Latest reviews for Hotels & Travel in St Giles, London, United Kingdom

The Hoxton - Hoxton Hotel by jan08

jan08 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:04:06 +0000

Review by jan08

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7550 1000

Website: http://www.hoxtonhotels.com

Great modern hotel close to Liverpool St station. Contemporary styled, spacious rooms with flat screen TV and WiFi. Luxurious bathrooms with plenty of fluffy towels and Aveda toiletries. Very helpful desk staff - on my visit they fulfilled my request for a quiet room on a higher floor. The hotel's bar is popular with locals and includes an open fire and lots of deep comfy chairs and setees. It's reasonably priced and often runs deals (register with them to get email alerts of each sale). Only drawbacks might be the location, as it's not convenient for the West End, and the lack of sit-down, hot breakfasts (pret-a-manger breakfasts are brought to your room and left outside the door).Great modern hotel close to Liverpool St station. Contemporary styled, spacious rooms with flat screen TV and WiFi. Luxurious bathrooms with plenty of fluffy towels and Aveda toiletries. Very helpful desk staff - on my visit they fulfilled my request for a quiet room on a higher floor. The hotel's bar is popular with locals and includes an open fire and lots of deep comfy chairs and setees. It's reasonably priced and often runs deals (register with them to get email alerts of each sale). Only drawbacks might be the location, as it's not convenient for the West End, and the lack of sit-down, hot breakfasts (pret-a-manger breakfasts are brought to your room and left outside the door).

Crowne Plaza - Nice Hotel, Good location by djw

djw — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:01:41 +0000

Review by djw

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 0870 400 9190

Website: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com

Tags: restaurant, bar / lounge bar, air conditioning

We stayed at this hotel over the New Year to watch the fireworks in London, it is great for the location, we walked to and from the London eye. The hotel itself is nice, modern and stylish and delivered its promise of 4 stars. We did have a slight problem when we went in â¬ we were told the check in time was 14:00 and we arrived shortly after this only to be told the room wasnâ¬"t ready. We had to wait around in the hotel lobby with our bags for an hour before the room was ready. This obviously dampened our spirits a bit but the room made up for it, spacious and comfortable I would definitely recommend this hotel!We stayed at this hotel over the New Year to watch the fireworks in London, it is great for the location, we walked to and from the London eye. The hotel itself is nice, modern and stylish and delivered its promise of 4 stars. We did have a slight problem when we went in â¬ we were told the check in time was 14:00 and we arrived shortly after this only to be told the room wasnâ¬"t ready. We had to wait around in the hotel lobby with our bags for an hour before the room was ready. This obviously dampened our spirits a bit but the room made up for it, spacious and comfortable I would definitely recommend this hotel!

Threadneedles - by TheMoth

TheMoth — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:19:57 +0000

Review by TheMoth

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7657 8080

Website: http://www.theetoncollection.com/content.aspx?pageID=430

Tags: restaurant, luxury, hotel

During the week, this is a ridiculously pricey stopover for those with expense accounts to burn. During the weekend, however, business customers flee to their Surrey estates leaving the hotel open to plebs like me. For not too much money, then, ordinary folk can marvel, goggle-eyed at how the rich do live.

As a birthday treat for my girlfriend, I booked the Romance Package - champagne (good champagne, too), rose petals scattered on the bed at turn-down, candle-lit bathroom (again with the rose petals), what may or may not have been Molton Brown toiletries and breakfast in bed.

The room we were in was well-designed with a lounge area at one end, separated from the bedroom by the bathroom (good news if one of you wants to watch some TV while the other sleeps). The furniture was modern and very comfortable, a bit Conran but not quite as crisply designed.

The only problem we encountered was a minor one - we ordered their "Movie Deal" package, consisting of popcorn and ice-cream to go with one of the pay-per-view movies on offer. This arrived after the movie had finished and it was obvious that there was only a skeleton staff at weekends. Having said that, the staff that were there were very apologetic and assured us that we would not be charged. The ice cream was delicious and went very well with the popcorn. Yes, this was truly the sophisticated lifestyle one reads about in Harpers & Queen.During the week, this is a ridiculously pricey stopover for those with expense accounts to burn. During the weekend, however, business customers flee to their Surrey estates leaving the hotel open to plebs like me. For not too much money, then, ordinary folk can marvel, goggle-eyed at how the rich do live.

As a birthday treat for my girlfriend, I booked the Romance Package - champagne (good champagne, too), rose petals scattered on the bed at turn-down, candle-lit bathroom (again with the rose petals), what may or may not have been Molton Brown toiletries and breakfast in bed.

The room we were in was well-designed with a lounge area at one end, separated from the bedroom by the bathroom (good news if one of you wants to watch some TV while the other sleeps). The furniture was modern and very comfortable, a bit Conran but not quite as crisply designed.

The only problem we encountered was a minor one - we ordered their "Movie Deal" package, consisting of popcorn and ice-cream to go with one of the pay-per-view movies on offer. This arrived after the movie had finished and it was obvious that there was only a skeleton staff at weekends. Having said that, the staff that were there were very apologetic and assured us that we would not be charged. The ice cream was delicious and went very well with the popcorn. Yes, this was truly the sophisticated lifestyle one reads about in Harpers & Queen.