Saint Gregory Hotel - London, United Kingdom 

Arrived for a 2 night stay in London for some shopping and sight seeing. Greeted at reception by unfriendly staff. We were told to sit and wait until the male receptionist was ready to speak to us. The rooms in the hotel are very nice, clean and spacious, but this is the only good thing. We booked it because it stated that it was close to the centre of London and plenty of amenities. It was about fifteen mins walk through a very dodgy area to get to a tube station and then about 6 or 7 stops to get to oxford st. We were not told that the gym was undergoing refurbishments when we booked either. A staff member also let herself into our room after just knocking once and coming straight in. Not a hotel I would either recommend or stay in again

This hotel is on Shoreditch High Road - a busy street by all accounts and in an up an coming area of London. You'd be forgiven to be surprised to learn that next door to this Hotel, in what looks like an almost unused warehouse block called the Tea Building, houses one of London's most exclusive private members club called Shoreditch House. Travel North on Shoreditch High Road (away from the City), the road turns into Kingsland Road - you can see from here why I call this place up and coming - its almost like Manhattan meets the Bronx... but on this ugly road, lies London BEST vietnamese restaurants. Head for the green painted one in the corner (past all other restaurants along the way) for the best choise in authentic beef noodle soup. If you turn left before Kingsland Road, you are into Old Street and Hoxton square. I'd recommend Shish Restaurant for a bit of modern kebab or the Furnace for best pizza this side of MIlan. Reading from the reviews of this hotel, I am a bit disappointed with Saint Gregory - and I hope they pull their act together. But failing that, there is the Hoxton Hotel and the Grille (our favourite restaurant). The Shoreditch Residents