This hotel is right on the edges of Bolton about a fifteen minute taxi journey away.

The hotel itself is a standard business type place, the fixtures and fittings are a bit tired, my room had no aircon and in fact the extractor in the bathroom didn't even work. This meant I had to leave the window open and got bitten two or three times.
The saving graces for this hotel were the most excellent and helpful staff team and a good breakfast.

The gardens were nice around the hotel and it is five minutes in a cab from the football ground so convenient for match days.

A mixed stay while using this hotel as a business base.
Asked for a quiet room and got it. They have a wing reserved to provide for a quiet stay and it works, mostly.
The facilities are excellent with a good gym and pool and the Zumba? class was really fun. There is also a hairdressers and beautician.
Staff were friendly but in short supply, especially poor as it was a big match night and only one untrained bar lady for drinks and food orders. We felt sorry for her but the wait was far to long at 15/20 mins to be served a drink. When the food arrived 2/3 were o.k. We did not pay for mine! We did try the restaurant but on entering we could hear it was just as chaotic. The next day the bar was fully staffed we noticed.
For the rest of the stay we ate out and can recommend the pub just up the road (turn left out of hotel) just a short walk and serving good food with good service.
Would possibly us it again.

We stayed for two nights on a trip to Scotland.

The Suite 229 was lovely and the bed so comfortable.

We did not have Dinner but the breakfasts were excellent.

The bar area was good.

The staff were so friendly.

When going that way, we will definitely stay again.

We stayed there on Whit Monday night as part of a deal with Groupon to see Take that in Manchester.The hotel is very pleasant and the staff were very friendly. As some of the previous reviewers have said the rooms are a "tired" and need a bit of a makeover but saying that it certainly would not put me off in returning again

Stayed here for 2 nights in May attending a wedding. The family room was large, clean and spacious. Breakfast was hot and nice. The staff were all friendly and helpful including the housekeeping and bar staff. No complaints for the price we paid and would recommend this hotel as a good base if you were wanting to explore the local area.

We booked this hotel on the day that we went for just a quiet night out. The service is lovely and I couldn't fault the staff. The food was very good and the staff were very attentive. If you want somewhere slightly cheaper to stay without it being anything special, it would be suitable. If your looking for something with a bit of character, it appears to lack in this. The rooms look like they haven't been redone in a while and the decor is looking very tired, the bathroom in particular could do with a complete makeover. Overall it was a nice stay but I probably wouldn't stay again.

Great service, great bedrooms! Recommended.
Spent a week during Christmas it was awesome.
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Stayed at the Mercure on a business stop over. Decore is basic in the rooms and a little uninspiring but acceptable. The bathroom was in need of a revamp. Everything though was clean and tidy.
The tv infotainment system was a little complicated and convoluted to just get to watching a tv channel and may be too much for a technophobe.
Wifi was reliable, fast and free.
Breakfast was pleasant enough and enjoyable although the self service coffee machine seemed to be playing up when I was there and I stuck with juice.

Stayed over for a friends wedding nearby, easy access to motorway and retail park, decent place , nice room, shower a bit poor but overall quite good for the money
Try the carrot cake in the nearby Costa - it's ace 👍

Recently had a Gideons International dinner for 50 here at this hotel who were amazing, Nothing was too much trouble. The food was wonderful and the standard of service so attentive. I would certainly come back here. Thank you

It has been sometime now since I reviewed this hotel. I stay here every week, and so after reading some of the poor reviews (some I believe for petty reasons), thought I would review it again.
I am not saying it is the most luxurious hotel I have stayed in, but it is one of the most comfortable and definitely the friendliest. From the moment I enter the hotel to leaving it, the staff are brilliant and always seem to be enjoying what they do (which you can't say the same about the majority of hotels), they can't do enough and nothing is too much trouble.
The rooms I have stayed in may not be the most modern I admit, but are spotlessly clean and very comfortable, with large comfortable beds (albeit the pillows are a litter on the hard side for me); Dated rooms to me are not a problem, provided they are clean, and the rooms at the Georgian House are clean.
The restaurant is ok, but since I have eaten most of the menu, I like a change; the food is good and prices a little on the high side, but hey, it's a hotel what do you really expect. Anyway there are several good restaurants and pubs around to choose from.
The location for me is perfect when working or visiting the area.
I have given it 5 stars (at first four) but it's worth 5 because after a long drive in the morning and then working all day, the hotel is where I want to be when I arrive in the evening looking forward to a nice long hot bath (plenty of hot water), what more do you need.

Facilties wise cant doubt it. Swimming pool access good for kids and not too big. Restuarant and bar within hotel. Location good for travelling in and around Manchester. However rooms are a bit dated requires painting and updating. No working heating but ok due to weather being warmish. Tv kept freezing finally gave up. Massive car park and quiet only stayed for one night. Would I return probaly not until the rooms get painted and cleaned. Wifi is free and good. Cant doubt the staff great service.

