Review of Abbey Court Hotel - Hyde Park 3*

Stay somewhere else… The only perk to this hotel is the location. You can find other places of similar price in the same area. They can't be worse… Front desk — The front desk seemed mostly annoyed. There was one time I interacted with a gentleman and he didn't seemed annoyed by my comments and conversation (they were never busy when I spoke with them). They followed a common European practice of turning the key into the front desk when you leave the hotel (pick it back up when you return). The difference here is they seemed quite annoyed if you came and went in short periods of time. What do they expect? It's their policy! They were virtually useless when it came to finding somewhere to do our laundry (they do not have any laundry services available to guests). We found a place that would deliver our clean laundry to the hotel, which we informed them of and again they made it seem like a bother (but they held it at the front desk as we requested). Cleanliness — The room seemed generally clean except we found a used hypodermic needle in the TV cabinet. This generally made us question the rest of cleanliness. Room — The room was very small (we had a larger room in a hostel). Because it was tiny the bed took up the room and we constantly banged toes/shins against parts of the frame (and we only had backpacks for luggage). It's also a maze to find your room. It's obviously an old building which is fine (actually adds a cool factor to the stay) until you realize it's a maze to find the right set of stairs to lead you to your floor). The water pressure and location were the only positives of the trip! It's right by Paddington station so we could get anywhere in the city easily.