Reviews for London Hotels

Crowne Plaza London Ealing, an IHG Hotel
4.1/5114 Reviews
I stay with the IHG group every week and one hotel stay rolls into another. However tonight's stay deserves a positive review thanks to young man on reception called Joshua. I arrived at the hotel extremely early, just after 14:00 and understandly my room was not yet ready. Joshua gave me a drinks voucher and set me up in the downstairs bar / restaurant. It's comfy and quiet down there and I was able to get on with some work. Once my room was ready I discovered that I had been upgraded which was a pleasant surprise. Then later in the evening Joshua was kind enough to bring me up a fan along with a key that allowed him to open the windows. So often you're just another number, but not tonight. Joshua was friendly, knowledgeable, professional and polite. I will use this hotel as often as possible and recommend it to others.
Crowne Plaza London Kings Cross, an IHG Hotel
4/546 Reviews
This hotel was about a 15 minute walk from the King cross station and situated in a rather isolated location from public transports such as the Underground and bus stations. Personally, i found it a little inconvenient to having to walk to those stations despite the price. The room's ambiance was nice however some of the facilities and other things in the room was not up to standard. For example, the lamp was broken, amenities were only supplied for two the whole stay despite the reservation was for three, and the sheets had stains and was torn too. Breakfast was a buffet style English breakfast, which was quite nice and reasonable.
Crowne Plaza London - Docklands, an IHG Hotel
4.4/5134 Reviews
I stayed here for 3 nights while working at an event at the nearby ExCel. After travelling from Scotland and spending the afternoon in the centre setting up for an event, I was looking forward to a clean and comfortable room to relax and have a good night sleep in. That’s exactly what I got. The room was bigger than I expected, very comfortably furnished and super clean. I liked being able to open the window as I like fresh air coming in. There was plenty of external noise from both the building site at the back (which my room was facing, but I was out working all day so didn’t bother me), and overheard aircraft. However, I never heard a thing at night with the window closed and I slept really well every night. Breakfast was very enjoyable, good quality, good selection, freshly cooked and well presented. It was ideal for starting my busy days. This hotel was absolutely perfect for my needs. Close to the venue, and a room which was lovely to come back to after very busy days to unwind and relax in. If returning to this area again, it will definitely be my first choice to stay.
Crowne Plaza London Heathrow T4, an IHG Hotel
4.5/5205 Reviews
Heathrow
Overall, room size good, clean and reasonably comfortable. Location for airport users decent. However, service leaves much to be desired. I understand there are 4 star hotels (e.g. Novotel on Stevens in Singapore is an example of how good things could be) and '4 star hotels' (e.g. like the Crowne Plaza in question) and thus I wasn't expecting the service level of a Sofitel or Marriott but I was still surprised at how bad things were. List form given there were multiple (admittedly small with the exception of point 2) aggravating issues: 1. A staff member stood and watched as I struggled with bags upon getting out of the car. A friendly nod, but no help. 2. The receptionist was particularly dire. She saw my travel rucksack, decided I was apparently a only a poor backpacker and possibly not deserving of respect, and treated me as such. I would like to apologise on record here for encroaching upon her time. Given this is only the Crowne Plaza I wasn't expecting anything fawning or particularly deferential, but the overt disdain and hostility was particularly evident. Even if I were a backpacker, I still deserved basic respect as a human being. It would be more prudent for the staff to understand that should they want to act like they are entitled to a certain level of customer, the product on offer should probably match that expectation in the first place. 3. No soap. No shampoo. Just empty bottles. 4. Biscuit wrappers strewn on the floor of the lift. 5. I called down for help with the bags upon my departure. The staff member who came up had no trolley. It had to be explained to him that perhaps a trolley would be helpful. So he sauntered slowly down to get it. Meanwhile, my taxi was waiting. Waiting. A little common sense may have been ideal there. I don't usually write reviews and in fact usually read them with a raised eye-brow, as I think a lot of people tend to expect six star service on a two star price point, and I also have a significant amount of sympathy for public-facing workers, given how entitled and plainly lacking in common sense so many customers seem to be. Despite this, my experience at this hotel was simply so poor that I just had to do something - and writing a review is probably healthier than dressing down that receptionist, which was what I truly wanted to do.

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