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Only for heavy sleepers - noisy aircondition
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3.2 |
Guest name: Arthur_Vandelay, Oslo, Norway
Guest type: Honeymoon
stayed in Jul 2008
We stayed in a double room from saturday to sunday, and paid $150 through hotwire (this is excl. breakfast). We chose this area because we arrived at Liverpool street station from Stansted and wanted a hotel nearby. As many have already said here, most of the shops in this area are closed in the weekends.
The hotel is situated a short walk (3-4 min) from the underground "The bank". "monument" is also closeby (maybe even closer). The standard of the hotel is quite good, but there were one significant drawback. The airconditioning in our room was very noisy. As it was seemingly impossible to turn off, we called the reception who sent a member of staff to have a look at it. Even he was surprised when he acknowledged that it was impossible to turn off, and he agreed that it was noisy and offered us a new room. Arriving at the room at midnight we quickly accepted the new room as it clearly wasen't as loud as the former. However, after jumping into bed it was obvious that the annoying sound was still there (but far less obvious than in the previous room). The airconditioning in this room was in the bathroom (instead of the main room as in the first case) thus the sound was lower. Still it is quite unbelievable that there is no way to remove this annoying sound when you want to sleep. Even though standard and price was allright, I would never stay there again. After all, the main function of a hotelroom is to provide you with a good night sleep - which is not possible in this hotel.
The room we were offered also turned out to not have a refrigerator, as opposed to our previous room. As the room-change was quite inconvenient for us who had arrived just before midnight I must say I was a bit disappointed that the hotel did not offer any type of compensation. If offering a good servicelevel was important for them, they should have offered us free breakfast the following morning.
All in all the hotel is not bad except for that devestating flaw...
It's worth noting that I always use earplugs when staying in hotels - and still the noise made it difficult to sleep...
My ratings for this hotel are:
5.0 Check in / front desk
5.0 Business service
2.0 Value
2.0 Service
2.0 Rooms
3.0 Location
3.0 Cleanliness
Was just OK, nothing special
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3.6 |
Guest name: Brajo, Dublin, Ireland
Guest type: Honeymoon
stayed in Jun 2008
I spent 2 nights at the Clubquarter's Gracechurch St, last weekend. The location was perfect for me as I had a function to attend in that area. However, it is in an office area, so be warned, majority of shops are closed on Saturday!
Our room was clean, spacious and the double glazing completely blocked out any noise from the busy street outside.
Even though there were 2 people on the reservation, we were only provided with 1 bath towel and 1 set of toiletries. However, a call to reception soon sorted this out.
We were woken at 6am to an alarm going off in the next room. After waiting a few mins, we realised that the room was vacant. Again a call to reception and someone came up and switched it off. We had the "Do not disturb" sign on the door and could hear staff hoovering etc, aroud 10. We left at 11, and returned at 3.30. However, our room still had not been cleaned. Onto reception again, who said that they do not clean after 3pm. I explained that we had left the room vacant for over 4 hours, so they should have ensured it was serviced. Finally, I asked if someone could at least come and empty the bin, replace the toilet roll and give us more toiletries (we would use the towels again). After a lot of mumbling, they agreed. When we got back to the hotel later, they had done all this, replaced the towels, but didn't bother making the bed!!
Location of hotel is good if you need to go to London Bridge / St Pauls/ Liverpool St
The Burrough Market is across London bridge, and the Spittafields Market is towards Liverpool St. These are open on Sat. Also closeby is the Tate Gallery and the Clink Prison, London Dungeon and Shakespeare Globe.
My ratings for this hotel are:
4.0 Check in / front desk
4.0 Business service
4.0 Value
2.0 Service
4.0 Rooms
5.0 Location
2.0 Cleanliness
Great City of London location and good value for business travel
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3.7 |
Guest name: Int_Bus_Travel, Washington, DC
This is my first stay at this particular Club Quarters (I've also stayed at Northumberland Avenue location) but agree with general thrust the other reviews.
It is a fantastic location for business related stays in the City of London and can't really be beat for price compared to value of services (including free internet usually costing 10 - 15 GBP per night at other hotels).
The area is quiet at night and at the weekend. It is convenient to Monument Tuge stop for travel elsewhere in London.
The rooms are decent sized by London standards with modern appointments... sure the carpet is green but it looks to be from this decade. Not a huge number of rooms with a view as compared to the Northumberland location (where you can see Parliament / Big Ben, the Admiralty Arch, etc) but a good location for meetings in that part of the City.
My ratings for this hotel are:
3.0 Check in / front desk
4.0 Business service
4.0 Value
3.0 Service
4.0 Rooms
4.0 Location
4.0 Cleanliness
Noisy and No Frills ...
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3.0 |
Guest name: LadyGrayChorley, Chorley
Guest type: Young single
stayed in May 2008
Hmm okay just spent two nights there for work. Can't beat the price in the City so I suppose I can't complain too much but you certainly get what you pay for. The room looked like something out of the seventies: green carpets and walls with dark wood (!) it is dated and a tad scruffy. Bathroom was the size of a cupboard and reminded me of Prisoner Cell Block H. Yes there is a cold water dispenser near the elevator and yes there is an 'amenities cupboard' on each corridor however if your room is anywhere near the entrance to the corridor/lifts as mine was, you will be awake until after midnight with eveyone walking past and slamming doors. Worst two nights sleep I've had in ages which isn't great for a business hotel.
My ratings for this hotel are:
4.0 Check in / front desk
3.0 Value
1.0 Rooms
4.0 Location
3.0 Cleanliness
Good City of London Location, Rooms ok
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3.3 |
Guest name: Bruski_11, London
This Hotel is located in the heart of the City of London. It is ideal if you're in the City on business or want to stay close to the Tower of London, St Pauls etc but quite a way from the West End - which is no bad thing in truth.
As this is a business focussed hotel the weekend rates can be very competitive and you will get a much bigger room here than in a tiny hotel in Paddington or similar.
The room is fitted with modern TV, laptop ports etc and with good shower facilities makes for a good stay. The internal rooms (i.e. with no view) can be a little claustrophobic so request a window room if possible.
The hotel is showing its age a wee bit and could do with a revamp. I stayed here about 4 years ago as well and in that time nothing has really changed except the reception staff who have become quite incompetent and unable to understand simple requests. Welcome to London!!!!! This is not unusual however and one finds this occuring in bars, restaurants and most service establishments in London since the influx of workers after the EU expansion.
Next door is Grauchos, an excellent steak restaurant.
Liverpool street and Bank stations are both very close which is handy for getting about.
The superior rooms / suite rooms are ok with a very good fold out bed - much better than expected actually.
My ratings for this hotel are:
2.0 Check in / front desk
4.0 Business service
3.0 Value
3.0 Service
3.0 Rooms
4.0 Location
4.0 Cleanliness