesloten, het telefoonnummer gebeld wat op het briefje stond bij de deur. Een vriendelijke dame nam op en deed de deur voor ons open. Heerlijke bedden. Heerlijk gegeten in het restaurant . Ideaal als je vroeg de boot moet nemen naar hoek van Holland. Nog maar 6 minuten rijden. Wij houden niet van vroeg ontbijten, dus kregen we een pakketje mee voor op de boot. Restaurant erg verouderd of de tijd heeft stil gestaan. De wc trok niet goed door.
• Christopher (10/5): - Friendly staff.... excellent breakfast!
• Amir (10/5): -
• Brackstone (10/5): -
• Raymond (8/5): - Only stayed overnight
• Louis (9/5): Such a nice stay, with a pint in the evening, a great night's sleep, and an excellent breakfast. - Very friendly and helpful staff. Fantastic breakfast. Comfortable room. I will certainly come back. Thank you
• Roger (8/5): Very friendly , excellent food both breakfast and evening meal - Very friendly , excellent food both breakfast and evening meal
• el (10/5): - zeer vriendelijk. zelfs ontbijt kon eerder dan 7 uur, lag gewoon een geweldig pakket klaar! niks
• Denien94 (8/5): - Location was really good in my case being close to the freight was Ideal, staff was very friendly and welcoming dinner was really good as well as the Breakfast! 👌🏾 The Bed was Not Comfy at all could do with mattresses upgrade would make such a big difference
• Pete (10/5): - Great location and clean
• Steven (8/5): prima - Prima , de Full English was super !
• Ella Maxine (8/5): Lovely character hotel and lovely staff - Loved the hotel for it's history and olde worlde charm. Much preferable to modern hotels. Lovely staff,very welcoming and friendly. Breakfast was plentiful ,cooked or continental. In fact we opted for the child's cooked breakfast on the second morning as we couldn't eat all of the adults portion. We had Sunday lunch and an evening meal during our two nights stay, both meals were great. The bedroom (room 5) was huge and warm, lovely big comfy bed. Seating area and large TV. Tea and coffee making facilities and bottled water supplied. Couple of minor cleaning issues in the room when we arrived but they were swiftly dealt with by housekeeping when we mentioned it. Unfortunately the weather on one day was bad so we spent a lot of time in our room chilling and reading. The only issue here is that the room is directly over the main pub bar so the background noise was slightly intrusive during the day and evening when the pub was open. However we do appreciate that this is a very old establishment. The hotel was very quiet during the night and we good sleep both nights. There are some local historical places to visit but as it's winter most weren't open,but we were aware of this beforehand. We did manage to visit the local fort which is open Sundays in the winter.
• Dawn (10/5): Thank you for a lovely stay and amazing breakfast - Central location
• Brian (10/5): Excellent would highly recommend this hotel. - Staff and hotel exceptional we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and shall return in the future Nothing
• Judy (8/5): Was just what i needed. - Cute venue. A lot of stairs so not for those who don't like stairs but i liked being on the top floor. Staff were lovely and breakfast excellent. It's a pub more than a hotel so good to set expectations which i'd already done. Food had to be ordered by 6pm which if i'd known i wouldn't have had a late lunch. It was very busy but had a nice atmosphere. It might have just been on Sundays - i didn't check.
• Claudine (9/5): Brilliant stay, thoroughly enjoyed it. - Excellent. Shower
• Paul (8/5): Uitstekend! - De sfeer en het vriendelijke personeel Niks viel tegen
• Thorsten (9/5): bis demnächst! -
• pauline (10/5): Enjoyed stay staff very nice - Comfortable easy to find
• Burkhard (8/5): - Das Frühstück war das Beste! Die Dusche
• C (9/5): Very comfortable - Bedroom was clean & warm. Early breakfast with all the options. Great evening pub grub with very generous portions. Nothing, it was all good. Slight noise transference between rooms, but otherwise it was a nice place for two nights stay.
• Robert John (9/5): -
• Keith (6/5): -
• PAUL (10/5): - Enormous breakfast
• Alan (3/5): Disappointing -
• ruud (8/5): -
• John (10/5): Authentic and genuine hostelry and hospitality - A magnificent blend of history and modernity.
