After reading some of the negative reviews, we were a bit nervous about staying here, but our fears were unfounded, this place was perfect for us. The location is very central; some days we just walked to the attractions rather than take the tube. The English breakfast buffet was most generous we had in our three weeks of traveling Europe, there were eggs, toast, beans, sausage, and bacon, and if you're not into that, there are also cereal, juice, and tea. The "seasoned travelers" who wrote a negative review clearly need some more seasoning: Sure, this isn't the Four Seasons, but I've stayed at lots of hostels in North and South America, and the County Hotel beats them easily. There were indeed real showers, but who cares? If you go to ANY hotel in the US, even a nice one, you are going to end up standing in a tub. We also found the staff to be very friendly.

Yes, the doors do seem to slam pretty loud, but you only hear your own neighbor's door. You should also hang out the "Do Not Disturb" sign before you go to bed, because the cleaning staff starts early. But these are just minor complaints, for the price and the location, the County Hotel cannot be beat.

Hello
I wish to feedback to you my experience of staying at the County on May 30/31.
I booked a twin rooom supposedly with a bath and English Breakfast. When I checked in I was told TOURICO HOLIDAYS -my booking agent - only provide Continental Breakfast. The receptionist said she would call TOURICO to confirm and get back to me to clarify which she never did.
Our room did not have a bath or WC despite booking reference clearly stating it should have on the printout I gave to the receptionist.

The public WC's were disgusting and were decorated with the contents of someone's poorly stomach.

At breakfast the "Restaurant Manager" was very surly and unwelcoming. All he could say was "Continental Breakfast". The toast had mould on it and the "Chef" had a stand up row with a waiter in front of all the customers.

All in all a very poor experience. The staff were very and the receptionist showed a total lack of integrity.
I felt embarassed on behalf of all the foreign visitors who will have received a negative impression of our fine capital city.

Ben Ackroyd

The County Hotel was a big surprise as it is cheap for London, and the fact that all the bathrooms are shared. The staff were very pleasant and polite. The rooms were very clean,as was the bedding, I've been in dearer hotels that have not been as clean. The shared facilities were clean and the shower worked wonderfully well.
We had booked a full breakfast and were very pleased. It was a buffet breakfast and you could help yourself to as much or as little as you wanted. It was all well cooked and very tastety.
All in all a BIG thumbs up for The County Hotel. Just try and and ask for a room at the back if you don't like traffick noise!

The rooms are small but reasonably clean, but be aware that the road outside "never sleeps" so if you are a light sleeper, ask for a room at the back to aovid the traffic noise. The only disgruntlement I had was that a male guest chose to use the bathroom in the mornings without troubling to close the door first but that was a very minor complaint. I was quite impressed with the breakfast served despite being warned not to expect too much. I'd love to know what the building was used for prior to being a hotel - a nurse's halls of residence, perhaps? (My friend suggested a pyschiatric home!) You get what you pay for but if the hotel management/owners looked at the building's features/potential and restored it sympathetically, adding en suite rooms, they could command a much higher room rate than they currently do. Just my opinion though. Heigh-ho.