The hotel looks good from the outside, but as a hotel expert i can say that its not up to proper 4 star standards, so if you want a sophisticated hotel experience you wont find it here.

The hotel offers good rates though and for these reasons, its worth while staying.

However;

We had to order our lunch at the bar and pay in advance, my meal was poorly presented, my lager flat and the plates were not cleared even after 30 minutes of us finishing the meal. There wasn't a waiter about the whole time. More reminiscent of a cheap Witherspoons pub including the clientele.

One of two lifts not working meaning lengthy waits, and one entrance door out of service. Spoke to a guest who informed me that the lift was broken last week.

Breakfast really basic, patisserie consists of a small wooden tray with tiny pastries (7) left at 9.30 and these were not of a high standard, scrambled eggs left for far too long, dry and powdery. Not 4 star at all.

This is the second time we have stayed, and both visits were roughly the same in all respects. We will be happy to stay again given our needs (location) and only hope he hotel improves to its potential.

I have been staying at the De Vere Whites Hotel for the past 5 weeks, and all i can say is, WOW! the service from all of the staff has been brilliant, and after long days and sometimes not the best of days at work, going back to the welcome from the staff there is brilliant, I am now on first names terms with most of the staff because of there friendliness and mannerism in the environment they're working in. The wardrobe in the rooms is slightly close to the bed but that's nothing at all to complain about, beds are fantastically comfortable, bathrooms are excellent, and the quality of both the bar and restaurant menu is fantastic along with the breakfast, the only thing i could suggest is that the portions for things like the chips on the bar menu are a little bit bigger than they are. Only major issue is the amount of children in the hotel from the Bolton Academy with the noise they make and running around the corridors, I found a group of Australian kids to be chucking water at each other down the corridor a couple of weeks ago.

Overall brilliant stay, and i look forward to checking in again next week for another 6 weeks!

stayed 5 and 6 april , this is the 5 time we have stayed and we are returning on 26 and 27 april . but this time bringing friends . rooms allways clean standards never drop . well done all staff and management . food great value well cooked , and a great relaxing atmosther in the bar area . its right on the tip of the motorway so , ideal place to get to all the town centeres ie manchester bolton oldham wigan 45 min drive to blackpool . theres a great retail park right next to the stadiem all shops you can think of from tesco to asda to next . to no shortage . a shoppers dellight . at night if you dont want to eat in loads of restaurants to choose from around the hotel . or if . like us you dont want to venture they have a great leisure complex ie swimming pool sauna jacuzzi steam room and a well equipped gym .. THE HOTEL IS DOING A OFFER AT THE MOMENT FOR A SUNDAY SPEND 30 POUND ON FOOD IN THE HOTEL AND YOU CAN STAY THE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR TEN POUNDS FOR THE ROOM . again well worth the stay . and great credit to management and staff . see you on the 26 and 27 april with new quests we are looking forward to a return . well done .stuart gayle brierley ps we have brought our kids in the past so is child friendly lots for the kids to do

Stayed here while visiting family. Lovely hotel, breakfast was great. Shopping close by. Didn't get chance to use amenities of hotel. Will definitely be going back to this hotel and will hopefully use the amenities next time we visit. Thank you for a lovely stay

Very good all round, masses of car parking, providing there is no match on, Spacious room with excellent amenities including iron and board and free wifi. Very good meal with huge portions very well cooked and served. I will be back on business and won't be looking anywhere else round here. Feels significantly better than other De Vere establishments that I have visited.

Stayed at this hotel for 2 nights wanting to get away from your Ibis and Holiday inn, wanting to try something different. The hotel itself is within a perfect location and there is an ample amount of car parking spaces available. We booked the classic standard rooms. The rooms are very clean and the beds are the comfiest that we have slept on at any hotel. The front desk are very friendly from the moment we entered throughout our departure. The spa facilities - pool and sauna is quite average. The gym was very well equipped with all the standard equipment that you would expect. We did not get a chance to try out the bar/ restaraunt or try the breakfast so cant really comment on that. For the price we paid we thought that we would be staying at a similar quality such as the Ibis or Holiday inn but we where very shocked at how much better this hotel is for comfort, value for money and service. Overall this hotel exceeded our expectation on all levels. We will definitely stay here again when visiting Bolton.

I've stayed at this hotel a number of times and have only recently felt compelled to write a review. I first stayed here in 2010, regularly, for about 6 months. My next visit was this week. Here is my review - and comparisons to 3 years ago.

When I arrived, I was greeted by a nice warm smile and a friendly member of staff. I was checked in and made my way to the room. I knew what to expect so I didn't pay much attention to the room at this point. I dumped my bags and went to the bar area. It's nice to see that they are now offering free wifi - this worked strongly in the bar area and pretty well in the room I was in.

