Quiet and clean hotel. I really liked it. Good size room, comfortable bed. Too bad for the old…read morecarpet but it's clean. The windows open a bit to get some fresh air. Very simple and basic but great for me. Excellent location, quite convenient, few minutes walk to the beautiful park and two tube stations. Nice staff. Really love this mellow side street but close enough to shops, pubs and restaurants.

I researched 100s of hotels until I found the Lancaster Hall & I'm definitely not sorry. This hotel…read moreis incredible & the staff are so nice & helpful. The room itself was large, which surprised me because I was traveling solo. It was clean & quite lovely. Some of the impartial reviews are ridiculous. My room was updated, quiet, & the beds were comfortable. Yes, beds, I had two beds in my room. The breakfast was more than I expected & delicious. I would definitely stay here again. The location is an absolute dream. It's a five minute walk to the underground (tube) & the train station. The underground was difficult because it's not handicapped accessible. If you cross the street to the train station, it's easier to take the tube. So many souvenir shops on each street, which was overwhelming for a shopaholic like me lol. Many good restaurants, markets, & it's 20 minutes by tube or bus to Central London. Seriously, this is a must place to stay. You won't regret it. A word to the wise, invest in a high quality hooded rain poncho & keep it with you 24/7.

Horrible hotel. Let me count the ways:…read more 1) Extremely rude day staff refused to give me an extra towel and argued about it for 10+ minutes. Only the night staff was helpful. 2) Extremely thin walls. Could hear my neighbor every time they used the toilet! 3) Extremely small room; smallest I've ever stayed in! 4) Extremely hard beds and pillows. 5) Breakfast is bare bones; just toast, boiled eggs, and cereal. This is NOT a 3-star hotel. At MOST it's a 2-star hotel. More like a 1-star motel in my opinion.

Paraphrasing Dorothy "Toto, I don't think we're in Waikiki any more!"…read more If you are European this pleasant small hotel is a solid 4 star value. If you are an American tourist in London for the first time, this hotel might be a very rude awakening. You have a few lessons to learn about international travel. You might as well learn the lessons at this very nice small hotel. Lesson 1: In London a large hotel room is small. A small hotel room is really really small. A very small hotel room may be beyond your ability to compute. Lesson 2: In London a large hotel bathroom is very small. etc. See lesson 1 above. Lesson 3: Why doesn't the air-conditioning work? You have to pay extra for it, that is why. Lesson 4: Some of these small good hotels have a breakfast included in the price. Lesson 5: Where is the ice machine? Uhh... Eventually you'll get it. Olympic House Hotel: The Good. 1. Close walking distance from Paddington Station. The Heathrow Express Train from the airport is non stop to Paddington. If you have a suitcase on wheels you are good. No taxi no problem. Pleasant 10 min walk if you are slow. 2. Moderate price for London includes a nice serve yourself breakfast. 3. Close by tube station with connections to anywhere in London. 4. Lots of near-by restaurants and small shops and grocery for buying very cheap sandwiches and drinks. 5: Clean rooms that are well maintained. 6. Quiet. 7. Some rooms allow sleeping for 3 people. This is not available at many hotels. The Bad: 1. Poor ventilation in the rooms. Must open the window a bit for fresh air. Just the way it is: 1. Must pay a surcharge for the AC and internet. 2. Room size.Bathroom size. Previously discussed 3. No parking. You are not going to be driving in the congestion zone anyway. I readily recommend this Hotel based on a total of 9 nights experience in two different rooms. Compared to other budget hotels in London, this one has a lot going for it. There are several Hotels in the Paddington Station area. Do some online comparisons to help you decide.

Very affordable, so be realistic about expectations! I had a good stay. It is so close to…read morePaddington, which was my priority. I was lulled to sleep by the sound/shake of the trains, rumbling away any anxiety I had about getting to the train station in the morning. Room was small but seemed clean. Terrible pillows. Bathroom was very small and a little smelly, but great water pressure. A great spot if you want a cheap and convenient place to sleep!

If you're a budget-minded traveler, St David's is a good choice. Situated close enough to…read morePaddington, you can easily arrive and depart with your load of luggage straight from and to Heathrow. It's quiet even though it's in the heart of a tourist section of London. The staff are friendly and provide good service. The rooms are modest but clean and comfortable. It's a good location from which you can get to any part of London via tube or bus. An extra plus is being able to take a stroll around Norfolk Square, a quiet shady park just across the street.

