Value and location
Review Submitted: March 4, 2009
Date of Stay: February 2009
The apartment is extremely well located for central london and St Pancras International (I was able to get the Eurostar to Paris and back in a day, with only a short walk home after). It took me five minutes to walk to King's Cross St Pancras, possibly six minutes to Russell Square, no more than ten to the British Museum and half an hour to Covent Garden, but you're well served by the underground if you prefer. It's a ground floor apartment, but the street is very quiet. It's cosy, but as you have a sitting room and kitchen, it's more room than you'd get in a hotel at the same price point. I stayed on my own, so it was the right size for me, or for a couple. You can fit another two people into the sitting room if you're on a tight budget, but that would be very close living indeed. If you need to stay in on a rainy afternoon, there's a stereo, tv and dvd, as well as a fair selection of cds and books, which makes it feel more homey. (And there's a washer/dryer in the kitchen.) And if you can't find something to read in the apartment, there are a number of bookshops, new and secondhand, nearby. There's a large supermarket, Waitrose, five minutes away, as well as smaller shops for provisions. There's plenty of places to eat nearby, and the information booklet in the apartment gives some suggestions. The cosy patisserie on Judd St is good for morning coffee and a croissant, or Valencia provides a really cheap English breakfast of beans, egg, sausage, bacon and chips which you can wash down with a cup of tea. I stayed in February, a coolish time, and the heating is very good and can be adjusted. I don't know what it would be like in summer. Bottom line: excellent value and position. If you want something more spacious you'll need to spend more or go somewhat further out from central London, but you're still doing better than a hotel in an apartment like this (unless you go in for that front desk thing).
Owner's Response: There's also the Norfolk Arms on the corner of Sandwich St, a great gastro pub with outside tables in the summer. The new Brunswick centre (5 mins walk) has some great eateries too.
Thanks to the limestone and wood floors, the flat stays cool in the summer - unless it's an exceptionally hot one (if only!). Just to clarify in case you misinterpret about the sitting room - it's 4mx3,5m, so plenty of space for 4 people to sit in. With the double bed pulled down (out of the wall, not a sofa bed), it's obviously cramped for 4, but not for the 2 sleeping in there.
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