Mentone Hotel

Location was very good for my needs. The room was pretty small but had everything I needed.

The hotel had a confusing layout with a number of staircases which would have benefitted from internal room number signs to indicate which starcases to use for particular rooms. It was tricky carrying a large case up 3 flights of narrow stairs to my room. No assistance was offered.

Locatie

Overpriced, loud and hectic breakfast, too small room and bed

Only positives: * The breakfast itself * The close proximity to Euston / Kings Cross (there are many hotels on this street)

* Our room was underground and not very well sound insulated - we could hear everyone walking in/out of the hotel * Breakfast room is very crowded * General hotel decor feels a bit shabby (walls flaking etc.) * Only one plug socket in the room * BUT Mainly the state in which we found our room made us doubt the cleanliness of the place: When we checked in we noticed that our room smelt very strongly of men's deodorant/spray which we believe was to cover the smell of cigarette smoke in the bathroom that still lingered (of a non smoking room) and we saw that the fire alarm was covered in hardened toilet paper maché. We informed the personnel who took a photo but said there was nothing they could do and the next day the fire alarm was clean but the smell was still present. (perhaps it's the ventilation system that takes in air from the small courtyard next door where staff smoke rather than people smoking in the bathroom itself?) In any case we received no explanation / apology or proposal to change rooms.