The Royal National Hotel (London)

My Friend and I both bought each other trips to London to see a show for our 21sts. One in Sept and one just last week in May... Both times we have went to London we have stayed at this hotel and thought it was a great hotel. It is a large hotel with over 1,400 rooms which include twin, double and triple rooms. Both times we have stayed here it has been twin rooms. Checking into the hotel at 2pm can be a bit of a nightmare because this is a popular hotel and you can wait for up to an hour to get checked into your room. Altho majority of the staff are forgein they can speak good English and can always help you or advise you. I would advise if you ...  Read the complete review

This without a doubt is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in bar a hotel in Kenya I stayed in (however that is a third world country and I only paid $15 dollars for that room)!!! Location of the hotel is good and that's the only positive. Close to Russell Square tub station. Hotel is massive I think that here are over 2000 rooms and so gets very busy. Check in reminded me of an airport check in desk the reception is that large and its just not like a hotel. The hotel does cater for a wide variety of guests from different nationalities, however English was certainly not the preferred language of the person that served me so ignored the questions ...  Read the complete review

Good location for this budget hotel, no facilities at all, staff were unpleasant and not helpful at all. Dont bother with reception staff or porters...they couldnt care less. Nobody smiles there. Good location, fairly clean. You get what you pay for.

For my 21st Birthday my boyfriend and I were planning to go to London to get my Birthday present. We decided to drive down which I though would be too long to drive there and back on the same day so we opted to drive down the night before and book into a hotel. So the day before (the night we wanted to stay) I spent 3 hours trawling the Internet looking for somewhere suitable. It was quite difficult really, as we needed somewhere that wasn't too bad but in a good area close to the tube. At the last minute all the decent hotels were full which left a lot of 2 star hostel type hotels, which had some pretty horrible reviews. After a painful time I finally came ...  Read the complete review