Enrico Hotel

Prós: Friendly, helpful staff. Excellent location just 7 minutes from Victoria station on foot.

Contras: Wi-Fi in reception only, walls are paper thin and the doors creak and locks are extremely loud. 2% charge for using a non-UK debit card.

Prós: It was only 150 feet from a very nice pub - the Marquis of Westminster.

Contras: This place was so incredibly bad that we checked out after one night, even though we had to pay for three days in advance. It would be nice to get a refund for the two days we did not stay, but I have little hope. It has not been posted to my account. Awfully shabby; 2% up-charge for using a non-UK MasterCard; extremely meager breakfast (with no choices); bathroom too small for me to sit on the toilet (I am 6'3"); toilet paper holder sitting on desk, with no toilet paper; rust all around the bottom of the bathroom door; little water pressure; and a hostile reception clerk at check in.