We bought tickets to see Oasis last year at Wembley Stadium. Not wanting to repeat the mistake we made when we saw the Cure at Malahide Castle, where we were compacted like sardines on the tram ride back to Dublin, I quickly found a room at a hotel that was walking distance from Wembley Stadium. I knew rooms would book fast, so I grabbed what I could see that was available. That turned out to be Wembley International Hotel. The hotel worked for what we needed to: it was a 10-minute walk to Wembley and back, provided us with a room for the night, and allowed us to avoid the two-hour delayed Tube ride back to London. Outside of that, I would never book this hotel under any other circumstances.
The hotel doesn't allow for taxi service to come and go due to the gated entry. We took an Uber back to London, where we had to load our luggage from the street. Not the most convenient, but it was doable.
The check-in process was as easy as the check-out process. The staff were at least helpful when we needed to double check the room for my wife's passport, which was still in the safe, fortunately.
For what I spent on a room for the night, it was pricey (most likely due to Oasis playing at Wembley -- which is fair enough for having dynamic pricing). The lobby interior is fairly budget in presentation, very cheap in appearance, not warm and inviting to the eyes, which looks more like a loading station for buses. The bar looked like it was set up for riots with the bar behind clear plastic paneling. They do have a restaurant for dining, but we didn't bother given it's appearance and most likely lack of gluten-free options.
The hallways were dingy and sketchy, with blue carpeting and doors separating the elevator area from the hotel room hallways on each floor. The room itself was doable because it had a bed and a bathroom, but this was no frills. The rooms have the feel of where you go for long-term stays when you're down on your luck, with not a permanent home to reside. The furniture was bare bones. We did have a spare pillow. But the feel of the hotel room didn't make us want to unpack much outside of toiletries and essentials.
Nothing about the interior indicated this was a clean place to stay. It felt icky and sketchy. It worked for what we needed for essentials, but that was it. I wouldn't stay here again for enjoyment. read more