My Place Hotel - London, United Kingdom 

My Place Hotel Will Not Be My Place Again!
Posted: Thu, Jun 26 2008
We stayed for 6 nights at this hotel from, 4/30 - 5/6/08. For the amount we paid for the the whole stay, including the roundtrip air from L.A. to Heathrow...I guess I should not complain. However, I feel compelled to share my experience to those who might pay full price... Let's start with the best part of staying in My Place Hotel...Earl's Court Tube Station is just right around the corner. This makes exploring around London a lot easier. In addition, there's several places to eat, internet cafes, and grocery stores nearby. The hotel staff are very friendly (especially Eva), they are very accommodating and helpful. Our stay also includes breakfast, which is a plus (considering how badly US dollar is getting killed by British pound). However, after eating the same breakfast everyday for the last 4 or 5 days...my husband finally gave up eating and headed to McDonald's. Now, let me describe the accommodation...we have a small room with NO VENTILATION. Our room does not have air-conditioning (or rather the entire hotel does not have air conditioning) and they provided us with a really small fan which is not helping at all. Not having the a/c would have been okay except for the fact that we cannot even open our window!!! I will not even describe the stained carpeting or other little things that should have been kept clean but were not. In my opinion, this hotel could have been improved a lot but I don't think they're even trying. The cleaning staff basically just straightens the bedding and empties the trash but that's about it..they don't really do any room cleaning at all. Overall, I would stay in the same area again but will definitely find another accommodation.

Nothing Good About This Hotel
Posted: Tue, Jun 24 2008
My room was extremely small, even for London. It was dirty, carpet, walls and bathroom. TV and refrigerator did not work. Mold in the soap dish. Never cleaned toilet. Had to beg for toilet paper and soap and they never vacuumed until I complained. The terrace off my room was gross, filthy and was a virtual ash tray. Very noisy on the the weekend (club in basement). The "continental breakfast" was a farce. Dried thin slices of meat and cheese and dry cereal. The waiter(?) reluctantly took our order for breakfast off the menu. Horrible! I could not change hotels due to booking a package. Oh well, I still loved London!

Surprisingly good!
Posted: Tue, Apr 08 2008
Having read the previous poor reviews of the My Place Hotel, I was apprehensive about my stay. Our 3 nights there turned out to be just fine though. The location was right near the metro stop, it was never too loud outside, the TV worked fine, the breakfast was basic, the staff was friendly, and the room was spacious. I did bring a sleeping bag just in case bed bugs appeared, but the sheets were clean. One downside was that the bathroom shower curtain had some mold on it. The water pressure was fine though, and the temperature of the water was good. There were a couple small stains on the rug, but the room was very clean. The decor of the room was just as it is pictured on the website. I liked that there was plenty of space to lay out our clothes. Overall I was not as disappointed in the room as I had anticipated I would be. I'm not sure if this is a hotel for older travelers or families ... but it was fine for us twenty-somethings. If I went back to London I would definitely stay elsewhere, but I am not upset about this visit at all. The accomodations were average.