Topic: London Hotels

[Col]

Anyone have any suggestions for decent hotels in London that won't break the bank?

Ideally somewhere central to the touristy things and suitable for a toddler.

Everything we've looked at so far is either wildly expensive (looking at July) or pretty far out.

Cheers

[Only Me]

Had same issues mate for a midweek trip we're taking at end of November.

Prices are a piss take nowadays - must've been to London about 30 times for weekends away over the years. Cockneys always did love a rip off, but you could find somewhere nice at a reasonable cost if you looked hard enough. Since Covid though, everyone's prices seem to have virtually doubled. Greedy twats.

We've ended up booking the Travel Lodge at Kings Cross. Its walking distance from Euston, has really good Tube links to virtually everywhere, and isn't eye wateringly expensive.

I know a few people who've stayed there and said its a decent, clean and convenient hotel.

Downsides are its obviously a basic gaff, and round that area it can occasionally be a bit moody, and stink of rats piss.

[rob1966]

Had same issues mate for a midweek trip we're taking at end of November.

Prices are a piss take nowadays - must've been to London about 30 times for weekends away over the years. Cockneys always did love a rip off, but you could find somewhere nice at a reasonable cost if you looked hard enough. Since Covid though, everyone's prices seem to have virtually doubled. Greedy twats.

We've ended up booking the Travel Lodge at Kings Cross. Its walking distance from Euston, has really good Tube links to virtually everywhere, and isn't eye wateringly expensive.

I know a few people who've stayed there and said its a decent, clean and convenient hotel.

Downsides are its obviously a basic gaff, and round that area it can occasionally be a bit moody, and stink of rats piss.

We're doing that ABBA Voyage thing in June, booked the Premier Inn near Euston as I stayed there with work years ago and it was decent. Still taking the piss though, £200 for a night for the pay on arrival/last minute cancellation rate.  There were cheaper hotels but they looked to be the size of a shoebox with small beds, we're both near 6ft tall and I'm a bit "chunky" these days, so that's no use to us

[Too early for flapjacks?]

London has a super well connected underground network. Get an Airbnb closer to the suburbs a short walk from a train station and save yourself some money.

[only6times]

We're doing that ABBA Voyage thing in June, booked the Premier Inn near Euston as I stayed there with work years ago and it was decent. Still taking the piss though, £200 for a night for the pay on arrival/last minute cancellation rate.  There were cheaper hotels but they looked to be the size of a shoebox with small beds, we're both near 6ft tall and I'm a bit "chunky" these days, so that's no use to us

Stayed there a while back, missus told them we had been woken up by deliveries in the night. Full refund. Worked a few times since.

[rob1966]

Stayed there a while back, missus told them we had been woken up by deliveries in the night. Full refund. Worked a few times since.

I got woken at about 6:30 when I was staying there - we're going to keep looking anyway, see if we can get a better deal on another hotel.

We stayed ay the Travel Lodge next to Euston last time in London, we were at the rear so got a good sleep, the rooms on the front couldn;t kip due to all the fighting going on in the street

[Claire.]

Had same issues mate for a midweek trip we're taking at end of November.

Prices are a piss take nowadays - must've been to London about 30 times for weekends away over the years. Cockneys always did love a rip off, but you could find somewhere nice at a reasonable cost if you looked hard enough. Since Covid though, everyone's prices seem to have virtually doubled. Greedy twats.

We've ended up booking the Travel Lodge at Kings Cross. Its walking distance from Euston, has really good Tube links to virtually everywhere, and isn't eye wateringly expensive.

I know a few people who've stayed there and said its a decent, clean and convenient hotel.

Downsides are its obviously a basic gaff, and round that area it can occasionally be a bit moody, and stink of rats piss.

Which one you staying in? the one on king's cross road or Gray's Inn? Gray's Inn looks a bit fancy on the outside, King's X is a bit 70s office looking. Never stayed in either but used to work round there and was always oddly curious about that travel lodge cos it looked like an upmarket one! If you're going in the week, get yourself down Exmouth Market or Leather Lane, was always great food places on both markets and not sure if they're there on weekends, if you like a burrito then leather lane has Daddy Donkey which is one of the only things I genuinely miss about London 😆

[TepidT2O]

London has a super well connected underground network. Get an Airbnb closer to the suburbs a short walk from a train station and save yourself some money.

Get a place at either end of the Elizabeth line. It’s super quick and super easy

[rob1966]

Get a place at either end of the Elizabeth line. It’s super quick and super easy

Fuck off with that Super shite

[Only Me]

Which one you staying in? the one on king's cross road or Gray's Inn? Gray's Inn looks a bit fancy on the outside, King's X is a bit 70s office looking. Never stayed in either but used to work round there and was always oddly curious about that travel lodge cos it looked like an upmarket one! If you're going in the week, get yourself down Exmouth Market or Leather Lane, was always great food places on both markets and not sure if they're there on weekends, if you like a burrito then leather lane has Daddy Donkey which is one of the only things I genuinely miss about London 😆

Put this down to an age thing.

