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Thistle Bloomsbury Park

126 Southampton Row, WC1B 5AD London, United Kingdom Access

Thistle Bloomsbury Park

Ideally located in one of Londons most lively areas, midway between the city and the West End, the Bloomsbury Park is a small, personable, pleasant and comfortable hotel, ideally suited to both business and leisure guests.The hotel offers full service restaurant.

Midway between the City and the West End.

Rooms

Accessibility

Hotel

  • Internet
    FREE Internet access
  • FREE WiFi
  • High speed Internet
  • High speed wireless
  • Transportation
    Train access
  • Front desk
    24-hour reception
  • Bell staff/porter
  • Concierge desk
  • Early check-in
  • Express check-out
  • Front desk
  • Late check-out available
  • Storage space
  • Work away
    Desk with electrical outlet
  • Photocopy center
  • General
    Direct dial telephone
  • Interior corridors
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Private bath or shower
  • Hotel service
    Currency exchange
  • Doctor on call
  • Dry cleaning
  • Full service housekeeping
  • Hair dryer
  • Hotel does not provide pornographic films/TV
  • Housekeeping daily
  • Ironing board
  • Laundry/Valet service
  • Safe deposit box
  • Security
  • Valet cleaning
  • Wakeup service
  • Travelling with others
    Children welcome
  • Accessible
    Elevators
  • Events
    Catering services
  • Meeting rooms

Recreation

  • Cultural
    Sightseeing tours

Food and Drink

  • Meal plan
    Breakfast served in restaurant
  • Buffet breakfast
  • Full american breakfast
  • Special attention
    FREE coffee in lobby
  • FREE in-room coffee/tea
  • Lobby coffee service
  • Services
    24-hour room service
  • Room service
  • Outlets type
    Cocktail lounge
  • Coffee shop
  • Lounges/Bars
  • Restaurant

Breakfast

  • Buffet breakfast
  • Full american breakfast
  • Breakfast served in restaurant

House policy

  • Check-in Time: 14:00
  • Check-out Time: 12:00

Cancel policy
Cancel before 14:00 on day of arrival, local hotel time to avoid a cancellation penalty. Please be aware this policy applies to rack rate, for further information on your rates please refer to individual rate rules.

Travel with others

Children policy
Children under the age of 16 stay free, when sharing a room with 2 adults, there is a supplement charge on food and drink for children over the age of 5 years. Please note that if an extra bed or crib is required a request must be made by contacting the Central Reservation Office or the hotel direct.

Pets are not allowed

Payment type

  

Language spoken

  • English

Welcome capacity

  • Number of Meeting Rooms: 1
  • Number of Sleeping Rooms: 95
  • Largest Meeting Room Capacity: 22

Parking

Amenities

  • AV Equip
  • High speed internet
  • Projector and screen
  • Whiteboards
  • Catering
  • Screen
  • Flip chart and markers
  • LCD projector
  • TV
  • Max seating capacity
  • High speed wireless

Most helpful reviews - Google and TiCATi reviews 7 24 reviews

Emma Lovett
4 years ago – Google

9

Had a lovely stay here. Customer service was brilliant and the rooms were very clean and tidy. Only downfall is how small the showers are there isn't much room and the setting is very powerful to get any hot water.

Mary Iliopoulos
5 years ago – Google

10

What a lovely and an accommadating hotel, we were even given a trundle for a family member for two nights. Wonderful service. Would definitely stay here again. Thank you.

Jessica Cimato
5 years ago – Google

8

Room isn’t very large and pub next door was loud... but the room was lovely, bathroom was immaculately kept. Hotel had beautiful stained glass and an old but historic feel. Lobby smelt amazing, staff was helpful and walking distance to good food, pubs, landmarks and museums!! Will go back!

Viv Johnson
5 years ago – Google

10

Extremely clean. Bed very comfortable. Very friendly and helpful staff. Very good breakfast. Hotel is little dated but the positives certainly outweighed this. Handy for West End shows and Euston.

טלי לוי. טאל סטוביק Taly Levi. Tal Stoobik
5 years ago – Google

10

My 12-year-old daughter and I stayed at the hotel for five nights. The hotel is very cute and clean. The staff is amazing and very friendly. Available for any question and request 24X7. The location of the hotel is excellent. A rich and delicious breakfast. It was really fun. Guys, thanks so much for hosting.

S Allath
6 years ago – Google

4

Oh My God, So small room, the bed is very small I was so afraid that I might fall. Housekeeping good, breakfast just OK. No air conditioning present.. phew..

Angela Cairnduff
6 years ago – Google

6

Staff in Restaurant so helpful & pleasant . Food quality good . Rooms need an update. Beds way way too small . Noise level due to windows was annoying during the night / morning . Location was good.
First hotel I have stayed in that when checking out wasnt asked had we had a.pleasant stay . Most unusual .

