Melia White House (Melia White House Hotel)

Member Name: dbarcl10

Product:	Melia White House Hotel
Date:	09/08/08 (28 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Immaculate, handy for all areas of London,

Disadvantages: Lack of English spoken

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.

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.

We were booked into a standard room, without breakfast, but upgraded at reception to a Level room. This is the second top type of room, where your room is slightly upgraded with a small sitting area, however the main benefit is that you gain access to the private area for The Level guests. This private lounge area serves soft drinks and snacks throughout the day for free, with complimentary alcoholic drinks and tapas served from 6pm. A complimentary continental or English breakfast is also available in the Lounge. The upgrade also entitles guests to 10% off in the two main restuarants.

The upgrade cost just £60 a night, which was quite reasonable given the additional services available.

The room wasn't massive, but had everything we needed, a queen size bed, large wardrobe, iron and ironing board, TV, sitting area, trouser press and a very impressive art-deco style bathroom. The room was kept immaculate, and was services daily to a very high standard.

As I said, the hotel is in the Regents Park area of London, and is just a few minutes walk to the actual park. Oxford St was approx 10/15 minutes walk away, and there were 3 underground stations nearby, on different lines, making it very handy to get around London.

The White House hotel is a Melia brand hotel, a brand you are probably familar with if you've ever been to Spain, being part of Sol Melia.

A drawback to the hotel was that, as a Spanish hotel, all the staff were Spanish, and while in general, the staff spoke good English, there were some language problems, especially over the telephone. However these were all easily rectified, but if you do stay at this hotel, if you need anything, I would go straight to reception rather than try to phone.

Summary: Seriously consider it, its a great hotel