Stayed here for 1 night and I think it was a pretty good stay. The beds were actually extremely good, the bathroom was great and the service well.

The only negative thing was that there were no A/C in the room, only a little wave on a table was provided. But this was very effective though.

The area around the hotel is great. Many pubs and bars, eating places and such is very close to the hotel. A little grocery store is just around the corner of the hotel too.

The check-out was really "express". It took 5 seconds and we were checked out. We had to check out 11 am and our flight was taking off at Gatwick 8 PM, but we could use the luggage store after check-out.

All in all our stay here went very well and smooth!

I've stayed here three times now, and you always get great service, a clean, fresh, spacious room and, if you're at the back of the hotel, a reasonably quiet night.

I've always stayed here at the weekend and there are a lot of nightclubs in the vicinity, some of which don't come out until 7/8am. I think if you were at a the front of the hotel, it may well be considerably noisier, but I could be wrong. There are certainly a lot of police/ambulance journeys made along the road past the hotel.

Having said that, I've always had prompt, polite, knowledgeable service from the front desk staff. I don't think I've been welcomed as a Priority Club member yet, but don't really care too much. The rooms, which can sleep 4 people (two on two singles or a double, two of the big fold-out coach) are always clean, well stocked with tea/coffee etc. The wireless internet, provided by a third party, is pricey, at 6 pounds per hour, but better value if you're paying for longer.

Breakfast is make-your-own toast, croissants, cereal (with *cold* milk, yeay!), tea/coffee/orange juice, and is decent for the price of the rooms, considering you can get four people in there.

Location good, just a short walk from Old Street Underground on the Northern Line, so only 3 stops from Kings Cross/St. Pancras/Euston.

Would definitely recommend this hotel for its weekend price, value and customer friendliness.

Even appreciating this is a budget hotel, this particular Express comes some way below a Travelodge but without the benefit of their much lower prices. Firstly, don't be fooled, it is nowhere near the true business heart of the City & it will be many, many years before the City stretches out to this rundown part of the East End. The hotel itself is a modern building but it's already beginning to show signs of wear. The soulless reception is a warning of the basic & gaudy bedrooms to come. To be fair, the bed was comfortable, the rooms were clean & everything worked except the shower which begrudgingly coughed up a weak stream of lukewarm water. Even in March the rooms were sweltering and the fan in the room was a clue that it may border on the unbearable in the hot weather. My welcome at reception was efficient and fast but disinterested, bordering on miserable, although many of the staff later in the week were a little more cheerful & engaged. Breakfast looked a drab affair and I breakfasted out. Nearby Hoxton Square is being hailed as a trendy up and coming dining area and a good feature of this hotel's grim location but in reality it is a bunch of unimaginative and overpriced "urban" eateries serving predictably indigestible food with a sneer to our visiting starry-eyed country cousins who find it cool. Direct transport to anywhere decent is limited despite Old Street tube being a short walk away. There's a reason why it apears to be a good price for London. It's negatives are acceptable for budget travellers willing to compromise on a trip to London, in which case it's pretty good value, but totally unacceptable for business travellers.

We stayed here over the Easter weekend. Our room was of a good size and clean. We stayed at the front of the hotel on the road– so was a bit noisy – but then it is London. Based just behind Hoxton square, the hotel has lots of good bars and restaurants in the vicinity – you will not be short of things to do in the evening!!! The hotel is only a couple of minutes walk to Old street station and there are plenty of bus routes nearby. We walked through the city into the West End in about 45 minutes, seeing a lot of the sites of the city of London.We have stayed here before and will definitely stay again.