Overall this is a pretty good, but very simple, place to stay in central London. It’s much better than the hostels in the neighborhood for almost the same price.
Pros:
- value for a private double room in a good location
- very easy check in (self-check in with key codes)
- good communication with Omar/ fast replies
- relatively comfortable bed with a towel provided
Cons:
- one of the bathrooms was left very dirty by another guest. However, this is not Omar’s fault and I imagine it was cleaned the next day (I checked out that morning so I can’t be sure). As this place is more a professional guest house rather than someone’s home or a hotel, there’s no one to clean up after potential disrespectful guests in the evenings, and you then could be left having to share that common space with them. Luckily there was another bathroom that was left in a normal condition.
- the hallway/ staircase smelled really heavily of cigarettes. I couldn’t smell it in my room, but it was very strong. I’m not sure if this is always the case or if there was just another guest smoking in the hallways while I was there.