Just back from a two day trip with my boyfriend. It was a almost a budget trip for us. When booking the trip we wanted a hotel with B&B, great location and at a good price. Having using the internet I found this hotel on travelrepublic.ie for 2 nghts b&B stay €124.... Having reading the reviews that were almost a year old stating the hotel was being refurbished I thought I was after booking a nice updated hotel!

Flew into London Luton Airport, got easybus from Luton to Baker street... This street is just a street behind where Hotel is located...£20 pounds return each 1 hour journey!!. And picks you up again at bus stop S on d same street as hotel almost literally across d road near costa coffee shop!!!!

Arriving at the hotel, had to be buzzed in, when we came to reception have to ring for receptionist to come up to you.... Reception area could do with a hover, unfinished painting and wall paper also....

Stayed on second floor, room was clean and high ceilings, Towels were folded with chocolates when we arrived...Tiny bathroom, boyfriend had to bend down to stand inside the bath as bathroom was like a box room... Unfinished pieces of work around the place and our tv ( we had to keep playing around with the arial to get full coverage!!! also what annoyed me was there was only one sheet over matress should normally be two one been a matress protector!!.Beds not the best for sleeping..Our window would not open so no fresh air circulating into the place even though I would have been nervous leaving the window open if ye seen what was outside the back yard.. Also no hair dryer!

Hotel has no bar, a nice brick room, but not a restaurant.... Breakfast consists of tea/coffee juices choices out 3 cereals up on a pool table, milks and toast and everyone works out of the same butter kinda disgusted me!! No hot english breakfast.... We didnt even bother going down the second morning for breakfasst.

No dinner or nothing served at evening time, hotel is run by one man only buckets of paint lying here and there and rolls of wall paper.... Could do with some help around the place and investment into a hover

One positive thing about the hotel is that its ten mins walk from oxford street, there is a nice bar accross the road to have a nice drink and the three tuns bar 5 mins down the street that served food til 10pm and offer an unreal roast for £8.79!...Also there is a gas station 2 mins walk from hotel that sells beer, food magazines and open for 24hours... madame toussads is also nearby!

I feared alot worse but working in hospitality myself I thought it was a joke of a place.... Didnt feel secure and brought almost all my valuables with me everywhere we went.

The big bus tours are one tours to get on if one would like to see the city, we got a free trip from london bridge to westminister on the river thames included in bus ticket... £26 pounds each buses go every 20mins so if you wish to get off at a sight you can hop back on a bus again to continue trip...lasts about 3-4 hours at your own pace... Great value and there is a guide at every stop to help you out....

Dont think I will be returning to this hotel although would like to see what stage the owner is at with the hotel in a years time!