Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury

United Kingdom , London
LONDON, Coram Street
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100 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2026

Diane

I was pleasantly surprised at how nice our stop was here.
The staff were so helpful and friendly and the rooms so clean and comfortable.
It’s a very nice modern clean Holiday Inn.
We arrived early and were told our room was ready. The 12 check was so handy too and we used the bag drop off confidently.
I will book here again with no hesitation.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2026

Helen

Great location and very clean

Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Mar 2026

Annette

On arrival we were early only wanted to drop off our luggage but the staff said she would check if the room is ready which it was and also an an upgrade. The room was clean and the toiletries were of a good quality. I do tend to bring my own but was happy to use the products provided.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2026

salvatore

All good

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2026

Suzanne

Staff at check in were great, very welcoming & helpful. Good amenities, love the little welcome pack in the fridge. Great food served in restaurant.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2026

Susan

The room was clean, warm and comfortable. All the staff were very friendly and helpful. Several members of staff remembered us from previous stays, which was lovely. I have mobility issues and use a wheelchair, all the staff were very helpful and made everything as easy as possible for me. The breakfast buffet was excellent, with lots of choice.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2026

Christos

Staff were incredibly helpful, room was nice and clean and extra pillows provided when requested and breakfast in the morning was fantastic - lots of options and all extremely tasty!

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

18 Dec 2025

Adrian

We booked 2 rooms at the same time due to family size. Contacted the hotel before and while the acknowledged the message they said they can't guarantee rooms together and then we ended up 4 or 5 rooms apart. Hotel room was ok, bathroom was nice.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2025

Alicia

Great location. A block away from the tube. Staff were all very friendly and helpful. Rooms were neat and tidy with modern decor. Would definitely stay here again.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2025

Trevor

Received an upgrade to Premium room and member of staff was really attentive and polite to our 10yr old daughter

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2025

Leanne

Staff lovely and nice complimentary drinks and chocolate in the fridge . Kids loved that

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2025

Valentin

Newly renovated, our room was in great condition, modern, and comfortable. Service was pleasant. Will go again.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

Janis

Newly refurbished room, spotless and tastefully decorated . Attentive staff . Excellent breakfast . We were warned of potential ongoing work disturbances but as work didn’t start until 8am (not at weekend) there was no issue whatsoever.

Partner

4/10

Poor

24 Nov 2025

Daniel

I stayed at Holiday Inn Bloomsbury recently and overall the hotel was fine, but I had a disappointing experience during breakfast. While waiting to use the toaster, another guest was quite unreasonable, and instead of handling the situation neutrally, the staff only checked on the other person and completely ignored me, even though I was also part of the interaction.

As a paying guest, I felt the response was biased and the staff could have shown better awareness and fairness. It was not a major incident, but it did affect my experience. I hope the hotel will improve staff training in handling guest interactions more professionally.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2025

Chenyu

Good location. Clean room. Friendly staff

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2025

Bertrand

Spotless, clean, modern.

6/10

Pleasant

08 Nov 2025

Vanderley

Outdated rooms and facilities

Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Nov 2025

Robert

Staff were great. Hotel very good, there were some building works being done but no impact on a good stay.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

27 Oct 2025

Iain

The staff were very pleasant and although dated the rooms were spacious and clean.

Terrible breakfast though. Very little fresh food. Very limited choices of healthy options. Lots of fat and sugar.

6/10

Pleasant

26 Oct 2025

Krystle

There was no fridge in the room.

6/10

Pleasant

24 Oct 2025

Olivier

Unfortunately the hotel has lots of construction going on and we got put on floor with active construction in older rooms. We’d have to walk by handling light fixtures and found a razor blade on floor one evening. Staff was great. Breakfast is great. I’m sure once remodeling is all complete it will be a 4 or 5 star experience.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Oct 2025

Breakfast room was filthy. No plates or bowls. No milk in coffee machine.

