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130 - 134 Southhampton Row, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 5AF

What their guests say

Good
Overall rating from 61 reviews
Average
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 18 July 2008

No overall comment. (108018298)

Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 28 June 2008

No overall comment. (108024300)

positive comments Good location
negative comments Room was very noisy, bad internet connection
Good
lubhaya from Wolverhampton, GB (Family with older children) 17 June 2008

The stay was short...I would come again. (97730694)

positive comments I found that the staff were pleasant and helpful...the room was clean and tidy ..there were plenty of refreshments ie tea,coffee, water etc. There was also air conditioning..bathroom was clean too.
negative comments No bad points during this visit. We had to pay for parking at another hotel which I had not been made aware of. There should be some parking concessions made.
Average
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 14 May 2008

No overall comment. (97684942)

positive comments Location
negative comments State of the room/bathroom
Excellent
Nicholas from Ashton under Lyne, GB (Solo business traveller) 06 May 2008

No overall comment. (97487668)

positive comments It was very clean and there were the little touches that you rarely see in hotels of calibre any more.
Excellent
Anonymous (Family with young children) 19 February 2008

No overall comment. (97698183)

Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 05 February 2008

No overall comment. (97853978)

Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 02 February 2008

No overall comment. (97798028)

positive comments Good bathroom facilities, comfortable beds, excellent breakfast, proximity to British Museum and Oxford Street
negative comments decor of room/colour scheme - a bit depressing and dark
Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 28 January 2008

Very satisfying stay. Friendly, efficient, good breakfast, central location (97345298)

positive comments Friendly staff; central location; clean; comfortable.
negative comments Noise insulation between rooms could be improved.
Good
Anonymous (Other) 22 January 2008

Overall quite pleasant but for comment above and the curtains were not properly hung ie were not fixed at outside edge and one end hanging down. We did report these problems, but they werenot dealt with. Breakfast was OK but the evening meal was bearly edible! We only ate in once! (97055235)

positive comments The hotel was convenient, clean and comfortable. Staff were helpful and friendly. Friday morning breakfast staff very attentive.
negative comments The heating was on full blast and radiator thermostat broken off. If there had not been good air conditioning we would have baked!
Average
ursula from Liverpool, GB (Mature couple) 21 January 2008

No overall comment. (97193260)

Excellent
stephen from lanarkshire, GB (Other) 12 January 2008

No overall comment. (97258026)

Poor
George from WORCESTER, GB (Family with young children) 24 November 2007

No overall comment. (97763900)

Average
Anonymous (Group of work colleagues) 21 November 2007

No overall comment. (97682345)

Good
Bernard from Limavady, GB (Group of adult friends) 14 November 2007

No overall comment. (99729496)

positive comments excellent location and great, helpful staff
negative comments Decor of the rooms is very outdated
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 13 November 2007

Very adequate hotel for a few nights stay while doing the sights of London. A great location for theatres, Covent Garden, and within walking distance of Euston Station. Also a tube station within 2 mins walk. Consierge very helpful. Would definately use again. (97227933)

positive comments Very clean and a great breakfast. Bottles of water in room a nice surprise.
negative comments Furniture a bit old and dated.
Good
Robert from Arnold, GB (Mature couple) 08 November 2007

The hotel was in a good location with friendly and helpful staff and good decor. The only problem was that one of the beds had a very soft mattress (personal preference). With an excellent breakfast you were able to visit sites in the morning without worrying about sustenance! (97791576)

positive comments The staff were friendly and helpful, the room was large enough and the breakfasts were excellent (good start to touring in the morning).
negative comments One of the beds had a very soft mattress so wasn't very comfortable.
Good
Martin from Swadlincote, GB (Mature couple) 31 October 2007

The stay was generally, good. However, in spite of the room being non-smoking since July, there was still a strong smell of cigarettes. (97632771)

positive comments It was clean, the bath/shower room was good. We were able to leave our luggage with the concierge until it was time for our train
negative comments The room smelled very strongly of cigarettes. There was a delay in the picture and sound on the TV. We tried to get breakfast in Dean's Brassiere on the Sunday morning, were told it was full and sent to the restaurant to be told it was full. We had to INSIST and were then grudgingly served. On the Monday morning, however, things were fine.
Excellent
Anonymous (Mature couple) 12 October 2007