I ate in the spacious bar area. The food quality is good and reasonably priced. I thought it was slightly cheaper than 3 years ago so maybe they've changed the menu and pricing slightly. Drinks, I think, are overpriced. £3.40 for a pint of coke...

It would be nice to see a larger screen, maybe a projector, in the bar area. The area is large with lots of seating, but a very small screen (32''? 37''?). On the night of the Manchester Utd/City derby, there were a lot of people in the bar. It just didn't work for me...

Breakfast is ok. Standard set up really. I found the bread used for the toast to be slightly stale - maybe is was sitting out too long in the morning, maybe it was the days' before bread that was being re-used...? The coffee is not nice, slightly burnt. The tea is ok.

Some of staff are friendlier than others and make more of an effort to smile and say hello. I found this mainly to be on the breakfast shift where there is less 'effort' made.

The room is standard. A relatively small size if I'm honest. There is a TV in the room, which I was surprised had Sky Sports on it, but was equally surprised to see it was an old school deep TV, not a flat screen, and the picture was fuzzy on most, if not all channels.

The 'Double' room was 2 singles pushed together, and because of this, the side tables and light switches were situated further than an arms length out of the covers. You had to get out of the bed, or really stretch over if you were to with them off. A small thing for some, but when you're tired, it makes the issue seem bigger than it is.

The sleep quality was ok. The beds were firm and there was a medium thickness duvet on the bed. When I'm trying to get to sleep, I like it to be as quiet as possible. That wasn't going to be the case in this particular room. The radiator in the room needs hot water running through it, it's not an electric one you find in most hotels, and the noise that is generated from it in a quiet room - you'd think someone was having a shower next to you. I thought it was loud. This is an issue I had 3 years ago and I was moved rooms which helped so it's not every room....

The bathroom was poor. The shower had been moved and the holes just had filler in them - it looked really messy. The corners of the bath/shower had dirt or mould on it. I didn't want to get close enough to check it out if I'm honest!
I've attached pictures of the bathroom as this is the area i was most disappointed in.

The gym facilities are ok. Some good weights, 2 benches, cardio machines, a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. I've used all of these facilities and they're ok. It's good to see you don't need to remember your £1 for the locker anymore in case they've ran out of tokens. There is a keypad system where you put a 4 digit pin in and that's your locker code. Nice touch.

Check out was simple but I was surprised to not be asked if I'd had a nice stay. At least then I could've told the lady 'no'.

All in all, a mediocre stay. This is advertised at a 4* hotel. Now, I don't profess to be a jet-setter, but I've stayed in a lot of hotels for business and this just isn't as good as other 4* hotels. Nor, in my eyes, is it a 4* - 3* at best. For a hotel with similar amenities, try the Mecure Last Drop Hotel. Good food and excellent gym facilities. Both better than here.

If it wasn't for the location for work, the free wifi and the fact there are gym facilities here, I would always choose the Premier Inn over the road. The staff are friendlier, the sizes of the rooms are bigger, the TVs are flat screen and better picture quality, the beds are comfier, the bathrooms are cleaner, and you get more for your money food-wise.

I hope this helps whoever reads it.

Just stayed here again for about the 4th or 5th time, as ever my short stay was excellent. It was made even better by the free upgrade I received to a penthouse suite, from what I thought was a very good room rate as it was. Amazing value. The staff both on reception and in bar/restaurant are always pleasant and courteous, a big bonus. Nothing seems too much trouble for the staff and they are always ready to engage in polite conversation with you. I also noticed that the right hand do to reception was not available but just loved the sign on it saying that it (the door) wasn't feeling to well but hoped to be back at work soon.......superb touch.....congrats. to the manager. I'll be back again....

Extremely clean, lovely staff, amazing architectural staircase, mid-blowing views over Bolton Wander's football pitch. Excellent conference ushering and food, 2 great evening meals. Free spa facilites. My only mild complaints - too many fluorescent lights and dark drawn curtains for the conference, and having to go up stairs to go down is a bit disorientating!

Not having visited the Reebok Stadium ever before, I was soon to realise that the De Vere White's Hotel was quite a unique venue.Whilst being a part of a number of exhibitors at the event, it was extremely convenient to have a hotel right next door to the exhibition venue that I was attending.

However, if you are attending an event I found that there were two ways to get through to the hotel from the exhibition area which essentially is the main reception for football ground, a short walk outside the building in a clockwise direction using the hotel entrance as "6 o'clock", takes you round to the men public entrance for what appears to be the conference/exhibition Centre. However if the weather is bad, the last thing you want to do is to walk outside. There is a route through from the exhibition Centre which takes almost the same amount of time although you do have to have your human GPS skills switched on. The staff were very friendly and accommodating, and extremely well-run hotel with good facilities. Would stay again.