We attended to a wedding and it was fantastic. The team set up the room lovely. The service through the meal was great. The food was lovely and very filling. The drinks were fine. Plenty wine to choose from. The room was clean and the breakfast was gorgeous. I would go again and recommend to all

We had driven up from the South of England by road, travelling by faith, and in sure hope, that some form of quaint English accommodation, brimming with character and appeal, would "pop up" somewhere towards late afternoon . It didn't !!

In ignorance, we left the M62 and tried the labyrinth of roads winding around the industrial midlands, studded with traffic lights and bus stops, to find nothing but rows of cramped stone building, and dirty brick terrace houses, blackened with industrial grime, which offered no hope of finding any accommodation whatsoever.

We re-joined the M62 and drove further west, to again try our fortunes in the Blackburn area. Here we discovered that the English Pubs were places focused on drinking and dining, with not the slightest intention of providing accommodation .... anywhere.

From one of these establishments we were directed to the Mercure Bolton Last Drop Village Hotel" . The barmaid, a local for 60 years gave us directions , with the parting encouragement that " You can't miss it " which with our luck that day, meant that we probably would. To our relief , in steady rain which had persisted all day, we arrived.

The huge building standing majestically on the hill, looked like a peace time rendition of Colditz Camp with fairy lights, and immediately our relief was evident, as nightfall was now approaching, after a long day on the road.

Happily we entered the inviting foyer, and upon announcing our needs, were told that two weddings had been booked, and in consequence, they had no accommodation available : next, waves of dripping sports cyclists began arriving , complete with their bikes, looking for the sauna , and there appeared to be a shortage of staff at the desk . The hotel staff rang a sister Mercure Hotel and found that a room was indeed available. It was only fifteen minutes away according to them, but as first time visitors we really had no idea about how to get there. After a twenty minute wait, with the dripping cyclists, y they accessed a google map which they printed out and produced directions from the same source to assist the onward journey.

The fifteen minute drive was represented by a 2 centimetre squiggle on the map , which prompted us to fire up our "Tom Tom" which had a fading battery. Whilst trying to enter the address, we wondered who the idiot was that invented "Bolton Blackrod"
as part of a place address. The Tom Tom wanted a street number , and did much thinking about this name, but the staff had said again " You can't miss it".

They were right. We didn't miss it and were pleased to be quickly processed and allocated room 780 on the 2nd Floor. The room provided was an unusual shape: certainly not square, but the space was most adequate, as was the bathroom.

Two things stood out. The first was the size of the TV. It was a modern appliance, but the screen was the size of an overgrown postage stamp. We could have done with binoculars to watch the TV whilst in bed. The image was so small. The other item that surprised me was the stingy supply of coffee. There were only two paper tubes of instant coffee for two people, and two decaffeinated paper tubes of coffee.

The room was functional and comfortable however, and featured double glazing. It was nice to find that the windows actually opened meaning the room can be ventilated by atmospheric air. The queen size bed was ensemble style and comfortable enough, but it featured a sort of modern four poster contrivance: for what purpose ? I have no idea. WiFi was available in the room, and quickly accessed at no extra cost.

We thankfully had dinner not long after arriving at about 8:45 pm. We were told that the restaurant serves until 9:30 pm. The food and service was to the highest standard. Breakfast in the morning was set up as a self serve affair, with good cooked and continental breakfast variety. Two things offered, amongst others were the black pudding, and fried bread: quite characteristic of Lancashire.

We departed the Mercure Hotel, Blackrod, somewhat wiser for the experiences of then past 24 hours, and very thankful that we had at least found it after a tedious day in the rain.

Lovely hotel some damp in parts but for a place with unique features nice views and fantastic staff I can live with a dripping roof on a landing. Pool area good it's a shame the sauna is not mixed but we could use the steam room together gym was small but had lots of weights and machines. The food was really nice we had the set menu at £22pp breakfast was like every hotel. Surcharge on bill at 10%

I had my wedding here this weekend and I couldnt have wished for anything better. The service was great. The food and drink where perfect. Rooms where excellent. Comfy beds. Chris the wedding guy was fab. Made up feel so special. Thank you to all the staff at Mecure this was the best day of my life and you made it all perfect. Thank you again. MR and Mrs lodge

I was working in Bolton for a month, I stayed for the first week at a different hotel and chose to move to a better quality hotel for the remainder of the month. The Mercure was reasonable though for the first week I was there the toilet in the room didn't flush properly and the shower was virtually unusable despite requests at reception for these faults to be rectified. The food served was good, on an evening I generally had the fixed menu. Despite the plumbing the room was comfortable though the TV and WIFI was hit or miss which caused me some problems responding to emails. I didn't get the opportunity to use the leisure facilities. The staff were generally friendly. I would stay here again for business purposes.

