Review of Islington Inn 3*

Staff on the desk friendly enough and the place is clean. However I was supposedly staying according to my booking in one of their better rooms with a canopy bed, decorated in a modern indian style. However what I got was a room that was not much bigger than the bed. The door lock was not installed properly and you could just push the door open without a key as the gap between the latch and the hole was too far apart. The only way to secure the room was to use the deadlock on the door. There was a 1/4 inch gap at the base of the door which means you could hear every conversation and noise in the corridor. The room itself was on the wonk, the floor wasnt level and was on a slope and the bed was about 5 inches higher at the foot of the bed due to the slope, so that you were sleeping with your feet, legs and body higher than your head which isnt good when trying to sleep. The sash windows were being held open by a piece of tubular metal as the mechanisms had bust. The modern indian decor and canopy bed was non existant and probably had been decorated in 5 — 10 years. And the remote for the TV was broken so you couldnt watch TV. The bathroom was fairly modern but very small and the shower is extremely difficult to get into unless you are as skinny as a stick insect. It says they have a restaurant and that they do tapas style indian food… yeah they dont! I had to get a deliveroo delivery for evening dinner. Breakfast was probably one of the worst I have had in a hotel. It was continental style ish… but the bread was stale. Yellow round the edges, yoghurts were morrisons value range, literally. Orange juice was watery and I suspect it was more a orange juice based drink as opposed to pure orange juice. Basically I only had orange juice then decided to leave and get breakfast at my destination. Was it cheap?. Yep… was it the only hotel in the area under £300 on that day?. Yep. Would it be good for someone on a very tight budget or a student? … yep. Would I stay again?. Nope!