This is the 2nd time my family and I have stayed at this hotel.The hotel amenities are excellent,love the leisure complex.The staff are very friendly and helpful.The breakfast was value for money.Will recommend to others and if we are back in the area will stay again.Thanks to everyone for a wonderful stay.

Stayed with. my wife on cold wet Friday.As soon as we walked in the staff were happy ,smiling. Full of facts,information.

Everywhere we went ,the bar ,the resterauant,the pool,the gym,next day at breakfast all smiling and happy ,what a nice group of people,well done and thank you for a wonderful stay.one little moan update the tvs in the roooms

Stayed here on Sunday 29th April 2012 with my two children aged 8 & 9 years old, booked two rooms through Booking.com, also my sister booked three rooms through them for her family.
We all thoroughly enjoyed our stay as the staff were brilliant, haven't been anywhere in a long time where I have seen hotel staff so pleased to look after you with a jovial smile on their face!!!
We all used the swimming pool, this is a very small pool and not one for serious swimming, 2 women got very stressy that my children were actually enjoying themselves,shame on them!!! The steam room and sauna were very good and roomy, shame there aren't any beauty treatments on offer.
The rooms were clean and adequate for what we needed staying just one night, they were well furnished, a bit on the small side but no more so than any other city hotel. Ladies take your own hair dryer or use the ones in the spa as the one's in the room are terrible.
we all had breakfast the next morning which was excellent and again the staff were exceptional, the lady 'Naomi' took my children up to see the BW pitch, very kind of her.
The hotel is right on the Middlebrook Retail Park and within walking distance of the railway station, Asda, M & S, and loads of shops and restaurants. If you don't know Bolton it is some distance from Bolton town centre but you can use the train.
would definitely stay there again!!!

My husband and I regularly stay at this hotel as a bit of a getaway and we were sent a very reasonable offer for an overnight stay. As it was our anniversary we decided to book it and have a bit of a break.

As always the receptionist couldn't have been more pleasant. We just had a basic room but always spotless and no issues at all. We used the facilities and the pool although small was very quiet for a Saturday and the steam room and sauna were great.

We did stop for a drink at the bar before heading out and I would say after living in the Centre of Manchester for a number of years, the drinks prices were a bit steep at £11 for 2 single brandies. Not complaining though as we chose to drink there when other bars nearby.

We paid for the breakfast and I do not understand why people are not happy with the standard. The food was very nice with everything you could want for breakfast - A cooked english selection, pastries, fruit, a cold selection of meat and bread, toast and coffee, tea and juice on demand. Totally worth the price.

My one and only grumble was that my husband had emailed in advance to advise it was our anniversary and that if possible could we have a room that overlooked the pitch. We didn't hold out any hope as we were booked under a deal but we didn't get a response. I understand that it is a busy night and we are not full paying guests but a courtesy email to just advise none were available would have gone a long way to making our stay perfect.

Other than that, a quality hotel with some very nice features. Will be back soon!

we stayed Saturday 28 April and i had emailed the hotel to request a room with a pitch view which was confirmed straight away.all the staff we dealt with from the reception to the bar staff were all polite and courteous.our room 333 was clean and tidy with a pitch view as requested but my only gripe would be that in this room the sound of the heating was very noisy and from 6ish Sunday morning the heating/boiler would fire up every 3 minutes or so and last for the same time.we used the pool,steam room,sauna and jacuzzi and although they are not the biggest they help to enhance the hotel over other hotels.we pre-booked the breakfast at £9 or its £10.50 on the day but unfortunately it was not to the standard you would expect for that money,certainly compared to De Veres other hotels the village.all in all its a good hotel that offers good value for money with good facilities with an excellent bar and lounge.

My Wife and I stayed here recently whilst spending some time relaxing in Manchester.

We drove from Preston and the hotel couldn't be easier to find. We planned to park up, take the train from Horwich Parkway (3 minutes walk from the hotel, turn right from the main entrance and cross the road in front, it's just down past the Harvester. £3.75 return for an adult, takes about 15 minutes to Oxford Road, 5 more to Piccadilly) for a spa treatment day at Banatine's.

