Ibis London Earl's Court

Well Ive stayed here a few times (I reckon 8) and I always come back due to it's consistency.

Its not the Park Lane, but its not a Travelodge either- its a 2 Star rated hotel, and you get what you pay for.

Ive written previous reviews, so I wont go into detail here, but the only slight issue I had this time was that the quality of breakfast seems to have gone downhill. The sausages tasted cheap, and the bacon was very poor.

The staff are always fine (there are still some that have been there from my first visit many years ago!) and the place is always clean.

Simple, basic, cheap.

I would agree with all of the latest reviews of this hotel (Sept-Oct 2008). Ibis Earl's Court is a very basic hotel without many of the amenities that North Americans may be used to.

The hotel advertises breakfast availability from 4 am to noon but as a previous reviewer indicated, this is not the case. At 4am I went to the pub to get some cereal; the manager was short with me and said the pub is closed. When I explained to him that breakfast was available at 4, he was a little miffed and called someone from the front desk. The front desk guy came up to the pub to offer me an "early riser" of coffee/tea and a croissant.

I received the same type of mannerism when I got to the pub at 10:30 another morning and was told breakfast was over. I once again had to explain that breakfast is until noon aka 'late riser', as advertised in the lobby of hotel. I was brought a huge bowl of yogurt (who can eat that much of it at one sitting?) a dry croissant and a cup of tea. Thank goodness I had a box of cereal in my room (and bananas and granola bars).

There are no ice machines or pop/water machines available in the hotel to keep drinks cold in your room. Pop is much too expensive to buy at the hotel and there are a couple of little stores up the street where you can purchase them much cheaper.

Internet is available in the business room -- L1 for 20 min. There are many internet places around London, incl. not far from the hotel, that offer internet service at a cost of L1 per hour.

My bed was full of springs. I could tell very easily.

THE BEST part about the hotel was the washroom. It was extremely clean. As I have an immune disorder, I have to have clean surroundings and this washroom was the best I've seen.

Although I brought my own towel, their towels were small but not as bad as i expected from the other reviewers. No facecloths though.

I found the room too cold and since the heat had not been turned on in the hotel, housekeeping placed a small heater in my room. That was very nice of them.

Bus 74 stops right in front of the hotel which is very convenient when coming home after a long day of travel. I would take the tube to Earl's Court and then the 74 to the hotel. I found the bus a fine way to travel around the city, especially if you can't walk much.

It was fine - nothing more and nothing less. Bad things: A little bit dated - everything worked and was clean and in good shape, but was just a bit old fashioned. Old-style TV, no internet connection in room, no toiletires in the bathroom, slightly surly staff, quite thin walls, threadbare old sheets and rough towels... Oh! I am making it sound horrid, but it really wasn't. I am very, very fussy but I would still go back. Good things: The pub and the restaurant are fab, it's very close to all the good eateries (we love As Greek As it Gets!), pubs, tube stations, Earl's Court 2 (where we were for the National Wedding Show), the price is very reasonable and the buffet breakfast was really YUM! I went back for piggy seconds! Oh, and the bed was really quite comfortable.

All in all, a really good, sensibly-priced hotel. I will definitely be back. By the way, it's is SCARILY sized - 12 floors! There are, however, four lifts and great views from every floor above the first. I was in room 642 and I looked right over the London skyline.