Kings Hotel

we stopped at this hotel for the reason most other people do; THE PRICE !!!

hotel IS dated and very tired decor wise,accomodation was more than adequate,everything worked as it should.heating was great,towels changed daily,

as a family of 5 this cost us £64 per night,cheaper than a travel lodge!!,in the heart of london,2 mins from tube,would i stay again? DEFINITELY, if you want luxury stay at the hilton or ritz and pay their extortionate rates,if you want somewhere cheap to get your head down at the end of a hard day? then this is your place

excellent helpful staff,

come on folks GET REAL you aint getting anywhere cheaper or better value for money

For those without time to read the detail, here is my key point: AVOID THIS HOTEL AT ALL COSTS.

I needed one night in London and booked a room for 3 without reading the reviews. Big mistake.

What was good about it? Location close to tube. Clean sheets. Simple but reasonable breakfast (cornflakes, tea, coffee bread and jams). One towel and 2 bars of soap per person. Fan. Hair dryer. Water hot. Looks OK from the outside.

What was bad in no particular order: Room extremely shabby, with flap of paper hanging off ceiling over one bed. Curtains thick with dust. No plug for sink and bad smell. When emptying the sink, a smelly mess gurgled up from the bath plug hole. No water glasses. No control of room temperature. Sash window heavy to push open and crashed shut like gillotine when released. Lights over bed did not work. TV unusable - 3 channels with severe interference. Beds decrepit, 2 of the 3 were so hard they appear to have no springs. All bed base units heavily worn and dirty. Under and behind beds it was extremely dirty. Outside the room there was narrow passages and no lift (luckily I had no heavy cases), the stair carpet thread-bare in many places. From breakfast room kitchen walls were clearly far from clean. This hotel wasn’t cheap, I paid £96 for one night.

Overall, this hotel makes me ashamed to be British. God knows what impression of the UK this place leaves on poor innocent overseas tourists who stay there. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE - or stay there and risk catching it :-)

looking for somewere to stay we booked here because it looked nice as you walked in, what a nice surprise we got think we had smallest room in hotel the net curtain was black as anything there was a shaver in the shower and worst of all there was hair on the pillows,i went to cmplain, we were moved to another stinking room the window was hanging out the shower was broken there was bare wires running along the floor the light was so bright then breakfast was a load of rubbish could wait to get from there,i even videod it and to top it all i had 60 pound fine for going through a congestion zone london sorry give me liverpool anyday