London hotels

littlegreenman

So, where's good to stay? Looking for a few days in mid May, just somewhere cheap and clean close-ish to the centre.

Sporky

A Premier Inn?

Sporky

Definitely not So Park Battersea. Absolute shithole.

Steffo

Honestly? Don't bother with hotels, go for Air bnb.
We have people from other offices coming to London, they always stay there. Great value.

viz

Ambassador opposite Euston, Park Plaza Waterloo or the Tune in Canary Wharf. All under 100 quid for 2 people, especially Tune, which is normally 50 quid, lovely rooms all of them. 

octatonic

+1 for AirBnB.

Strangefan

The amba hotel in the city centre is bloomin lovely, and not horrifically priced. 

Dominic

A travelodge or Premier Inn or IBIS ........basic ,clean ,easy 

Strat_a_tat_tat

Sporky said:

Definitely not So Park...

You stayed in South Park?!?!?

Sporky

No. I didn't stay. It was that bad.

paulnb57

A while back we did a weekend at the Old County Hall Premier Inn, right by the London Eye, fabulous location, diagonally opposite Parliament and so close to so much...highly recommended..

Evilmags

Sporky said:

No. I didn't stay. It was that bad.

I can imagine. Been in a few grotty ones myself. Air B&B or one of those 2 or 3 day studio rentals. 

CabbageCat

Sporky said:

No. I didn't stay. It was that bad.

What was wrong with it? I can't imagine a hotel I wouldn't stay at. There was an awesome one in Amsterdam where four of us were in a pokey room with thin mattresses over beds that were effectively chicken-wire hammocks. The toilet was just the other side of a clear glass door and relied on gentleman's agreements for privacy.

57Deluxe

Hipster Hotel,,,

http://www.lockeliving.com/leman-locke/

Snap

what do you mean by cheap? Cheap hotels in London are generally really crap, you need to be careful. If you can get in the travelodge in Covent Garden, that's not too bad. As has been said, travelodge or Premier inn are OK for the money.

I'd avoid any of the hotels around Battersea/Paddington - they are all pretty crap and small and run down. Its also a bit of a way out.

Don't be putoff staying in King's Cross: its a lot better than  it was, even a couple of years ago. Its been done up quite a lot.

Sporky

CabbageCat said:

Sporky said:

No. I didn't stay. It was that bad.

What was wrong with it? I can't imagine a hotel I wouldn't stay at. There was an awesome one in Amsterdam where four of us were in a pokey room with thin mattresses over beds that were effectively chicken-wire hammocks. The toilet was just the other side of a clear glass door and relied on gentleman's agreements for privacy.

It was genuinely filthy, it smelled, the bath and shower didn't work and the door didn't lock.

CabbageCat

Sporky said:

CabbageCat said:

Sporky said:

No. I didn't stay. It was that bad.

What was wrong with it? I can't imagine a hotel I wouldn't stay at. There was an awesome one in Amsterdam where four of us were in a pokey room with thin mattresses over beds that were effectively chicken-wire hammocks. The toilet was just the other side of a clear glass door and relied on gentleman's agreements for privacy.

It was genuinely filthy, it smelled, the bath and shower didn't work and the door didn't lock.

That is quite bad I suppose.

fretmeister

Covent Garden Travelodge is a regular stop for me.
It's cheap and clean, and in easy walking distance of the RCJ. Plenty of places to eat near it too.

But it's not a "staying in" hotel of course. It's just somewhere to sleep and then go out again.

Sporky

I was quite surprised there was anywhere that bad still in business!

I switched to a Travelodge (I think - might have been a Premier Inn) which did exactly what it was meant to for less money.

Oh, and it had a little pantry sort of thing that had a substance that looked a bit like butter smeared all over the door handle. I didn't check what was in the pantry itself.