Thistle city Barbican Hotel Reviews

The breakfast selection is very wide and the hotel is less than 5mins from the bus stop and you can stroll through a small park on your way. Very close by is a church and through it was Sunday, we didn t hear the bells toll until we were going out and about. The front desk was really nice and the room/bathroom was cozy/small. Very much like an old hotel from New York. They don t have washcloths or an ice machine, much to my grandmothers dismay lol but we made due and it was nice.

Room clean but tiny and stiflingly hot, window would only open a fraction, no air con and only a very noisy little fan which prevented me from sleeping.

Very neat environment with nice food and friendly staff.

Lovely hotel. Some of the rooms need updating but overall very good. Would recommend.

Nice place overall but one of the lifts wasn't working for the duration of my stay which meant getting to my room on the top floor was difficult. Also, there are no plug sockets next to the bed which was a bit of a problem for me as I tend to use my laptop in bed.

Clean place good location fair atmosphere..good food from wide menu

Not the best, the room was pretty old and hasn't been updated for a good while, it was also quite noisy, I could hear the lift beeping and lots from outside. The location is great but I think next time I'll find a premier inn nearby instead.

Nice hotel and nice staff. Could do with a little updating the spa facilities are good but could have done with a clean towards the afternoon. Overall its value for money for a spa hotel.

Very very beautiful setting
The room was spacious and very clean
Pleasant and very professional welcome
I recommand it

This hotel is dirty, has terrible,signage and has poor facilities. Do not stay here.

The room was very nice. Spacious and well maintained. They could definitely use an upgrade or a little modernisation to the hotel though. The WiFi was transient at best.

Customer service was great. Staff were help full and courteous.

A just alright hotel room a bit outdated no air-conditioning terrible in the heat was very disappointing

Extremely customer-friendly and very good price / quality. Enjoyed our stay very much. On a return visit to London we will definitely consider this hotel again.

The rooms were very tiny. I'm not a big guy but I kept hitting the cabinet every time I walked through the room. The heater wouldn't turn off even when you set it to off, and the only way to get cold air in the room is to crack open a window, the outside area was so dirty and disgusting looking I was afraid rats would come in the room if I kept the window open. The hotel didn't have a fix for the heater, they only offered to bring a fan into the room which I didn't want because then I'm only circulating the same heat. The beds aren't comfortable, they aren't the worst beds out there but at the same time they could have been better. The closest bus or tube(metro) station is about a mile away from the hotel. For the same or similar price that I booked the room with there are better options in London.

Lovely friendly staff, even gave us a free room upgrade despite declining the first offer. Room service we ordered past 10 o clock and they couldn't be more obliging. We will be coming back here when we visit London for a weekend again. I cannot recommend this hotel enough.

For a family room 3 people, the bathroom is small for my taste and not practical. The toilets are not separated. The sink and not practical you can not leave the toiletry kits on the edge or on a shelf. There is only one closet for clothes. Too much furniture that is useless. Convenient there is an ironing board and an iron + a hairdryer and a free safe. For cleanliness, do not look in the corners. But I'm part of the household maniacs. The food is ok although the breakfast is expensive 12 pounds per person. The hotel is a 10-minute walk from Old Street Underground Station on the Northern.

Excluding the excessive heat inside the rooms and of the hotel .. excellent location

Comfortable clean rooms with all.the usual amenities friendly helpful staff especially receptionists and the leisure centre staff. The pool was a bit small but otherwise good with jacuzzi, sauna and steam rooms. We got a good deal for our room. Would definitely visit again.

Overall it was good, ie friendly staff etc. but the Single room was in need of some makeover and was disappoining for the cost.

Room and breakfast ok - the reception staff (five different people over three days) is hard to beat in incompetence... a conference paid for my stay in advance, they took my credit card in spite of that ("we can't see that in our system, sir") and it took for long conversations with multiple persons plus two phone calls from the conference organiser to resolve. On film it would have been very funny.

Great place staff were amazing place was nice and clean we used the sauna mainly to cuf weight really nice and comfortable and very hot!!!!

Unfortunately we Italians are badly accustomed in terms of the quality of the hotels. Although there is nothing dramatic, the rooms show they have seen better times, the carpet has the signs of the past and the bathroom is willingly aligned. Better common public spaces, but corridors and entrance halls are no different from the rooms. Courteous and professional staff.

Small rooms, great food in the restaurant and staff were very good.

Shabby and in need of restoration but staff are nice enough and breakfast is good

Convenient location for work based around Angel. Mistakenly booked single room which despite previous stays in double, the single room seemed a lower quality, not as cleanly but acceptable. Would advise double room booking.

nice bed just needs updated in the room fantastic breakfast

Good benefits but soundproofing rooms to review ...

Check in was slow and found the hotel to warm, but was a good location for where I was travelling for work room was adequate and WiFi worked well

Really nice and simple hotel! Staff were always polite and even though the room was basic, it was still pleasant.

