St Johns Boutique Hotel

Late check in. No one around

Pictures showed a smart looking pub with accomodation above it. Actual pub is tired, accommodation is extremely tired and area is in the middle of a council estate.

On the top floor (no lift) the window didn't shut properly. Although there was a fan in the room, this will be cold if not fixed for winter, but I would book again.

The smell from the pub toilets lingers on the stairs. The carpet and furniture is very stained and as mention, needs some updating and cleaning. It served my purpose and the pub it is above was very pleasant.

The entrance from outside and the hallway were fairly shabby, so we walked up to our room we were getting a little worried but it was nice. We expect that hallway area is due for redecorating soon.

You receive instructions for where to find the key, the day before so that all worked but there were staff in the adjoining pub should we have any problems.We had not been to a self serve hotel, no reception or owner to meet , but, Hey! This system worked .

The room was good but quite worn in places, I can see what the owners had achieved but it seems that wear & tear have, literark taken taken their toll.

Narrow stairs, uncomfortable bed at all, a lot of noise from the street, the shutter did not close, a lot of light came in early in the morning, it was hot and there was no possibility to turn on the air conditioner, so the window had to be left open, and the room was on the first floor right on the road, and there was a lot of noise from the traffic on the street.

Didn’t like the entrance , really rough , stairs were steep and narrow. Was noisy with people in and out slamming doors

Air conditioning did not work and room was too warm

Bathroom and Bedroom at first glance seemed clean. However later discovered that the mattress protector was dirty including what looked like blood stains – which is not acceptable.
The Bathroom sink plug is not functional, so not able to hold water for washing and wet shaving in the bathroom sink.
The shower drain was blocked, so you could not have the shower on full flow as the shower basin would overfill and flood the floor. The shower on both the evening and following morning was cold, after a cold shower in the evening I was hoping the shower should be warm the following morning, but this was not to be the case.
One of the cups had coffee stains on it as not been previously washed very well.
The air conditioning unit does not work, although a large floor mounted fan was provided.
The fridge, I would call it a freezer! We put a couple of water bottles in the fridge before we went out for the evening, only to find them frozen solid when we got them out for a drink later just before bedtime.
The lock on the door to the room is very loose, requires some attention.

It is listed as a Boutique Hotel when it’s not. It’s some rooms above a pub with self check in boxes. All fine. But better to be upfront about that. It was not fresh and clean and did not look like the photos. The room smelt smoky. There was dust and dirty sink in bathroom broken blinds. Scatter cushions on bed were extremely smelly. Felt run down and not cared for.

Entrance and no reception