Blair Victoria & Tudor Inn Hotel London, United Kingdom Reviews

A FRIEND AND I STAYED AT THIS HOTEL FROM SUNDAY, 4 MAY, TO THURSDAY,8 MAY. I HAD MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS THROUGH THE INTERNET. THIS HOTEL WAS PROBABLY AN INDIVDIUAL HOME CONNETED TO OTHER INDIVIDUAL HOMES. THERE WAS NO ELEVATOR. THE HOTEL WAS NOT MAINTAINED AS THE OWNERS SEEMED TO MILK IT WITHOUT DOING ANY SIMPLE REPAIRS, E.G.,THE TOILET PAPER WAS EITHER ON THE FLOOR OF THE BATHROOM OR ON THE TOP OF THE TOLIET. THE SPINDLE IN THE TOILET PAPER HOLDER WAS MISSING. THE TOILET SEAT WAS NOT SECURELY FASTENED EITHER. THE OPEN WARDROBE WAS DESIGNED TO HOLD TWO SETS OF CLOTHING SIDE BY SIDE, BUT ONE ROD WAS MISSING. TO OPERATE THE TV SET IN THE ROOM YOU HAVE TO PAID FOR IT SEPARATELY. I HAD TO HAVE OUR ROOM CHANGED AS THE FIRST ONE WAS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, AND I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO REQUESTED THIS. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE SITTING IN THE SMALL LOBBY, I OBSERVED AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR OTHERS TO DO SO. ALSO, ON THREE OCCASION i OBSERVED PEOPLE REQUESTING TO CANCEL AND OBTAIN THEIR REFUNDS. THEY WERE GIVEN A SPECIAL FORM TO SUBMIT IF THEY HAD MADE THEIR ARRANGEMENTS THROUGH THE INTERNET. BREAKFAST WAS A CONTINTENAL BREAKFAST WITH COFEE OR TEA, CEREAL, TOAST AND JUICE, WITH NO LIMIT AS TO HOW MUCH YOU COULD EAT. ON TWO MORNINGS, i ORDERED AN ENGLISH STYLE BREAKFAST WHICH CONSISTED OF TWO EGSS, ENGLISH BACON, A WILTSHIRE SAUSAGE AND BAKED BEANS, AT A COST OF 3 POUNDS, 50 P, OR APPRXMIATELY $7.00 FOR EACH BREAKFAST. THIS WAS COMPARABLE TO SIMILAR PRICES ELSEWHERE. WHERE I WOULD RATE THE HOTEL AS A 1 STAR, EVEN THOUGH IT SUPPOSEDLY IS A 3 STAR, I WILL HIGHLY COMMEND THE HOTEL FRONT DESK STAFF AS THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP. I CHECKED OUT TWO OTHER HOTELS IN THE AREA. OF THE TWO, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE BEST WESTERN BLAIR PALACE, WHICH IS A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE BLAIR VICTORIA. THOUGH IT IS SLIGHTLY MORE IN COST, IT IS WELL WORTH THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. BOTH HOTELS ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE VICTORIA COACH STATION AND THE VICTORIA RAILWAY STATION.