Bedford Hotel

Location – Five / ten minute walk from Euston / a couple of minutes from Russell Square Tube & on major bus routes to Waterloo. In the evening if you want to make your way to Covent Garden it is about 20 minutes walk or a £5 taxi ride. In all a good location Parking Surprisingly for a budget London centre hotel there is underground parking – never used it myself so you had better check if this is important to you. The building –. I would say late 1950’s infill block on Southampton Row. . The hotel has five floors –... more

During Sept 2006 my wife and I visited London for the first time and was a little apprehensive. The flight out of South Africa arrives early in the morning and unfortunately we were not allowed to check in. We stored our luggage (at a fee) and hit the streets. Later on we were given a double room with a garden view (as requested) although it was right next to the elevator and this was very noisy!! Fortunately the people above us left their water running, our room was flooded and we were VERY prompted given another room. Here I must... more

Stayed at hotel Bedford as part of a 'Superbreak' hotel/travel/theatre package for Sound of Music (you must go if you can, it was fantastic). Hotel fairly good, staff in general fairly good. Breakfast very good. You get what you pay for and I would stay again for a short break, however, my only reservation was the evening meal. The waiter served a bottle of white wine which had never seen any form of cooling, and when asked provided an ice bucket. The food was not good really, my wife's chicken had been cooked for some time and was very dry.... more

The bedford is a reasonable base in a prime location for public transport. You are 4 min walking from Russell square tube, and 6 min from Holborn. The hotels public areas are shiny and modern. The hotel room I stayed in was firmly in the 1970's, BUT in the classier end of the 70's. A few of the reviewers commented on the comedy built in consoles, personally I found speakers built into the pelmets quite amusing, the switch to transfer the radio music to the bathroom highly amusing; the important point to note is that this hotel is dated, not... more

Went for weeekend break 22 feb- 26 feb. On arrival i was greeted with friendly staff, i asked for a room out the back and the receptionist smiled so she must get this often and i'm glad i did as i would imagine its quite niosy in the front. Double bed room was ok, its a bit old fashioned but who cares when your only going to be there to sleep. Room is not huge but its big enough for 2 people and the room is clean which is very important. Room was warm but no sign of air conditioning for those going when its really hot. Its cheap... more

Stayed at the Bedford for 2 nights from Jan 5th \Jan 7th. Really nice , clean , spacious twin room. Breakfast was quite good, ( be careful, you have to pay an extra 4 pounds for English breakfast) continental breakfast is included, but for some, English isn't. I don't know why. Best to ask first. One of the reception staff, a male, wasn't very friendly, but the others were really nice. I recommend the Bedford, and great location. Have agreat time.

Having just stayed at the Bedford, I've looked at the other reviews and can''t recognise the room I stayed in. It may be that we had single rooms, but they were small, extremly dated with furniture. consoles from the 70s, dirty curtains and, being at the front of the hotel very noisy from the traffic on Southampton Row. The bed didn't feel too secure either. The bathroom was a reasonable size, but the shower had an old style mixer tap above the bath and the temperature was difficult to control. On the plus side, it is very conveniently... more

We enjoyed our first visit to London in the fall of 2005 so much that we planned to return the next year. This time we checked "Trip Advisor" for reviews of the hotels offered with our airline package, and chose The Bedford with its full included breakfast. From comments on "Trip Advisor" we requested a rear facing room on a lower floor. As our room faced out to the Garden it was relatively quiet even with the windows open. We appreciated being on a lower floor when the fire alarm went off one morning about 5:30 am. After a day or so we got... more

Stayed for 2 nights in Sept 2006: Pluses: - Location location location! Fab part of London! - Lobby - airy and lots of glass for people watching! - Friendly staff - cheerful and helpful! - Breakfast was fine and better than expected! Although a £4 supplement for Full English. - Twin bedroom was spacious Minuses: - Bathroom was basic and could have been a little cleaner - 11:00 AM checkout - No A/C (ok in winter but probably terrible in Summer) - False fire alarm at 06:30 HRS!<br... more

It was my second stay in Bedford hotel for 4 nights. It's good for business trip. Central located. Room was clean. But breakfast is poor (like in all english hotels under 3 star).