Its the Premier Inn, not the Travelodge.

The Kings Cross bit was spot on though...

[Peabee]

Personality River View Suite at The Savoy is reasonable.

[Alf]

The people I work with generally use the Travelodge in Barking or Wembley. The latter being more aesthetically pleasing, the former with better transport links.

[Peabee]

Airbnbs are proper Tory. They’re overheating the rental market for the yoot.

[NarutoReds]

My good experience. Premier Inn, Old Street, London.

Clean, near the Tube, near the bar.

[ToneLa]

the Moxy

[Nobby Reserve]

The Premier Inns are mostly decent enough. If you're only staying a night or two, they're perfectly fine.

Depends where you plan to visit, but London Bank Tower is between the Tower of London/Tower Bridge and Monument. St Pauls & The Shard easily walkable. Close to Tower Hill & Monument underground stations.

Bit quiet on a night round that area, though.

[So… Howard Philips]

The Premier Inns are mostly decent enough. If you're only staying a night or two, they're perfectly fine.

Depends where you plan to visit, but London Bank Tower is between the Tower of London/Tower Bridge and Monument. St Pauls & The Shard easily walkable. Close to Tower Hill & Monument underground stations.

Bit quiet on a night round that area, though.

I stay there quite a lot and head over London Bridge to Borough Market which is great.

Depends on how old the kids are but close to the Tower and Tower Bridge is a great sight. DLR takes you down to the museums at Greenwich via Canary Wharf.

[pw1008]

I've stayed at the Citadines in Holborn a couple of times and price very good although has bumped right up recently but they do have other ones I think in Islington, Trafalgar Sq, Barbican maybe Kensington way.

Not cheap but its more of any apartment with kitchen which is handy couple of variations between studio to 2 bedrooms but with pull out beds even in the studios from memory in holborn

Other than that always found decent deals around out towards Notting Hill\Queensway tube on Bayswater Road and even Shepherds Bush

[Buck Pete]

We're doing that ABBA Voyage thing in June, booked the Premier Inn near Euston as I stayed there with work years ago and it was decent. Still taking the piss though, £200 for a night for the pay on arrival/last minute cancellation rate.  There were cheaper hotels but they looked to be the size of a shoebox with small beds, we're both near 6ft tall and I'm a bit "chunky" these days, so that's no use to us

Me and the missus went to the Abba Voyage thing after the West Ham game on Saturday.  Was pretty good fun to be fair, amazing how it's done.  You'll enjoy it Rob. Plenty of middle-aged pissed-up women.

Parked and stayed in a Premier Inn at Buckhurst Hill near Epping for a bargain £40.  Just a few stops away from Stratford on the Central Line.

Worked brilliantly.  Jumped on the DLR from Stratford to Pudding Mill Lane.  The Abba arena is literally right outside PML station.

[rob1966]

Me and the missus went to the Abba Voyage thing after the West Ham game on Saturday.  Was pretty good fun to be fair, amazing how it's done.  You'll enjoy it Rob. Plenty of middle-aged pissed-up women.

Parked and stayed in a Premier Inn at Buckhurst Hill near Epping for a bargain £40.  Just a few stops away from Stratford on the Central Line.

Worked brilliantly.  Jumped on the DLR from Stratford to Pudding Mill Lane.  The Abba arena is literally right outside PML station.

Sound mate. Its all for the missus, I'm just looking forward to getting away for a night

I just need to work out how to get over there from where we will be. We're getting the train to Euston, so we'll drop our stuff off and head out, not sure where as I don't really know London, probably around the Covent Garden or St Pauls Cathedral areas or such as that's close by. Not even sure what Tube to get or the best way of paying for it. I'll ask in the London thread this week.

Two weeks of hitting the gym to try lose a bit of lard before we go - I thought it was June but its actually a week on Saturday 

[Buck Pete]

Sound mate. Its all for the missus, I'm just looking forward to getting away for a night

I just need to work out how to get over there from where we will be. We're getting the train to Euston, so we'll drop our stuff off and head out, not sure where as I don't really know London, probably around the Covent Garden or St Pauls Cathedral areas or such as that's close by. Not even sure what Tube to get or the best way of paying for it. I'll ask in the London thread this week.

Two weeks of hitting the gym to try lose a bit of lard before we go - I thought it was June but its actually a week on Saturday 

The Tube is fucking brilliant Rob.  And a piece of piss.   Just head for Stratford on either the Central line or Elizabeth Line and you won't go wrong.  From Euston there are literally tons of stations you can change at.

You can just use your debit card to ping in and out of each station.

We went all over on Saturday.  Just looked at my statement. Cost me £3.80 total

[rob1966]

The Tube is fucking brilliant Rob.  And a piece of piss.   Just head for Stratford on either the Central line or Elizabeth Line and you won't go wrong.  From Euston there are literally tons of stations you can change at.

