Niki Hotel - London, United Kingdom 

For these rates, one could expect a really decent hotel. However, Hotel Niki doesn't live up to any normal standards. The carpets were stained & smelly. In our room, there were no cleaning whatsoever, for the whole week of our stay. We know, 'cause we found a big "ball" of dust behind the door on day one, & on the last day it was still there. No changing of linen/towels, unless you really go on about it. Worst of all; in our friends' room, there was actually someone who had been trying to sweep the floor one day. But she had also smoked a cigarrette in the room, & actually left the butt in the ashtray!!! Can you believe it!?!?!? One of our friends is asthmatic, & had an attack from the cig. odour. When we complained at the front desk, they had the guts to deny that the butt were from one of the employees! Never again! Stay away! There are way better hotels in London, at a lower cost!

We stayed at this hotel after a wonderful trip to Spain. It was my first trip to London, and I obviously had great expectations despite the fact that I knew the weather is depressing and gloomy 90% of the time. So we're off to the Hotel on Heathrow Express and a perfect 10 for transportation system there. Checking into the hotel I thought wow convenient to Trains and buses. Upon arriving the first thing that disturbed me were the squeaky floors and hearing the guests in the other rooms. I was wondering whether we had miscalculated and the daily rate was actually the total rate for 3 nights. Turns out I was wrong.The bathroom is horrible the shower handle was sub standard The lighting was like 30 wattage bulbs. The sheets were scary... They gave me the impression that bugs were hidden in the mattresses. I consider New York city to be filthy compared to London but I don't think that US budget hotels are of such poor standards. NIKI hotel has no standards. It's the worst you can get. I couldn't drink the tea far less to eat the food.. it's just disgusting. I was very happy when we were out sightseeing and hated retreating to the hotel... was a complete nightmare. I also visited two other budget hotels there although they were a bit better than Niki but they have the same... poor lighting... ugly looking wardrobes.. squeaky floors... horrible showers... broken handles.. like just stuff from the 60's that you will never get in the US. That hotel doesn't make you feel like ure in London. It's a dump. It's only good for it's location. Don't go there! pay $20 more for better comfort. Would never stay there again