One of the best hotels I've ever been. Outstanding service, breakfast is amazing, excellent…read morelocation, and fast speed wifi connection. Rooms are a bit small, but they're very comfy and well decorated. Do not hesitate on trying this hotel.

2 words: bed bugs. I would give this place zero stars if I could. The sheets on my bed were also…read moreripped and had many holes in them. As I said before, there are were bugs, my mom found 3 in her bed which left the rest of us up for a restless night. We were out the next morning.

It's fine. On a block crowded with other hotels, it's probably not your best option, but it's…read morefine. My son and I stayed here for three nights on a recent trip to England. We booked a double room but they put us in the four person family room with a double bed and bunk beds. I paid £366 ($492) for the three nights. Pros: It's very clean (though my son said I should mention there was a cigarette burn hole in his bedspread). Friendly front desk worker. Excellent location. Beautiful, quiet yet lively neighborhood. Two blocks from Paddington station and two blocks from Hyde Park, and a block from the excellent Victoria Pub. We arrived in the morning and were able to leave our bags with the front desk worker. Check in was any time after 2pm. Cons: No view from the window in our room, just a claustrophobic bunch of roof tiles and other apartment windows. No elevator. We were on the second floor so not a big deal, but I feel bad for the other guests on higher floors. They advertise themselves as a bed and breakfast but no breakfast is served. They advertise toiletries are provided, but this amounted to hand soap by the bathroom sink and an unlabeled bottle of liquid soap in the shower. No hotel lobby or any place to hang out other than your room.

If I could give this "hotel" zero stars, I would. We booked it for 2 nights under the false…read morepretense of a charming B&B near Hyde Park in London. What we walked in to was a sorry excuse for nothing more than a cheap youth hostel. A 95-degree room with a broken AC, a clogged bathroom sink, no towels and a stench of mold and mildew. DO NOT stay at this lying, sorry excuse for a "hotel".

A great place to stay with less than a five minute walk from Paddington Station. It was so…read moreconvenient to get anywhere in London and the airport. The hotel has a modern vibe. The lobby is small, but it does have a restaurant. It has an elevator. The room was a little small but comfortable. The shower and bathroom were great. It had a coffee machine and a mini fridge. The mini fridge had complementary drinks, soda, water, beer and wine. The staff were excellent. We were able to check in when we got there at 9 AM. They helped us with directions and answer any questions we had. I would definitely stay here again!

I'm a huge fan of the Hotel Indigo chain and this location is absolutely perfect if you are coming…read morein from the airport. The rooms can be a bit small and there is very little room to put your toiletries in the bathroom. The large bowl-shaped sink takes up most of the counter so you are forced to squeeze in your stuff uber and around the bowl. Sadly, the faucet BARELY makes it over the edge of the bowl so when you wash your hands, water goes everywhere and ends up spreading around the counter and gets your toiletries wet! Ugh!! That one detail is definitely not up to the normal Hotel Indigo standard in my opinion. Whoever designed the bathroom should never be hired again! This should be a 3 star review based on that. But.... The saving grace was the front desk and the maintenance guy. We quickly discovered that our safe didn't work. The front desk got the maintenance guy to our room quickly and he reset it. When we were ready to leave, it failed again so they summoned the maintenance guy again. He reset it but it failed again. So he proceeded to replace the safe. Those things are HEAVY!!! The poor guy had to lug it up from downstairs, unbox it, take out the old one, install the new one and then lug the old one back downstairs!! This guy was sweating profusely but handled everything so professionally. So kudos to him and the front desk for making this happen so quickly, thus the 4 stars!!

The hotel is located in a nice area of London and a couple of minutes away from the subway stations…read moreQueensway and Bayswater. It's very clean and the staff will make everything to make you enjoy your stay. The single rooms are a bit small though and the telephone and the hairdryers are a bit too old. But I would still recommend this hotel.

