Hotel berhampiran Queensbury Methodist Church, Edgware

This guesthouse was a clean budget accommodation with excellent value that I was happy to find during the weekend of the coronation with a welcoming host in an ordinary suburban house, kept spotless. Neighborhood: Coming from the USA, I was surprised to find that this was a cute British-Indian community, but it seemed to mostly have Indian restaurants nearby. The location is near the tube station, but on a slightly busy road. Queensbury Tube station in zone 4 is only a 7-min walk away. I wish I’d read the restaurant recommendations on the website, but I ended up finding the excellent fish & chips shop (Skipjacks) on my own without its help and was able to walk there in 8 min. The neighborhood in the evening didn’t feel extremely safe as I crossed over the train bridge and there was a man hiding there smoking, but it wasn’t horrible either. Room: I stayed in the family room with the private bathroom which was comfortable and immaculate, with a mini fridge, free bottled water, tea- & coffee-making facilities, and a cute view of the various back gardens. The train goes behind the house regularly, but the horns don’t sound often. I needed to wear earplugs to sleep since I like my room cold and needed the windows open. I finally had to close the windows early in the morning. There were also teens sitting on the train bridge most of the evening, screaming and laughing loudly behind the house. The bed was comfortable, and the shower worked well; however there was nowhere to keep my toiletries while getting ready in the morning. Other than the train noise, my only disappointment was that there was no common room to sit in other than my bedroom. The living room downstairs is private; however, I was able to store my suitcase there for the day. Overall, this was what I needed as a last-minute booking and I was rested for my meeting and long day.

My wife and I stayed at the Edgeware Premier Inn for the night as I had an early appointment at a nearby hospital the next morning. We chose Premier Inn because we thought they had a good reputation. How wrong we were! It was decidedly underwhelming from start to finish. After negotiating our way past a huge car transporter taking up much of the car park, we found what seemed to be the last available parking space. When we entered the reception we joined a queue of people patiently waiting to check in, and after waiting for ages a second member of staff arrived and said that if we had pre booked we could check in using the only one of three computer screens that was working. Except it didn’t, so back to square one. Once checked in, we booked a table in the restaurant for dinner and headed for the room. It was basic as expected, and very warm, the air conditioning was turned up to. 27… We tried to make ourselves a hot drink, but among the paltry supplies of two teabags and a couple of coffee sachets the was no decaf. After heading to the restaurant we waited to be seated. For some time. Once we eventually were seated we ordered some drinks, which took a very long time to arrive. After taking the order the waiter reappeared but started cleaning tables. A different waiter appeared and asked if we wanted to order some drinks, but when we told him that we’d already ordered some he didn’t seem very happy. Once we’d ordered our food the starter arrived fairly quickly. The food was OK if a little basic, but acceptable for a budget hotel. When we were eating our starters the main course arrived. The waiter seemed surprised, but rather than coming back later, just put it on the table. We ordered more drinks, and again they took ages to arrive. As we needed to leave early in the morning I tried to pay for our meal, but the waiter didn’t seem very patient and said I should ‘give him a minute please, mate’. In fact I was called ‘mate’ several times during our stay by the staff. The waiters were moaning about the kitchen and bar staff in front of several guests, which made even Fawlty Towers look far more professional. We asked for some decaf tea and coffee but after searching, the receptionist returned with a single sachet of coffee. Seriously? The room was clean, but the air conditioning didn’t seem to be working properly as the room was very stuffy. We turned it down to 17 and it switched itself off. The bed was comfy, but the quilt was very thick, and the sheet clearly didn’t fit the mattress as it escaped and took refuge in the middle of the bed during the night. I was actually relieved not to be trying the breakfast, and found the parking to be what I considered expensive at £15 for the night, with a small discount with a code supplied by the hotel. We couldn’t leave immediately as one of the many tradesmen staying had parked across the car park while he paid for his parking. So in summary, it’s a budget hotel, and you get what you pay for. The staf

friendly staff Bedberg appears, but we changed rooms. It was all right. The breakfast was delicious.

It's was a frightfully shocking hotel were we witnessed escorts working there and the staff obviously on the take turned a blind eye to the shocking shamnnaeghimad the at sent knt rbebebeeb