Royal National Hotel

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• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average

Royal National Hotel

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Royal National Hotel

Very hot, as it was the summer with no air conditioning but that was okay. This is a step above a youth hostel. Very fun atmosphere for twenty-somethings on a budget. Great location near the British Museum. Had a fire drill at about 1am which I could have done without.

Unique Quality: Good location, near Russell Square and the British Museum.

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This is one very good hotel in Bloomsbury, Central London. It is located near Russel square, Euston road, St. Pancras and University of London Union.

Half boarding is 67 ponds per person. For this money you get a bed, breakfast and dinner. For two persons it is 87 pounds per night and for three persons 105 pounds.

You can easily reach it from all London airports. The nearest underground stations are Rassel sq, Euston and St Pancras King's Cross.

• Opinion of Price: about average

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Do you want a Basic Hotel

We have just come back from a weekend away in London staying at this hotel. If you want a very basic hotel with a crap breakfast then this is for you. We were very disappointed. the hotel is huge on 8 floors. The check in time was 2pm so we arrived just before got sorted with the room etc, and was told about the free 3 course evening meal and the free breakfasts. We went up to the room by the lift and arrived at the room only too find that it was still dirty from the last people all the bedding was on the floor and was not even ready for us, so we went back down again, complained, which got us nowhere, and was told we would have to wait for the room to be cleaned. Eventually this was done. The rooms are very basic with a TV and Tea & coffee making facilities, but all powdered crap. In the evening we went down to the restaurant to get our free meal, well we walked in and walked out again, thats how good it looked. We went around the corner and we ate in the London Poppadum Express place instead which was great. Please do not go to this hotel if you are looking for a nice hotel, it is full of foreign students, and this is what it is a student hostel.

Unique Quality: NONE

good location

i stayed over the new year with my daughter and on arrival was met by long queues to check in (took about an hour to get to the front of the queue). the room was small but comfortable. the breakfast staff were friendly and the food was ok. i found the reception staff unhelpful to the point of rudeness but put this down to the hundreds of people milling around the hotel all day. The hotel is very impersonal however that is mainly due i think to the size. On the plus side it is in a good location and handy for Euston station and within walking distance of the thames, bond street etc. The hotel suited my needs however i would not stay there again as it is too noisy and crowded with too few amenities for the number of guests. unfortunately i left some belongings in my room and when i contacted the hotel i was confused by the member of staff i spoke to. i just hope i get my belongings back when i send a prepaid envelope.

if you want a good location then stay at the Royal but if you want peace and quiet then this is not the hotel for you

Unique Quality: good location

What a dump!

The hallways are dirty. Someone vomited in the hall on our floor and it was still there several days later when we left. We had to change our room 3 times. We had booked it through BA Holidays and I expected more considering the source. The location was good, very close to the Russell Square Underground station. The breakfast was simple, but not bad. The rooms were good size, but dirty. The shower head was at just right level, it you were 4 feet tall. This place should be avoided.

Do not come here

The shower wasn't working, an wasn't fixed until we complained several times. When it was working it changed from cold to hot to cold quickly and scalded some of my friends from an unexpected blast of hot water. The pressure was so high that it blasted one of my friends off of their feet. The beds were uncomfortable so my friends went sleepless. It was meant to bee a three-bedroomed room but they gave us two + a camp bed. The sausages were uncooked and one of my friends became ill. We couldn't have a hot breakfast (just as well, it probably was raw) so we had to have cold toast.

Unique Quality: It was outstanding in its rubbishness. Never seen a hotel so bad.

Comfortable Accommodation at reasonable rates

Want to explore London? Then don't think of any accommodation other than Royal National Hotel.The hotel offers the ideal base for those who are visiting London for the first time and would like to explore the city to heart's content. The first thing that strikes about Royal National is its size. The hotel is huge having around 1400 rooms, with telephone, radio, TV and even safes! Some of them also have facilities of making coffee and tea. It has single rooms, double rooms, twins for sole use and triple rooms. The hotel has a Chinese cuisine restaurant, coffee shop and a pub.

Unique Quality: The location is perhaps one of the best in London. Apart from that you get a very good accommodation at very reasonable rates.

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Related to: Family Travel, Business Travel, Spa and Resort

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Unless you are young and drunk, avoid!

We just recently stayed at the Royal National Hotel. Our first night was uneventful.

The second night we were there, was a pure nightmare! My wife was not feeling well, so we turned in early, since we wanted to get up early the next day and get going. About 10:00, a band started their post-show party. They were staying in 3 or 4 rooms around us. In and out of the rooms, slamming doors, talking in the hallways (Walls are paper thin in this hotel). About midnight, we finally called the front desk. They said they would look into it. At 1:00 am, I went down to the desk, and all they would do about it was move us to a different room. So we moved. We were moved to the first floor into a room on the main courtyard...2:00 am, all the screamming, drunken pubbers start raising all kinds of hell in the courtyard, and it just echoes...After a half hour of this, went down and had to be moved again. The management never even stepped outside to try and quiet them.

When we checked out, they did not even ask us how our stay was. I guess they have learned not to ask that question.

So, unless you are young and looking for a 24 hour party, I would find another place.

Unique Quality: The only positive about this hotel, was by London standards, the rooms were of a nice size and were comfortable.