Hilton Islington London = Motel 6
Never go back! Location OK, which was my worry, but the hotel is a glorified motel. Concierge is a young foreigner - when we asked about how to get to a museum, he was no help because he does not like museums! The internet avail is a keyboard kept in a drawer which works off the TV. Sounds good - never saw it before - but did not work. Keyboard skipped letters, etc. Worthless. And costs 10 p/min mostly spent trying to get the keyboard to work!
Does not have a lounge, despite its supposedly having Exec Club rooms (could not figure what on earth that meant). Got free breakfast because of being Gold - service appalling. The night we arrived, we were a little hungry so went to restaurant where we ordered just a dessert - ice cream over waffle with cajeta (for the uninitiated - goat's milk caramel from Mexico). No cajeta - what was I thinking!! However, we had to get our own order from the chef because the waiter could not be bothered! AM was not much better. Room was OK but small by Hilton standards. This hotel does not hold a candle to Metropole - also a former Stakis. OK - the good news was that we got chocolates and a free bottle of wine.