All in all a good spot. Incredible view (from my room at least) of the London skyline (I can’t stress this enough really really stunning). Very friendly and helpful staff.
I probably wouldn’t recommend it for anything longer than a week though- there were things that I had to buy for myself there- a shower mat, another towel- there wasn’t any dustpan and brush in the room and I had to borrow the one from reception.
It was great to use the gym- I hadn’t been to one since lockdown so it was a bit of a spiritual experience (though there wasn’t much choice of free weights and there was a Smith Machine which I wasn’t mad about but thats obviously personal preference).
At times I was a bit conscious about residents not using masks but I suppose it’s a tough thing to enforce.
The kitchen is more of a kitchenette and not a highly functional one at that- anyone taller in stature would have a lot of trouble doing the washing up in the sink (at which there was no drainer or place to dry dishes).
Finally be very conscious about when you’re booking- I don’t believe any of the rooms has aircon and my room on the twelfth floor was particularly roasting for some reason. Opening the window means sirens until at least 3am (we were in a pandemic at time of writing so might be less of a thing to be conscious of in the future please God)
As I said though all in all a good stay and I’d go again. It was near EVERYTHING and Aldgate East tube station was just around the corner- aw I kind of miss it now writing this.