We popped in quickly to ask if we could park up whilst in Manchester, and cheekily asked if the room was ready. Wonderfully it was, and at 10am (officially check in is 3pm) we were in our room! We went into Manchester and back without any issue.

There are ASDA and Tesco stores on the retail park which we used, and also Pizza Hut, McDonald's, KFC, Nandos, a Chinese, a bar and a couple of Italians. We took pizza back to the room with no comments from staff.

The restaurant has an amazing view of the ground and pitch, steak was £23, other staples were around £13 per main course.

The room was big (we had a suite) with a sitting room, bedroom, and huge bathroom. Everything was clean and well presented. The sofa bed was in poor condition and the tellies were terribly outdated! But the staff and bed and general standards in the hotel were excellent.

We used the health club. A nice pool, sauna, steam room and jacuzzi. All clean and free for guests. Think there was a gym but can't remember for sure.

Finally we were able to get a late check out at no extra cost to really top off a cracking weekend.

we booked this hotel for £79 for 2 nights B & B, cheaper than most Travelodge or Premier Inns, we have stayed in a few De Vere venues and resorts and always look for a special offer. The hotel is easy to find and just off the motorway, lots of free parking and an easy check inn, receptionist pleasant and friendly, she informed us of breakfast times, location, leisure facilities and everything we needed to know. We asked for a pitch view room, my husband was delighted with this and it was quite a pleasant view with access to the terrace outside. The room was quite small but adequate, complimentary bottles of water, bath robes were a nice touch. The toiletries are a let down, again that horrible green soap was supplied and the purple shower gel, please change this De Vere! Breakfast was very nice, well cooked hot food, a nice selection of fruit and delicious pastries, good service and a pleasant restaurant in which to eat. Across the road from the hotel is a Harvester pub next to the Premier Inn, this seemed popular and had a good selection of food on the menu. Scott's is a bar serving food similar to Wetherspoons, burger,chips and a drink £5.95, ok if you just want a quick bite, 2 meals for £6 and other reasonable priced meals. The pool was clean and warm, the sauna was out of order but the steam room was nice and the spa pool was lovely, the gym was small but had a good selection of equipment. Within walking distance is a retail park, very good shopping, cinema and bowling, the Abacus Cantonese restaurant is very good, clean and good food. Manchester is about 30 minutes drive, the Trafford Centre is easy to find. The hotel is a good base for shopping and we would us it again, we had a very pleasant stay.

My husband and I stay here a few times a year, as its a nice treat and quite close to home. We have always found the rooms to be lovely, clean and spacious. The leisure facilities are adequate... depending on the time of the day you use them, they can get busy as its only small but still very good. And last but not least the food... WOW... its always delicious... especially the lamb shank! We have told everyone about it :-)

Will be returning :-)

This Hotel is not cheap, but it is a real treat. We stayed in a family room which was a fab size. You have your own private area each- a double bed and a single (sort of fold down sofa; which was comfy enough), there is a wall dividing both beds which is a nice touch. Often family rooms are just 3 beds squeezed into a small room. This room looked more considered in the way the furniture had been placed. 2 seperate doors to lead to the ensuite. The Hotel itself is large with several bars and places to eat. We were there for a family wedding at a seperate venue, so didn't spend a lot of time in the Hotel. The pool was small but nice, we went in the morning and it was fairly quiet. The restaurant was good, service was a little slow at times. Quality of food was good and there was a good variety. You can sit and look out at the football ground from your table! There is an area you can sit to lounge around on sofas once you've checked out which was nice. There was no rush to head home. It's really close to Bolton train station, you can literally walk from the station in 5-10mins. I'd go back if I ever found the reason to be in the area.

