Russell Square Hotel — Hotel in London

This place is probably the worst hotel I have ever checked into, not being in a third world country. And since it is never too late to fix a mistake we immediately checked out of our two rooms.

London hotels can be bad, and I have had my fair share of so so places for still quite a lot of money.

However this place beats them all, hands down. This “hotel” is so bad that no way it defends the room rate. You should get paid to stay at this dump hole.

Floor is broken and tilted and moves like a rotten wooden floor, beds are written of, bedding is dirty with dirty linens, hairs on pillows etc etc. And maybe even more important: I fully support what a previous reviewer said - this is a death trap!

All furniture is broken and you have the feeling you’ve entered the set of Netflix’ series “Stranger Things”, however all stuff is broken, worn and dirty (unlike the series).

And check the attached picture of the toilet seat... I don’t know what sticky stuff has been dripping of that seat... but I won’t come near that...

Nice detail: the heating was up so high that it was at least 40 - 45 Celsius in the room, no joke! Even when I opened the window fully (which you can’t because of the noise and the homeless people) it was too hot in the room to search for an alternative hotel.

Check in was done by the lady cleaning the rooms.

I really hated the place. Would not stay here longer than 15 minutes so we checked out immediately and switched to a nice place 150m down the street.

I think a good value for this place would be €45 - €80 a room per night. I’d skip it anyway.

Check my other review for reference. Skip this one and put this place out of business. The world thanks you for...

DO NOT STAY HERE unless absolutely necessary. My partner another group and I arrived a little earlier than our check-in time. The hotel was all locked and no one could get in. We waited 30 minutes knocking at the door and ringing the doorbell until we had to shout out to other guest staying there to retrieve the person looking after the place. (Also their phone number associated with the booking did not work). When we finally got into the so called “lobby” the owner/staff member said we had to put our bags in a room that did not lock with no security and leave until the room was ready.

When we came back we were greeted with the most disgusting/dirty room I’ve ever stayed in. They advertise air conditioning. This is not the case. One tiny fan and an old window to open was the only thing to cool the room down. The bathroom was tiny and dated with no window and no fan in there! The water pressure in the shower was horrendous also. The bed was tiny and no way would fit a couple in it like advertised. Also the room is far from soundproof, impossible to sleep as it constantly sounds like someone is banging on your door or trying to get in as the rooms are extremely close together.

Overall, I truly recommend spending a bit more money per night to stay elsewhere, and not make the same mistake we did thinking it would be a good deal being close to the tube station (which is the only positive of this...

Stayed here 22nd September 2018 booked with Thomas Cook. We arrived at 6.00 pm. The room wasn't ready, although check in was from 4.00 pm that day. Rooms that had been changed had the sheets piled on the stairs, along with black bags of rubbish and cleaning equipment. In the end, as the room couldn't be done for at least another half an hour, we made the bed ourselves. The room was also much, much smaller than advertised. Someone in the room next door started drying their hair at one in the morning. The location next to the tube was good but we would never come here again. It wasn't particularly cheap at £130 for a double. Stayed here 22nd September 2018 booked with Thomas Cook. We arrived at 6.00 pm. The room wasn't ready, although check in was from 4.00 pm that day. Rooms that had been changed had the sheets piled on the stairs, along with black bags of rubbish and cleaning equipment. We really were not impressed. In the end, as the room couldn't be done for at least another half an hour, we made the bed ourselves. The room was much, much smaller than advertised. Some one in the room next door stated drying their hair at one in the morning. The location next to the tube was good but we would never come here again. My advice is stay...