Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress review: Enjoy hotel-quality comfort, every night

Silentnight have been collaborating with Premier Inn since 2023, providing all the mattresses for its 800+ hotels across the UK and Ireland. And if you’ve ever enjoyed your best sleep on the road at a Premier Inn, the good news is that you can buy the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 mattress to sleep on at home.

I’ve been sleeping on a UK double Silentnight Premier Inn Mattress for just over a month and can tell you how it fares in terms of comfort, support and performance. The full details are below, or read my review in brief if you only have time for the highlights.

Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress review in brief

This 28cm hybrid mattress consists of five internal layers, including Silentnight’s proprietary Geltex layer (designed to help you move about freely) and zoned pockets that are firmer along the perimeter. On top is a pillow-top with a fabric overlay and two layers of polyester. Unlike what you’d find in Premier Inn properties, the home version has an integrated pillow-top instead of a removable one.

As a sleep writer with back pain, I’m always on the lookout for mattresses to help ease aches and pains, and I think the Silentnight Premier Inn delivered in spades in this department – particularly when back sleeping. In fact, I’d say this is the best mattress I’ve tested for back sleepers, with exceptional lumbar support and spinal alignment.

My husband, who is of average weight, enjoyed sleeping on his side but I did find the mattress a little too firm at my pressure points in this position. However, after a month of testing, I did find that the mattress was softening up a little, due to its pillow-top. I think this is a mattress that will continue to break in over time.

(I also asked an average-weight friend who is a stomach sleeper to try the mattress. She said it supported her hips well, but felt that it wouldn’t be supportive enough if she were any heavier.)

Edge support on the mattress is excellent and my husband, the hot sleeper, never felt too warm sleeping on it. But if you share your bed with a restless sleeper, the Silentnight Premier Inn might not be the best choice as there is some motion transfer.

Sitting in the upper mid-range price bracket, a double will set you back £749, which I think is an incredibly reasonable price for this sturdy mattress. Unfortunately, the extras are lacking, with only a 6-year warranty (below average) and no proper trial outside of a 14-day returns window. (It generally takes about a month for your body to adjust to a new sleep surface.)

Overall, this hotel mattress is an excellent all-rounder, but it is a shame that the pillow top is sewn into the mattress, rather than zipping off as it does in hotels to make it easier to rotate frequently without shifting the entire bed. I also have a few concerns about the longevity of the mattress, as pillow-tops do tend to sag a little faster than pure hybrid mattresses. But if you’re a back sleeper with aches and pains, I can’t think of a better investment.

That’s my Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress review summed up. Keep scrolling for complete details on pricing, delivery, comfort, support and performance…

Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress review: Price & Trial

• The Silentnight Premier Inn sits in the upper mid-range price bracket
• You might find the occasional sale at major holidays
• The mattress comes with a six-year warranty and free shipping

Discounts for the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress are uncommon. You might find the occasional mattress sale around major holidays, but expect to pay RRP most of the time.

If you do manage to grab the mattress during a sale, we’ve seen a double reduced to £674 (from £749) — but, again, this is rare. Here are the prices you can expect to pay for the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress:

• Single: £609
• Double: £749
• King: £799
• Super king: £959

Along with the bed, you’ll also get a six-year warranty and free shipping. There’s no sleep trial, but you do have a 14-day return period. Those are below the average terms we see for warranties and trials.

Competitor-wise, the Silentnight Premier Inn’s prices are fairly similar to the DreamCloud Luxury Hybrid, which is permanently discounted to £649 for a double. DreamCloud also boasts the best extras in the industry, with a lifetime warranty and a full year’s trial.

Meanwhile, our current favourite mattress for back pain, the REM-Fit Sleep 500 Ortho, retails at £649.99 for a double before discounts. Similar to the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0, this has a firmer-than-average bed feel, but REM-Fit offers a longer warranty (15 years) and trial (200 nights).

Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress review: Design

• A 28.5cm mattress with seven layers
• Zoned pocket springs for tailored support
• Traditional pocket sprung pillowtop design

The Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress is an impressive 28.5cm deep and arrives flat rather than rolled. It does rely on synthetic materials, which helps to keep the price down, but there are a fair number of layers contained within it.

Starting at the top, you’ll find a micro-quilted pillowtop made of polyester with a fabric overlay. One polyester layer has horizontal fibres and the other vertical, which the brand say helps with moisture wicking.