Staff were efficient and polite. We were able to leave our bag securely at the hotel both before we checked in and the following day prior to our return journey in the evening. Well stocked hospitality tray in the room. Beds comfortable, bathroom/shower clean though showing signs of age. Good location near a choice of eateries and pubs etc. (97544115)

positive comments The hotel was clean and well maintained and the position excellent for our needs.
negative comments The breakfast was adequate but pretty tasteless.
Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 01 October 2007

No overall comment. (97581188)

positive comments Good clean accommodation with very comfortable bed and sound proofing in the room, but a bit like 'Life on Mars' as a throwback to the 70s with the decor!
Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 08 August 2007

presence of air conditioning or not, proximity to the metro, restaurants in the hotel / area (99336291)

positive comments central. close to the metro
negative comments housekeeping
Excellent
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 22 July 2007

No overall comment. (97412271)

negative comments The sloping wall over the shower (room 518)
Good
Julie from Bristol, GB (Group of adult friends) 18 July 2007

Breakfast service in the bisto was very poor (97077175)

Good
Vera from London, GB (Mature couple) 18 July 2007

No overall comment. (97232777)

Poor
Hao Ning from Taipei Hsieh, TW (Solo business traveller) 13 July 2007

No overall comment. (97416773)

Good
Anonymous (Group of work colleagues) 10 July 2007

I feel quite good during stay in your hotel and other hotels in UK. (99062192)

positive comments The hotel is not a very large one, but it is a comfort one. The cleaningness and the breakfast give me the very deep impression.
negative comments No skipper, free or reasonablly charged internet and comb etc. were supplied. These could be supplied at any hotels.
Excellent
Sunil from Pune 411004, IN (Family with young children) 07 July 2007

No overall comment. (99519648)

positive comments Very specious rooms
negative comments TV was old.
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 28 June 2007

No overall comment. (99554202)

negative comments Service for Sunday breakfast was poor - very busy with only two people serving.
Good
glenda from manchester, GB (Solo leisure traveller) 19 June 2007

the desk staff gave clear information to questions about buses; they were well-informed and responsive. the hotel was well-run, efficient with good service. It was very well located for central London. it's compact size and lay-out gave it a comfortable friendly feel. It was good value for money. I will return (99667641)

positive comments the hotel's compact size gave it a friendly feel; it was well-run with good service
Poor
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 16 June 2007

No overall comment. (99901228)

positive comments proximity to transport and my conference venue
negative comments room far too small, too hot, shower difficult to work - cold tap mpossible to turn on, selection of friut juice and cereal poor
Average
Anonymous (Mature couple) 14 June 2007

comfortable bed , tv choice of channels poor very good breakfast no air conditioning means you either endure the heat or traffic noise . would like to have known room faced onto very busy road (99536776)

positive comments comfortable bed
negative comments noise of traffic abscence of air conditioning in bedroom
Excellent
Richard from Vienna, AT (Solo business traveller) 05 June 2007

Nice room, excellent breakfast. (99888930)

positive comments Room was big enough, especially compared to other hotels in London.
Average
Jaqueline from Coxhoe, Durham, GB (Solo leisure traveller) 01 June 2007

I would not stay in a single room any more. (99973336)

positive comments The Location And Staff
negative comments Room was to small and bed vary small even when asked for double.
Average
Anonymous (Young couple) 22 May 2007

No overall comment. (99654142)

Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 01 May 2007

Overall, the stay was ok. (99346496)

positive comments Location
negative comments Room was a bit small, shower had a dodgy fitting
Excellent
Dalton from Green Cove Springs, US (Mature couple) 29 April 2007

The staff was very nice and helped me plan days touring while my wife was in conferences. The location is TOPS! This is a great location close to the subway and thus very convienent to all of London. The local area has lots of resturants and shops and just five minutes away and you are in Covent Gardens with hundreds of shops and wonderful resturants. If you are arriving by Air into Heathrow, the subway from Heathrow via the Picidily Line will take you to Russel Square. I don't know how this could be more convienent. Arriving at Gatwick, take the Express Train to Victoria Station and walk to the subway station inside Victoria Station. Take the Victorial Line one stop to Green Corner and transfer to the Picidilly Line and take the subway to Russell Square. When you exit the Russell Square subway station at Russell Square Turn Left out of the station door and walk to Russell Square which is a park. Turn left again and walk two blocks to the hotel. (99342311)

positive comments The hotel is neat and tidy. An being an American accustomed to small European hotel rooms was plesantly surprised by the ample size of the room and bath!
negative comments Breakfast was good being a English Breakfast... But we stayed here exactly because we wanted a English hotel so it was as expected. The wireless internet access point is in the center of the hotel. Our room was at the end of the hall so we had intermittant connections with our laptops. If you wish to use you laptop, request a room near the center of the corridor.
Good
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 27 April 2007