Everything else was excellent so badly let down by the breakfast experience.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2025

Karthik

Excellent stay as always

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Oct 2025

Rana

The room was clean and the staff was very friendly. The location was amazing.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Sep 2025

Caroline

There were major renovations going on but they did not impact on our stay. Very pleasant staff, great quality breakfast and clean welcoming room. Very close to Tube station.

4/10

Poor

21 Sep 2025

juan

The hotel is under construction. Very noisy

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

20 Sep 2025

Claudia

Our shower did not drain. We did tell the concierge a few times...and they did come to look into it. But it never really got better.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2025

Fei

Pretty good choice to stay in this hotel.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

10 Sep 2025

Jessica

Do not stay here, especially if you are a solo female traveler. The pictures posted are not accurate unless they are using a special lens, and it's important to note that the hallways are not pictured. Due to my flight, I checked in late at night on 22 August. The man at the front desk was nice. The lobby was okay. As soon as I stepped onto the floor of my room, I felt scared and uneasy. It's old, not cared for, and it feels as though someone is about to pop out and attack you at any moment. Women know this feeling. The room was less than okay. There were stains on the carpet, and I even felt unsafe in the room. I FaceTimed my fiancé back home. He did not find it acceptable. He called the front desk and merged me onto the call. He asked if I could check out early the next day and get a refund. Front desk put us on hold as he asked his manager. His manager agreed to the refund. I checked out the next day. Then I got an email from Expedia that said the hotel denied the refund. I have been calling and emailing the hotel ever since. When I call, they say who I need to speak to is not available. They tell me to email. I do. No one responds to the emails. Expedia has been horrible, too. They keep saying the hotel either isn't answering them or won't give the refund. So either the hotel isn't responding to Expedia either, or they are going back on their word to refund my 2nd and 3rd nights. Expedia has been a mess, too.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Sep 2025

Youssef

Nice decent hotel in a nice area thats not toursitic and busy and still close to main areas

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Sep 2025

Ryan

I highly recommend this hotel, especially for fellow Americans who are used to bigger rooms and bigger beds. This hotel seemed fairly new, clean and everything was perfect. The prices could not be beat and they are within walking distance of 3 major train stations and the tube.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2025

Franklin

It will be perfect If there are an ice maker in each floor.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Sep 2025

Hiroaki

Room was okay, and staff were courteous. But room was very noisy from streets. Propery management does not take any actions for those louitering in front of the hotel late night. Room had a signage to close an air vent on the window - which was placed too high to reach without ladder.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2025

Rebecca

Wonderful stay and the staff was very accommodating when requesting a new room due to the sofa bed being unacceptable due to the springs being felt and with no support. I think the hotel needs to replace the bad ones ASAP as it is unacceptable for a 3rd person to have to sleep on very thin, unsupported spring mattress. Especially since we book for a weeks stay. But like I said, the staff was very accommodating meeting our request to switch rooms. Breakfast was good.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

29 Aug 2025

Carmen

Make sure you know there’s ongoing construction in the hotel from 8-5pm

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2025

Melike

It was wonderful stay near by transportation and british museum

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2025

srinivas

The hotel is located strategically near all visiting places in London , it is easy to commute around the city including airports
Staff in the hotel are very friendly we had best experience in services in dining with Anil and team also Shivam and Team helped on front desk and guiding us
I strongly recommend this place for tourists
Safe and quite
Most of the staff in this hotel are very young their services are above and beyond

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

25 Aug 2025

Faith

This hotel was by far the worst Holiday Inn I have ever stayed in. They were doing construction on the floor above mine and I had no control over the heat The heat was so intense I found it difficult to sleep. Also the water was shut off the second day I was there because of the work. It was horribly overpriced and I was so glad to check out.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2025

Dr Burhan

Very nice hotel, excellent location, very helpful staff.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2025

Nikolaus R

Successful remodeling

Undergoing remodeling. The remodeled rooms are wonderful.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

18 Aug 2025

Ashley

Room was very basic, lack of power sockets, bathroom too tight, breakfast not great

