Holiday Inn Woking - Meetings venue

If you are looking for a meeting venue in Woking, this is the one … Holiday inn Woking. I have recently organised a small afternoon tea for 50 there and I must say, this is one venue in which I would be glad to return.

From the first contact the staff was very accommodating and really helpful. The venue is situated about 10 minutes’ walk from Woking train station and is literally 2 minutes from the pedestrian shopping area.

The main entrance of the hotel isn’t impressive from the street … The main doors are almost in the back yard of a multi storey car park… a bit of a weird set up. But once in the hotel the visitor is almost taken aback with the decoration and colours… This interior is almost out of place compared to the outside environs… I couldn’t really take pictures as I may have had to explain why, but you can see the photos gallery here. The meetings area is at the end of a corridor directly opposite the reception desk… but before getting there the visitor walks pas, this beautiful, relaxed and colourful café-bar where the meeting attendees can stop and have a drink before attending their function. My understanding is that locals also often stop by for a bite to eat… If you live in the area, I recommend to stop by and just enjoy the atmosphere; have a coffee and a piece of cake.

Continuing in the corridor, the visitor enters the meetings area where the colours are mostly black & grey, with a great variety of textures form mat to gloss, from leather to velvet… a lot of black & with photo frames and just one set of 3 red paintings subtlety placed near the ladies…. Great touch and great result. The loos do not let us down as, contrary to the outside (literally) everything in here is just whites and silvers with a tastefully placed bouquet of fake red roses…

Our meeting room just reflects the corridors, and ideal for a late winter’s afternoon event.

As for the catering, again, the hotel doesn’t let us down and offers us a great selection of (very rich) mini tartelettes… including my preferred one filled with frangipane and almond flakes.

Many people who attended the events were locals who had never been in the hotel and were all very impressed with the venue… and the cakes of course. I am convinced that after our event, many local retirees will make the most of this little haven in the heart of Woking.

I just wish the night stay was cheaper enough for me to try out the accommodation and other guests’ services.

The whole event is inexpensive and I think that the venue, given its location and standard could have gotten way with charging me the double of the cost… I guess Holiday Inn Woking makes more money from the overpriced accommodations…

I certainly recommend it for meetings from 3 to 70 attendees. 

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