With a stay at Crystal Hotel in Cambridge (Queen Edith's), you'll be a 2-minute drive from University of Cambridge and 5 minutes from Addenbrooke's Hospital. .This hotel is 8.2 mi (13.1 km) from Imperial War Museum Duxford and 14.2 mi (22.9 km) from Audley End House.
What's nearby
University of Cambridge - 20 min walk - 1.7 km
Cambridge Corn Exchange - 4 min drive - 2.7 km
King's College - 4 min drive - 2.7 km
Addenbrooke's Hospital - 5 min drive - 1.8 km
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - 8 min drive - 6.2 km
Getting around
Cambridge Station - 11 min walk
Cambridge (CBG) - 12 min drive
Restaurants
Tenpin - 4 min walk
Mina Steakhouse - 8 min walk
Five Guys Cambridge Leisure Park - 4 min walk
Chicken Rush - 2 min walk
Wagamama Cambridge Leisure Park - 4 min walk
About this property
Crystal Hotel
Victorian hotel in Cambridge with free parking
Crystal Hotel offers 18 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. 25-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.
Bathrooms include showers. This Cambridge hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.
Stay in one of 18 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided on request.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At Crystal Hotel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant.
Featured amenities include express check-out and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
Crystal Hotel has a restaurant on site.
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and transport
Free self parking on site
Food and drink
A restaurant
Conveniences
Limited-hour front desk
Luggage storage
Guest services
Change of bedsheets (on request)
Change of towels on request
Housekeeping (on request)
Outdoors
Garden
Accessibility
No lift
Room amenities
Bedroom
Bedsheets provided
Blackout drapes
Bathroom
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Shower
Soap
Toilet paper
Towels provided
Entertainment
25-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels
Food and drink
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
More
Desk
Heating
Iron/ironing board
Laptop workspace
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 15
Check-out
Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
Express check-out available
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Payment types
Important information
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
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Property is also known as
Crystal Hotel Hotel
Crystal Hotel Cambridge
Imperial Cambridge Hotel
Crystal Hotel Hotel Cambridge
Crystal Hotel Reviews
Reviews
8.2
Very good
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Always comfortable and reliable stay. Cozy small room, heating excellent, bed comfy. Clean sheets.
Ellen
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024
6/10 Okay
Hirachand
Business traveller
12 Dec 2024
Disliked: Staff & service
Hirachand
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024
8/10 Good
John
6 Dec 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Decent family run hotel.
Receptionist was helpful and swopped our room for a groundfloor accessible room.
Room was a bit dated, but clean and tidy.
There is an onsite Chinese restaurant, we had prebooked elsewhere, but it looked (& smelt) good.
Very handy for Addenbrookes & good parking.
Nice small family run hotel close to shops and restaurants and easy trip to central Cambridge.
Catherine A
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024
6/10 Okay
Judith
Travelled with partner
1 Dec 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We loved the people. They were helpful, kind and very courteous. The property is very old and feels like it is still a work in progress but that said the staff were very helpful in doing the very best to make our stay as good and comfortable as possible. The Chinese food restaurant is wonderful. The WiFi was a bit wonky which at times made it minorly problematic as we were there on business. Other than that it was comfortable and very convenient to the train and other transportation and easily walkable to most things that we needed to walk to.
Judith
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2024
6/10 Okay
luisa
29 Nov 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Not too shabby
Looks very shabby on the outside but the room was clean and comfortable
Very small bathroom and shower but suited the purpose
Limited car parking
Quite smelly, generally unclean with mouldy bathroom. Didn’t want to touch anything and couldn’t wait to get out. Very strong smell of food too. Not for me and I won’t be starting ever again. Only plus is the free parking.
Positives - a welcoming reception, comfortable bed, parking, everywhere spotless, decent kettle and good shower.
Negatives - the small tv only receives a few channels - very few. It still seems tuned in to Freeview as it was when it first came out. The system probably just needs retuning. And there was a bit of rust on a grab rail in the shower.
I reckon that these are tiny negatives and on balance I feel the hotel was good value.
Stephen
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
8/10 Good
Steven
10 Nov 2024
Liked: Amenities
Friendly staff with a nice homely feel
Steven
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
6/10 Okay
Stephen
Business traveller
4 Nov 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Some good some not so...
The good points - parking, lovely welcome at reception and the hotel was clean.
Bad points - badly patched up hole in the ceiling of my room, some damp and peeling wallpaper in a top corner and very few tv channels available.
Stephen
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024
8/10 Good
Zoe
2 Nov 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A good hotel to stay
Friendly and the responsible stuff and with a restaurant offering Chinese food.
Zoe
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024
10/10 Excellent
Shona
2 Nov 2024
Great place to stay in Cambridge.
Lovely welcome. Efficient check in. The room was immaculate and looked newly refurbished. Quiet. Very comfortable bed. And with the benefit of delicious food in the Chinese restaurant below, with excellent staff. Thank you!
Near Addenbrookes hospital and also near city centre, on a good bus route for both. Parking at the rear.
Shona
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
6/10 Okay
Charles, Frederick
Travelled with partner
1 Nov 2024
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The property needs repairs.
Charles
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024
6/10 Okay
Peter
27 Oct 2024
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Peter
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024
8/10 Good
gregory
25 Oct 2024
Very convenient for all transport in and around cambridge
Because it's an older building there is no lift. That did not lessen my pleasure during the stay. Staff were courteous and welcoming. The room was clean and quiet. The water pressure was a little low, but I still had a good shower. Overall an enjoyable experience.
I wanted a low cost bed for the night within easy walking distance of the city centre and that what I got. Nothing fancy but I didnt pay fancy money. An option for breakfast would have been good.