User Reviews for Parkside Hotel

Research User Reviews for Parkside Hotel (1-20 of 29)

• Add Your Own Review »

May 11, 2005 by Hotel Guest
Overall Rating: 6
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[2] •

• Clean (but small and noisy rooms).
• Tha staff at the reception being very unwilling to help.

“Breakfast staff very nice and helpful. Would have wanted to know that Seven Sisters road is very noisy.”

Mar 6, 2005 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• Clean, warm, good shower
• Kettle v tempramental,shape of room somewhat constricted

“Reasonable price for London, comfortable bed, early breakfast, large car park which appears reasonably secure”

Feb 16, 2005 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• Good public transport links to central and a variety of eating establishments close by.
• Next to a busy main road but our room had views over Finsbury Park

“Good value hotel in a cheap part of London, so not a classy area.”

Dec 16, 2004 by Jill from Gt Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] •

• Cleanlines of room, bedding and bathroom. Space for one - we can be squashed up. Facilities -hot drink, plenty of water for shower.Breakfast- good value not mean.
• Cooked breakfast could have been a little less but cooked better (my bacon was a crisp, toast on one side only).

“Bus guidance as well as underground aid would have been good. There is a local depot next to the underground but outside the hotel ,I noticed a 92 bus to Trafalgar Square on the day I left.
Car parking facilities were generous at Parkside and the staff were friendly and helpful.”

Dec 15, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 7
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[8] •

• Convenient location. Good value for money.
• Was noisy throughout night because of being on busy road.

“Good value for money, convenient location for getting into central London. Staff helpful. Basic facilities. Breakfast had a good selection.”

Dec 6, 2004 by Fran from Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• Proximity to destination. Good breakfast. Car parking.
• Noisy girls in next room (until early hours)

“Fine for the price in London”

Dec 2, 2004 by samina from middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 4
Cleanliness:[4] • Staff:[6] •

• the view of the park
• lack of elevator

“the lack of elevator meant that i had to carry my baby and the suitcase to my room which was on the second floor. there was no help offered by the staff. There should have been mention of this on booking as I did mention a child at the booking stage. The shower had to be run for aproximately 7 minutes before it got hot water. There was work being carried outside of my room door and the strong smell of paintwork invaded the room during the entire stay.”

Nov 27, 2004 by Olafur Helgi from Selfoss, Iceland;IS
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[10] •

• Location, friendly staff, price and overall atmosphere. Everything was as expected. Breakfast was good.
• The opening hours of the bar were maybe too tight.

“We stayed six nights from Wednesday to Tuesday. This is a relatively fair priced hotel and lives up to description and expectation.

A little knowledge of the neighbourhood would have been helpful.

Parkside is located on a busy street and knowing that there is nothing to complain about. We will come back some day.”

Nov 25, 2004 by anne from McLean, United States
Overall Rating: 6
Cleanliness:[4] • Staff:[8] •

• cheap and good location
• our room needed a face lift - bathroom (shower) especially. Bedcover really tired

“better than expected given the reasonable price for London”

Nov 19, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] •

• Quite good location, professional staff
• The hotel needs to be refurbished

“I would recommend this hotel if it was slightly cheaper.”

Nov 12, 2004 by Helen from Leeds, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• Near the business venue, cheap and hassle free
• Not much disabled access

“My 2nd visit - it does the job perfectly well.”

Nov 11, 2004 by Peter from Klagenfurt, Austria
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• Served the purpose well. Was within a suitable travelling distance from Stansted Airport.
• A late return to hotel after theatre/restaurant visit could be a problem for some. Taxi too expensive.

“Hotel is perhaps just a little too far from Central London for some people, but we are experienced travellers and were able to make full use of public transport for example:
1/ Getting to and from Stansted Airport
2/ Short walking distance (5-7 minutes)to Manorhouse Underground and bus stops. Finsbury Park is also within 10 - 12 minutes walking distance for Victoria and Piccadilly Lines.”

Nov 4, 2004 by Angela from Liversedge, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] •

• Large room with free safe, full housekeeping daily, huge free car park, excellent breakfast choices

“This was our third visit to the Parkside Hotel.
It is very easy to find for visitors driving from the North of England, being only 9 miles from the M1 Motorway, a big attraction being that it is outside the London Congestion Zone, has a HUGE free car park, and has a Bus Stop within 200 yards that seems to have most major destinations covered -in addition to the London Underground (Tube) /Rail Station that cover the rest within 500 yards!
We have always requested (and been given) a specific room choice (Smoking and overlooking the rear car park) the back of the hotel is quieter.
The staff are very friendly, the rooms we have occupied have been large, with the added attraction of having a free safe, plenty of tea/coffee (with requests for even more by greedy us being met with no problems!) and more than enough soaps/shampoos/toothpastes(!);towels etc, which were replaced daily.
The breakfast (which is included in the room rate) is a combination of served and self service. The served choices are many, with requests for variations being met without problems. Hot breakfasts were served hot! The self service choices are also plentiful - they definitely believe it is the most important meal of the day!
Being neither the most 'luxurious' or 'modern' hotel, the Parkside is, nevertheless, a very clean, friendly, excellent value for money 'Budget' Hotel - which I would unreservedly recommend - and fully intend to visit again.”