• Crawley (10/5): -
• Graham (9/5): just what I wanted in the right place - good breakfast excellent friendly stafff shower control
• Elmar (9/5): Ein guter Start in eine England Reise - Wir kamen mit der Fähre in Harwich an und es war bereits dunkel. Bekamen noch einen Parkplatz hinter dem Gebäude und checkten ein. Trotzdem , es im Lokal sehr voll war, begleitete uns eine sehr freundliche Mitarbeiterin auf unser Zimmer. Der vorab von uns reservierte Tisch war bereit und wir hatten ein leckeres Abendessen. Betten waren gut. Das Frühstück am nächsten Tag , war eines der besten während unseres 2 wöchigen Trips durch England.
• Horwood (9/5): -
• Brett (8/5): - A nice old hotel. Great meal.
• mette lisbeth (10/5): -
• Hill (10/5): -
• Jager (8/5): -
• Edward (6/5): It was an enjoyable stay with very friendly and helpful staff - The historic building and location. The room had dirty curtains and the draws were dusty, one of which was broken
• 1Astonvilla (7/5): -
• Christi (8/5): - De vriendelijkheid en netheid De communicatie op de dag zelf voordat ik kwam
• Martyn (9/5): - Lovely room with large comfy bed. Friendly staff and enjoyed a lovely meal with drinks. Couldn't get the TV to work properly. Difficult remote control.
• Syrett (7/5): Good value, staff were amazing and breakfast was delicious - It was basically in a side street bar and staff were amazing The shower head in my room would stay up which was pretty annoying
• Elena-Maria (10/5): Zum wiederkommen - Die Unterkunft genauso wie das Restaurant waren herausragend
• Cassie (10/5): - Staff were lovely and helpful. Room was perfect for me travelling alone. Bed was comfy. It was clean and fresh towels every day. The food in the winebar was amazing. Will definitely stay again.
• Stephanie (9/5): - Had a small room under the roof. Was quite cozy and quiet. Lovely pub. All those thick carpets in UK... I never get the feeling this is the most hygienic kind of things to put on floor of hotel rooms.
• dbos (9/5): -
• Mike (8/5): -
• Johan (10/5): Super -
• Ralf (8/5): Hôtel authentique proche du ferry - Restaurant typique Vieille maison authentique Parking Petit déjeuner anglais très traditionnel Ameublement un peu basique
• Welch (7/5): -
• Caroliene (7/5): -
• Sinclair (8/5): -
• Karel Stroethoff (9/5): - Breakfast was great!
• Martine (4/5): -
• N/a (8/5): Lovely Jubilee stay - Friendly, cheerful chatty staff - wonderful to be able to chat with staff Fresh food, wonderfful food smells, fantastic selection menu, Wonderfully clean, no iffy smells, no one loitering in the surrounding area. Seems like there is a lack of management. It was’t apparent who was in charge.
• Alan (10/5): Excellent - Breakfast was very good although I couldn’t eat it all
• Thorben (7/5): -
• Catalin (10/5): - Good place to eat
• Gerard (8/5): -
• Gerda (8/5): Oud Engels hotel met goede bedden, goed ontbijt, en eigen parkeerplaats. - Goed bed, schoon, stil, goed engels ontbijt met ook vers fruit. Eigen parkeerplaats achter hotel. Lekkere wijnen. In het donker was de parkeerplaats lastig te vinden.
• Debbie (10/5): Lovely stay, would definitely return. Amazing breakfast - Lovely pub, room was perfect. Vegetarian breakfast was the best I've ever had, cooked to perfection. Staff so friendly. Would thoroughly recommend Everything was great
• Dr Sebastian (10/5): -
• Richard (8/5): -
• Yosuke (7/5): -
• Maarten (8/5): - Vriendelijke ontvangst ondanks het late uur.
