Me and my girlfriend had the missfortune of staying here for one night after a party. It was dirty, drab, lounge (didn't venture) but looked uncomfortable, kitchen grotty, breakfast room grotty, breakfast awful, cooked by slovenly staff in their pyjamas and bare feet and to top it all the girlfriend woke up covered in bites!! Makes me ashamed to be English.

The hotel was adequate for a short business stay, but only just. There were no directions on the website and the staff found it difficult to describe how to get there. A map would have been really useful. The room was so cramped that it was very difficult to relax in any way apart from going to sleep. The any special request on the website was misleading as it suggested that a real choice for the cooked breakfast was available.

on arrivivg at the abbey lodge hotel it looked grimey from the outside on entering it was much worse sloppy receptionist, dingy rooms stinking of cigarettes , beds looked like they hadnt been changed and the bathroom..well i won't even go there!!!! my husband and i decided we couldnt stay we had our two very young chidren with us and couldn't imagine them sleeping in that hotel. we left immediately and deposited the keys through the door with a note stating we wouldnt be staying or paying either!!!!! will deffinatley not be recommending the abbey loodge hotel

I booked the room based on the nice picture on their web page, and on Lonely Planet's nondescript characterization as "fairly typical in this price range." The room was on the top floor. It was as ugly as anything you've ever seen and must have been entirely furnished with castaway junk. The matress sagged in the middle and flew up into the air at each end. The linens were filthy, and included other people's --- hairs as well as ashes. The walls and floors were stained and filthy, as well. And on the ledge outside the window were bunches and bunches of rotting pahrathas. The desk clerk refunded my money - I had paid in cash. But in the end, they charged my credit card anyway, about 85 dollars. (I later learned from the credit card company - MBNA, one of the worst, by the way - that had I obtained a written receipt for the money, and then for the refund, they would have had to refund this charge). DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER STAYING IN THIS FILTHY REVOLTING DUMP. In the end I got very, very lucky, however. They had an opening at the Luna Simone Hotel, over by Victoria Station. It is clean, handsome, comfortable, and within walking distance of many important sights, internet cafe, tube stations, and the waterside. FANTASTIC.

Hotel is very familiat to me. Meets all requirements. Exceptionally pleasant staff. Nice breakfast. Very speedy check in. Perfect.

We booked a room with an ensuite but on arrival it was not available. We were put in a very small room(you had to climb over the bed to get to the other side of the room) which had not been cleaned. The bed linen was dirty and the smell eminating from the sink was revolting. The shower didn't work and nor did the tap over the bath. You had to fill the bath from the hand basin using a tupperware container. There wasn't a plug in the bathroom. We were forced to pay for the two nights that we booked for when we decided that one night was enough.

My wife and I stayed here the last night we were in England. We had stayed at another hotel in London (Abbey House) for a week, traveled the countryside for a week, and then came back to London for our last night. First off, Abbey Lodge is not in a very tourist-friendly part of town. There isn't much to do in this area for tourists, and the area seems "tired" and a little run down. The house itsself is average. Our room was very tiny, dingy, and the sheets appeared to not have been washed since the last occupants of the room. The floors of the bathroom were an instituional-feeling rubber. The breakfast was edible, but you get a full view of the not so clean kitchen where food is being made (doesn't help the appetite). The staff in the morning appeared to be "lounging around" in their pajamas, which wasn't very appealing to me. I would not stay here again, and would not recommend this to others.