We booked this hotel as we were travelling down south and needed a place to stay overnight en-route. The hotel was situated ideally just off the motorway and was quite plush and clean. The staff were very friendly and accomodating. We paid 49£ for the room only option for the both of us and thought this was cheap. But Breakfast options were very good though pricey at 10.50/ person extra. Wifi connectivity throughout was excellent.

We booked the hotel at a very cheap rate. The hotel appeared to be very clean and tidy. Had a quick look at the menu which we thought was quite pricey, £10.50 for burger and chips! The TV in our room was 'antique', the old style which buzzed on most channels, I would have thought a hotel that charges the rates this one does would have now moved on with technology and installed flat-screen TV's!! No fridge in the room or full length mirror! The noise from the main road outside is very noisy. There is a hair dryer in the room and an iron and ironing board,a trouser press, a fan and tea and coffee facilities. Towels are provided and one tube of shower gel. There were 2 bottles of water but nothing to say they were complimentary so didn't touch them. The facilities around the hotel are great and there is a train station across the road which takes you one stop into Bolton town centre which is fabulous. There is a sports bar across the road from the hotel called Scotts which has TV's everywhere, even in the booths and is quite reasonable on prices.
There is also a Harvester resaurant and a Premier Inn (which I will consider next time). There is a Vue cinema around the corner from the hotel, an Asda and Tesco as well as other shops, all within walking distance.
There is a sign behind reception which states if you want to consume your own food and drink in the room a surcharge of £30 will be added to your bill.
The hotel was handy as a stop off as we were travelling to Blackpool the following night. The train across the road from De Vere's also takes you into Blackpool if you fancied a day out there.
We didn't use the gym, sauna or pool facilities so can't comment on them.
What I don't like to see is staff walking around texting on their mobiles and not acknowledging guests! I'm guessing this member of staff is a facebooker!!!!!

Stayed here on £29 one night deal - very impressed with standard of room, breakfast and leisure facilities. This hotel offers good car parking and convenience to motorway connections. Staff were attentive and professional and would recommend this hotel to others. Certainly out performs other, budget hotel options of similar price in the local area.

Me and my boyfriend stayed here on a £19 deal..which was more than a bargain, we were ripping them off! And we never once felt like we were treated any different to a full paying customer.
It was a gorgeous room really well lit and set out lovely with loads of mirrors and the bathroom was extremely clean and tidy. They offered some really decent soaps and gels. Heated mirror in bathroom was a brilliant touch. I don't really bother with that kind of thing but all the little finer details really made our stay enjoyable.
Included in the rooms was FULL facilities of the gym, pool and spa. This topped our romantic weekend off. The gym was minimalistic but had every thing you would have needed to use. The steam room and the Sauna were same as any others but was still enjoyable. The pool and the jacuzzi were gorgeous, lighting all round the pool made it look like a grotto and it wasn't cold either. Staff very helpful and friendly, and you don't have to worry if you forget gym and pool towels as the staff can provide that for you. The lady at reception also told us after we had checked out at 11 we cud still use the gym and pool facilities all day.

brilliant stay!! and id definately pay full price to stay again!!!

To be honest, there was nothing really wrong with this hotel. We stayed on a special offer for £19 room only, which is an absolute bargain, but this hotel wouldn't warrant the rack rate in my view.

The room was ok, with a view of the car park (I'm guessing pitch views are a bit more special), but clean and tidy, but also a bit bland and small.

It's just not what you expect from a De Vere. Small perfectly formed gym, and obviously lots of car parking!

There is a leisure and retail park adjacent, with a number of restaurants, so there is no shortage of places to shop or eat.

I would stay again if i had a deal and wanted a base to explore the North West, we popped into Manchester as we departed, but only as a base, the staff were friendly and helpful, so it's probably 4 stars for service and 3 for the Hotel overall.

was attending a business conference and found this hotel excellent - all the staff were very pleasant, professional and very efficient. Particularly, Dexter, their resident personal trainer who really made my workout fun in their small but well equipped Gym. The only discomfort was that the hotel Wifi was down for at least more than 12 hours.

