Gresham Hotel Bloomsbury  

Nothing, sorry !

It was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. ..The only worse thing could be sleeping on the streets for the night. The room was tiny, poorly equipped. The wash-basin light only just flickered. Not even a glass (for water) was provided in the room. The tv was an old dead box . The toilets were messy, flush worked only occasionally. No hot water supply to shower. On requesting an iron from the staff, they went into a state as if I had demanded their lives ! Of course it had 'gone missing' and they never had heard of an 'ironing board'. Please avoid !!

It was 10min walk from University College London.

The bed was so bad that I could barelly sleep. I had to put something below me to avoid to be in pain.

Excellent location, central London close to travel options

The photos on Booking.com are outrageously misleading. The hotel was understaffed and underloved. The room and toilet facilities were bare, tiny, shabby, dirty and one wouldn't want to spend a moment in the room longer than was absolutely necessary. It was just simply a cold and uncomfortable bed for a night, marginally better than sleeping on someone's floor. The previous night for the same money I had stayed out at Stansted in a very large and comfortable room with full facilities. But, of course, this was central London and I was close to everything the moment I stepped outside of the hotel.

Nothing!!!!! it was awful!!!! we are still suffer from something that it was bite all over our body and face in the bed. It was cold, and there was no enough blanket. The room was not comfortable and cosy at all!!!!!

I chose this hotel because it was only twenty minutes away from my job interview, it had a 24 hour reception and so I could still check-in late at night when my flight had been delayed and the price was also okay for London without having to go for a noisy hostel. The room was functional for what I wanted - a bed and a lockable door. There was a wardrobe for me to hang up my suit and a wash basin. There was also a bedside table.

The traffic outside was quite noisy and there was only one pain of glass, but I was so tired that I slept well anyway! I asked for extra blankets as I get very cold, but I was given a thin bed cover. I wasn't majorly cold though.

The staff in the front desk when I arrived wasn't accomodating and not even smiling.I Arrived earlier of my check in time she told me she will not entertain me until check in time.

The location was perfect - nothing we wanted to see was more than a mile away and we walked most of the time. Staff were friendly and made us feel welcome. The lady seemed to be there at all times of the day and night but was consistently pleasant and smiled at us on each occasion we met her. There were clean sheets and the beds were made daily which was refreshing.

The room was fairly basic which was ok and whereas it had been surface cleaned, it needed a deep clean - I dropped my soap which went behind the toilet and there was dust and grime which indicated it hadn't been cleaned recently. The room would also benefit from being decorated as the wardrobe and fittings were scratched and jaded and there were water marks on the ceiling. Someone was smoking in the next room to ours which made the stay extremely unpleasant as the smoke could be experienced in our room and the corridor stunk of it. As we were two asthmatics and a 10 year old I don't appreciate our being exposed to this in this day and age. The no smoking signs were blatnntly ignored and although we reported this I'm not convinced any action was taken. When we got there the room was extremely hot as the radiators were on and we couldn't turn them off which made sleeping difficult. We left the windows open but then the noise from the traffic was unbearable and I got numerous bites from something either in the room or which flew in the window, as I slept closest to it.

Absolutely everything. The room was filthy, it had beer wrappers stuck to the walls, inches of dust everywhere, stains and filth all over the windowsill, the carpet was all chewed off, I sat on the bed and went straight through it. The sink in the room was all cracked and filthy, the wall was dirty, it smells really bad of damp, there was creepy crawlies all over our bed sheets, plug sockets were open, dirty cables, dirty old curtains were hanging off and hinges of doors were all broken off and filthy. It is absolutely disgusting, we got a new room at 1am which wasn't even nice either, even that was filthy. Do not go here, seriously, pay the extra it is absolutely disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The reception area (first impression) was untidy, tasteless and useless. In general the building maintenance was miserable. We didn't feel welcome at all. There was only hand towels in the room and we repeatedly had to ask for shower towels. It would be more appropriate to call it a hostel, it not a hotel!

clean and nice staff

Close to city center

Busy road all night traffic

I booked 2 nights in the hotel for my weekend visit. Only after boking have I read the reviews about the place - all pretty much negative. I started to panic in a way as this was my first trip to London and I didn't want a crippy hotel to spoil the single day I was going to spend in the city. It turned out that the hotel is clean, water is always hot and running, it is very central and equally cheap. You just wouldn't choose it for a fancy holiday.

The staircases are very narrow.

The main and I am afraid the only advantage is the place.

Too narrow staircases to go with a suitcase