We arrived early. We were told we had to wait to go to our room for the check in time. We left and returned an hour earlier to be allowed in to check in early.
As you enter the hotel, you immediately notice hotel’s history and how it has been very very over time. Looking beyond the blemishes you can see some of the remnants of history. You can imagine the charm it once had.
To check in you enter the room you see in Expedia. It is unmanned and you must ring the bell.
We were not allowed to check in early but when a fellow patron from Afghanistan arrived we were then allowed to
We were told our room was on the second floor but was actually on the third. No elevator all stairs.
When we were expecting to find beds to sleep on in our hotel room and found futons on metal frames. The futons were very low (1.5 feet in height) to the ground , musty, difficult to get out of with arthritis and very firm. The room was lacking. In the “newly renovated room” we were provided with two futons on metal frames, one tall table between the beds, tv with cable, no trash (we had to ask for that), no storage space for jackets (closet), no dresser (cube shelves instead), coffee table (very random), and two luxury dining room chairs with out arms but no table. Adequate lighting. Great heat. The room was clean with the exception of the brown smear on the wall outside the bathroom. No water pressure for shower and tub was unusually high to get into.
The room was pretty clean and we got a room service anytime we want. The size of the room was bigger than any other hotel that I ever stayed in London. We had 4 luggage and we could open all of them. The building is old you need to know that, son it's not the percet condition. But the price is also low too. Coffe machine at the lobby was so helpful to us to get up in the morning. And the guy on the front desk Azam was amazing. He tried to help us with everything. Gave us good tips and ask us how are we doing everyday. Location was awesome. 15 min walking to Oxford st and bus stop is like 3 to 4 min to all locations. I would prob stay again
Clean room, friendly staff, easy check in and out
+ Location was great and staff were friendly.
- Room wasn’t the cleanest and the extra glazing door was broken on arrival so only sash single glazed window which meant it was extremely noisy and not much sleep was had!
Bit rough but clean. Close to shops and stations