Express By Holiday Inn Earls Court - London, United Kingdom 

Earls Court is a great area for tourists who are using Heathrow as their airport. Its a quick and cheap trip in on London's Underground...(one easy, hassle free transfer will get you to the West Kensington tube stop... a fairly short (under 10 min) walk to the Holiday Inn Express. (or you can hop on a bus and its just a 2 minute trip to the front door) Read the previous reviews... but only pay attention to the positive points made! Its close to the tube and right on a great bus line, with a bus every few minutes during most of the day. If you want to walk to Buckingham Palace.... probably not for you. The rooms are supurb (we had 2) the breakfast wonderful, the other guests (mostly tourists, like us) were nice, as was the staff. I'd rate this far better than your typical "tour" hotel" Its small compared to huge hotels...so the desk is never swamped, nor is there ever a line for the elevator / lift. Above all ... the place is SPOTLESS and ULTRA CLEAN.... Ice Machine in the Lobby (rare in my opinion) a Big + Although I do prefer the other side of Earls Court (to the east) and I have stayed in nice places there.... Next time... I'll be back at the Holiday Inn Earls Court. Last point.... Again far better than most 4 Star tourist/tour hotels in London. Check the ranking number on TA and then consider how much harder it is for a 1, 2 or 3 star hotel to break in to the Top 100.... AMAZING (but stay here and you'll understand why)

Piece of cake to reach -- we only took carryons from Dulles to Heathrow, and then the tube straight to West Brompton and a pleasant several-block walk. Hotel impossible to miss, it's the most modern-looking building in the neighborhood. Lovely gritty location. Helpful travel desk guy at Heathrow tube stop who sold us oystr cards advised that the neighborhood was a little sketch, but I grew up inside the DC beltway and felt almost at home. The day we arrived there was a great streetside market to stroll around and take in, and there are loads of little stores & restaurants all up and down North End Road (including a convenience mart or two between tube stop and hotel, for late-night prepacked nosh & drink). Nothing too classy -- that's a few tube stops away -- but a nice time. The hotel itself was a pleasant surprise on all fronts. Very modern room & bathroom; internet access an expensive joke but 50p/hr just a couple doors down. Breakfast nothing special but highly serviceable to get the day started. Front desk staff VERY friendly and attentive -- no faults throughout the stay. Room smallish, but it's London; more than worth what we paid. If I had to stay in London again and pay for it myself, no doubt I'd come back. Very pleased.