I booked a suite at this hotel as a treat for my husband's birthday. The room was massive, it had a seperate living area, two TVs, a sofa, a large bed, a changing area, two wardrobes and a very large bathroom with two wash basins. A nice touch was a wine cooler which we used. There were also some lovely soft bathrobes in the wardrobe. The room was clean. I was slightly disappointed it was on the exterior of the hotel and not overlooking the stadium, as paying for a suite I expected the best view (maybe wrongly). The room could be improved by the addition of a fridge, some nice toiletries and flat screen TVs instead of the old kind. However, this is a 4* hotel not 5* and this is why. Service was friendly. We didn't have breakfast or an evening meal. We enjoyed our stay and would return.

i booked a hotel room on the Wednesday night as a last minute decision to spend our wedding night somewhere other than at home as we were on a tight budget.
booked through Hotels.com for a fab price of 29 pounds reduced from 119 (as this was for a Sunday night) for a double room without breakfast, non-refundable.
I then called the hotel the next day to see whether i could get an upgrade due to this being our honeymoon and they couldn't have been more helpful! I, sorry, we were upgraded to a penthouse suite immediately by a lovely receptionist who didn't mind that we had booked last minute especially considering what we had paid!
Arrived around 9pm to a lovely warm welcome from the reception staff who were lovely and knew we were there for our wedding night etc.
The room couldn't have been more perfect, fabulous, luxurious and romantic!! (my best friend had also paid for flowers, fruit and breakfast which was an added bonus)
The next morning when i called to inquire about breakfast, we were informed, rightly so, that we should have left the form completed outside the room, however this was no problem and within half an hour of placing our gigantic breakfast order, 2 lovely members of staff brought this up to our room!
The breakfast was sumptuous and delicious,everything was fresh and cooked to perfection!
Would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone considering staying in the vicinity, based on the treatment, service and quality we received, it really was a wonderful end to our perfect day!!

This area has a wide selection of hotels probably in a two mile radius there are certainly four or five, Whites is certainly the lead hotel in terms of size, location, facilities and most definitely service.
There have been few hotels of the hundreds I have stayed at over the years where the influence of the General Manager and his high standards are met. What is obvious here too is the respect the team have for the GM reflected in the level of service offered throughout all departments.

From a swift check-in through to attending a function with dinner to the late night bar staff, room service and checkout staff are friendly, polite and above all else efficient.

In my last review I mentioned the bar being closed 'early' and Gordon Clapperton the General Manager responded that he would ask his team to review their closings, true to his word he must have for when we headed to the bar for a night cap at the end of our function and well beyond two a.m. guests were still enjoying their drinks and still being served, as a customer of any organisation it always feels good to know that people have genuinely taken on board your feedback, too often in other hotels I hear "we're sorry" and you know it is just lip service, not so here.

For the first time we used the room service here, for breakfast. Having 'booked' delivery for a specific time slot it was a nice surprise to receive a call saying the food was en route and within 90 seconds the door was being knocked. Food was well presented with covered cloche's, despite this food is never going to retain the heat & freshness of having served yourself at the restaurant buffet and consumed it instantly. This is no criticism of the food or service, it's more an observation and for other's benefits that I mention it and it appplies to hotels in general not just this one.

The function we attended was an in-house function held in a just right sized room, with a great DJ and 70/80's band who kept the dance floor full we had a great night, the three course meal was of the usual high standards and the function was amazing value for money.

Will we be back? the review title says it all, we will certainly be back here at least twice more this year. I have no hesitation in recommending this hotel.

I like the de Vere Whites hotel; I like it's location, the feel of the hotel, the roomy break out space you've got to sit and unwind or work. The people are pleasant and helpful and it's in a good location if you're visiting friends or family in Bolton or working in the Greater Manchester area - I'm doing a mixture of both, so this place suits me fine.

