Just ok stay

We stayed here this past weekend and having read the ta reviews, were not surprised by anything at the hotel. turn right out of chalk farm tube station and right at the traffic lights - about a 10 minute walk. check in was very easy and given with a smile. we were a little early but a quick call ensured our room was ready. i had emailed ahead and requested a room with a view and we were duly allocated room 516. the room itself was quite large by london standards and we could see the guerkin and bt tower from our room. the carpet was stained in places and there was no air con (as previously mentioned) and the tv was an old fashioned box type as opposed to the new slim line ones.the bathroom was ok but in dire need of renovation - all the enamel was chipping away in the bath, so we just used the provided bath mat and showered instead of having a bath (which we do like to do after a long days sight seeing) we did notice that some of the rooms on the 5th floor had new carpets but not sure about new bathrooms! our weekend break only included continental breakfast and the person checking us in for breakfast emphasised "continental breakfast only!" didnt ask if we would like to upgrade to full english if we wanted. the continental breakfast was ok. dishes cleared away very promptly but we didnt have table cloths for breakfast. didnt dine here in the evenings but did have a couple of drinks in the bar - price wise very similar to neighbouring camden. we went out in camden both friday and saturday evenings - absolutely buzzing place - no one seems to get dressed up though i noticed :-) and caught the number 31 bus back to the hotel getting off on adelaide rd before the lights. check out was fine and yes we would stay here again but hopefully in a refurbished room next time.

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