My wife and I stayed ay this hotel in a classic room.
I asked at the time of booking for a quiet room,which was allocated, room 325.
For a small fee you can upgrade your room. If in doubt phone them and ask!
There is a spa and swimming pool on site.
A rather good breakfast each morning and extremely friendly and hard working staff were on duty. We will book again.
If you like a drink, you pay Hotel prices, so be aware! There are bars and pubs within five minutes drive.

Very good value for money, good spacious rooms and comfortable bed, also very good level of cleanliness. Ideal location for Bolton and surrounding areas.

Friendly, helpful staff on hand.

Could include breakfast in the price though.

We stay for two nights at this hotel and it was a wonderful experience , Lovely staff ,huge bed , very clean and a really delicious breakfast and you could eat as much as you wanted.Would stay there again ,

Spent one night in this hotel and checkin was effortless and efficient and a warm welcome was received from the friendly staff. Restaurant staff at both dinner and breakfast were friendly and attentive and the food was excellent. Room very bright, clean and quiet. Will recommend to friends and would not hesitate to stay again. Excellent service in all areas.Thank you to all!

Stayed hear to visit family, on arrival felt the receptionist was rather frosty. Not what you expect on a people facing roll. We were checked in & arrived at our room that was a good size with everything we needed. The bathroom needed some work & the toilet didn't flush properly. We had drinks before going out in the bar which was a very nice area. The following morning the breakfast staff were very friendly & efficient & served a lovely fresh breakfast. Later in the day we needed to speak to reception again & this time another person was staffing the desk but her attitude was probably worst than the the previous person. I cannot understand Management putting staff on a desk that is customer facing with no people skills. There was a Xmas party that evening & the event coordinators were so very friendly to us as we were going out for the evening, shame couldn't be said the the front of house. Other than that we had a good stay.

I booked this hotel for the hubby and I on an £89 dinner and bottle of wine, bed and breakfast deal-a nice night away from the baby! Unfortunately not long before we were due to travel I was hospitalised with pneumonia and as our hotel date approached I was still quite unwell. I contacted Mercure to see if we could get a refund or even change the date of travel, they said no. We use Mercure 3 or 4 times a year on these deals so we were a little disappointed that they couldn't do anything for us, however not wanting to lose the money paid we decided we'd give it a go and hopefully try and enjoy a rest.

On arrival and check in we asked the receptionist Claire if we could do the privilege upgrade (we thought we might as well have a nicer room as we would be spending most of our time in it!) no upgrades were available, however Claire, on seeing that I was quite poorly, offered us a complimentary upgrade to a suite. We thought this was a very kind and lovely gesture so thank you for that Claire.

The room itself was spacious and clean. Probably the only two things that let it down slightly were the poorly flushing toilet and the lack of air-conditioning/temperature control (something the hubby and I think is a must in a modern hotel). We ended up spending the afternoon watching a film in the room (again sorted by Claire after there was a programming fault with the TV).

We attempted dinner in the restaurant on the evening. It was very quiet when we arrived and after receiving our bottle of wine, another member of staff, Isabel, could see I was quite unwell and went and got me a large jug of water to have instead. She was very attentive and so kind in looking after us (as was the other waiter but we didn't get his name I'm afraid). The food itself was really good quality, both the hubby and I thoroughly enjoyed what we had. Unfortunately the restaurant didn't have air-conditioning either and halfway through our main course I took a turn for the worse so we had to leave rather quickly. We were quite disappointed that we didn't get to finish our main meal, never mind get the chance to sample the puddings that looked fab!

Breakfast the next morning was the let down to this hotel. Very cold and limited choices (no eggs out of any kind, hash browns…) and staff were pretty non existent (other than someone came to ask us to move from the table near the window to further into the room-not what I wanted when I wasn't feeling the best…)

All in all I think we are pretty gutted about our stay here, we didn't really get to enjoy it in the way we would've liked. However I do think we will be back at some point, the hotel overall seemed really nice, we need to finish our dining room experience properly and try out the leisure facilities that we didn't even get to see never mind try out.

Certainly worth paying the upgrade to executive if you want good work space and a lovely refurbished room. Friendly staff and the food service was great.
I would recommend this hotel, the leisure facilities are a bonus and I enjoyed a much needed good night sleep in a comfy clean bed.

Having recently had a very disappointing stay at another Mercure hotel, I was hoping it was a one off. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
The welcome was friendly and the receptionist was very nice.
My advice would be not to eat here, but definitely avoid the room service.
About 45 mins after ordering a single meal, I called to ask how long it might be. Someone put the phone down on me, and miraculously my meal appeared 5 mins later.
The meat was dry and the chunky chips were soggy - I suspect it had been sat waiting to be delivered for some time.
The shower was shockingly bad as well.
However, the room was lovely and cosy and the bathroom was clean.
On check out, the receptionist had no record of the room service so couldn't charge me but it wasn't worth paying for anyway!
In addition, I wasn't asked how my stay was.