Ok yes, so the room is very dated - no flat screen tv or neutral colours here, just a chunky tv that's seen better days and bright blue furniture that actually hurts the eyes if you look at it too long - in fact it's time this hotel had an internal makeover to stop it really falling behind it's rivals.. but all this could be forgiven - until, that is, I felt peckish and picked up the room service menu..

Deep Fried Onion RIngs (sweet chilli sauce) - £3.50
Chips (Bernaise sauce) - £3.95
Pork Crackling (apple sauce) - £4.25

I'm told the pork crackling is a bowl of (just) pork crackling served with apple sauce!

8oz Homemade Verve Burger (cheese & chips) - £11.50

Sandwiches come at a price of £5.95 with Paninis starting at £6.95 to £8.50 and Wraps ranging from £4.95 (veggie option) to £9.50.

Now I don't mind paying (over the odds) for hotel food but I'm really struggling to bring myself to order at these prices; I've paid less at a 5-star hotel (Radisson Manchester)! By the time you've grabbed a drink and paid for the tray charge (£3) then you're talking the best part of £20 for a quick sandwich, chips and a drink!

I'm sorry but I think the de Vere needs to re-think it's food prices. Yes I can eat in the bar but I don't want to, I just want to relax in my tv with a quick bite and trashy tv.. Looks like the diet's starting tonight then!

This was supposed to be a nice suprise for my boyfriends birthday. Treating him to the football match and a night away. The thought of staying in a football stadium was something new expecting the place to be out standing i was very disappointed paying £99 for a room to realise it was very much the same standard as a £60 travel lodge. Not worth the price we had a great meal in the reflections restaurant in a booth over looking the footy pitch. The bar was a little shabby with duck taped booths maybe needs a referb? staff where friendly but on arrival the card machines where down. I am very disappointed and annoyed to find on our arrival home we have been over charged. We have been charged for 2 breakfasts in which we didnt request or even eat.
I would not stay at this hotel again and i wouldnt reccomend anyone to stay there
Sorry

Stayed here for the third time . loved it . clean comfortable . friendly staff. what more do you whant. Well done all staff.

arrived sunday - checking in no problem even when we requested room change as original very close to lift staff were polite and helpful

room and bed very comfortable and pleasantly surprised to have sky sports on tv (other de vere hotels we have stayed in only had the basic channels)

very convenient for shopping park and with plenty of restaurants etc in easy reach

only rated as average due to the breakfast (would have been very good) - the food itself was good and the service excellent (staff a credit to hotel) - however when we checked out we were shocked to be charged £21 for the 2 breakfasts which is much higher than other de veres (one is £10 for 2 people) and the comments of other recent guests on this website - own fault as we should have asked but on the otherhand could a tariff not be made available ?

will stay at this hotel again but most certainly will not be eating breakfast

We chose the De Vere White for a weekend break away to relax. It was a great choice.
Very easy to find just of the motorway, and the Middlebrook behind was ideal for shopping & eating out.
The room was nicely decorated and had everything we needed, altough for me the pillows were too hard, All the staff we met were very friendly, especially the staff at the bar on the 1st floor.
We had breakfast on the Sunday which was very nice but wish we had been made aware of the cost beforehand as although it was nice I think £15 was a little pricey, maybe we should have asked the cost 1st.
All in all we would definately go back for another weekend/night away, but would probably pass on the breakfast and go round to Mcd's or Asda.

Stayed 1 night whilst in area on business, no family in toe.
Very comfortable room.
A great restaurant, great view.
A good selection at Breakfast.
Report Based on a laterooms rate of £59 for room only double.

We stayed here as we were at a wedding in Bolton and it would be cheaper than getting a taxi back.
The Good
- Excellent Value - £29 per room
- Free WiFi
- Very Good breakfast for only £7
- Free Use of gym and pool
- Good Location, near shops, cinema and places to eat
- Very good standard of rooms
- Plenty of free parking (it was a non match day)

Not so Good
- Nothing so much, just book in advance, we did and paid £29 per room, one of our party called on the day and paid £59 and one turned up at 1a.m and paid £109!