Regents Park Hotel - London, United Kingdom 

OK for a short stay
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 2008
Typical "dorm style" European hotel, with plenty of mold in the bathtub. The location is pretty good though, 1.5 blocks from the Great Portland tube station & the breakfast was excellent.

wonderful suprise in central london
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 2008
I was stunned when I saw my room - it was far larger than any I had previous stayed in over several trips to Europe - approaching US standards. Very clean, quiet, well managed property in Marlyebone, an interesting and upcoming area of London. Staff was courteous, although I was vexed when asking for places to dine nearby, all that the person who checked me in could suggest was the hotel's restaurant. There are many excellent places within walking distance. The consierge (who was busy when I asked my dining question) was above and beyond helpful in helping me check in for my home flight online on his computer, print out a boarding pass and in booking a car for the airport. Fairly convenient to Tube and main roads. This has now become my #1 economy place to stay in London.

I wouldn't recommend
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 2008
My wife and I stayed in the Holiday Inn Regent Park hotel between the 4-8/6/2008. We have encountered numerous times when we were told false information by the staff: 1. we asked for a double bed room via email and got confirmation. When we got there, no double bed room was available. 2. The receptionist (named Jude) told us that this is only temporary and someone will move our belonging to another room with double bed, the next morning, while we are out travelling. This was not done. 3. We asked for a wakeup call at 7:30 and received it 20 minutes later. We complain and were told that the wake up list says 7:50. 4. the concierge told us that all events start at 11:00 on Sundays, which is simply not true. On the other side, John, the receptionist was really nice, professional and helpful. I'm describing this as this seems like a pattern, and not a random mistake. We saw another complain earlier in the reviews and wondered about the odds that this will happen to us. Well...it just did. Besides that the hotel location is great. Only 100m from the tube, tesco and pret a manger. In addition, if you go to this hotel, 50m north to the hotel, there is a construction site. We haven't stayed in a north room, so we're not sure about the noise coming from this site, but this should also take under consideration. In addition, the hotel is very clean (so say my wife) and provide all the needed facilities - safe in the room, minibar (cost money), TV (not LCD), playstation (cost money), ok bed and shower. All in all, I wouldn't recommend going to this hotel, just because the problems we had with 3 out of 4 staff members.