Country Inn & Suites London - Bloomsbury, London

Advantages: Cheap, great decor, friendly staff, breakfast
Disadvantages: Poor view from room

...My partner and I, along with a small group of friends decided to book a weekend away in London through a local coach company and were placed at The Holiday Inn – Bloomsbury for our two night stay. We paid £105 for two nights including our coach travel to and from London. When we arrived we were impressed by the exterior and found the hotel lobby / reception area to be light, airy, contemporary and inviting. Check in was swift considering they had a couple of coach loads to attend to and the staff were very polite and friendly. We were then given a key (well a card) and room numbers and went to our rooms to get settled in. We were all quite excited albeit a bit hot and bothered as the journey had been quite a long one (we were travelling from East Yorkshire). When we got to our room we put the card into the slot... Read review

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Advantages: LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
Disadvantages: None

...oranges , grapefruits, melon, pineapple, mango, apple/pear compote, berry compote, yoghurt, bacon, sausages, baked beans, black pudding, hash browns, mushrooms, eggs scrambled or fried and tomatoes. All very very nice and hot drinks served at the table and topped up for you. Fruit juices were self serve. The restaurant was spacious, modern and comfortable. There was car parking below at I believe about £17 per day which we didn't use as we arrived by train. There was a Fitness first Gym that was free 8-12 noon outside the front of the hotel and down stairs or lift. Room service 24 hours. Hotel mostly air- conditioned (our room was but we had the window open instead). We really enjoyed our stay at this well positioned hotel which was clean, friendly and welcoming. Go for it. www.london-bloomsbury.holiday-inn.com... Read review

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Advantages: One of the world's great cosmopolitan centers
Disadvantages: So much city . . . so little time

...interlopers like ourselves, tacky mementos of infinite design and availability, and hours and hours of pure and unmitigated pleasure. One key to enjoying and appreciating London is to recognize that it is actually a collection of distinct communities--villages and towns collapsed somewhat unwillingly into a grand metropolis that seems always in a state of flux. Hence, today's visitors might go to Bloomsbury for glimpses of the upscale counterculture of the early 20th century or the British Museum, to Knightsbridge for shopping at Harvey Nichols or Harrods, to Notting Hill for the market stalls on Portobello Street, or to the East End for lessons on how immigrants and the working classes pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and by virtue of their own middle-class aspirations. For the monument minded, London offers everything, from... Read review

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