Underneath this is Silentnight’s patented Geltex layer. This is designed to help you move about freely as it bounces back into shape quickly. Silentnight have also conducted research with the University of Central Lancashire, with results showing that the Geltex ‘outperformed other comfort fillings when tested for pressure relief’.

Next up is a polyester fibre ‘memory layer’ for softness, followed by an ‘eternity layer’ of horizontal polyester for more moisture wicking. A polyester insulator pad sits on top of the zoned pocket springs, with 1,000 springs to help keep the spine aligned and reduce motion. These springs are reinforced around the edges for extra support.

Finally, the mattress is encased in a soft polyester fabric that’s been treated with the brand’s SmartShield, an anti-bedbug treatment. Despite this, I’d still recommend investing in a mattress protector to help keep it clear of mites, dust and sweat.

Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress review: Comfort & Support

• A medium firm to firm mattress that I rate at 7.5-8 out of 10
• Excellent lumbar support, particularly for back sleepers
• Could be too firm for lightweight side sleepers

I’ve been sleeping on the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress for just over a month, and thanks to its excellent lumbar support, it’s one of the best mattresses for back sleepers that I’ve tested. The zoned coils really come into play here, keeping the spine perfectly aligned, whatever your weight.

Firmness is subjective, but I’m inclined to agree with Silentnight’s assessment of this being a medium/firm mattress. Personally, I rate it a 7.5-8 out of 10. I found it firmer than average.

Everyone I asked to try out the mattress agreed that it was supremely comfortable for back sleeping. Meanwhile, I’ve spent a lot of my life suffering from lower back pain, and this mattress eased my discomfort instantly when I slept on my back. If you have similar aches and pains, I highly recommend this mattress.

My husband and I are both combination sleepers and while he was instantly comfortable resting on his side, I didn’t have the same experience. He is of average weight, whereas I’m lightweight with fairly bony shoulders.

Initially, the mattress didn’t have enough give at my pressure points. However, the slightly softer nature of the pillowtop did mean that, after a month, I could feel the mattress starting to yield a little, becoming more comfortable.

However, if you’re a dedicated side sleeper, you’ll be more at ease on a mattress like the Emma Hybrid Airgrid (formerly the Emma Elite), as it offers deeper pressure relief and a medium-soft bed feel.

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The firmer nature of the mattress also means that lightweight and average-weight stomach sleepers will feel supported, with their hips kept lifted and spines aligned. My average-weight friend, who tested the mattress as a stomach sleeper, found it extremely comfortable, but we agreed that it’s unlikely to be supportive enough for heavier-weight stomach sleepers, as the pillowtop will sink too much, making them lose alignment.

Speaking of that pillowtop, it does offer some initial sinkage – a fact backed up by placing a 20kg weight in the middle of the bed and seeing how much it dropped. With sinkage of 11cm, the mattress is initially slightly softer than the DreamCloud Hybrid (which measured a 9cm compression in our tests). However, the firmer support underneath quickly kicks in when you’re lying down, and it still feels like a medium-firm to firm mattress overall.

Score: 4.5 out of 5

Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress review: Delivery & Setup

• The mattress arrives flat via in-room delivery
• Slight off-gassing after being wrapped in plastic
• Weekly rotation is recommended for the first 2-3 months

Delivery of the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress is straightforward. Once you’ve ordered, you’ll get a confirmation email, and then on the night before delivery, you’ll receive an email or text giving you a four-hour delivery window. On delivery day, you’ll get a call when your mattress is around an hour away.

I had a two-man delivery team bring the mattress to my bedroom. Do note that the Silentnight Premier Inn Mattress arrives flat and, in theory, you could sleep on it right away. In reality, I did feel the need to ‘freshen’ the mattress up for a few hours. There’s no off-gassing as such, but as the mattress arrived wrapped in plastic, there was a slight factory smell associated with it. This faded within a few hours.

Because the mattress is a pillowtop, it can’t be flipped, but Silentnight recommend rotating the mattress ‘top to toe’ once a week for up to the first three months and then once a month thereafter. This will prolong the lifespan of your mattress and ensure even settlement of the fillings.

