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Small Luxury Hotels of the World - the Academy
4.1/5110 Reviews

Small Luxury Hotels of the World - the Academy

Bloomsbury London|0.36km from Russell Square
The photos and website information about The Academy are incredibly deceptive about this boutique hotel. Sounded and looked lovely online and with a middling price of £188.00 per night B&B sounded a good choice for a solo mini trip to London. The reality was incredibly different. The hotel is scruffy and shabby and the loos smell of fish. Sadly, the service was non-existent and not at the level I would expect of a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World. I had a single room (which I chose as it was just me) on the ground floor overlooking the courtyard. It as very basic, but adequate and unlike the other reviews, it was quiet (except from the noisy air-con system). The en-suite was tiny, but the shower was reasonably powerful. As many have already mentioned, the room was stiflingly hot, with a small and inadequate air-con unit which struggled with the heat. I can only imagine what it would have been like when we had the 40C heatwave. I struggled to use the remote control device to work the air con and so, at 12.30am in my dressing gown, I went in search of someone to help me. Daniel came into my room and helped me to get the aircon working and it tried its best to cool the room down. By the next day, and with it on 24/7 the room did finally cool down. As someone else has also mentioned the lights from the aircon system lit up the whole room like a disco! The lights outside the room in the corridor also didn't turn off at night and so the room was bathed in a bright white light from outside and red, green and yellow lights from various fuse things in the room. So, once the air-con was working as best as it could, my attention then turned to the lights! I propped open the en-suite door to block out the light from the corridor, and then managed to pin and stuff towels and a spare pillow case over the disco lights to dim the bright glare. As you can imagine, the first night was a bit of a nightmare with not much sleep. Breakfast the next day was good and the staff in The Refectory were the first to greet me with a welcoming smile and were so helpful and attentive. The breakfast (and staff in the Refectory) have saved this review from being the lowest rating of Terrible. I am incredibly disappointed with my two night stay at The Academy and regret staying there. To finish on a positive note, the location was great and easy to walk to all the places that I wanted to walk to. So great location for Soho, Piccadilly, Covent Garden etc, but poor service and a tired and tatty hotel. So, Bloomsbury is super, just choose an alternative hotel.

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Morton Hotel
4.3/5125 Reviews

Morton Hotel

Bloomsbury London|0.15km from Russell Square
The good and the Bad of it all… Beautiful hotel, great location. Some good staff, some should not work in customer service. SO COLD HAD TO SLEEP IN CLOTHES/COATS. When arrived we had a pull out couch. On the way out for the evening we asked for some blankets for it.Very unpleasant woman at the desk said we would’ve had to ask for that when we booked the room and they didn’t have any. They would’ve had to borrow it from other hotels. Okay. When we came back from our evening it was very cold in the room. It was the end of September about 45°F outside and only air conditioning when we turned on the heat. We thought we were doing something wrong and that eventually it would kick in. At midnight when we were absolutely frozen we called the front desk. A (different) very nice Lady came up and brought us two big blankets. (Hmmm, did she borrow them?) we asked her to check the thermostat to see if we are doing something wrong. When she came in she was surprised how cold it was. She said she’d make a note to have somebody fix the temperature in the morning. I called after 9 AM to make sure somebody would fix it. Another lady answered the phone who is quite rude and said it’s summertime, we don’t have heat yet. I said all The rooms can’t be this cold. She was very rude and she said all the rooms are cold. When I told her that just couldn’t believe people would pay to sleep in a freezing room. She said she could turn off the air conditioning and do something where it could go up to 28 Celsius in the room. (Omg, yes please!) after she did that it was instantly warmer in one of the rooms. We went out for the day and came back and the second room was still freezing. I had to ask for that room to be turned up as well. As I said it was a beautiful hotel. But being treated rudely for asking for basic things like blankets or not being believed when you’re telling them you’re very very cold and they forgot to turn off the air conditioning is completely unacceptable. We asked to speak to the manager the third time we complained and they said he was on vacation for the rest of the month. Oh well.

