This is one of the cheapest places to stay in the area. On par with Travelodge, our room had just enough space to stay in and a very (very) small closet bathroom with a shower stall, toilet, and sink all smashed into a 6x3 foot space. When you sit on the toilet, you can brush your teeth and stick your feet in the shower.. and I'm just over five feet tall! I felt sorry for my partner who is six and a half feet tall! The curtains rested atop the radiator (fire hazard?) and there was no way to control the heat, except to open the window. The flat screen TV made our stay easier. They provide coffee/tea with kettle. No mirrors in the entire room except the small medicine cabinet mirror in the bathroom - this makes it difficult to get dressed in the morning (clothing, hair, makeup...) and all the outlets are on the one wall the TV is mounted on. Slightly annoying, but no more than a Travelodge room (ever notice the lack of outlets or odd locations?) and no peep-hole on the door. Carpet was a bit dank, but that's the story with most hotels. No "do no disturb" sign provided, so room service visited everyday (I don't know about you all, but I don't need room service everyday, nor do I want it). The hotel itself is massive and looks impressive from the outside (minus the construction going on at the moment). Speaking of which, there was a bit of noise from the workers, but not through the night.. although they set the fire alarms off a couple times during our stay. The free wi-fi is not available in your room (unless perhaps you are just above the bar) and the "fully-cooked breakfast" (included with three nights stay) is just toast, plain corn flakes, and a couple breakfast drinks. The breakfast was held in the ball room, which was massive, depressingly decorated, and lit up with fluorescent lights. There were quite a few staff to look over the "fully cooked breakfast" which made the experience awkward, but not as awkward as the female staff member who wouldn't allow you to choose your toast (white/wheat) or toast it. She insisted on taking random pieces of toast from one of two mountains and toasting them, sitting them to the side and making you take those when you went to get toast. There was nobody at breakfast because every single person who came down expecting eggs, sausage, etc. were thoroughly confused and either politely had one drink or one piece of toast or just turned around and left. So this lady was making toast and letting it get cold because there was nobody to eat it. I wanted toast, but I couldn't even have hot toast because of this woman who could barely speak English forcing cold white toast on me.. although I wanted wheat. It was the strangest experience I have ever had in a hotel. The staff seemed very proud of the toast mountain and upon getting some apple juice from the bar, I noticed there were four clear fridges full to the brim with off-brand white and wheat bread. Bizarre. There was also always music videos playing very loudly in the bar area with people desperately trying to use the wi-fi whilst ignoring the very loud music videos.It didn't matter if it was 7am or 11pm, these freaking music videos were playing. Completely and utterly bizarre. But worth it for the very cheap stay. Near a bus stop that will take you to the station (from which you can travel anywhere) or if you'd like, only a 15 minute walk straight to the station from the hotel. Don't rely on SatNav when trying to find the hotel because ours brought us to the station, but it is, in fact, just down the road. Great little cafes and restaurants within walking distance (or they deliver). You have to try Noodle Time.. it's really cheap and the portions are massive. You'll be bloated and full for twelve hours.. but you will have only paid a fiver. Great Tesco Express next to the bus stop outside the station. Totally worth the bizarre experience for a cheap stay just outside London.
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