• HamburgMM (8/5): Stimmungsvoll und zentral - Die Lage ist super. Sehr nah am Pier der Altstadt. Kurze Wege zu den Hafenfähren und zum Badestrand. Gute 10 Minuten mit dem Rad zur Überseefähre. Der Pub hat Atmosphäre und einen kleinen "Garten". Für meine Zwecke, Ende August, war es super. Als Alleinreisender hatte ich beim ersten Aufenthalt ein sehr kleines Zimmer. Beim zweiten Aufenthalt hatte ich ein paar qm mehr, was ich hilfreich fand. Es ist Altbau. Ich fand das charmant, es mag auch Menschen geben, die an Dingen Anstoß nehmen.
• Miranda (8/5): Fijn en comfortabel verblijf. - De medewerkers zijn erg vriendelijk en erg behulpzaam. Ideale plek om te overnachten en te dineren in het typisch engelse restaurant. Het ontbijt mag iets meer verse producten bevatten. Maar er zijn wel genoeg opties zowel in het buffet als om te bestellen via de kaart.
• Cor (6/5): Voor 1 overnachting was het prima. - Gemoedelijke sfeer, dicht bij de ferry. Bedden waren zacht.
• Agnieszka (9/5): -
• jorien (8/5): -
• Susanne (8/5): - Service, dass die Dame abends nach der Schließung auf mich gewartet hat, weil die Fähre Verspätung hatte. Ich habe darum in einem Telefonat (Anrufbeantworter) gebeten und es hat geklappt. Ohne
• Alison (9/5): Great accommodation with a quirky feel. - Lovely accommodation quirky which is an added surprise, breakfast was lovely, staff very attentive. Would recommend. I was staying in Felixstowe and wanted a close hotel so chose this accomendation but what Booking. Com don't mention is that it's an 45 min drive and not 3 miles as stated as they don't mention the sea!! Maybe I should of researched it myself but trusted Booking.com. I think that needs updating as it's misleading.
• James (7/5): -
• AndyE79 (9/5): Fab hotel for the port with overnight parking - Fantastic welcoming and friendly staff. A fan in the room was a very nice surprise in the hot weather. Easy parking Close to port
• Gaby (8/5): Friendly hotel No - Very friendly staff, no problem about checking in after 8 pm, sparklingly clean, plentiful breakfast. I appreciated the bottled water, since the tap water is apparently not drinkable. The sloping floor of the bedroom meant the bed was also sloping to one side. This could (and should) easily be corrected with a couple pieces of wood.
• Beate (9/5): Wohlfühlaufenthalt bei Samuel Pepys - Eine Unterkunft zum Wohlfühlen. Ein gemütliches Zimmer, großzügig mit Tee, Wasser etc. bestückt, was auch aufgefüllt wurde, benutztes Geschirr wurde ersetzt. Als ich ankam wurde mir mein schwerer Koffer aus der Hand genommen und selbstverständlich die 2 Stockwerke nach oben getragen. Das Restaurant bietet vielfältige, frische und gut abgeschmeckte Gerichte, alle Mitarbeitenden waren durchgängig freundlich und hilfsbereit.
• Thomas (3/5): Nära till Stena line terminalen var positivt. - Närheten till bar och restaurang i boendets bottenvåning. Rummet hade en svag mögellukt och var inte luftkonditionerat. Restaurangen hade så dåligt luftutbyte att det var mera bekvämt att sitta utomhus. Gammalt, slitet och orenoverat lockar inga gäster. Smala och svårforcerade trappor till övervåningen.
• Lawal (9/5): Enjoyable stay as always - I have stayed several times and the food is lovely. Excellent breakfast and friendly staff. Ideal for my visits to the area Nothing to dislike although the window frame is in a very poor condition in the room where I stayed and is a safety issue.
• Phil Downs (9/5): Very satisfied - All fine All fine
• Dicker Laui (9/5): - - Sehr freundlich - hilfsbereit - gutes Frühstück - eigener Parkplatz - Ablage/Schrank wäre nützlich
• Linda (8/5): Excellent value for money. - The staff were super friendly and helpful. Room cleanliness, top marks. It's a common failing that there was no befside lamp or lamp near the bed to provide for reading.
• John (8/5): -
• Marvin (4/5): -
• Marcel (8/5): Prima plekje, super vriendelijk personeel - Prima plek vlakbij de ferry Inchecktijd voor 15 of na 18 uur
• Hanneke (8/5): -

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