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Overall rating from 16 reviews

Guest reviews of the Charing Cross - A Guoman Hotel (Formerly Thistle)

Excellent
Anonymous (Same sex couple) 17 December 2009

EXELLENT (108348727)

Average
Anonymous (Young couple) 15 December 2009

Theatre and whole experience was amazing! I just felt like the hotel was taking a liberty and priced itself way over what it's actually worth! The prices were not justified. £220 a night for a standard room plus £90 for a two course dinner that was good but not that good. We left feeling a little ripped off. (108133844)

positive comments The hotel itself is amazing, a lovely building right in the center of London next to Trafalgar quare.
negative comments I booked this night for a treat to take my fiance to the theatre to celebrate our engagement. The first thing the receptionist said was how much it was going to cost, this i did not wish my fiance to hear but the girl blatted it out in front of her so not a good start! The rooms are tiny for the price, and everything is over priced. I have stayed in far superior hotels in terms of quality and service for considerably less money.
Good
james from mountainville, US (Solo business traveller) 19 October 2009

No overall comment. (108810120)

positive comments nice smell when you come into the lobby
negative comments booked on priceline but when i checked in the credit card was not sufficient to obtain room...had to inconvenience my corporate staff to "rebook" me using a colleagues card...I've never heard of priceline employing this practice in the states. I was not happy!
Average
Anonymous (Mature couple) 22 September 2009

We have stayed at this hotel on several occasions when it was a Thistle hotel. there has been an introduction of different standards (108592848)

positive comments good welcome and quick attention, good concierge, very good position.
negative comments very cool breakfast area, poor breakfast, inadequate room servicing. noisy room both from outside air conditioning and noisy pipe work in other rooms.
Excellent
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 14 March 2009

No overall comment. (107891675)

positive comments Clean, good size room
negative comments The shower was poor / took ages to get hot water and was not very powerful
Excellent
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 20 January 2009

Very satisfactory (107411667)

positive comments Charming, helpful staff. Upgraded to a Junior Suite, which was well worth the money - lovely room, very well decorated, quiet and comfortable.
negative comments Slightly noisy outside (road works) but the central location outweighed that.
Excellent
Candice from Bolton, GB (Same sex couple) 15 December 2008

Okay (107436782)

positive comments Nice staff, lovely hotel.
negative comments Had to pay twice due to mishap in payment terms.
Excellent
Archibald from Ayr, GB (Mature couple) 10 October 2008

No overall comment. (107267026)

Good
Mats from Taby, SE (Group of adult friends) 10 September 2008

No overall comment. (107186033)

positive comments Free upgrade to junior suite in order to fit in extra bed for older child.
negative comments Request for extra bed made on-line were not known at check-in.
Good
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 03 October 2007

No overall comment. (97858181)

Excellent
Michael from castro valley, CA, US (Group of work colleagues) 23 May 2007

I loved your hotel. I will recommend this hotel to all my friends from the US. I will be back again and thanks for the great experience! Regards, Mike (99617943)

positive comments Great staff, service, and location.
Excellent
Geoffrey from Birmingham, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 22 March 2007

An excellent stay, but I felt the room was overpriced for a Saturday night stay. (99336194)

positive comments The room was excellent with all expected faclities
Excellent
g h from horrabridge, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 13 March 2007

Not being a regular visitor to the area we were amazed to find everything so close to hand, within walking distance, or a short taxi / tube ride away. The room was on offer and we considered this to be good value, it was my wife's 50th birthday treat, so we took in a show and visited as much as possible in the time we were there. I did do some research and chose the hotel based on a post code search of the area within reach of the Aldwytch Theatre. On our return to Devon, we could not believe how good a weekend we had, (plus England beat France at Rugby - but Plymouth Argyle lost to Watford in the FA cup - suppose you can not have too much of a good thing though)!! We are proposing to visit again for New Years Eve 2007 / 2008 with family if all goes well. (99729656)

positive comments Central to all activities, smiling faces, helpful staff, room facitlities and the view onto the London eye form the bedroom window.
negative comments There was nothing wrong with the room (except forthe bar which was empty due computer maintenance) only an observation not a complaint!!
Excellent
Deborah from Worthing, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 09 February 2007

We only stayed one night but found the hotel to be very central and the staff were friendly. I feel that the breakfast should be included in the price of the room. (99360030)

positive comments Very comfortable and clean
Excellent
Alan from Aberdeen, United Kingdom;GB (Solo leisure traveller) 29 November 2006

This is a lovely hotel centrally situated at charing Cross station, so it was ideal for getting around the city. Well kept hotel with very nice and considerate staff. The double deluxe room was very nice with an excellent ensuite bathroom with powerfull showers.The room also had aircon, which would be ideal in summer but the same unit controlled the heat as well as cold air and did'nt generate much heat for my November stay. But the reception staff responded quickly to my small complaint and offered to change my room without hesitation.I would certainly stay here again, the rate of (99333080)

positive comments Good quality furnishings and linnen. Excellent shower and bathroom.
negative comments Only one small complaint was that my stay was in November and the room heater did not generate much heat.I was offered a new room by the efficient staff but declined as it was already the evening of the frist night of a 2 night stay, so it was'nt really worth the trouble to move.
Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 09 August 2005

No overall comment. (2438338)

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