No overall comment. (99422667)

Good
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 25 April 2007

No overall comment. (99403801)

Average
Ross from Redditch, GB (Group of work colleagues) 14 April 2007

No overall comment. (99498401)

negative comments Rude staff
Good
matthew from rochester, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 11 April 2007

lack of air conditioning on the hottest weekend of the year. not informed on arrival which is i hope why there were lots of 18x18 holes in the ceiling on the 3rd floor. (99715386)

positive comments cleanliness of hotel
negative comments communication breakdowns, i.e unsure of where to pick up news paper and also had breakfast in the wrong dinning area.
Average
Anonymous (Young couple) 15 March 2007

I requested a smoking room, as both myself and my partner are smokers. At no stage of the booking process was it declared that the hotel is actually completely non-smoking, this quite obviously affected our stay as we were there for a special occasion and were quite inhibited by this unstated policy. I would have chosen another hotel, had I known. (99509148)

positive comments The room was beautifully decorated
negative comments The facilities in the bathroom were shoddy, the toilet seat came loose and I fell off it. also when i hung a towel on the hook behind the door, the hook came loose.
Good
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 15 March 2007

I booked 3 x twin rooms for a Birthday weekend for a friend, but there was a vast difference between each room when we arrived. One was a normal twin, one was a larger room (with 1 double and 1 sinlgle bed), but the last room was a single only. We corrected this with the reception staff but the room we were finally given was obviously a single room with 2 single beds (the wardrobe was the giveaway as it was a single!) The staff were helpful with any problems and gave a us discount room error, but overall the rooms were clean and the breakfast was good. (99570019)

positive comments Good service - staff very helpful, offered to flag taxis when needed, luggage secure before check in/out.
negative comments Room accomodation not equal across 3 rooms.
Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 10 February 2007

Overall very good value for a central london hotel. Nice meals and snacks in the Deans Brasserie. (99802357)

positive comments Everything that we needed was there. Just because it was one night, you still expect certain things.We were given a room at the back of the hotel, which was quieter.The breakfast was extremly good value. We shall definitely return again.
negative comments The glass lift needs to be kept cleaner. More towels in bathroom.
Excellent
Julie from Sandbach, United Kingdom;GB (Solo leisure traveller) 26 January 2007

No overall comment. (99067917)

positive comments Check in staff were helpful friendly most welcoming, I asked for a quiet room (I got one). Room clean , nice new towels.
Good
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 07 January 2007

No overall comment. (99409949)

Good
Anonymous (Young couple) 20 December 2006

My wife and myself thought the location of the hotel was ideal, short walk to Dominion Theatre, Oxford Street, Covent Garden and Leicester Square. Excellent value for money and breakfast was included which was also excellent. Would stay again and recommend this hotel. (99813861)

Average
Anonymous (Group of work colleagues) 13 December 2006

No overall comment. (99788749)

positive comments friendly staffs
negative comments poor facility, small bed, creaky floor, very old TV and furnicher, smell of food all around the building, definitely problem in ventilating system.
Poor
Fergal from Sandyford, Ireland;IE (Young couple) 08 December 2006

Good location but I would not stay there again (99472820)

positive comments Good Location, good breakfast
negative comments Hotel was grotty. Staff were unenthusiastic upon arrival and room was very very cold upon arrival.
Average
Anonymous (Young couple) 01 December 2006

It was ok, use it if there's no where better to try! (99091862)

positive comments Location, availability, staff were helpful & friendly.
negative comments It was expensive for what it was, some of the common areas were really dirty like the glass lift. The heating made a horrendous noise in the middle of the night. We didn't have dinner as the carvery meat was right next to the bar where people were smoking, the breakfast was ok but the hot food was not very warm!
Average
s from Moira, United Kingdom;GB (Family with older children) 23 November 2006

No overall comment. (99336308)

Good
Anonymous (Same sex couple) 08 November 2006

No overall comment. (99214209)

positive comments The accomadation was adequate for our needs and central for where we wanted to go.There was a quick response from the staff when we bought thier attention to a problem.
negative comments The room was warm after we had turned on the heating but the bathroom was freezing withb no means to turn on the radiator.Fortunately for us we were only there for one night any more and we would have had to complain which we did in the first room we were allocated which the staff did change us to another room.

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