Royal Eagle Hotel

Though we reserved a room with a double bed weeks in advance, we got twin beds in a tiny room next to the elevator. We asked to change and moved to a room on the first floor that was quiet but: the sink was about 65 cm from the floor with a shelf directly over it and my husband almost had to get on his knees to shave, the shower was ridiculous and the drain was clogged and the toilet was nearly impossible to flush. We moved rooms again the next day and finally got a double bed once again next to the elevator. Don't even mention the noise... more

My husband and I stayed at this hotel in January 2003. The rooms were very small (almost cramped) and we had trouble getting hot water out of the shower. The TV is very small and has only about 7 channels (but who really watches it?). The hotel was extremely clean - there always seemed to be someone cleaning rooms and vacuuming the common areas. Breakwast was decent - standard continental and the staff always seemed to keep everything refilled in a timely manner. Royal Eagle was about one block away from another hotel where... more

I would not recommend this hotel. The only good thing about the hotel was location which i find very convenient as it was very close to the Peddington station. That was it though. We had tripple room and when we came in our room we realised that room is so tiny only one of us was able to open the suicase at the time. We also had dirty sheets on the bed, the bathroom doors could not be closed because they were broken and the shower was also dirty. We did get another room after complaining which was a bit better but still not what we... more

My wife and I stayed in this hotel over the 2004 Thanksgiving weekend. I was dreading the stay after reading several of the reviews on this site. To my great surprise, our room was large, for the price, and very quiet. We were on the 5th floor in the back. We particularly liked the location near Paddington Station and in easy walking (or bus/tube) distance of most of the places we wanted to visit. Given the weakness of the US$, we felt that this was an excellent deal--specially since a friend stayed at the Marlybone Ramada at the same... more

My sister and I stayed at this Hotel in March 2004. Our room was small, but we didn't expect a large room got a great deal at Virgin Vacations. The staff was friendly and allowed us to check in early. we were greatful after a sleepless night from Newark Intl. Our room was on 2nd floor facing the street, it was pretty quiet most of the time.. except for the occasional French Schoolgroup singing with spirit we barley heard any noise from the street.. Could not beat the locale took the Heathrow Express to Paddington Station and only 1 and 1/2... more

Have been to London over 20 times and, except for convenient location close to Paddington and Heathrow Express there's no reason to stay here. Rooms are TINY, even for London. Acceptable cleanliness, below average breakfast, Italian owned & Italian staff not particularly friendly. Get a room in back, otherwise noise level would be intolerable.

My mother and I spent three nights with Royal Eagle in July, 2004. Really rough stay. It is on a busy road with busses and taxis all night. Additionally, they have an elevator we mistook for an earthquake, it was so loud and shook the building. We weren't even near the main elevators, so it may have been a freight elevator or something, but it was loud and ran all night. It was unseasonably hot, so I can't blame them for that, but they did not have air conditioning or even fans, so we had to leave the window open to the noise and... more

We stayed at the Royal Eagle in October of 2003. Not only a great value, but a very nice hotel. Clean, roomy, nice staff. Huge bathroom for this class of hotel. Breakfast room needed more seating. Walls were a little thin for noisey neighbors. Most convenient for Paddington Station (one block away), tube anywhere in the city, trains to Oxford, Windsor, and Heathrow. We will stay there again.

After reading the reviews posted on TripAdvisor, we were looking forward to our stay at the Royal Eagle with some trepidation. We were booked there through Go-Today.com as part of their London, Paris special. When we got there, we found the elevators small, which we expected, but bright with shining clean mirrors. Both of us could go up at once with our luggage. We asked for a room on the upper level because we were concerned about the level of noise and "tube trembling" that we had read about. The room was small with 2 single beds and a... more

The hotel is satisfactory, and a good pair of earplugs will get your through. The windows do not block any street noise and there is tube trembling, but you will sleep fine with earplugs. The source of frustration for me was the staff. They begin work early in the morning, one morning they seemed to be throwing furniture in the room above mine from 5am on. Housekeeping and workmen start knocking on doors early and they make no efforts to be quiet. They also seem to disregard the Do Not Disturb sign. Despite the sign, I was bothered morning... more