Sleeping Beauty Motel

Well we only stayed for one night and I thank my lucky stars that's all it was. I would not recommend staying for any longer. Its possible we stayed in the 'bad' wing of the hotel as there is two buildings opposite each other. So the few positives are that the room was pretty clean i.e no cockroaches or mould and it is easily accessible by public transport into & from central london. But the room itself was not very good but I guess you get what you pay for - £37 for a standard double ensuite with continental breakfast (lol) booked via laterooms.com. Firstly, the window to our room was nailed shut and as the whole floor was extremely hot it felt like hell! The only compensation we had was a fan which didn't really cool us down. The pillows were paper thin and rock hard and we had to share two between us on a double bed. We asked for more but they said there weren't any so we woke the next day with bad back and neck pain. It was so bad I woke up really early so I didn't have to sleep on it anymore! The hot water was turned off in the evening so ended up having a cold shower. The staff were quite unhelpful and when we asked for some cutlery, it turned into a debate on why we should be allowed to have a spoon! There were no towels in the room so you have to go and ask for some and a tv remote. The tv just had the basic 5 channels. It advertises wifi but you need to be in certain areas of the hotel to get a decent signal. The area is not very nice at night - so would not recommend for solo female travellers. There are late night newsagents and chip shops if you get hungry. Also the breakfast is a joke. There are plenty of cafes around the hotel which do a much better breakfast much cheaper. Included in the price is juice, toast and cereal. For a proper english breakfast it costs £10 extra.

The sleeping beauty hotel is Bargain basement accommodation. It is in need of refurbishment rooms are generally a bit scruffy which you can accept at such a cheap price. The cleanliness or lack of it is unacceptable. One of our rooms stank around the bathroom area, clearly there had been a leak or spillage which had allowed to fester ! Mildew around windows and bathroom old toothbrushes on top of shelves! Grubby pillows threadbare bedding are the order of the day. My advice would be spend a few quid more go somewhere else I will next time. Almost forgot to mention the dangerous electrics see photos !

This is a cheap, basic hotel, with free parking (not common in London), which is 45 minutes' travel from central London. For the price it is extremely good value. My room was reasonably clean; the bedding and towel were clean, and there was hot water available when I wanted it. The main drawback, as others have commented, was that the room was very hot, and noisy if you kept the window open. It may well be worth asking for a room in the newer annex. Contrary to others' comments, I felt perfectly safe walking back by myself from Walthamstow Tube at 2300hrs - a 10 minute walk. Yes, it's a mixed, somewhat run-down area; no better and no worse than many others. The staff I met were friendly and polite. I have stayed in much worse places, for similar prices, in other capitals round the world (and not just the Third World ones).