We stayed here for 2 nights and chose it because it was fairly cheap and in a good location, it is cheap and it is in a good location and thata about it...

We were met by a woman who appeared to have no idea what we were doing there, and spoke very poor English. She wanted the money upfront which was a bad idea from the start, stupidly, we paid up.

We were put in a 'bedroom' in the basement opposite the kitchen, subsequently giving us a view of a concrete floor and cig ends. We could squeeze around one side of the bed and sneak behind the door, imagina a double bed in a standard shed. The 'ensuite' was a joke, when you were on the toilet your knees were crammed under the sink and you could have a shower (rubbish shower at that) at the same time.

We got back from a night out and found that we had ants in our room :( so went to tell the lady at reception. She had no idea what we were on about so followed us down to the room with a tin of air freshener and attempted to solve the problem with that.....

We were offered no apologies, no alternative rooms and no refunds. Service was as poor as our room.

If you want somewhere you can doss down and not look around then I suppose this place is ok, but you couldn't pay us to stay here again!!

I stayed here in December 2010 for one night in room 9. The hotel was easy to find and in a great location for kings cross/st pancras stations - no more than a five minute walk even lugging a big suitcase.

I just wanted a cheap hotel room to sleep in as I was only in London for one night and was so busy out sightseeing that I was only in the hotel for a few hours to sleep, which to be honest I was pleased about. The room was freezing, probably due to the fact it was snowing, minus 5 outside and the single-glazed windows were blowing through a draft - but after turning the heating up as high as it would go it eventually warmed up. A thick blanket that was on top of the bed had a stain on it but the actual duvet cover, pillowcases and sheet seemed clean. The door to the room had an inch gap at the bottom so light shone in from the hallway and you could hear everyone walking around. My room looked nothing like those on the website and it wasn't the best nights sleep i've had!

The staff were the best point of the hotel, very friendly and helpful and as I had to check out at 11am they looked after my suitcase for me while I attended a job interview. There was no hairdryer in the room but you can request one from reception along with the code for wifi.

Breakfast was in the basement room and when I entered there were no staff around. Assorted cereals, milk and fruit were out on the tables but anything else is made to order by the staff in the kitchen - to be safe I ordered coffee and toast which was fine.

I personally wouldn't stay here again but for one night just to sleep for a few hours, good location and for the price it was ok.

I stayed for 11 nights here - and it was my first real travel abroad on vacation since 1986!
The staff was friendly and helpful.
My room was what I expected/hoped for; it was (very) small and cozy enough for me. It had a sink, a small fridge, a desk and a cupboard (and the bed of course) I just needed a place to sleep and have breakfast. And I got what I paid for. :) No annoying noises from other rooms. A bit from outside, but that is to expect in a large city as London. The hotel is old and has a few "worn edges" but what was broken while I was there (the shower head and some tiles in the bathroom) were also quickly fixed.

Breakfast was also well made and tasted OK. Nothing to complain about there!

The only problem for me was that the WiFi network didn't work properly in my room - I solved it by sitting on the stairs to the dining room (basement) with my Netbook.. oh, well I could live with it. I didn't travel all the way to London to sit all the time with my PC :)

Location was perfect, a short walk to King's Cross Tube station - or a bit longer walk and I reached central London by foot. Isaw a lot of London this way. Great.

So all in all a pleasant experince. If it fits with my next trip to London I might just use the same hotel!

Greetings from Denmark

We booked a room here for a night, only to arrive and find out that they had given our room to another family who had extended their stay. They then told us that they had arranged a room for us in a (disgustingly nasty) hotel across the road. We then found out that the room we were actually staying in was £20 cheaper than the room we had booked - but they made us pay the full price anyway and refused to give us a refund. (Apparently the extra £20 is to cover their 'more expensive breakfast' - I must have missed out on the champagne and caviar in the morning, then).

The staff, including the hotel manager are unhelpful, totally unprofessional, and downright rude.

Never stay here.