30 Borough Road, Southwark, London, SE1 0AJ, United Kingdom
#655 of 1,006 hotels in London
Guests' ChoiceBased on 1972 hotel reviews
7.5Cleanliness
7.9
Comfort
7.7
Location
8.7
Facilities
7.4
Staff
9.0
Value for money
7.9
Free WiFi
7.3
Each review score is between 1-10. To get the overall score that you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of review scores we’ve received. We are currently testing a weighted review system in Malta and Iceland (excluding hotel and vacation rental chains). For properties in these countries, the more recent the review, the bigger the impact on the total review score calculation. In addition, guests can give separate ‘subscores’ in crucial areas, such as location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value for money and free Wi-Fi. Note that guests submit their subscores and their overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them.
You can review an Accommodation that you booked through our Platform if you stayed there or if you arrived at the property but didn’t actually stay there. To edit a review you’ve already submitted, please contact our Customer Service team.
We have people and automated systems that specialise in detecting fake reviews submitted to our Platform. If we find any, we delete them and, if necessary, take action against whoever is responsible.
Anyone else who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team, so our Fraud team can investigate.
Ideally, we would publish every review we receive, whether positive or negative. However, we won’t display any review that includes or refers to (among other things):
To make sure reviews are relevant, we may only accept reviews that are submitted within 3 months of checking out, and we may stop showing reviews once they’re 36 months old – or if the Accommodation has a change of ownership.
An Accommodation may choose to reply to a review.
When you see multiple reviews, the most recent ones will be at the top, subject to a few other factors (what language a review is in, whether it’s just a rating or contains comments as well, etc.). If you like, you can sort and/or filter them (by time of year, review score, etc.).
We sometimes show external review scores from other well-known travel websites. We make it clear when we’ve done this.
These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly without limiting expression of strong opinions. They are also applicable regardless of the sentiment of the comment.
Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.
Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include 'hate speech', discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, and the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.
All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.
Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and similar details.
The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.
By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options may be available (by type of traveller, by score, etc.).
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
End of dialog contentReviewed: 5 May 2024
Antonina
PhilippinesRoom is little bit small for us .
Customer service is superb..location is also unbeatable. Quiet but near tower bridge and tower of london... Staff were very accommodating and generous to our request.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 3 May 2024
Sreejit
United KingdomExcellent staff and well maintained room
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 2 May 2024
Nicola
FranceThe room size is quite small but as a single room for one person it was fine.
Very welcoming staff, good location. Great value for money.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 27 April 2024
Lillypoo
United KingdomNothing much, but if i must be really picky, then the walls are a little too thin pehaps. That said, it didn't bother me or my friend, as we are both heavy sleepers.
The friendliness of the staff, the location, the facilities, all so very good. Excellent value for money.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 25 April 2024
Jennifer
United StatesRoom was very small and walls were thin. One of the outlets did not work, but there were three in the room.
The room was very clean. Bathroom was very nice as well as clean, and towels were very good. Staff were very friendly and kind. Appreciated greatly, too, the complimentary water bottles.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 6 April 2024
Dani
United StatesIt’s very dated. Tiny bathroom.
It was clean and safe
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 28 March 2024
Roger
Francethere's some construction work in progress on the building, so don't expect absolute silence. not the hotel's fault.
comfortable and friendly hotel, great location. quiet. very nice staff.
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 25 March 2024
Salvatore
Italynoisy neighbors ... they kept talking aloud and laughing all night long!
quite close to Elephant & Castle underground station (4-500 mt), good breakfast
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 12 March 2024
Arya
United KingdomIt was very cold at night, find myself waking up to freezing to death.
Location was excellent, very close to the centre
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 3 March 2024
Beatrice
ItalyVery old hotel, small rooms Alarm went off in the middle of the night
Price for money Location
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 1 March 2024
Muhammad
United Arab EmiratesLocation
Staff were amazing
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 1 March 2024
Pam
United KingdomGreat welcome, we were given a cup of tea on arrival, friendly staff, very clean ,good continental breakfast included, other choices available. Hot shower.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 9 February 2024
James
United KingdomQuirky & comfortable. Super friendly and helpful staff and owners
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 21 January 2024
David
United KingdomRoom was quite cold with no obvious method of heating. Room 120. My son's room, 111, was very warm. Could have done with some additional bedclothes as weather at time of stay was very cold .
