Thistle London Bloomsbury Park

The only problem was the temperature - the room didn't have air-conditioning and, as we were visiting during a heat wave, we found it too hot to sleep. The windows didn't open very far, but the staff were very helpful and managed to supply an additional fan. This is why we've given a low score for comfort.

Es wurde leider sehr heiß in den Zimmern, daher musstn wir in der Nacht trotz Straßenlärm die Fenster offen lassen und hatten auch die Türe zum Gang fast die ganze Nacht offen, damit es abkühlt.

The man on the desk his name was ‘Minaraul’ was extremely rude when I walked in.
I had made the booking online and he had an attitude the minute I walked in. I showed him my booking and he made me feel like I was a burden to the hotel even though I showed him evidence of my payment with booking .com. He tried to tell me there were no rooms . I was a woman in my own at 1am in the morning . I said how can there be no rooms when I have booked one . After a lot of attitude from him he eventually showed me a room and then said I couldn’t have it because it had damp and that I would need to go to a sister hotel .
At this point I was so exhausted and didn’t want to go back outside that late on my own I had to practically beg him to let me have it .
He said he didn’t want to give it to me because I would leave a bad review .
How ever the review is against him and his disgusting behaviour towards me as a woman on her own late at night ! He had no compassion and showed not one bit of kindness or welcoming . If it wasn’t soo late and I hadn’t already paid I would never have stayed here ! What a terrible way to treat any guest and especially a woman on her own ! You should NOT have people working in hospitality like this ! It was absolutely shocking behavior . I cannot believe I was treated this way!

Everything was great

- bed was 140cm large. For 2 people. This is not comfortable
- the entire hotel has only 5 rooms with airco. (seriously? anno 2026?) And the ventilator made so much noise.
- tables at breakfast were not prepared. You need to take napkin and cutlery yourself.
- limited choice for breakfast. (some things were tasty)
- I asked for some ice. Sorry sir, we don't have that. Really?
- 1 elevator, very small and very often occupied by the personnel. Understandable, but still annoying and makes you wait longer.

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Having to pay for air conditioning

No air conditioning and the small fan did not reach very far and there were no plug sockets next to the bed.

However, the room was VERY small. The shower head was just an inch above my head, and I'm not particularly tall. It was HOT in London, and yes, I knew there was no AC, but the window would not open more than a crack, and when I asked, I was told that that was for safety reasons. The hallway outside my room, which had more windows open, was MUCH cooler that our room! They did give me a second fan, but that led to the next problem: since the building is old, the rooms have very few electric outlets, and they are almost all near the desk. So no outlets by the beds, and it was either the fan or the television, and the second fan had to be placed on the desk. In general, the hotel seems old, the carpets are worn, the lift is small and slow. So yes, they provided what they promised, but just that and no more. At 200 GBP a night, I would have expected a bit more.
And one more thing. In the room, they have the usual card asking guests to skip housekeeping "for the environment". In fact, they offer a 7 GBP voucher for each day that we do so. However, the vouchers can be used ONLY in the hotel's not very well stocked snack bar (or towards breakfast, if not paid for in advance), and ONLY exactly 7 GBP at once. In other words, if you buy something that costs 4, you lose the entire 7!

Bed was uncomfortable,room very small,bathroom very small.

Our room was small and with poor ventilation. There were also not enough sockets