If you just need a comfortable and clean room, as I did, this place will work fine for you. No frills, and the immediate neighborhood is rather unattractive; but it's a 6 minute walk to Hackney Road where you can catch either the 26 bus toward Liverpool Street Station and beyond to Waterloo, or the 55 bus toward Oxford Circus. Hackney Road also has some good coffee shops and a couple of grocery stores. The place is also about 12 minutes walk (estimate) from the Columbia Road flower market. Good fun on a Sunday and some fun little boutiques.