Ms Chep
6 years ago – Google

9

Excellent customer service team. Very accessible location - close to Holborn Underground and several buses ply the route. Walking distance from key locations such as the busy Oxford Street

Subodh Purohit
6 years ago – Google

9

A fantastic place in central London close to many attractions and good for business visits as well. Good rooms with full English breakfast.

Aharonson Family
6 years ago – Google

6

A very small hotel. We registered for two rooms for 3 persons (each), we arrived at a very late hour and found out that one of the rooms was not prepared with a third bad it took 15 minutes for the staff to arrive to the room, asking me to set the sofa/bad myself, I refused so the guy did it and it took another 20 minutes... (while the kids falling asleep standing). We received rooms in a different floor, a room above the other (the hotel has only one room that contains 3 people per floor).
The rooms floor was horribly creaking, once my sons walked gently in their toom (the floor above us) we could hear each one of their steps and map each son's location in the room.
The hotel location is very good.
Breakfast was good.
Staff mostly nice.

Kah Hwee
6 years ago – Google

9

I stayed in this hotel for a total of 3 nights. The hotel is located rather near the Holborn train station, and there is a direct train from Heathrow airport to the station. Room was a little small but bearable. Toilet was decently sized but it drains too slowly, and overflows sometimes. As someone with low expectations for a stay, the room satisfied my needs.

Chaim Aharonson
6 years ago – Google

8

Very nice stuff. Good breakfast. Small but clean rooms. Overall positive experience

Neha Bhardwaj
6 years ago – Google

10

Comfortable hotel in the city centre. Very polite staff

Andy Martin
6 years ago – Google

8

Rooms are nice a little noisy from the streets below, but the bed is comfortable. Iron and board held in the room with kettle. No plug near the bed though.

Food was nice, except the cooked English breakfast a bit greasy and but a good selection of cereal fruit and pastries make up for it.

Carl Craighead
6 years ago – Google

8

People very nice. Even when our family member threw up at the breakfast table! Rooms clean but very small. Americans be aware in-room toilets are small, no washcloths provided, shower stalls tiny. Food in restaurant is really, really good. If you ask front desk for "Band-Aids" be sure to enunciate well. The sweet young lady first brought out a dish of mayonnaise! After changing my noun to "bandage" and circling one finger around the other, she blushed and we all got a vigorous chuckle over it. Many wonderful people have immigrated to U.K. English is still second language for many/most. Be prepared and please be patient with them.

Dave Cullen
6 years ago – Google

8

Not a bad place for a cheapish stay in London. Room looked a little tired, but ok for the central London price.

Steve Jackson
6 years ago – Google

10

Very good all round service. Very pleasant staff.Thank you

James Guymon
7 years ago – Google

10

A truly world-class hotel experience. Yes, the building is older, and with that comes issues, but the rooms are well kept, the location is great, and the service unsurpassed. Breakfast is quite good.

Amber Guymon
7 years ago – Google

9

Greg and Giovanna at the front desk were so helpful when we arrived. Thanks to air travel setbacks, we arrived 18 hours later than expected. Although my husband had contacted our travel agent via email about our airline woes, we didn't know what to expect when we arrived. When my husband and I walked into the lobby, Greg and Giovanna knew right away who we were, why we were checking in at 8 am, and had our room ready. Greg offered us a complimentary hot breakfast to help our stay in London start off right, which I am incredibly grateful for. A hand written note was waiting in our room to thank us for choosing the Bloomsbury Park hotel. Not only is this hotel in a safe and very convenient location, it is very clean, well kept, and quiet. I couldn't be happier with our choice to stay at the Thistle, and look forward to the rest of our vacation, knowing we have such an attentive staff here.

Karen Ellis
7 years ago – Google

5

Very friendly staff and well located but in need of a little refurbishment.

Lewis Braund
7 years ago – Google

7

The hotel is a little bit tired, creaking floors, very slow lift. Also they are having work done which means that half of the hotel has no lift access. Which is a pain if you are on the 4th floor. Despite this the staff are fantastic.

Wojciech Kucz
7 years ago – Google

8

Nice place near the city center. Comfort is ok, rooms are veery tidy and clean.

Sarah Lawley
7 years ago – Google

7

On the top floor, had to walk the last flight of stairs as the lift only goes to 6, which is fine but avoid if stairs are a problem for you. Rooms are fairly small, but no complaints really. Staff friendly.

Miles Ferrari
7 years ago – Google

5

The staff were friendly, courteous and helpful. Sadly this was not reflected in the room which was small shabby and overpriced

Jaden Accord
7 years ago – Google

6

I stayed here for one weekend and it was okay. I guess I'm used to more expensive hotels, but this was fine. Our room stinked a bit, though.

Sama Przez Świat
7 years ago – Google

5

Noisy at night. Big room though. Strange rule to close hotel after 11?!?

Michelle Oxley
7 years ago – Google

7

Clean , comfy and one of the few places you can get a quiet room and a good night's sleep.

Macaroni Reviews
7 years ago – Google

6

Friendly and helpful staff. Very fast WiFi here. Convenient location; based in between Russell square and Holborn tube station. Very near British Museum. There's a Sainsbury nearby too.