We chose this hotel because of its proximity to Paddington Train station -- our plans included a…read morequick trip on the Heathrow Express that departs from Paddington. This hotel was easily within walking of the Paddington Train station and the Paddington tube station. We arrived early to max out our London time and to take the kids to the nearby Hyde Park to play in Princess Diane's Memorial Playground. Not all of our group was staying at the hotel, but we were traveling together. The early arrival was fine with them -- they not only offered to stash the suitcases, but also to place them in our room. Knowing that many London hotels do not always have elevators to the room, I was pretty happy with this arrangement. There was a breakfast promotion going on, but we did not participate. We did enjoy a stellar dinner one evening in the small restaurant. Our room was an Executive Twin -- 2 twin beds pushed together under one beautiful canopy. It made me wonder if the same room was marketed as an Executive King. The room was very luxurious for what we paid -- perhaps we hit a seasonal low. I have stayed at other places in the Paddington area. This was really nice. Bathroom was new-ish, white and cream in colour, and had a tub. Beside each bed was a linen foot cloth with slippers. White bathrobes were hung on the back of the bathroom door. Coffee service was provided with a Nespresso machine. Pretty posh. Pillows included 1 feather pillow per bed. The bed was very comfortable. Wi-fi was excellent. This is an old building, so you will need ear plugs if walking overhead disturbs your sleep. We could hear every step. Minor negs: I was taught to clean by German nuns, so take that fact under consideration. (1) The tub appeared clean, but in reality it had a ring from the prior user. Not dirt, since most of us bathe/shower daily, but a ring nevertheless. A quick wipe with Ivory liquid and we both enjoyed baths in an immaculate tub. The next evening, we had to remove our own rings from the prior day. (2) The tub drain also had hair in it from prior occupants. (3) I moved the Nespresso machine to a more convenient location -- about a foot closer to the edge of the small table. That's when I noticed enough dust to write in. When we arrived back the next evening, it had been moved back to sit perfectly within the dust. I have vision problems and even I could see the dust. (4) The hotel participates in not changing sheets daily. (5) The bathroom light over the sink was either broken or simply something on display.

Great vibe and location But…read more. No places where to buy your stuff in the room or bathroom Tiny bathrooms No night lights just the huge ceiling light No fresh smell in the room do needed to keep the window open through the night And yes the walls are made of paper Great location tough 2.5 stars

I really wish I could give this place, 4 or 5 stars, because my experience in London was otherwise…read moreamazing. However, this hotel got a couple of things very wrong. In fact, if I were in London for more than one night, I would likely have switched hotels. But lets start with the positive stuff: PROS The area is unbeatable. I didn't even need Google maps to find it! Just knowing there was a park right outside, I strolled along for a few minutes from Paddington station, bought some souvenirs from one of the many nearby shops and once I saw the park, I immediately found the hotel. This is amazing, because Paddington station is where the Heathrow Express train stops from the airport. Also, as I had to catch the first Heathrow Express back to the airport the next morning at 4:30am, I did not feel at all weird or unsafe walking around outside so early. The room was small but lovely, the staff very nice and helpful and luggage storage very safe and efficient. I did notice some rumbling (apparently from the trains nearby), but nothing like what other guests have posted; then again, I was on the 4th floor (and yes, it's a steep walk up the stairs, but come on people, get some aerobic exercise, geez!) CONS The room was COLD. As I was fighting a cold and having been outside all day in the crazy, ever-changing London weather, I looked forward to just coming back to my room and warming up in bed. That was not to be... The temperature inside the room was the same as the temperature outside and at no point during my stay did I notice the heater having been turned on. Yes, it's spring, but different people have different needs as far as room temperature. So that was a big disappointment. If you absolutely have to stay here, bring a small portable heater, at least. There was no internet (as advertised on the website)!!! Because this happened to me once before years ago, I now always bring my own global WiFi hotspot - so that saved the day. Otherwise, this could have been a disaster. WiFi is an essential utility, do I even need to make that point? I noticed something about buying WiFi access as I was leafing through the hotel booklet, getting ready to leave - unacceptable... So overall a pleasant but rather disappointing stay.

Two stars due to location - convenient walk to train station. However, overpriced hotel, room was…read moretiny and an even tinier bathroom, no AC (visited during the summer and they gave a standing fan), be prepared to carry luggage up the stairs, and only one towel per person (no hand or face towel).

The staff here are soo friendly and inviting. From the door man, to the front desk, you will be…read moregreeted and attended to from the moment you arrive. One night I woke up at 2am experiencing knee pain. I called the front desk for a bag of ice to help my knee and they brought it up with a smile within minutes. Exceptional service. The concierge helped me plan a day which worked perfectly. I was invited to the executive lounge. The food was great, with different options. Noticeable options were cheese plates and tortellini. They provided complimentary beer, wine, and bubbles. They have a high end espresso machine which is worth giving a try. Location is across from Hyde Park in a very safe area. Shopping, and also Mayfair, are within walking distance. The underground is also within minutes walking distance. Great spot to stay!

This is a year late! We had an unexpected stay in London after flight cancellations and decided to…read morestay in central London for 2 days rather than the airport hotel the airline was giving us. What an amazing stay after the chaos! The club lounge was amazing and the afternoon tea one of the best I've had. They made a challenging situation a pleasure