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2025

Susan

Offered a complimentary upgraded room for us on arrival. Room spotless, large comfortable bed, fridge, lovely toiletries in bathroom, tea, coffee, still & sparkling water and milk provided. We were on the top floor, very quiet at night so had a good nights sleep. Breakfast excellent in a very large room, good range of hot and cold options. Easy and fast check out. Underground parking under the hotel was £27 expensive but we have seen other hotels in London with extortionate prices so we were happy to pay. Only criticism was some areas of the car park were quite old and tatty but there were lots of spaces to park.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2025

Karen

Very good hotel, excellent service, friendly staff

Partner

4/10

Poor

12 Aug 2025

Marie

I was so disappointed. I've stayed at quite a few Holiday Inns in the past and was always happy with my stay. However, I found the lobby stuffy and unenviting. We ordered ice cream for dessert and for the ridiculously high price, the quality of the ice cream was poor. I was surprised that this location did not offer "free breakfast". I will not recommend this location.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Aug 2025

amanda

Breakfast was not up to par with comparable hotels in the area. Menu options at the restaurant for dinner were limited. Construction on a nearby room made our stay really noisy. We had been traveling a lot by train and needed adequate rest time when in our room and the construction/remodeling noise prevented this. Front desk staff never answered the phone when we called from the room. WiFi was probably the only good thing about the place.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

05 Aug 2025

John

Will be great once the construction is done.

The Hotel did not have a room for us when we showed up, which was just an hour after check in time. There was construction going on in the rooms around us. Water was turned off one day without notice.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jul 2025

Liam

The cleaner entered our room at 8:45am when we had an agreed checkout at 1pm due to a late arrival of 11:30 pm the night before.

This was a confirmed error but when i went yo see who was at the door nobody was available to reassure me that it was a staff member. We had a late night and due to tge uncertainty, my daughter and myself was unable to return to sleep. The noise of cleaning and door slamming was far too loud for 9am, especially on a weekend and standard 12pm checkouts.
The receptionist was able to confirm the error with the clearner who entered the room but asked me to suggest a way to make my stay better .. at the time i was checking out !

The reality, we booked this hotel to sleep at, which we was unble to achieve in its entirety.

So what was the point ultimately

Business Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2025

Megan

We LOVED the check in staff! Zalika did a wonderful job communicating when our room was ready as we needed to check in early! The entire staff was so kind and we would definitely stay again if we came to London!

The location is maybe a three minute walk to the London Underground Piccadilly line which took us mostly everywhere we wanted!

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

15 Jul 2025

Anwar

Disappointing Stay at Holiday Inn – Russell Square

I recently stayed at the Holiday Inn – Russell Square, and unfortunately, this was one of my worst hotel experiences in years.

The positives: good location next to Russell Square Station, good breakfast, and excellent housekeeping staff. Sadly, that’s where the positives end.

The hotel is old, dated, and extremely basic—nothing about it feels 4-star. Several elevators were out of service, and the rooms are tiny and bare-bones. The front desk staff lack basic customer service skills, and management is dismissive and unhelpful.

I booked what I believed was a twin room (the photos showed two beds), but on arrival was told only doubles were available. The receptionist promised to move us the next day, but after repeated follow-ups, we remained in the same small double room for four nights. My 16-year-old son had to sleep on the floor on a towel.

The room was hot and stuffy—the air conditioning kept shutting off—and there was no mini fridge, which is unheard of for a supposed 4-star hotel.

I checked out early after the hotel refused to acknowledge or address any of this. Despite Expedia confirming a partial refund, the hotel denied it. Eventually, Expedia refunded me directly. To add insult to injury, after my final complaint, the hotel suddenly “found” a twin room that supposedly didn’t exist earlier.

I won’t return.

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Jul 2025

Aleksandar

Very good location, tranquil streets, safe and close to the Tube, grocery store, restaurants and cafés. A nice contrast to the hustle and bustle of central London.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2025

Susan

The rooms were ok, two elevators were down at the same time for a few days which was a bit inconvenient. There should be different options for breakfast packages if you don’t offer free breakfast. We don’t all eat large portions so if there were cheaper packages for smaller options of food that would be better. Most staff were friendly enough.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2025

april

Slight issue with room service at bar about 23:30 hours. Other than that fabulous all round

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

04 Jul 2025

Vinod

Small room

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2025

Sarah

The staff were amazing, the holtel was lovely, the prices were extortionate

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

It was a good stay. Breakfast was also good.

