Albany Hotel

Location Very poor. As soon as we entered our room we went to complain but the manager was nowhere to be seen. Room was filthy, carpet dirty and frayed, dirty walls, poor quality bed and pillow. On our last morning we woke up with ants infestation of ants, all over our bed, bags and clothes. I have sent a complaint email to the hotel and I definitely wouldn’t recommend to keep a dog in.

It was basic but very comfortable, near plenty of travel options and shops, great for the price, if you just need somewhere to stay in town. Not much, just having to share bathroom facilities.

Bad

Location only Was utterly disgusting, will not be staying again

Bad

Excellent location, great value. For hotels of this price range the shared bathrooms are also very clean and well appointed, and the bedding is fresh comfortable and clean. Rooms and common passageways are quite tired with a slight smokey smell.

Broken shower and cockroaches in the bathroom were not great and the mouse hole didn't fill be with hope.

The Host. What a guy. Soo friendly. Mix up with the rooms was compensated to high satisfaction. Will deffo stay here again. Nothing

Nothing was good Everything

PART 1: If you have nothing positive to say, don't hold back, darling. So here we are. Welcome to the hotel that time forgot. Not in a charming, vintage, "ooh, look at the character" sort of way. More in a "has anyone checked on this place since the Coronation?" sort of way. From the moment I arrived at 10pm, I felt as though I'd accidentally wandered onto the set of National Lampoon's European Vacation. You know the scene at the start where the Griswolds arrive at that gloriously grim London hotel and immediately begin questioning every decision that led them there? Well, this felt less like a homage and more like the actual building they used—forty years later, with fewer staff and even less enthusiasm. You ring the bell. Nothing. You ring again. Nothing. You call the hotel number. Nothing. Ten minutes later, after repeated attempts and several increasingly creative uses of the phrase "WTF?", I was finally rescued by two delightfully merry ladies returning from a night out who happened to let themselves in. Hot on their heels came a group of lads clearly embarking upon a heroic evening on the piss. Then everyone vanished, leaving me entirely alone in a gloomy entrance hall, clutching my suitcase and questioning every life choice that had brought me there. Still calling the hotel number, I suddenly realised the ringing was coming from the basement. Naturally. Down I ventured, where I discovered a door marked "Reception - CLOSED." Reader, I opened it. What awaited me was not a reception area. It was a squat with aspirations. A single bed. An eating table. A check-in desk. All sharing one room in a setup that suggested the receptionist also lived, slept, dined, and possibly contemplated the collapse of Western civilisation there. Bloody hell. Eventually someone answered the phone and informed me that the attendant was hanging out in the corner shop down the street. The corner shop. Not reception. PART 2: At this point, there was absolutely no chance I was leaving the building unattended, so I kept one eye on the hotel and one on the corner shop until the elusive attendant finally appeared in a wife-beater. There was no paperwork, no ID check, no formal check-in. I was simply handed a key and sent to what appeared to be the last available room on the top floor. No lift, of course. The huge metal ashtray bolted to the stairwell wall was a lovely reminder of a bygone era. The bedding looked as though it had survived several decades and at least a few governments. Thankfully, I travel with my own pillow, linen, towel and slippers, because even with my own supplies I still felt slightly minging. The communal bathrooms look sparkling online. In reality, they are tired, shabby and nowhere near as advertised. Throughout my two nights, I felt as though I was living inside the opening scenes of National Lampoon's European Vacation. The whole place feels like someone watched that film in 1985, saw the dreadful London hotel where the Griswolds stayed, and thought, "Sweetie darling, that's not a warning, THAT'S A BUSINESS MODEL." The location was convenient. That concludes the positive section of this review. For the price charged, I could book a beaming four-star hotel with a swimming pool in SHANGHAI. Only book here if you enjoy wondering whether you'll be able to get back into the building and don't mind saying "WTF?" every other thought. Sweetie darling, this isn't accommodation. It's an experience.

Location No fan during summer heat, very overpriced (at least when we booked it).

No fan during summer heat, very overpriced (at least when we booked it).

The receptionist really nice Location and staff

Location Outdated, needs money spent on it

Nothing Smoking in the Lobby, bathroom and everywhere Dirty rooms and curtains.

Very good

Very polite staff warm and welcoming nice hotel near train stations

There was free wifi, and the bathroom was decently clean. The location was quite convenient, if a little loud. There is not much more that I can say that I liked. Most everything else. We waited 10 minutes at the door to be let in, and the manager answered the door shirtless. The whole place was run down and filthy. The radiator was stuck on making the room uncomfortably warm, which was aggravated by the noisy street below making an open window uncomfortable in a different way. The furniture and floors were dusty, and rubbish (including what looked like drug paraphernalia) was lying about when we checked in. I would not stay here again for free if given the choice.

The location There was no verification upon check-in. I wasn’t asked for ID and was just handed a key to a communal room. Granted it was for my exclusive use but this wasn’t made clear

The location Very bad experience. The accommodation was dirty. The bed could not have been more uncomfortable — you are only paying for the location. There are huge cracks in the walls, and you can hear absolutely everything around you. I recommend that you do not visit this place. I asked for a refund after seeing the conditions, and they rejected my request. Very bad.