You can just use your debit card to ping in and out of each station.

We went all over on Saturday.  Just looked at my statement. Cost me £3.80 total

Sound mate, thanks

[Peabee]

Sound mate, thanks

Download the Citymapper app. It gives you the best routes and transport to take anywhere around London.

[Lisan Al Gaib]

Download the Citymapper app. It gives you the best routes and transport to take anywhere around London.

Not just in London it does it for a lot of the Metro areas within the UK and is hugely helpful for major cities around the world too.

[Peabee]

Not just in London it does it for a lot of the Metro areas within the UK and is hugely helpful for major cities around the world too.

Yeah, but what has that got to do with Rob getting around London. 

[Lisan Al Gaib]

Yeah, but what has that got to do with Rob getting around London. 

Nothing, its just a general comment about how good the app is and the range it has. Maybe Rob travels a lot? Might make him more inclined to download it. Not sure why its an issue that I explained the apps versatlity?

[AndyInVA]

I stayed at Draycott place apartments. Quite affordable. You can google them. They list with different booking agents.

[rob1966]

The Tube is fucking brilliant Rob.  And a piece of piss.   Just head for Stratford on either the Central line or Elizabeth Line and you won't go wrong.  From Euston there are literally tons of stations you can change at.

You can just use your debit card to ping in and out of each station.

We went all over on Saturday.  Just looked at my statement. Cost me £3.80 total

Brilliant isn't it. We ended up wandering down to near St Pauls Cathedral, did a couple of pubs and then needed food so ended up at a wetherspoons, just over the road from Farringdon. Jumped on the Elizabeth line there, off at Stratford, straight onto the DLR and away. It was like 15 mins in total. Coming back, again straight on the DLR, straight on a tube, swapped at Liverpool Street, just missed, as in doors closed in my face, one train, next was like a minute later and got off at Euston Square, was in the pub opposite our hotel 45 mins after the show finished.

London prices are fucking shocking though, £16 for a wine and a pint of the piss known as that Ruddles that they pass off as ale. At least the stout in Ye Olde Cheddar Cheese was great and spoons was two meals, wine and a guinness for £24

[Crosby Nick]

I work between Farringdon and St Paul’s Rob (not at a weekend obviously!) any idea which other pubs you frequented?

Elizabeth Line is a bit of a game changer now though. I can get from my house to the office in about 45 minutes door to door, when it used to take just over an hour.

[rob1966]

I work between Farringdon and St Paul’s Rob (not at a weekend obviously!) any idea which other pubs you frequented?

Elizabeth Line is a bit of a game changer now though. I can get from my house to the office in about 45 minutes door to door, when it used to take just over an hour.

Went in the Ye Olde London and the Ye Olde Cheddar Cheese, that was ace that one, missus thinks its the oldest pub in London? Then we ended up at the Sir John Oldcastle, stayed there for a couple of hours before getting the tube. The Rocket in Euston was right opposite the hotel, had a live act on and £12 for a wine and a Guinness.

Loved the anti suicide/murder by psychos doors on the platform. Those escalators of mad though, how steep are they?

[Crosby Nick]

Pretty steep when I walk up both sets in the morning.

Think the Cheddar Cheese is on Fleet Street isn’t it? Fee like I’ve frequented that at some stage!

[So… Howard Philips]

Pretty steep when I walk up both sets in the morning.

Think the Cheddar Cheese is on Fleet Street isn’t it? Fee like I’ve frequented that at some stage!

Indeed it is. A small pub on top of a warren of subterranean cubby holes.

Had a bit of a vibe of Rigby’s in Dale Street to me. Don’t know why.

[rob1966]

Pretty steep when I walk up both sets in the morning.

Think the Cheddar Cheese is on Fleet Street isn’t it? Fee like I’ve frequented that at some stage!

Indeed it is. A small pub on top of a warren of subterranean cubby holes.

Had a bit of a vibe of Rigby’s in Dale Street to me. Don’t know why.

yep that's the one. Sign outside says it was rebuilt in 1667, Wiki says there's been a pub on the site since 1538 and was destroyed in the fire in 1666.

We went all the way down to the bottom cellar, then went back up a level to sit. Loved that they have candle bulbs to keep the place dark. The stairs to the upstairs are mad, tiny little steps, not made for size 11's

[Claire.]

there's a place in Clerkenwell called the Jerusalem tavern that we used to go in with work, it's tiny and I dunno how old it actually is but it looks like it hasn't been decorated since the Middle Ages.

[Lisan Al Gaib]

The Rocket is ROUGH! Never been in there without seeing it kick off

[rob1966]

The Rocket is ROUGH! Never been in there without seeing it kick off

It was fine Saturday night between 10 and 12 when we were in there, seemed quite chilled the people in there. Had proper double glazed windows on our room, so if it kicked off later we never heard a thing