A friend and I stayed at Toral’s for 5 nights this summer. The location is ideal, if you want explore London - just a few minutes’ walk to Tower Bridge Station and some really amazing food markets. The room is bright and sunny, the private bathroom modern and clean and the bed(s) are comfortable.

Toral is a warm host, amazingly energetic and incredibly busy. Nevertheless, she did manage to prepare a tasty, healthy breakfast every day but one and was very helpful with her local knowledge. It was a great experience to explore a food market with her. You might want to think about taking part in one of her cooking classes, if you’ve got a chance. It was good fun and the food was delicious!

There were only 2 small cons: During our stay the weather got really hot and, unfortunately, so did the room. We had to leave the window open at night, thus it was rather noisy in the evenings and the mornings. Also, the doors in the house all close quite sharply making for some slamming doors as people move around the home. All in all, though, it was a great experience with an energetic and welcoming host, and the pros did outweigh the cons.