Review of Park Plaza Victoria London 4*

The location of this hotel is top-notch just a 5 minute walk from Victoria station and of course the magnificent Wicked at the Victoria Apollo. It’s not the most impressive building from the outside but the lobby has some very interesting works of art! Check in process was quick and easy and I was on my way up to the third floor to check out my room within about ten minutes. I’m always so excited to see the room for the first time but I have to say I was very underwhelmed. The room was a large size with a big bed but all the other furniture in the room was a tad old-fashioned. There was a writing desk with different kinds of power sockets which I thought was a nice touch. The kettle was stowed away in a cupboard under the TV unit like it was at the Riverbank Park Plaza too. Unlike the Riverbank however the bathroom was extremely disappointing. It was very small and tired looking with no separate shower like we had enjoyed at the previous Plaza. The toilet didn’t flush properly and to be honest it was more in line with what I would expect from a budget hotel like a Travelodge than a four star hotel that costs upwards of £100 per night. After a long week I was pretty wiped so I showered, put on my pjs and settled in for a couple of hours blogging. I had the television on watching The Big Bang Theory as background noise while I worked yet I could still here the man in the room next door having a conversation on the phone. The walls were completely paper-thin! I was excited to fall asleep knowing that I didn't have an alarm set until 10am the following morning but sods law meant that I was awake at stupid o'clock anyway. I did manage to get back to sleep only to be woken up again by housekeeping trying to come in to clean the room! This happened a second time before it was even 10am (on a Saturday morning nonetheless) and I found it really frustrating. As you can tell I wasn’t very impressed with this hotel and I wouldn’t recommend it as there are far superior hotels in its price range.