St Giles London – A St Giles Hotel

Lovely hotel, ideally located within a minutes walk of the dominion theatre & Tottenham court road tube station. Many shops & and restaurants on your doorstep. Staff very helpful & attentive, warmly greeted with a smile even though it was extremely busy!! Rooms adequate & very clean, refurbishing at present, didn't affect our stay at all. Highly recommended. Would definitely stay again.

The staff are always pleasant and make you feel welcome. Rooms are clean but can be on the small side. Can be a little noisy dependent on where the rooms are situated.

Having stayed at the St Giles Hotel hotel, in pre-renovation rooms, many times due to the location, this stay was a disappointment for the following reasons. This newly renovated room, number 331, is so near the lift that you can hear the pinging of the lift well into the night, especially so on a Saturday night. When I entered the room, it stank of stale vape or cigarette smoke; I immediately opened the window - when I came back in the evening the smell had declined (though the room was freezing - this is early February); I continued to keep the window open, when out, during my stay and this ventilation worked to remove the bad odour. Would recommend the hotel ventilate the room as part of their housekeeping. No-one wants to be greeted with a stinking room on arrival. When the window is closed, you can still hear night time altercations on the street below. The bathroom is designed in such a way that you cannot brush your teeth at the mini sink. The sink is so tiny that water ends up on the floor; you cannot lean in when brushing your teeth due to the position of the glass shelf above the sink - if you do so you bang your head on this shelf. The toilet is squeezed into a miniscule space so that you have to sit at an angle on it, to avoid being garotted by the toilet roll holder. The shower has a permanent Goblin gurgle and the bathroom enclosure stinks like a London sewer. The sliding door when closed, eliminates both of these issues so there is some escape when you don't need to enter the bathroom. I did wake up feeling nauseous on the second morning of my stay; this subsided after a walk in the fresh air and a good breakfast at ''Salt and Pepper'' (round the corner in Bloomsbury). Lastly, there were two short curly hairs on the bed sheet, and I woke up with a rash on the side of my face (the side I sleep on). Conclude from this what you will; I was very keen to check out of this room 2 hours before the allotted check out time. This room would suit a short deaf person with a post covid loss of smell.

Great location, friendly staff, great hot shower. Mattress was very hard and the pillows were very uncomfortable. Room was small and would be very cramped for two people. Main problem was the room was freezing cold. The hotel can’t help the weather but the air-conditioning/heating was very noisy and simply blew air around without heating the room even when the temperature was turned right up.