SK Heathrow Hotel — Hotel in London

Classic scenario: going to London to catch a flight. No big ambitions on my end for the hotel: a place to spend the night and have a shower. What a night though...

I had the single-bed room shown on the website gallery: let's say that their picture is taken from a very specific point of view, using surgical precision for the angle, because as soon as you look around, reality says otherwise. I do not need to describe the room myself, the pictures I took say enough. In a nutshell: this "5-star room" reaches a point where it is bad beyond scandalous: somehow, almost becoming funny. Also, in this review we will assume this bedroom is an exception and is the only one they have of such appalling quality.

Now, the staff is cheerful and visibly making efforts to provide what might be seen as somewhat remotely acceptable answers to admittedly embarassing questions, mostly about the cleanliness of the place. To keep it short and give only one example: the years worth of mould on walls "maybe due to the rain from yesterday", no need to comment further. On a different note, when I asked reception if they had cuttlery, as none was provided in the room, they kindly gave me a plastic spoon. Likewise, when I indicated that the shampoo / shower gel dispenser in the shower had not been filled and was empty, they gave me some. At the end of the day, some shampoo and a plastic spoon cannot really make up for everything either.

When thinking about the location itself, it is rather convenient: there is an ASDA superstore 15-min away by walk and the Heathrow airport 40 minutes away by bus.

To conclude, let's try to be fair: when paying £45 for a night in the "London area", 5 stars or not; the quality provided cannot be of unreasonably high standards. However, one could argue said standards should not be, and maybe actually are not, allowed to get that low either.

Overall, I give it 1-star because the blatant lack of cleanliness in the room understandbly outweighs everything else, all the more for a...

OMG HOW THE HELL THIS PLACE IS EVEN TRADING!!!

Where do I start.. I was looking for a hotel near to Heathrow Airport. I came across this so called hotel. When I went on the website omg it looks so cool. But when you come to the actual place. It’s nothing like the website. As I have already got to the place and needed a place to stay. So went in to the reception and booked in as usual. Collected the keys. As I was walking towards the room I had to go upstairs as the room was on the 1st floor. The stairs and corridors looked they have never ever had any cleaning done. I just ignored and thought it maybe been busy. As i opened the room 201 door. OMG I was so shocked. The smell as if someone had urinated in that room. The carpet was so flirty it felt like if I was in a slum. The bed looked filthy and seemed like it never had been cleaned or sanitised. The walls are so dirty. Paint peeling off. I could not stay. Left within 5 minutes to find another location for me to stay. I booked a well known hotel. After booking the hotel, I went back to this SK Heathrow Hotel. Straight to the reception to hand the key back and get a refund. The lady at the reception I told her about my experience with the room. The lady at the reception said that she had no other room. I told her I don’t want to stay in this place and like to hand the key back and get the refund. She says there is no refund as that is their policy. The receptionist lady had no shame as it is not fit for human to stay and refused to give me the refund. So I walked away as I did not wanted to create a scene.

I have got in touch with my bank to get a refund.

THIS MESSAGE IS TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE THINKING OF BOOKING WITH THIS 3rd CLASS PLACE. EVERYONE PLEASE AVOID THIS PLACE AS IT IS NOT HUMAN SAFE.

I will get in touch with the local council health and hygiene department to visit this place asap. Also I will get in touch with the trading...

There are hotels, and then there’s SK Hotel Heathrow — a property so astonishingly awful it deserves its own entry in the National Trust as a living monument to bad decisions.

The adventure began the moment I arrived and was hit by a smell that can only be described as eau de mildew with undertones of despair. The décor struck that delicate balance between “abandoned office block” and “crime scene awaiting investigation.”

The receptionist stared through me with the weary look of someone who’s seen too much — perhaps even stayed there themselves.

The corridor carpets were a masterpiece of filth: sticky in parts, crunchy in others, and alive in several. It’s the sort of place where you start to lift your bag rather than roll it.

When I entered the room, I was greeted by my new flatmates — a thriving colony of ants, clearly long-term residents. The walls were freckled with mysterious stains, the air hung heavy with a damp, mouldy musk, and the blinds looked like they’d recently survived a minor flood.

The bed offered the structural integrity of a damp sponge, and the pillow (singular) had the comforting aroma of forgotten laundry. I briefly considered sleeping in the airport instead — or possibly a bin, for the upgrade in hygiene.

The bathroom, meanwhile, could be described as “interactive.” The shower alternated between arctic and volcanic, while the tiles appeared to have been held together purely by mildew and optimism.

To their credit, the staff didn’t ask how my stay was — perhaps out of kindness, or more likely, self-preservation.

In conclusion, SK Hotel Heathrow is less a place to stay and more a cautionary tale for future generations. If you enjoy adventure, mystery, and a touch of biological research, you’ll love it. Otherwise, do yourself a favour and sleep literally anywhere else!

One star, for existing. And even that...