There are handles on the side of the mattress to make this easier but do note that this is a fairly weighty mattress – you’ll be safer with two people rotating it

Score: 4.5 out of 5

Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress review: Performance

• Excellent edge support thanks to reinforced perimeter
• Decent temperature regulation for a synthetic mattress
• Slight motion transfer might disturb light sleepers

I slept on a UK double Silentnight Premier Inn Mattress with my husband for just over a month, as well as inviting other adults of varying body types and sleeping styles to try it out to get a wider view of how the mattress feels.

As well as recording my own personal experiences, I also carried out a number of tests to gauge motion isolation, temperature regulation and edge support. Here’s how it went…

Motion isolation

Movement can reverberate across the mattress and disturb sleep, so motion isolation is particularly important if you’re sharing your bed with a restless sleeper. (You also don’t want to be disturbed by someone getting in and out of bed.)

Although there weren’t masses of motion transfer on the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0, the pillowtop did create some noticeable vibration when my husband threw himself from side to side (if only he would just roll gently).

I also carried out an objective drop test using an empty wine glass and a 4kg weight. The glass remained stable when I dropped the weight at 60cm away but started to wobble at 25cm, before falling over at 15cm.

This matched my actual sleeping experience and although I wasn’t disturbed very often, I wouldn’t recommend this bed to very light sleepers or those with a partner who constantly moves about at night.

Score: 4 out of 5

Temperature control

I tested the Silentnight Premier Inn during a fairly hot summer (for the UK), with temperatures averaging between 15°C and 20°C overnight.

My husband and I slept under either a 4.5 tog duvet or simply a flat sheet, depending on the ambient temperatures. Previous readers of my reviews will know that I’m a natural reptile, but fortunately for these tests, my husband is a hotter sleeper.

I was concerned that the synthetic fibres in the mattress might cause him to overheat at night, but it did a good job of dissipating heat. Because the mattress contains coils, there is plenty of airflow, but the surface didn’t feel cool to the touch, and I think really hot sleepers would struggle a little to feel comfortable on it.

Score: 4 out of 5

Edge support

Good edge support allows sleepers to spread out and utilise the full width of a mattress, as well as providing a stable surface to sit on when getting up and down – useful for people with mobility issues.

The Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress excelled here, with excellent edge support on all four sides. (It does have firmer coils lining the perimeter.)

Testing sinkage with my 20kg weight, the mattress sank by 12cm compared to 11cm in the centre, which is particularly impressive when you consider there’s a pillow-top as these can struggle with softer edges. I was extremely impressed by the edge support on the mattress.

Score: 5 out of 5

Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress Review: User reviews

• The Premier Inn mattress has an average star rating of 4.6 out of 5
• Reviews praise its comfort and support for easing back pain
• Reviews cover the current version (2.0) as well as the original

The Premier Inn mattress gets rave reviews from people staying in the hotels and the ‘take home’ version isn’t far off when it comes to positive reviews. As of September 2025, it has an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars from over 5,500 reviews, with 86% of all reviewers recommending this product.

Customers praise the mattress for its comfort. It’s particularly popular with those looking to ease aches and pains, with many sleepers reporting a big improvement. Lots of people also praised the mattress for keeping them cool at night, with the mattress preventing overheating.

There are a few reviews that criticise the mattress for durability, with several customers reporting the mattress dipping. But aside from this common complaint, the mattress is popular with customers.

Unfortunately, it’s impossible to separate reviews of the original Premier Inn mattress from the current 2.0 version. The main difference is that the original mattress had a detachable topper, while the current version has the topper sewn in.

Should you buy the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress?

With its firmer feel and excellent support levels, the Silentnight Premier Inn 2.0 Mattress is a particularly good fit for back sleepers who suffer with aches and pains. It’s supportive and comfortable, and did an excellent job of easing out the kinks in my back.

I’d also recommend the bed to stomach sleepers, although not those of a heavier weight due to the slightly softer pillow top. Average and heavier weight side sleepers should also get on well with the mattress but as a lighter weight combination sleeper, I found the mattress too firm for side sleeping. I do think the pillow top will soften up over time though, so if you’ve got the patience, this could still be a viable option.

Edge support on the mattress is excellent, and motion isolation is pretty top-notch notch too. Temperature control was also decent but because of the synthetic materials in the mattress, I probably wouldn’t recommend it to very hot sleepers. Overall, this is an excellent mattress for its price tag – even if the extras are meagre compared to its rivals.

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