Nov 2, 2004 by Peter from Southampton, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] •

• Very clean, well equiped with helpful staff

“Excellent value for money in a well equiped hotel with friendly and helpful staff. Breakfast was very good with a good choice menu.”

Oct 28, 2004 by Malcolm from Porth, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] •

• The room was clean well serviced and being at the rear of the building quiet.
• Booked double room became twin, informed facilities were the same, in-room information requires updating.

“Convenient to underground system/Buses. Weekend ticket covered most of the travel costs. Breakfast very good. No evening/bar meals available at the establishment not conforming to information in room.”

Oct 25, 2004 by David from Ruthin, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 5
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[8] •

• Reception staff welcoming. Pleasant dining room.
• Room was cold especially bathroom. Shower very basic - took a long time for the water to heat up.

“First impression of room was of being cold and basically furnished. Bathroom did not have any heating at all and the shower took a long time to heat up. Was glad that it was only a one night's stay.

Painting work was being carried out on staircase.

Very pleasant dining room.”

Oct 24, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 7
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[8] •

• The location was ideal.
• The bathing facility.

“I find the accommodation most suitable because of its location to local travelling facilities. I would have needed more information about what ensuite included (meaning whether tub or tub and shower facility).”

Sep 29, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 7
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• handy for where we wanted to be
• was made to pay day befor we left as though we were not to be trusted

“Nice and clean, Nice breakfast, Nice outlook over park , Handy for tube.”

Sep 23, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 7
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[8] •

• Parking facilities.
• No hairdryer, no iron facilities (or at least was not clear about it)

“It was a good option for a budget hotel but not quite suitable for high profile business purposes.”

Sep 21, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• the room had 3beds in, it was clean & firendly & near to Highbury for the football

“Hotel was in a great location, walking distance to Highbury for the football and tube & bus links for central London. Stroud Green Road - which has a fantastic selection of restaurants from all over the world, was only a short walk away. The view from our room was great - looking right across Finsbury Park. Hotel itself was clean and friendly & great value for money - I would definitely use the hotel again.”

Sep 21, 2004 by Marc from Chipping Norton, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• Room was clean. Dining room clean. Good breakfast.
• Some noise in the night. Smokey entrance lobby.

“Some noise in the night from people congregating outside the hotel. Entrance lobby was quite smokey (despite being non-smoking) due to proximity of open-doored smokers lounge. Staff were friendly and helpful and breakfast was very good and efficiently served in a nice clean bright dining room. We found it good value for a London hotel.”

Aug 30, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• sehr gutes Frnhstnck, gute Parkm'glichkeit, gute Verkehrsanbindung

“insgesamt sehr gut.”

Aug 29, 2004 by Michael from Dublin, Ireland
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[10] •

• Decent sized rooms, great location

“Easy to access - close to Finsbury Park tube (turn left up the seven sisters road), good-sized, comfortable rooms. Facilities fine, decent breakfast (temperature of the food not so great, though). Ideal for a visit to see the gunners!”

Aug 25, 2004 by Richard from Bridgnorth, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] •

• Excellent breakfast, Good quality rooms

“Great hotel in a fantastic location looking over Finsbury Park. Rooms very good quality and breakfast was truly excellent. Nearest Tube station only a few minutes walk.”

Aug 20, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[8] •

• Ample Free parking & general good cleanliness
• Hotel suffers from a lot of traffic noise.

“Good for the money”

Aug 17, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• excellent parking, easy access to underground. very comfortable stay.
• None

“We found everything comfortable, the welcome on arrival friendly, parking excellent, en-suite facilities adequate and clean. Room clean.

This has been by far the best accommodation we have experienced within this price range and have already passed on recommendations.”

Aug 10, 2004 by James from Blackburn, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[8] •

• On site parking (a requirement in London). Well situated. Breakfast included. very resonably price (for London)
• Small and basic room (typical of london)

“Most of the info regarding the hotel (i.e the parking) I knew about from the description. The parking being the single reason why I booked this partcular hotel. Outside London the standard of the room would be unacceptable, however in London (in this price range) you have to put up with it. As a London hotel I could recommend this hotel.”

Aug 10, 2004 by Anonymous
Overall Rating: 6
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[8] •

• helpful staff
• hot rooms

“I think overall the hotel stay was good, because the staff were very helpful and the room was clean. However during the nite the room got very hot and because the hotel is situated by a busy main road, it would be too noisy to have a window open. I enjoyed the stay.”

Jul 7, 2004 by HELEN from CLEETHORPES, United Kingdom
Overall Rating: 6
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[6] •

• free parking, quiet room, easy to find,
• lots & lots of stairs.only a shower

“friendly staff, clean, good choice of breakfast food. A little walk from the nearest tube but overall very good value for money and a good base to be at to do London. 15 mins from central London by tube.”