Originally Posted by gspurr

I just finished a 7-night stay here in an executive suite. I was in the one at the end of the hall and closest to the Houses of Parliament and was rather impressed with the view. The room itself was pretty acurately described by tailorgiven above. It was a nice suite, not huge, but everything worked fine and outside of the the rather spotted rug in the living room was in pretty good shape. Housekeeping did a very good job of servicing the room. I never once came back to the room without it having had its daily service, even after having been gone once for only an hour to use the gym.

I would rate the breakfast as good, but nothing special. I would say it is a little better than that of the Hyatt Place London City East. There is no club lounge (I'm not sure if there was one when it was a Crown Plaza). In lieu of the lounge as a Globalist I was given 7 vouchers for a drink and snacks each night I was there. The snack offerings were actually rather substantial (you were allowed two from a list of 8). For example, the cheese macaroni with bacon crumbles was a meal in itself. I only wish they had a salad as a snack option. Overall I was fairly content with the snacks but did get tired of them after a few nights.

I used the gym a couple of times. It has your basic hotel equipment but it is in a rather small room which makes everything rather crowded. There is barely room to place a mat on the floor for stretching.

I was actually pleasantly surprised with the location. Vauxhall station to the east is about a 5-10 minute walk and is on the Victoria line. There are a few bars and restaurants between the hotel and the station with a Tesco Express a block from the hotel. To the west one can walk to the South Bank/National Theatre/Waterlook Station area in about 15 minutes. While the hotel is not in the heart of things in central London it is well located to access a great deal rather easily by tube or taxi.