Gresham Hotel

All I was looking for was a basic room for 1 night near Paddington Station. That's what I got. Room and shower. Small but adequate. WiFi was only available in public areas on the first floor. No WiFi in room. Building is old and it shows. Breakfast didn't open until 8am on Friday, too late for me.

Location 2 mins from Paddington. Ok first the price of £140 a night. For this price even in Central London should give you a quality hotel. Here the rooms are tiny 1970's decor 14 inch tv that worked sporadically. Had to put the kettle on the floor next to the socket to heat water. Powdered milk. 5% extra charge if paying by debit/credit card. £5 extra charge for breakfast. Lift was either slow or not working. Really you can do a lot better in London even for half the price I paid. Avoid this hotel at all costs.

The location The accommodation is tired and dated, I was shocked at the size of the room, absolutely tiny (double room)...standing room only. I had asked for a twin room but only a double (or should I say single) was available. The bathroom was like a broom cupboard, only one person could fit in it at one time. Only 1 plug socket, so you can only have one thing on at a time. It was difficult to fill up the kettle, the bathroom basin is too small to get a kettle under the tap...you need to find a smaller container. Toilet seat was dirty!

The first room we had for two nights was very noisy because of the road. My two children and I didn't sleep very well. We were offered an other room on the other side for the last two rooms. This was much better! The service was good. Very tiny rooms.

It was very basic and cramped but then so be it. ditto- basic cramped but so be it.

The price was good compared to the other hotels around The rooms were relatively small and at some nights Sussex Gardnes street gets noisy at night.