Garth Hotel 69 Gower Street, London WC1E 6HJ

"Being the cheapest around i was hoping for cheap and cheerful but there's nothing cheerful about this place. Staff were miserable, the stairs feel like you are going to go through them, wires hanging all about the place. We were room 8 and the TV didn't work and it was soooo hot in there. I like it hot but it was roasting and this was Dec 27th with the radiator off. On the plus side the location is great and they do rooms that sleep 3."

"Old hotel with small rooms. Clean, quiet and good location. No luggage storage available, even though advertised. DO NOT get the reception to order a taxi for you. They advertise that it's cheaper, but they'll get some private driver that charges double the normal fare rates. Complete scam. Even the driver recommended us to get a normal taxi on our own."

"You ought to be able to give 0 stars. Awful room. Steep tight stairs down to a tiny cramped room with a view of a very close wall. Terrible smell from the drains in the bathroom and the bathroom door wouldn't close so we couldn't even shut the smell out. So bad we left after the first night and went to another hotel. Way WAY to expensive and really shouldn't be listed as a hotel. Dreadful."

"Very small tired room. This place has so much potential. Bed and bathroom clean. Handy location, ok for 1 night. Bob Marley lived in flat behind garden, blue plaque"

"Worst hotel ever! Our flight would arrive late, so I sent them an email saying that we would arrive late on the hotel, and the answer was "ok, no worries, thanks for letting us know". The problem is that when we arrive in the hotel, the door was closed and there was nobody on the reception. So I tried to call, but the number on google is only to make a new reservation, so we were knocking a lot on the door, and after 10 minutes, a person that was staying at the hotel and close to the door, probably woke up with our noise on knocking on the door and opened the door for us. Like I said, there was nobody on the reception, so we just pick up a key for any bedroom and slept there. They never apologized for that and don't even asked about my ID, to confirm at least my name. If that person would not woke up and open the door for us, we would be on the street all night long. As I said that we would arrive late, they should call us before leaving the reception. This was the minimum to do, as form of respect. The hotel is old, full of noises on the floor and on the pipes. I woke up with the noise of the pipes at night. Terrible place and terrible experience."