Review of Maitrise Hotel Wembley – London 2*

Well, it's better than a squat, just! Perhaps I'm being a bit unfair as it served a purpose but I certainly wouldn't go back or recommend it to anyone and I did look for alternative accomodation after having checked in. I certainly wouldn't have let my wife and child stay there. The Good bits: Location for the tube station. The staff are nice and the bedding and towels were clean and in good condition The Bad: Nothing else seems overly clean and some things are just plain dirty. The bed/mattress, though reasonably new, are pretty cheap and far too soft so I sank into the bed — I actually slept OK but I'm sure my back wouldn't have put up with it for more than a night or two. The shower has extremely low pressure, you have to run it for 10 minutes to get it hot. There are signs of poor maintenance everywhere in the room that I stayed (room 201) : — expanding foam use to fill gaps in the floor that have bloomed into protruding lumps; taped up electrical wires above a non functioning bathroom cabinet light; the ceiling light fitting is incomplete; the toilet flush handle is incomplete; the bracket for the shower head is broken; the shower door doesn't run in its track; the shower control handle is partly missing; the extractor fan doesn't work; the tile grouting has missing bits; the silicon sealer mouldy; very poor standard of painting and decorating… … I could go on but you get the idea, I certainly have nothing else good to say about the condition of the place. I had thought I was getting a last minute deal since it was allegedly discounted from about £250/night to just under £40/night (without breakfast). However, I still felt like I was being ripped off. I'm not being snobby, I've stayed in Travelodge for about the same money and even the worst Travelodge is like The Hilton in comparison. Avoid!