More like 'The Ratz' rather than 'The Ritz', this has to be arguably MY WORST EVER EXPERIENCE IN A HOTEL. Looking at the hotel from the outside, it looks very nice and cosy in a very good area for pubs, restaurants, shops and public transport links and at £38 for the night, I thought that I was in for a real bargain, don't be fooled by what you see on the outside because that's where the story ends.
The staff were dressed smart but not very pleasant, they seemed to be happy once money had exchanged hands. You need a card to get in & out of the room, which I found complicated, hence going through a filthy door. Inside the room, were 3 beds all scrunched together, there was very little space in the room to move, the beverage facilities were poor, cheap sachets of this & that near the kettle and NO soap in the en-suite bathroom, the room itself was cold and the blankets on the bed were very thin, the REAL reason why I had a good nights sleep was due to the large quantities of alcohol that I had consumed that day!
It gets worse, if my room (no.110) was bad, my brothers room (no.107) was far worse. There was no remote control for the TV and there were wires hanging out of the TV, what if a small child was staying in that room and caught themselves on it? the child could've been be strangled or even electrocuted? the bathroom was filthy, I could've shown the staff the evidence on a couple of finger tips, this is totally unacceptable!
The breakfast area was a complete joke on the 5th floor overlooking the nice views of London, the furniture was tacky, the decor was scruffy & well out of date, the doors were filthy and had cracks in them and we get to get a drink of tea & coffee out of a machine, we decided against having breakfast and went to a cafe somewhere else, it was that bad, I am NOT eating my breakfast in a filthy hotel, does anyone in this hotel actually care?
IT WAS QUANTITY OVER QUALITY AND THE BEST PART ABOUT THE HOTEL WAS THE DOOR GOING OUT OF IT! read more