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2025

Darren

Very little has changed here in many years, seems tired.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

20 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

Within 5 min walk from Russell sq. location convenient, plenty of restaurants. Overall very happy

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2025

Alina

Clean and breakfast was also great.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Jun 2025

timothy

the paint on the bathroom door was peeling off.
the tile in the bathroom was cracked.
it felt tired, overall.

It was very clean and the front desk staff were very friendly and helpful

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2025

Allan

The staff were excellent throughout and could not have been more helpfull! The location is terrific with many London attractions in easy walking distance. A short walk to trains and subway if you want to go further afield.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2025

Tim

Excellent stay in a very convenient location near Russell Square.
Very handy for British Museum, and Russell Square tube station is just a few minutes walk away.
Shops for food (Tesco, Waitrose) and several cafes on Judd Street

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Jun 2025

Jeanette

Great location. Rooms nice with everything you need. Staff friendly and helpful. Overall a good place to stay.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2025

Stephen

nice bed, near tube station, shops around, breakfast was nice. great staff, perfect location right near Russell square tube station. Clean.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2025

Susan

The staff were very friendly and helpful. Although there was building work going on, it was not too intrusive. The hotel location is excellent and we will definitely be staying there again.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

06 Jun 2025

Sofia

It’s okay. It’s a busy hotel. I think they’re doing renovations. I was upset because they upgraded my room (2 beds) to a King bed room—thanks, but you didn’t even ask me!!! We didn’t want one bed!!! It was rough. Whatever. The place smells weird but the location is okay, next to the tube station. Helpful staff. (Even tho they didn’t even ask before they ‘upgraded’ us…)

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2025

Robert

Perfect location near Kings Cross twin station. The rooms were comfortable and well kept.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2025

Jamal

Stayed in a newly refurbished room which was of excellent quality. Hotel was clean and the staff were absolutely the best and friendly

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

13 May 2025

Alberto

Extremely small room

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

04 May 2025

Tunde

Stuff problems

We paid for parking for the hotel and it was included out room price but after when checked out the hotel charged us extra fees because their stuff forgot to sorted out our parking and they werent helpful to sorted out our parking and their stuff talked to us very arrogant as well and they told us to leave and they don’t care we have to pay twice the parking with them. I do not recommend to stay there because the stuff not helpful at all.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Apr 2025

Stephanie

They are undergoing a much needed renovation. Staff was amazing! Tube station around the corner which was very handy.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2025

Alfred

Our one night stay was very comfortable. Hotel is in a nice neighborhood, the Russell Square underground station is a 2 minute walk away. The English breakfast was excellent, the only negative thing about the room was the bathroom faucets handle was binding and hard to use and needs replacing.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

23 Apr 2025

Jennifer

Hotel is going through major renovations, which means it is very noisy.

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2025

Erica Marie

The property was incredibly close to the Piccadilly line which was perfect access to every tourist destination and direct to Heathrow airport.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

20 Apr 2025

Patricia

I could not totally enjoy my stay as my room was stuffy and warm. Airtight! Close! No window to open and I felt an extreme lack of AIR! Had to ask for a fan which did not help the situation! No exhaust fan in bathroom either. The room is airtight! Uncomfortable! Renovations going on! I must say the STAFF is excellent! Ida my favourite in breakfast area. Superb! Wonderful staff! All staff excellent!

Leisure

4/10

Poor

15 Apr 2025

Kevin

It was a building site. We got put on the top floor because of the noise, in a box room !!!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2025

Melissa

Great hotel. They were doing some construction but it wasn’t a problem. Would definitely stay again!