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Kimpton - Fitzroy London, an IHG Hotel
4.6/594 Reviews
Bloomsbury
Staying at Kimpton Fitzroy is really amazing‼ ️Unexpectedly, I booked a hotel designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll, the first-class designer of the Titanic. The whole hotel is classical, magnificent and magnificent, as if living in a Victorian castle. There are only two Lucky George brass sculptures on the second floor in the world, one is in this hotel, and the other is on the Titanic, which is now sleeping peacefully on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean 🌊… The room is small, but also very clean and tidy. The mattress was very comfortable and I had a good night's sleep. Will stay again.
President Hotel
4.2/5173 Reviews
Bloomsbury
A fantastic hotel to stay in. It is in a fantastic location, just a 2 minute walk from the nearest subway station. I cannot think of a single bad thing about this place. The staff were all really friendly and accommodating and the rooms were of a good size. Would definitely recommend!
Morton Hotel
4.3/5125 Reviews
Bloomsbury
The good and the Bad of it all… Beautiful hotel, great location. Some good staff, some should not work in customer service. SO COLD HAD TO SLEEP IN CLOTHES/COATS. When arrived we had a pull out couch. On the way out for the evening we asked for some blankets for it.Very unpleasant woman at the desk said we would’ve had to ask for that when we booked the room and they didn’t have any. They would’ve had to borrow it from other hotels. Okay. When we came back from our evening it was very cold in the room. It was the end of September about 45°F outside and only air conditioning when we turned on the heat. We thought we were doing something wrong and that eventually it would kick in. At midnight when we were absolutely frozen we called the front desk. A (different) very nice Lady came up and brought us two big blankets. (Hmmm, did she borrow them?) we asked her to check the thermostat to see if we are doing something wrong. When she came in she was surprised how cold it was. She said she’d make a note to have somebody fix the temperature in the morning. I called after 9 AM to make sure somebody would fix it. Another lady answered the phone who is quite rude and said it’s summertime, we don’t have heat yet. I said all The rooms can’t be this cold. She was very rude and she said all the rooms are cold. When I told her that just couldn’t believe people would pay to sleep in a freezing room. She said she could turn off the air conditioning and do something where it could go up to 28 Celsius in the room. (Omg, yes please!) after she did that it was instantly warmer in one of the rooms. We went out for the day and came back and the second room was still freezing. I had to ask for that room to be turned up as well. As I said it was a beautiful hotel. But being treated rudely for asking for basic things like blankets or not being believed when you’re telling them you’re very very cold and they forgot to turn off the air conditioning is completely unacceptable. We asked to speak to the manager the third time we complained and they said he was on vacation for the rest of the month. Oh well.
Grange Beauchamp Hotel
4/5116 Reviews
Bloomsbury
Overall I had a very good stay. It is a short walk to Russel Square station on the Piccadilly line or Holborn station on the Central line. It is also quite handy to St. Pancreas station (20 minute walk). The British museum is around the corner. The room was comfortable, clean, quiet and had the best blackout blinds I have ever seen in a hotel. I deducted 1 star for a few small issues. The pillows seemed original to the hotel. Lumpy, odd sizes and not very pleasant. I also found it odd there was no mini-fridge in my room. It would have been nice to be able to store some cold drinks etc. There was a kettle to make coffee and tea. Great selection of teas but only instant coffee which wasn't as bad as I remember. The UHT milk and Lotus Biscoff biscuits were a nice added touch.
The Montague on the Gardens
4.5/5103 Reviews
Bloomsbury
Great hotel! highly recommended! Excellent location, go straight to the British Museum, walk for three minutes, walk 6 minutes from Holborn subway station. The hotel service is particularly good. From the door, there is a service staff who takes the initiative to open the door and take the baggage. It is already in the room when you check in. When you leave, someone will help with the baggage, and you don't even need to bring it out. This is for traveling alone. It’s really great! At 11 o'clock, I have not yet arrived at the check-in time. The front desk will arrange a free lobby for a tea break. No matter where I see the service staff, I will always say hello and friendly greetings, full of service awareness. Breakfast is traditional English and is as varied as it was when you were studying at Oxford. The hotel decoration also has a strong traditional British flavor, the room is very clean, the hot water is very good, I have a service staff to send a small biscuit to welcome after the check-in, go out at night and find someone cleaned the room. Because the hotel is in the heart of London, the room size is not that big. If you want to experience the traditional British style and exquisite service, this is definitely a good choice! Although it is a bit more expensive, I personally feel that it is very worthwhile to experience travel to London!
Bedford Hotel
4.4/5170 Reviews
Bloomsbury
Love this hotel, we have stayed here several times. Always made to feel welcome, very helpful and make you feel like one of the family. Rooms are great everything you need from television tea and coffee and biscuits.Bath with a shower which i love. The beds are great, breakfast is first class and the hotel has a very central location to everywhere

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Average Temperature

• January to March: 7.81°C during the day, 4.62°C at night

• April to June: 15.26°C during the day, 10.71°C at night

• July to September: 19.79°C during the day, 15.22°C at night

• October to December: 10.25°C during the day, 7.02°C at night

Average seasonal Rainfall

• Spring: 17.098425 cm

• Summer: 18.216536 cm

• Autumn: 18.779528 cm

• Winter: 23.594488 cm

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