Alhambra Hotel  

Helpful staff, clean room, reasonable breakfast and convenient location

Nothing in particular, thought it was a bit pricey, but there u go - if u want to stay in central london, guess, its never going to be easy on the pocket!

Great location, clean & well decorated rooms. All staff very friendly & good breakfast.

Noise of the underground & doors above room slamming shut

Convenient location from international train station. Staff were very helpful and polite. Rooms were spotless and comfortable.

Staff are really friendly and included breakfast is fast and made to order.

My room had just been painted so it still smelt somewhat on the first two nights.

Have made a great job of converting a typical set of terrace London properties into a good value boutique hotel.

A bit cramped and like sardines at breakfast. Noisey despite requesting a quiet room - plumbing seems to have missed out on sound-proofing when converted and elephants above don't help either.

Staff were polite and helpful. Very near to King's Cross St Pancras Underground and Train station. Plenty of food outlets near the hotel. The English breakfast was delicious.

There is no lift in this hotel so it depends on which floor you have been allocated, you will have to carry your luggage up. The luggage deposit also did not have any receipt/acknowledgement. Basically, you just have to put your own luggage outside the restaurant area at your own risk.

The entrance and reception areas set the tone for the hotel, which was bright, clean and very well maintained. The staff were very helpful and friendly. The breakfast area is bright and cheerful looking, breakfast was nicely cooked and well presented. A very good location with public transport close at hand.

Accommodation is a little bit cramped, and our basement room suffered from the noise of the frequent underground trains. Although as this ceases about midnight it did not affevct our sleep.

Proximity to railway/underground/bus routes. Value for money.

The staff were fabulous. Every person I spoke to in the course of my week staying at this hotel was kind, courteous and helpful. You really got the impression that it was a family establishment, and they genuinely wanted to make your stay a happy one. I hate to admit it, but I also love the breakfasts! Its one of the reasons I keep coming back to the Alhambra over other similar hotels in the area. The location is great, staff friendly, rooms clean and well maintained, and the hotel is basic but comfortable. This is exactly how a small, budget hotel should be run.

It is a basic hotel, with lots of stairs, no lift. But if you are travelling with a lot of luggage, you might want to request to be on a lower floor. Rooms are small (don't let this put you off, as its what you have to expect in London).

I have stayed at the Alhambra twice now and find the hotel consistently good. The staff are very friendly and helpful and the service they provide especially at breakfast time is brilliant. Breakfast is always good and no waiting - full English cooked perfectly every day with plenty of toast, juice and tea/coffee or Continental also good choice of cereals,fruit,yoghurt etc. The room I had this time was lovely as it was on the back of the property thus a bit quieter as front rooms do get some noise from the street being in a busy area such as Kings Cross. The latter is a bonus however as the tube is literally about 100 yards away. Eurostar and mainline stations also are that close so really good for foreign travelling. Very comfy beds and clean rooms. I can't do stairs due to health problems and there are no lifts but requested a room with not too many stairs and was accommodated nicely. As I have to travel up every few months to London will definitely use Alhambra as my hotel.

I have to struggle to find anything I didn't like but if I had to I would ask for a more comfortable chair in the room as when watching tv it was not very comfortable.

Good beds, nice people, nice atmosphere, clean

The location is really good, just in front of Kings Cross train/underground station. The staff is very nice and polite. The bedroom is very clean. It was my fourth visit to London and it was the best hotel that I booked.

The breakfast time is too early and the bedroom was a little bit small.

Excellent location

The wifi signal is quite weak. And there is no elevator in the hotel. We needed to carry our luggages all the way up to 2nd floor.