Originally Posted by
basictraveler
It seems like HI is in a much central location for tourists, but it’s a room with 1 queen and 1 sofa bed, while DT is 2 beds (which I would prefer). Plus the rooms at DT seem newly refurbished, and the breakfast at DT seems to have a nicer selection based on photos I saw, and the executive lounge for evening snacks. However, I don’t love the location as much, and we might run into problems with them not allowing all 3 of us to have free breakfast (we have had mixed experiences from hotels about this. Some were fine since both me and my dad have status but some were more difficult).
I’m quite interested in the Hilton Metropole since it looks nicely refurbished and the breakfast at the restaurant looks great. However, their 2 beds rate is a lot higher. I’m thinking about booking a 1 queen room and hoping to get an upgrade….
The Hampton Waterloo is the much newer property, and better placed transport wise, quite a lot of places are walkable going over the bridges of the Thames. The DT Islington is less well located, though by no means terrible. Did you look at the nearby Islngton Hilton, which is the better property? The Metropole is newly refitted and has by a country mile the best breakfast options, and the better lounge, I'm not surprised it is more expensive choice. If you are going to / from Heathrow it's better located, and is well placed anyway, particularly if you try a few of the bus routes (e.g. to Oxford Street). The other advantage of the Metropole is that it is huge, so you may have a better set of options, it's about 3 times bigger than the other two places. Islington - people live there, so for meals out and shops there are many places within easy reach. It may boil do to a choice of "go cheap or go big". None of these 3 locations are terrible, so you're not in danger of making a big mistake.