Location, friendly staff who were very helpful. Good discount offered for future stay. Good breakfast, and very clean.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 18 January 2024
Vítek
PortugalSmall room for an appropriate price. Very good location, easily accessible. Friendly staff. Thank you!
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 14 January 2024
Introvert
United KingdomThe Only thing that would make this review a 10/10 would be Free Parking
As soon as we walked through the front door we were met with a warm welcome from the staff and offered a selection of drinks and treat's. Check-in was effortless and we went to our twin room (114). The room was clean, warm and well equipped with a Fridge, Kettle, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, Freeview TV and Free WiFi. Complimentary Tea/Coffee, Biscuits, Fresh fruit and bottled water. The Ensuite was clean and the shower hot with good water pressure. I cannot praise the staff highly enough and will definitely be staying here again. You will not find better at this price point, especially central London. Thank you City London Hotel, we look forward to staying with you again soon.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 9 January 2024
Rebecca
United KingdomThe small table in each room for the kettle, cups, fruit etc really could stand to be larger. The table isn't large enough for me to put any of my own things. It's not a terrible problem, but it's one thing that could be easily improved.
I feel safe staying here, traveling alone. I've stayed in 3 different rooms over the past year and they've all been comfortable. I especially appreciate friendly, helpful staff with the front desk open 24/7.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 7 January 2024
Alfredo
SpainThe room was cold and the heating was turned off when we arrived. We realised later on but then it switched itself off again for the night but the room hadn’t warmed up.
Great location handy for tube and buses. Very friendly and welcoming staff - they even gave us a double bed instead of two singles. The breakfast was decent.
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 2 January 2024
Adrian
United KingdomThe only thing that I didn't like were the small windows at the top of the wall that let in the light as they didn't have any curtains.
The room was in the basement with a shared Toilet and Shower room. Key Fob locking system. Nice and comfortable double bed. Towels provided. TV, tea and coffee making facilities, tiled floor. A nice breakfast was available for a separate price, 'full English Breakfast' with turkey rashers instead of bacon, a weird sausage and two runny fried eggs. Tea or Coffee was provided together fresh fruit juices, or a continental breakfast. It was a last minute choice due to not being able to get into my previous choice of accommodation, but I should have made it my first choice. Nice and handy location for a return visit.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 21 December 2023
Corissa
United KingdomAs a budget-friendly hotel, you can’t really fault this place. It’s not fancy but it costs less than half what other hotels in the area cost. Our room was clean and comfy. The shower was hot and had decent water pressure. The staff on the front desk were so friendly and welcoming every time we saw them, and gave us free fruit and water and a red rose on arrival. They made our stay feel special.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 18 December 2023
Richard
United KingdomExtremely friendly owner and staff. Very quiet considering its location Nice breakfast
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 17 December 2023
Steven
United KingdomSadly the rooms are in need of a bit of renovation. Clean enough but problems with a couple of items. Safe didn’t work, the windows were a bit dirty with what appeared to be some food debris and the hairdryer whilst it worked was not near a mirror or desk. These are only minor things and I am sure if we pointed these out the staff would have been more than accommodating. Don’t let it put you off.
The fabulous, welcoming and generous staff made our stay. Although this is definitely not, or even pretends to be a luxury place the staff are unfailingly polite and very helpful. Thank you all. Breakfast was excellent and the location and quirkiness of the hotel made it for us.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 11 December 2023
Adrian
United KingdomRoom was a bit bare. Maybe some pictures would be good.
The room was small but the little en-suit was excellent. Very new and to a very good standard. Excellent shower. The staff were very friendly and helpful.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 7 December 2023
Charles
United KingdomNothing
Clean and comfortable basic accommodation.Ideal for a one night stay.
Stayed in December 2023
North Vancouver, Canada
Dovre, Norway
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Deurle, Belgium
Praia dos Carneiros, Brazil
Paris, France
Laax, Switzerland
Lembang, Indonesia
Booking.com is part of Booking Holdings Inc., the world leader in online travel and related services.
We have more than 70 million property reviews, and they're all from real, verified guests.
1
The only way to leave a review is to first make a booking. That's how we know our reviews come from real guests who have stayed at the property.
2
When guests stay at the property they check out how quiet the room is, how friendly the staff are and more.
3
After their trip, guests tell us about their stay. We check for naughty words and verify the authenticity of all guest reviews before adding them to our site.
If you booked through us and want to leave a review, please sign in first.
End of dialog content