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

01 Apr 2025

Corinne

Great location, but very unfortunate experience with facility. The tub didn't drain for two nights. After a long day out and about, it was not pleasant to have to have someone up to our room to unclog the drain quite noisily. On the third day, someone came by our room early to work on the drainage issue. After that, it drained very, very slowly. The next day, we were informed upon arrival that the hot water was out. Finally, it required a lot of upper arm strength to turn off the water--but we persevered because it was too much to call with another issue. I hope renovations fix these issues.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

31 Mar 2025

Denis

Not a good experience.

Had to move from our exec room on the first night due to water leak from room above. Moved into 2 std rooms on 5th floor. Had to again argue that 4 people booked meant 4 breakfasts. I'm not going to let my kids starve. Had this on both mornings. No notice about the building work so lifts out of order and dust everywhere. Staff were courteous on the main.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Mar 2025

Julie

Good location & convenient for public transport.
Some building improvement works taking place inside with manual signage where needed, space around lifts limited as a result. Apart from that its a good base

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2025

Anne

We hope to return

A nice location in Bloomsbury near Russell Square tube station.

A nice welcome at reception and the breakfast girls were also welcoming. Good breakfast lots of choice and up to 11 am a bonus. We hope to return sometime very good.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2025

luis

Great location ans staff

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

10 Mar 2025

Gordon

Well-located and reasonable value for money, but the property is rather tired, and a few small improvements would have made a big difference to the level of comfort - eg no bedside table or shelf on one side of the bed, lack of pegs and rails for coats/towels.

8/10

Excellent

26 Feb 2025

Adedayo

Satisfactory
Adequate accommodation, being renovated!
Has parking

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2025

Elena

Breakfast was excellent!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Feb 2025

Susan

All the staff are very friendly and helpful, nothing is too much trouble.

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

02 Feb 2025

Stacy

Rude staff. Couldn’t get clean towels much less a cleaned room. Brigitte at the front desk is ludicrously awful and the manager Joe is utterly inattentive. Don’t stay here.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2025

Emma

Goid location

Very convenient for tube station and getting to West End and other places. Breakfast buffet was lovely a good range of options. Third bed in room was good size and had good matress.

Only 12 minutes walk from St Pancreas Train Station too.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Jan 2025

Michael

We enjoyed our stay of 4 days. The staff was pleasant and helpful. The hotel is in a nice location, walkable to main London attractions and with great access to both the Underground and St. Pancras station. The area has many colleges and feels young and safe. Lots of dining options. Our room was fine for 3 people with sufficient electrical outlets but lacked a refrigerator which was disappointing. The bathroom was exceptionally small, almost like a cruise ship bathroom, but everything functioned and we made due.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jan 2025

Philippe

The air conditioner unit did not work.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2025

Majella Marie

Breakfast selections were great. Staff are great. Property needs upgrading though.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jan 2025

chris

Good location

Good location but room was a little tired decoratively

Business

4/10

Poor

14 Jan 2025

Kiran

Good location and lots of dinining options closeby. Property is dated and is really showing its age. Needs of a refresh

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2025

James

Great stay in a fantastic location for the tube and also for the sights etc. nice hotel for families.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

07 Jan 2025

eric

Power and water were out for a full day. No flushing of toilets
Unable to take showers.
Hear did not work while dressing temperatures outside

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

25 Dec 2024

Halil

I Like What Child Bad is small and old Hotel but is Good The workers are very nice

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2024

Claire

Spacious room for me and my family.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2024

Peter

Mostly great but noisy outdoor aircon units

I enjoyed staying at this hotel, great breakfast and lgood location, but not after wasting my time and sleep asking to change rooms because the inner outdoor space is full of noisy air conditioning units. Especially if the bed is near the window, it's noisy enough to stop me getting back to sleep. Even the outer rooms facing the road have nearby aircon units, but at least a bit quieter. There was no noise from the aircon inside the rooms. I don't know what you can do except to replace the machines with quieter ones or improve the window sound insulation.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Dec 2024

Ken

Hotel ok
Skip breakfast
Especially the eggs

Partner

4/10

Poor

17 Dec 2024

Liliana

Did not have a good overall Experience (beds, toiletries, food, wrong charges in my credit Card)