Daniel Claggett
7 years ago – Google

8

I stayed here for 3 days while my wife and I were traveling through out London. The room was a little small and only had one outlets to plug things in. Other then that, the hotel is great. They let us check in early and breakfast every morning was great.

The hotel itself is close to the British Museum and many other attractions.

Kenny Ståhl
7 years ago – Google

10

Central, great service and affordable rooms! I will come back! Good breakfast.

des Dodge
7 years ago – Google

8

Value for money. Excellent breakfast. Lovely linen on the Queen sized bed.

Robert van Tol
7 years ago – Google

8

Reasonable hotel very well located in central London with excellent cafés and restaurants around. Easy for business trips.

J O
7 years ago – Google

7

Good... beds were very comfortable and breakfast was pretty Good..lifts where very slow apart from that convenient clean rooms within a hotel located in a great area

Rick Jagger
7 years ago – Google

8

Good clean room .. Bit noisy due to being at the front of the hotel overlooking the main road but slept well.

Robert C.
7 years ago – Google

10

Friendly and welcoming staff. Clean hotel. Nice amenities. Room is a little on the small side.

John Carlyle-Clarke
7 years ago – Google

6

Rooms are small and bathrooms cramped in the standard double. It was clean and comfortable though. The staff were friendly and helpful, but the décor in the rooms and the common areas was tired and uninspiring. The breakfast was excellent. Not enough mains sockets in the room. So by no means bad, and fair for the price, but in need of a refurbishment.

Kay Smith
7 years ago – Google

10

Lovely hotel v clean and breakfast was lovely lots of choices. Was given option of quieter room at the back or noisier room at the front which was nice.

roman3
7 years ago – Google

7

The rooms are really small, but you can reach everything by foot and the service is good, so if you go on vacation and don't plan to spend much time in the hotel, I highly recommend.

Phil Bradbury
8 years ago – Google

10

Great hotel, friendly staff, rooms clean, I would recommend it and will be staying again next time I'm in London on business

Bolivar Pereira
8 years ago – Google

6

Excellent location, very dated rooms in the annex (didn't see the newer rooms).

Jakob Tolstrup Bech
8 years ago – Google

5

Mediocre rooms, very small and not very user friendly. Missing table space, missing hooks for towels, broken USB charger. Breakfast suffered from a lack of variety. Overall a very mediocre experience.

David Armstrong
8 years ago – Google

9

Good central location near Euston station for trains nationally and the other main stations in the north of London for the UK.

Hotel is modern and clean with 5 minutes walk to underground and bus links outside.

Very close to central London but book early and get good prices.

Staff were lovely and food for breakfast was good.

Eat in for dinner? I did not but why bother when there are so ooo many good Italian restaurants close by.

Bret Guglielmi
8 years ago – Google

7

Good location, close enough to downtown to walk everywhere and close to the underground station. Rooms are reasonable and the staff is friendly. Easy (and cheap) ride from Heathrow.

Tim Oxbrough
8 years ago – Google

7

Clean, simple. Good for price. We had a room on the fifth floor which was quiet although rather warm (it was one of the warmest days of the year). We were given a couple of fans. Not far from two underground stations, many cafes and bars in the area.

Nemanja Grujicic
8 years ago – Google

8

Good location. Decent rooms.
If it is the summer make sure you ask for the AC unit. They are a bit loud, but they're helpful for the heat.

Joanna Yoda
8 years ago – Google

6

Great location and the girl at the front desk was lovely. The rooms were quite small but clean, the service in the restaurant in the evening was very slow despite not many diners.

Mark Jones
9 years ago – Google

7

Overall we enjoyed the stay, we didn't use many of the hotels facilities as it was only a 1 night trip.

Emma N
9 years ago – Google

9

Superb hotel with excellent facilities and fantastic staff!

Javier Delgado Muerza
9 years ago – Google

4

Single rooms are like prison cells, I could barely sleep in a 80 cm bed (room 412), it also felt filthy and old, the carpet, the stains in the walls and the bathroom which was clean but felt old & tired. Overall a very poor stay, the only highlight is the front desk staff, attentive and helpful.

Jennifer Sedivy
10 years ago – Google

10

Don't let the 3-star rating fool you! Great place to stay. To get more than 3 stars you now need to have certain high end features at your hotel (not easy in historic areas of London where you can't usually upgrade buildings to accommodate a roof-top pool!). There aren't many hotels better located in London worth staying in...and the others are all 2-4 times the price. Charming, historic building (best location...right by the national museum)...no generic hotel experience...you truly feel like your in London when you stay here! The staff takes care of you like you are genuinely their "guests". I took my Mom and Grandma on a once in a lifetime multi-gen trip...they took great care of us and we truly had a real "London" experience!

M fer
10 years ago – Google

8

Very nice hotel. The location is great. The room was small but convenient, no noise. The staff is extremely helpful and the customer service irreproachable. The breakfast was very nice as well. I would definitely come back; 80% thanks to the customer service.