City View Hotel

very very strong smell of cigarettes

Great economy room, very clean. Would use this hotel again

Really helpful and pleasant staff!

Room,toilet and the environment

A rather nasty little hotel (and part of a chain of similar around the near east end run by the same people apparently). The insect life in the bathroom is interesting and varied plus I got an opportunity to befriend a cockroach crawling along the side of the bed. His name was apparently Bartholomew. The room had a nice kippered aroma - I suspect the staff are told to smoke in them on rotation perhaps to mask out even more undesirable aromas ? The bedding was not dirty but smelled unusual. I also had a rather violent bout of some gastric illness a few days following my stay - which may or may not have been attributable to my soujourn here. There's a Travelodge just down the road - do yourself a favour !!

Good budget hotel

Had an overnight stay at City View for an event at The London Stadium in July. The night before our stay i decided to have a look at some reviews... and I thought to myself 'oh my giddy aunt' where am I staying?! However knowing it was for myself and mate (both in our 30s and just a place to kip for the evening) I thought we would make the most of it! After realising we where on the wrong tube line making our way to Wembley and not West Ham, we finally arrived at West Ham tube station from Kings Cross. The hotel was a 15 min walk from the station and pretty straight forward for me and my mate little Rico to find. We arrived and found the owners to be pleasant, no fuss, gave us a key and told us to enjoy our stay. Yesss its a bit oldy worldy, but upon opening our room, I was pleasantly surprised (especially after reading the reviews)! This was a twin room. La Toilet was adequate and it was a private bathroom, lovely hot water and and a healthy bog flush. The room was minimal, but clean. Clean towels, clean bedding. Marvellous. Yes it was a basic room...but for one night only, it was our room!!! Double glazed windows, curtains and an oscillating fan which had not 1, not 2, not 3, but four speed settings!!! Tele and kettle provided should you fancy a cheeky brew and abit of Finders Keepers. And to our surprise upon opening the window.... a Shard view!! Yep, my mate Mehmet Scholl wasn't expecting that. We made our way to the Olympic Stadium which was around a 20 minute walk away, or 5 mins if you got a croggy. Newsagent and takeaways bang next door if you fancy a Curly Wurly or a slither of donar meat. All in all this hotel is a great spot for a base to the Stadium, for a match or an event, with your mates... maybe not your Mrs. Although my mate is looking at returning with his fiance at some point to take her to Wings n Tings restaurant. For the price its a no frills place to get your head down.

dirty smelly