Aston Suites

I think I know why the reviews are so mixed...

I stayed in Aston Apartments on an overnight business trip to London. I booked a single, but at the last minute my boyfriend tagged along. We figured, what the heck, we'll squish up in a single.

Well, when I walked in the room I almost cried. In fact, I think I did. The bed looked like it had been rescued from a charity shop, all the fittings and fixtures were raggedy and worn out, and the "bathroom" was a kind of all-in-one-plastic-perhaps-meant-to-be-on-a-boat-or-train wet room.

While I was out at my meeting, my darling boyfriend did the best thing ever, and upgraded to a double - and I think maybe even an "executive" or something. What a difference! A beautiful, big room, lovely bed, clean, new, big bathroom, and so on.

The reason I'm giving them a low score is because I originally booked in the single room which they expected me to be happy to climb about 10 flights of stairs to get to, and which was, frankly, crap.

My wife and I came down to London for a two-day course in the city. We were looking for overnight accommodation with breakfast near the city centre. Although SW7 is not a central locality Astons suited us very well indeed, being easy to access on the tube, and not too far to walk from the station. although this was not the original intention we actually preferred provided our own breakfast. There is a Waitrose supermarket right next to the station where one can buy the basics for breakfast. Rosary Gardens is very quiet so we did not mind not having a bedroom at the back. These are very small but v. well fitted out and spotless. We have never seen a kitchen fitted in a cupboard but the novelty interested us - everything needed for a preparing a light meal was provided so we decided not to go out for dinner. I commented to a colleague from the USA that the 'kitchenette' and bathroom were not big enough to 'swing a cat in', much to his puzzlement! If you wish to have a good night's sleep in a decent clean and quiet environment, we recommend Astons above any low-cost centrally located hotel providing breakfast. We paid BPS 94 for the double, and we would definitely stay there again on short trips to central London