This hotel was recommended by a Delta airline booking employee. We thought we had a great deal, but we wish we can turn back the hand of time. We would've chosen a better hotel near Central London.
When I'm asked to describe Ibis hotel, I would say, a decent affordable hotel. For less than 80 pound/night is cheap compare to other hotels. But then for that price, you get a small room with double size bed. If you are staying at this hotel, Please buy your mineral water (for drinking, brushing your teeth) at the nearby mini-mart because the hotel water has some foul odor (at least at our room).
Pros: affordable rooms and they have maid service everyday. a restaurant is in the building where you can get food when you are starving or you can walk for ten minutes and get mcdonald's. The only good food is their bacon and a variety of cereals are available. there is a free public transportation across the street to go to Heathrow airport and back to the hotel. a small television is in each room, but has only few channels.
Cons: I found their front desk employees rude and they definitely lack on customer service. I had an encounter with one particular personnel due to a simple matter. I have asked the employee whether the adaptor for sale is a universal adaptor since I had electronics from the US and he said, yes it is. So I bought it. But when I returned to our hotel room, I wasn't able to fit the plug because of the surrounding wall of their adapter. I went back down to the lobby and asked, " are you sure you sold me a universal adaptor" and he replied, "yet it is". So then I said, If it is, how come it doesn't work with US plug then... At that time, I asked for a refund and guess what he said... "I can't give you a refund since that was your mistake"... then I said, " my mistake? excuse me... when I asked you if it would work with the US plug and you said, yes it will because it is universal, but obviously, you don't know what universal adaptor is". By this point, I was already mad because he obviously said, it was my fault for buying their product. I have asked to talk to the manager, but he made me wait for a while and the manager wasn't around. I asked him to fix the problem because I wasn't leaving until he fixed it and so he said, I can't help you with that. Finally I said, "why don't you get a sharp and cut off the surrounding wall of the adaptor and it might work" and so he did. It work with US plug. I wish it wasn't that much of a hassle.
The water seemed unsanitary. We had to buy gallons of water from the near by minni-mart during our stay. We didn't even used their water for coffee.
The buffet breakfast is a bit pricey for the type of food they serve. Taste wise, I am not too happy with it, but we didn't really get a choice. everything was far, but a mcdonalds. anyway, their scramble egg was like sitting on a water tub, their sausage was just plain aweful in my opinion because it has an after taste that you can't get rid off that easy. All in all... i would choose McDonald's next time I'm around the area.
The snack bar sandwiches are pricey and not that good. I ordered tuna and ham sandwiches and they were both awefully pricey. How so? the tuna was too dry, it seemed like it had been made a day before and had sat in room temperature with a dash of mayonaise. the ham wasn't worth it.... you know what it reminds me of? 50 cent packaged of ham at the grocery stores. whoever made it, placed two thin hams in a ciabata bread and spread some weird tasting spread on it.
Why have a tv if there is only a few available channels. For a better tv shows, Ibis hotel charges 10 pounds per night. That is such a rip off!
Why bother placing a telephone in each room, when your guests cannot even use the phone to call locally without being charged.
A little too far from Central London. A way to get out of the area is to take the tube from the airport and that cost plenty each day. On the way back, you can take the bus 90 or 285 from hatton cross and that cost 2 pound 20 pents.
If we were in London just to relax and not see a lot of places, this hotel wouldn't be too bad if they would have better ammenities.
Personally, I applaud their maids. They did such a great job with our room during our stay. read more