Melita House

We were met on arrival by a very friendly and helpful host who showed us to our very smallroom to the front of the hotel. The room was extremely hot - the window onto the street could be slid open and held up by a foot long piece of wood (Health and Safety experts eat yer heart out!!) but could obviously not be left open for ventilation either when out of the room or overnight for security reasons. A small desk fan offered alittle help but we still had a v uncomfortable night. Nice flat screen TV with a good choice of programs. Breakfast was choatic - a full house all turning out at the same time with the v cramped dining room unable to cope resulting in a 20 minute wait for a 60cm x 60cm table which soon became the site of a feat of balancing to get cups, plates, sideplates, juice glasses and condiments on at the same time!

A convenient location for some stations and sites, a friendly and helpful staff but..............quite expensive for a very small hot room (with a 'grubby in the corners' shower room/WC. A small cooked breakfast in cramped conditions where one may feel rushed or neglected (depending on whether you are overlooked by those waiting or doing the waiting). WiFi at £2.40 per hour and no in room tea/coffee making facility (in a 3star hotel??). Has an expensive vending machine in the dining room any bearing on this?

On the whole.......................give somewhere else a chance - large chains are bringing down their prices!

We had many problems in finding a decent hotel in London which had a great location, were clean, comfortable and not quite expensive. We finally decided to book two rooms at Melita House Hotel and it was the best thing we could do considering our budget. We stayed there 18 days and stayed in three different rooms in the whole period.

The hotel is in a peaceful, charming and silent street at Pimlico, a pretty nice neighborhood in London, quite near to Victoria Station and a walking distance from major touristic attractions such as the Buckingham palace, the Westminster Abbey and the Westminster Catholic Cathedral, as well as Tate Britain and shows such as 'Billy Elliot' and 'Wicked'. Besides, buying an Oyster pass you will virtually be anywhere, since Bus line 24 passes by the hotel and it taks you to Trafalgar Square, British Museum, Buckingham Palace and Victoria Station, just to mention a few places. we had no problems at all to take places from the hotel.

The rooms are not very big - but I have seen smaller ones and, well, who cares to that when you have the whole London to visit all day long? Positive: the rooms are quite clean and comfortable, decoration is OK and we had no problems in any of the rooms .

Breakfast is delicious but there isn't many options: English breakfast (egg, bacon, sausage, tomato, toasts, orange juice, coffee, milk, tea, preserves) or scrambled eggs (and other variations), or cereals. My mother-in-law and I ate the English breaskfast for 18 days and we loved it. My wife doesn't eat pork and had some problems - but we bought some fruit in a local market and everything went well.

Oh, yes, there are many restaurants, supermarkets, charming stores and tea houses in the neighborhood.

But the real reason for me to give a high punctuation to Melita House Hotel is the staff: they were simply amazing, always helpful, always friendly, specially with my mother-in-law, who doesn't speak English.

One negative aspect: forget Internet - very expensive in the hotel.

The room I stayed in was in the back of the hotel. There was no A/C. Because the window was in the back of the hotel there was no breeze. Even the nights were hot because of this. Otherwise the room was ok. It was small, but I understand that this is normal for london. There was good cable tv and the rooms were cleaned everyday although the sheets weren't changed. The sheets had stains on them. The hotel was quiet. I wouldn't stay there again or recommend it to friends. I found the breakfast to be pretty good.