Express By Holiday Inn Swiss C - London, United Kingdom 

Spent one night with three adults in the room, which was clean and well appointed, though a little cramped with the extra bed in there. Reception area was quite welcoming as were the staff. We were a little early for booking in and our room wasn't ready so we were swopped to another that needed the sofa bed making up. Ten minutes wait and we were in. I took the car and hadn't booked a parking space so paid ?20 for a secure garage next to the hotel and staff parked the car for me. You need to ring the hotel if you want a space on site and it's only ?15 but very limited numbers. There's a small public car park next to the hotel at the rear of the main street and I was told that the ticket machine hadn't worked for 3 monthe - so you might get lucky! The continental breakfast was fine without being spectacular and overall I felt the hotel offered good value for money with staff who actually seemed pleased to be working there.

This hotel was perfect for us (2 adults & 5 teenagers). We stayed in two rooms each containing one double bed & one sofa bed. Therefore one room had 3 people and the other had 4 people. Since we were on a budget we purchased the rooms ahead of time for the cheapest rates. www.holiday-inn.com The Sofa bed was a double size that slept 2 and the other regular double bed fit two. We had to make two separate reservations for each of the rooms, one with 3 and one with 4 people. Otherwise, it kept saying 2 rooms weren't available for 7 people....hmmm. So, we made two separate reservations, which worked out with the outcome we wanted. The breakfast contained yogurts, pastries (baked there..yum!), cheese, coffee, tea, cereals, hot chocolate, etc... It was a good breakfast with enough variety for everyone. The way the American dollar is it was nice to have a free breakfast for the 7 of us!!! There's a grocery store across the street as well as a nearby chinese restaurant & Subway sandwiches. The subway ( is also nearby so it was easy to go from the airport to the hotel (about an hour away for London Heathrow). We also took to the subway to London City airport for our flight out which was easy to do as well since the subway goes all the way to that airport now. I think it took us 45min. It only took less than 5 minutes from the subway station (Finchley road) to the hotel. You'll see the hotel to the left across the street as you exit the subway station. The Swiss Cottage stop is one too early so wait until you reach Finchley road so you don't have to lug your luggage an extra 1/4 mile like we did! The hotel has internet for about seven and half pounds per day. The decor looked new to me in a modern style. I loved it!! There was a gathering space for breakfast, TV, & a little bar as well. Very comfortable. Our rooms were on the back side of the hotel so we had no trouble with street noise. Other reviewers said to ask for the rooms in the back due to street traffic noise in the rooms to the front. Anyway, we asked for rooms in the back and got them!!! We also arrived early (noon) due to our early flights and they had one of our 2 rooms ready which they let us in. We were very thankful for this because we were dead tired from our long flights from the USA West coast to London. If they didn't have a room ready they would have held our luggage for us (very nice). The rooms had showers, no tubs. Very creative design with the door to the restroom/toilet room. The rooms were very clean and were a great respite from a hectic schedule. Downtown is about 45min- walk away (the way teenagers walk). We did the double decker bus tour the 2nd day there and walked to the nearest stop to get it. Therefore, we didn't buy subway tickets & got a lot of exercise! My son skateboards & we were right in leaving his skateboard at home because we never saw one skateboarder in London. The staff was wonderful. They were very friendly and accommodating. We discovered that if you need to rekey a room key then all the others won't work anymore for that room. so you need to redo all of the keys for the room if you redo one. Since we had 4 keys per room they did get a bit tired rekeying them until we figure out what was happening. One person would rekey it, then the rest wouldn't work. Then another would rekey it, and then the others wouldn't work. Then we just rekeyed them all at the same time & TADA!! they all worked & the staff was happier!!!!!!! For the price, 85 pounds/room prepaid I thought it was a great hotel. because it... -fit 4 people/room -breakfast included -close to subway -new decor (either newly remodeled or new) -quiet rooms -holiday inn -nearby grocery store and food places -Reasonable price. (thanks!!!)