If you're looking for a comfortable place to stay, just outside the tourist-laden center of London,…read morethis is it. The family owned guesthouse is located in a quiet sidestreet of Essex road. Hop on a bus around the corner and you'll be anywhere in a sec. Every morning you can get a home cooked breakfast in the lovely dining room downstairs. There are plenty of bathrooms available, and they're all clean and very well maintained. The beds are comfy and the rooms are also very tidy. We're a bit on the tall side, so we could have used a couple of more inches. Also not all of the rooms are very big, but all in all a great place to stay.

This place is as cheap as chips. there are no frills whatsoever here BUT the staff will most…read moredefinitely go the extra mile to make sure that your stay is as pain free as possible. Rooms are clean and the sheets are changed and washed daily A place that is always worth considering if other options are thin on the ground!!

very close to the centre. pretty cheap considering it location. you can get a decent room for 2 for…read moreless than 30 pounds.

No more than 10 minute walk from Highbury/Islington tube station, this is a very nice and…read moreaffordable option still within a quick tube ride into Central London. This is a "guest house" so your experience will be more like a hostel than a hotel. To stay here you have to make a reservation, no walk ins are accepted, but do not worry as the process to get a reservation is very easy and unless there are a couple of groups staying getting a room shouldn't be too much of a problem. There are a few different options as to what kind of room from single rooms with community toilets and showers to en suites to family rooms if you are sharing a room with your family. Personally, I don't mind not having an en suite because there are plenty of bathrooms and toilets for use that it has never been an issue. There are a couple of common areas where are not only a good place to hang out with friends, but if you are on your own it is a great place to meet others. In addition, a fresh and plentiful breakfast is provided in the morning and with assigned seating, if you don't come with a group, this is another chance to meet other travelers. Overall, this is a really nice place that is affordable and with easy access to not only Central London, but a wide variety of different shops, pubs, and restaurants. I have been here a couple times now and one time for over a week and had a great experience.

Nice traditional english style pub, nothing special but good location near Clissold Park. Real wood…read morefire burning (but the table in front of it absorbs all the warmth). Food ok, but Sunday Roast not worth it - very average, carrots a bit too hard, meat ok but not enough, basically a small amount of food & we were left still hungry! Too expensive to finish the meal still hungry. Good pub for drinks, not so much the food.

So happy to have had this recommended to us! Sweet place. We got two rooms. Both perfect for a…read morecouple night stay. Wish we stayed longer. The bus ride into the center of town was easy. Loved the neighborhood. Great restaurants, pubs, and shops! The park next door was a perfect spot for a morning jog. Breakfast at the hotel here was lovely! Great service, and fabulous pub!

Arran House Hotel has a strange balance of providing just enough so you're not entirely…read moreuncomfortable, but so little that there's really nothing to rave about. 3.5 stars for achieving this level of mediocrity. As with most places in London, the hotel is old. The location was great, just a short walk to the Underground, the rooms are fairly clean and a basic English breakfast was included in the cost (beans, sausage, toast, tea). There was a shared shower and toilet on each floor and the water was not always hot. Unlike the States, most of the world seems to have much lower water pressure and less consistent hot water (a shame, but I suppose it's less wasteful). Helpful tip: You need to bring your own shampoo, conditioner and soap. The staff was satisfactory. They provided basic services and did their jobs, but did not go out of their way to be friendly or helpful. This was not a big deal to me because I rarely stayed at the hotel. At the end of the day, you get what you pay for and it would be unrealistic of me to expect any more from this hotel given the cost per night. London is an expensive city, so Arran House Hotel is a good option for the budget traveler seeking a good location and a place to sleep.

I booked this hotel last minute, and I was beyond impressed and happy with my time there! The…read morereception staff was unbelievably friendly and I was able to check into my room early because it was ready. I was in the lower level, where it had just been freshly painted. The room was incredibly clean and looked like it had just been refurbished. Comfy bed, beautiful bathroom for the situation, and a lovely night's sleep! I recommend this place to anyone staying in London on a budget - it doesn't feel like you are!

The rooms seem to be recent ensuite conversions. Access to our room, #37 on the fourth floor (450…read morepounds for 3 nights), was down a dark hallway where you had to take an extra step past the door before a motion sensor turned on the hall light so you could guide the key into the lockset. I don't know if our room was typical but we two seniors found it to be uncomfortably small. What used to be a shallow closet is now a shallow bathroom, the closet now is just four hooks on the wall in the entryway. The remainder of the room is an 8 x 8-foot cubicle with bare walls and bare wood floor. Furnishings included a small double bed in the corner shoved up against the old radiator, a bare wooden chair that was little more than a small stool, and a desk with three drawers that impeded access to the bathroom, so much so that it had no hinged door. Instead, there is a sliding door that you must side step past to get between it and a refrigerator that stuck out beneath the desk where the chair ought to be. There is one Type-G outlet above the desk, two if you unplug the fridge. Curiously, there was no toilet paper holder in the bathroom so be sure the loose roll is within reach before you squeeze between the toilet and pedestal sink. Alas, the narrow bed is a corner bed so only one of you will enjoy easy in and out access. There is a big window that lets in lots of air but you must stand on the bed to reach the horizontal pull bar at the top with its built-in shade. There is a hair dryer, an electric teapot, and an AC wall unit. There is also a TV but all you're going to do in this room is sleep and shower. Cramped space aside, the room is clean, secure, and its central location can't be beat. The Covent Garden tube station on the Piccadilly line and the Tottenham Court Road station on the Elizabeth, Northern, and Central lines are both less than a quarter mile away. We took the Elizabeth line in from Heathrow and had no problem pushing our spinners through St. Giles square and the Shaftesbury neighborhood to reach the front door. Check-in is 3 pm but early arrivals are welcome to leave their luggage inside by the new elevator. If I was younger I would have given it four stars.

All was perfect for me this time. All I want to go nearby. Price for 6 nights 650 pounds. Not much…read morefor this room. In the middle of coventgarden. Love it and come back next year. Near Leicester square, Tragalgar square....so much more...and not forget Neals yard just round the corner from the Hotel.