The hotel is pretty nice, the people who work there are helpful, also some are Dutch, which was a Nice surprise as a dutchie :). The rooms looked very decent and the location is fine. Its a bit of a walk to the underground though

Amazing staff on checkin, very professional friendly night porters. Hotel is ok.. Drinks in Hotel are expensive, had a few drinks in the corner bar across the road and had breakfast in the barbican cafe which was amazing

Very nice and the price was very good. Near to Angel Islington this hotel is a little dated but overall highly recommend. I did not have breakfast so cannot comment on the food.

Nice hotel with a friendly staff. Perfect place for your trip to London. Only a 10 minutes walk from Underground station Old Street.

Hotel well placed, but not worth the three-star, outdated room and poorly soundproofed. Perfect breakfast

Stayed for 2 nights, room is pretty standard and what you'd expect. However the air con unit makes a lot of random noises, even when it's turned off and constantly woke me up from sleeping.

Old but clean, quite spacious and good location near Old Street Station.

Not very high standard hotel , price and quality is good. the hotel has two building. on arrival i checked in and got the room in the next building, the room was very small and not the one which i have booked. i told the reception and they were very kind to change the room too a bigger one.

all with all, staff is very kind and friendly, i noticed that that staff is really international.

i do recommend this place.

Poor rooms, small, beds not moving and tv quality is incredibly poor. Can't recommend especially as very pricey

Hotel in two parts with swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna, relaxation area and pleasant breakfast area.

Got a free upgrade to a premier room. Nice hotel, great for the price, didn't get round to using the pool though. Bed was comfy

Ok for cheap price hotels, foods are not took good but OK

Good location. Only 20 minutes walk to Holborn. Rooms clean and bed was comfy.

Rooms were ok , fan or air con not working in 1 out he 2 rooms, the breakfast sausages were terrible and ofnoh cut open you can see pink pink and more pink as they are not cooked properly .

The restaurant food was good ( if you got what you asked for ) the 2 weeks I was there I ate dinner 8 times there and 3 out the 8 my meal was wrong .

Overpriced and run down. There are much better value places in the city centre.

The Institute of Fundraising held a 3 day Conference at Barbican and we the Volunteers stayed here. Staff 5 star.

Helpful staff. Has a pool and hot tub. Rooms are small and dingy. Not very clean. I wouldn't stay here again.

A bit dated in the rooms but the staff were excellent, really friendly and helpful.

Room was extremely small and dated, window didn't fully shut and room was slightly grubby. Overall just a bit disappointing

Rooms are small size like typical London hotels but other amenities are awesome like gym, swimming pool and restaurant. Very close to old Street tube station - central line

Upgraded to a good sized very comfortable room, Staff very warm, friendly and helful. We will definitely stay again when returning to London.

Decent hotel, location is ok, near old Street, Islington, clerkenwell, and obviously Barbican.
I was given a free upgrade which was nice, although the room was very standard in reality. Good enough for a weekend stay, good value - was one of the cheaper options when I booked.

All in all, decent, I would stay here again.

Unfortunately, this is a strong example of where lack of investment in management and training has taken its toll. The restaurant evening staff were rude, had very little understanding of allergens, and no concept of time it seemed. When the food finally arrived it was nice, but the sheer wait and lack of communication were a total disaster. We waited 25 minutes to be told 'sorry we don't have that' and a similar situation with regards to the wait between courses. Even paying the bill was a fiasco.

The heat in the entire hotel was almost unbearable, for mid-september the heating doesn't need to be on so high that it's stifling.

I'm glad work paid for this hotel as a business trip as it was very disappointing.

The saving grace was the catering for the boardroom meeting during the day and breakfast food and staff.

Good quality hotel in a popular area and close to the center.

Hotel really nice! The entrance is between 2 buildings, the lobby with the reception very pleasant and adjacent to the dining room. There are 2 lifts to go upstairs. The corridors are very clean and the rooms well indicated. I had a room with big bed, a large TV with many channels, air conditioning, a desk with a large mirror and the menu of the restaurant, a closet with hair dryer, iron and ironing board, a safe, a needed for tea and coffee, the bathroom quite spacious with bath and soap / shampoo / shower gel. Everything was very clean. The gym and swimming pool are in the basement and accessible by elevator or stairs, because they are in the Otium leisure club which is accessible to hotel guests but also to guests outside the hotel . You just have to announce to the person who manages the room that you are a guest of the hotel and to note your room and sign on the register. It is advisable to go to the locker room with its own lock for lockers but it is possible to borrow a padlock. Towels are provided. The weight room is rather rudimentary but not very well to do the trick: several cardio machines, dumbbells, and machines to provide work for each body part (see photos). The area is very quiet and pleasant but close to public transport (metro Old street 10min walk) and supermarkets. In the end: really nice stay, in a nice hotel and close to Old Street. I recommend this hotel 100%!

Room was so hot, fan supplied with the room but wasn't sufficient for cooling. Had to dismantle the window block to open the window more. Also, the room STANK of damp. Holiday in ntonight.

The hotel was amazing an had two very good night's sleep
All the staff were easy to approach an happy to help with a smile on their face
The food can't fault at all really nice both for room service an the restaurant would definitely recommend going