Hotel in Detail:
The Holiday Inn Bloomsbury hotel offers modern accommodation and a range of amenities to ensure comfort and relaxation. Contemporary look and feel.All rooms have en-suite facilities, wireless high speed internet access, central heating with double glazed windows and feature flat screen television. All rooms have air-conditioning with cool/hot mode but please note the windows do not open. Other Amenities include built-in radio and alarm clock, direct-dial telephone, minibar, safe, coffee and tea making facilities, desk with lamp, trouser press, Separate Hanging Closet, hairdryer and power shower, complimentary toiletries and guest stationery. Irons and ironing boards and travel cots can be requested.
Room service is available 24 hours. Room configurations include doubles, twins and deluxe rooms. The hotel provides facilities for disabled guests which include accessible bedrooms and one bedroom with a hoist. All rooms are subject to availability.
The Junction restaurant and Bar is located on the ground floor. The Restaurant serves a buffet breakfast that includes hot and cold dishes with fruit juices, lunch and then in the evenings serves modern British cuisine from an a la carte menu
Light meals, snacks, sandwiches and a fully licensed bar can be found in the modern styled Junction bar/lounge also on the ground floor. 36 different wines are served along with a selection of champagnes. In-room dining and 24 hour room service is available, and can be enjoyed in combination with Callaghans bar, an Irish style bar open Monday through to Sunday with live sports coverage.
The Holiday Inn Bloomsbury provides concierge services, currency exchange, dry cleaning pickup and laundry service. The public areas are all air-conditioned. The front reception can provide safe deposit facilities.
The state-of-the-art Academy Conference Centre has 15 air-conditioned suites, all with the latest in audio and visual equipment, that can cater for a wide variety of corporate and social gatherings. The largest room can accommodate up to 450 delegates reception style. Equipment includes 35mm Slide Projector, Cable Modem, DVD Player, Digital Projector, Flip Chart and Markers, LCD Projector, Lectern Microphone, Overhead Projector, Stage Lights, VCR and Whiteboard.
24 hour front desk. Luggage storage availble.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Russell Square 105 yards (96 metres), Railway Station: London St Pancras Domestic 0.5 miles (0.8 km), DLR Station: Tower Gateway 2.4 miles (3.9 km), Motorway: M1 Junction 1 5.6 miles (9 km). Fantastic location for the tube system with no less than 5Holiday Inn Bloomsbury is situated just off of Russell Square, which lies between the nightlife and attractions of the West End and the City of London where the main business institutions are based. Well served by transport links with Russell square station minutes away, many buses pass this central area and an abundance of Black taxis can be found around the Russell Square area. Coram Street is a relatively quite side street off of the busy Square. To the rear of the hotel is the Brunswick shopping centre, an open shopping mall with a good selection of shops and includes a cinema. Oxford Street which is probably the most popular and busy shopping areas for London visitors is just over half a mile away, while two more major tourist areas at Covent Garden and Soho are less than a mile from here. This a popular area for tourist class hotels being on the doorstep of central London but not in an area such as Mayfair where prices are hugely inflated. Nearby attractions include the British library (0.3 miles), British Museum (0.4 miles), Dickens House (0.4 miles), Sir John Soames Museum (0.6 miles), London Transport Museum (0.8 miles) and Leicester Square (1 mile).
*Note: It's actually only a 15 minute walk from Kings Cross Station to the Hotel (less than half a mile) and you may prefer to walk straight to the Hotel if you know the area.
Bedroom Numbers: 310 / 6 Floors
Parking: A public car park is directly below the hotel with stair and lift access to the hotel. (charges apply)
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
This hotel has averaged a score of 3.9 out of 5 by 7416 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 3.9 out of 5 from 3521 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 591 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 3.9 out of 5 from 3895 reviews)
Parking:
Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and costs £28 per day.Internet:
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.More hotels from this chain
Maybe your first and only choice is the Holiday Inn chain your next best options are:
Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel: is 0.8 miles (1.2 km) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 80% and rates start from about £151.
Holiday Inn Oxford Circus Hotel: is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 85% and base rates begin at about £208.
Holiday Inn Camden Lock: 1.5 miles (2.4 km), rated at 85% and with rates from around £169.
Holiday Inn Whitechapel: 3.0 miles (4.8 km), rated at 84% and with rates from around £93.
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 78% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 4 star hotels is 82%. Therefore this hotel is below average for its sector (star rating) . Holiday Inn Hotels across the chain average 79% so this hotel is slightly below the guest rating for most Holiday Inn hotels.
Milesfaster ranking: 437th from 853 London hotels, 15th of 22 Holiday Inn Hotels, and 201st of 341 four star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar type of hotel (size, rating) nearby (0.2 miles, 0.3 km) would be the 4 star Mercure London Bloomsbury,
with rates that start from about £151 and which has a 78% guest satisfaction rating. The Mercure London Bloomsbury also offers: free WiFi.
Looking for lower base rates? Then another option might be the The Zetter Bloomsbury. 0.3 miles
away (0.4 km), has scored 70%
from former guests and whose lowest rates start at about £49. Looking for something near by with a solid past guest score? In that case the 4 Star Morton Hotel seems like it might fit the bill. The Morton Hotel is only 0.1 miles (0.1 km) away. A highly rated hotel with a guest score of 90%.
Local hotels analysed:
The closest fifty hotels around this area (Coram Street, WC1 postcode) that are listed on this website cover a 0.5 miles (0.8 km) radius. The numbers for each star rating are 4 five star hotels (average rating 86%), 22 four star hotels (average rating 80%), 17 three star hotels (average rating 74%), 5 two star hotels (average rating 75%) and 2 one star hotels (average rating 57%). The highest rating goes to The Suites - St Pancras Hotel Group (4 star) at 100%.Base Rates: We look at what the average base rates are for the area and by star rating. These rates do not take account of offers and short term deals so are just a guide.
Of the 50 closest hotels analysed we have base rate data for 49 of them. If we look at the average for all hotels in the area (nearest 50) we get an average base rate of £126 per night. The lowest rates are at £17 at Generator Hotel (3 Star, 69%) and highest base rates of £265 at Bloomsbury Hotel (5 Star, 90%). Averages for each sector of star rating: Five Star average: £217, Four Star average: £145, Three Star average: £98, Two Star average: £67 and One Star average: £71.
Summary:
Our in-house ranking based on guest ratings but adjusted for influencing factors ranks Holiday Inn Bloomsbury 24th of the 50 local hotels and 12th for the 22 four star hotels in the area. 26th of 49 (7th of 22 four star hotels.) for base rates ranking. Scoring the hotels rates and review score together we rank the hotel 34th of 49 when judging value for money (Travelodge London Central Kings Cross was top).