Barry House Hotel, London

Advantages: Good value, immaculate, 4 Star
Disadvantages: Language problems

...I stayed at the Melia White House hotel in June 2008, on my first trip to London. Finding our way from Heathrow T5 to the hotel, negotiating the underground, was surprisingly easy, as the hotel is situated within 5 minutes walk of Great Portland St underground station, just outside leafy Regents Park. Warren St and Regents Park underground stations are also within 10 minutes walk in either direction. The hotel may not look a lot from the exterior, however step inside and the reception is bright, airy and spacious. The reception area is immaculate and covered in marble, and expensive looking antiques. The hotel has 581 rooms over 8 floors (283 Classic rooms, 158 Superior rooms, 28 Triple rooms, 62 Executive Level rooms, 42 Junior Suites, 2 Master Suites, 1 Residential Suite and 5 Disabled rooms). We were booked into a Classic... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent decor, great Regents Park location - within 2 mins walk of 2 tube stations
Disadvantages: 4 star decor not matched by corresponding room size

...of London. One very good thing about the Melia White House is that it is marked on maps such as the London A to Z. Once you cross the major road from the tube stations it's very heard to miss, there are pedestrian crossings which make this easier. The lobby to the Melia White House instantly says 4 star. Although it has a low roof the decor and panelling is impressive. Checking in you suddenly realize that this hotel has teleported in from Madrid. The entire check in staff is Spanish, illustrating the hotel's ownership (the Spanish Sol Group). Finding a receptionist who speaks good English is a roll of the dice each visit. Generally service is good. We arrived at 1pm on a Saturday and no rooms were ready. When we got a room on our return around 4pm our bags took 20 minutes to follow us up and the porter immediately left without... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic Display
Disadvantages: Bit hot and stuffy!

...designed and carried on the look of the mini rainforest. I didn't stay in there for very long as I didn't like it too much though my girlfriend loved it. Then the final door before the exit took us into a room that look like an aquarium, but was actually tanks of insect etc..... I remember seeing large Millepede's, Some small black Scorpions, Tarantula's and some bright green coloured Fruit Beetles, though there was more. Then upon Exit there was the gift shop where as usual my girlfriend spends a load of money on silly things that will be tossed to one side when we get home.....though she did buy a glass butterfly windchime that was quite ok. Then we see that the London Butterfly House is to be closed and crushed by 2007 when their lease runs out, to be replaced by an hotel.......disgusted. The London Butterfly house... Read review

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