Name: Forest Gate Hotel
Address: Godwin Road, 105, London, E7 0LW, GB

2/10

Poor

22 May 2026

Ayobola

No staff to speak with in the morning
They promise breakfast by 7am
No one in the kitchen until pass 9am

Self

2/10

Poor

14 May 2026

Muhammad

It was my nightmare experience . Property is very dirty carpet was full of dust and no towel no milk in the room. The worst part rats were running in room also toilet was blocked and not able to use . Smoke smell was everywhere in property. I have got skin itching due to bedsheet and duvet

Self

6/10

Pleasant

06 May 2026

Tobias

Breakfast was supposedly included but nobody turned up to open it in the morning at the time stipulated and I had to leave promptly so missed it in case they served it later.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

15 Feb 2026

Maria Iuliana

Room

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

08 Feb 2026

Nicoleta

very disappointed. it smelled really bad

4/10

Poor

03 Dec 2025

Shaukat

Very old and dirty place

Self

2/10

Poor

22 Oct 2025

Tamara

a very dirty place

The breakfast was limited to 1 egg 1 sausage 1 bacon 1 toast. The hot water was no hot for a coffee/tea.
The room smelt of old sweat and cigarette smoke. The sheets were very smelly and musty. I am not sure they were even clean. The shared bathrooms were mouldy and I could not have a shower. I went to have use the toilet in the morning and there was a man in there peeing everywhere. The room door did not lock properly. The place really needed a deep clean and to be updated. The bathrooms needed a clean. There was no toilet paper. I think this was an emergency accommodation for the homeless because the people that were in the rooms appeared to be living there for some time.

Business

2/10

Poor

02 Oct 2025

Arsany

Dirty place and smell of smoking is everywhere
The door of th ebathroom was not closing

Business

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2025

Michael

Standard and clean

Business_and_leisure Self

2/10

Poor

20 Jun 2025

Christopher

Deplorable condition and service Forest Gate Hotel

The room was a twin bedded room. The size of the room was only barely enough to accommodate the two beds. The walls had plaster missing, the walls were stained and extensively dirty. the bed side table had two draws, the bottom draw had no base so could see through to the dirty carpet. The wardrobe should be replaced. It leans to the side and wobbles as you open the damaged doors. It too had a panel missing from the back.
The showers and toilets were grubby and antiquated, both were in need of immediate refurbishment, as indeed so does the whole hotel side of the premisses.
The booking came with breakfast, served at 07:45. At that time there were no members of staff on the entire premisses, hence breakfast was not available.
To summarise, the hotel side of this business needs a total refurbishment. I would dissuade anyone booking a room there. It is not as described on the Hotels website.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2025

PAUL

Very good.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2025

Nick

Very helpful staff that made check in a pleasure...for once. Although the accommodation was basic it was fit for purpose & clean. An excellent cooked breakfast was included which was duly gobbled up before departing. Would certainly stay here again.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

09 Feb 2025

Huma

Bed bugs on the bed dirty wall paint dirty toilet

Business Family

4/10

Poor

05 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

Grubby, basic and cheap

If you just need to get your head down for the night then it will do. Definitely needs a lick of paint and a good clean up.

Self

2/10

Poor

11 Nov 2024

Nakita

Do not stay unless you are desperate. It wasn’t even that reasonable. The rooms are dirty No heat no laundry as advertised no hair dryer as advertised. No breakfast because of some leak in the kitchen
Place is old and dilapidated. Rooms are musty. It’s a shared bathroom with everyone who stays at the facility. Just don’t waste your money and time. It’s a 15 minute walk to get the train

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

30 Jul 2024

Thanasis

It was ok. Some areas could be better but it was ok

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jul 2024

Monika

No bathroom in the room, the bathroom was dirty. No TV or Internet

Self

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2024

Kristy

For budget London accommodation I was impressed with the Forest Gate Hotel.
Pros: quiet location, easy walking distance to the tube (Olympic park 2stops away), affordable (for London prices), clean sheets, comfy bed, fridge, microwave, tea and coffee in room. Fire doors and a solid door lock.
Shared toilet and showers but they are clean enough, a decent size and will good locks on the door. Staff are friendly and breakfast was simple but a bonus the next day, and was cooked fresh.

Cons: it's an old building and it isn't freshly painted and high spec. If you're looking for luxury, you'll have to pay the cost. But it doesn't detract from this being a solid option for somewhere to sleep well for a couple of nights.

I'd recommend it here and I'd stay again.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

06 May 2024

Muhammad

No security
No camera inside
No light inside proper
Bad entry door
Afraid to enter in building

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

19 Apr 2024

Jose

The condition of the room and facilities was negative compared with the price (£54)

2/10

Poor

08 Feb 2024

Francesca

Customer Services arrived no personal touch and care for client .Morning breakfast was average. Try and install light in the bathroom and toilets were you can find the switch.

2/10

Poor

06 Feb 2024

Chris

The room was dirty had hair everywhere and mild around the windows and the place stinks. The toilet door hardly shuts. The shower is straight up disgusting. Had people arguing at 3am keeping me up. Staff was alright though

Friends

2/10

Poor

02 Feb 2024

Samiuzzahan

Horrible and ghost house

No sign of any human being

Self

2/10

Poor

23 Jan 2024

Carl

Not what i expected

Maybe did not read/check info that well, but espresso machine does not work in the bar, shared showers with questionable lighting and hot water. Very noisy rusty old fridge in room.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

16 Dec 2023

Emily

Staff were lovely but the room was not particularly clean. The carpet was pulled up and sticky in some spots. People were arguing loudly within the hotel early in the morning and I was verbally harassed by someone in another room as I was leaving and felt unsafe walking back to the station. Breakfast was very nice though and the check out process was easy.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

12 Dec 2023

KAMILAH

Don’t stay here.

Not a nice place to stay. Room was freezing and dirty. Beds uncomfortable. The pub downstairs is shadey and noisy. Don’t stay here.

Business

8/10

Excellent

29 Nov 2023

Christian

The price was great , shame they didnt do food but they were happy with eating a take out in the bar !! Great pint of Stella served , basic but good value , quiet and a good bed !

4/10

Poor

26 Oct 2023

Verified traveler

It is not a hotel

I am assuming this is some kind of half-way house.
Cleanliness is the basic requirement for any hotel. The sheets were stained, there was hair in the bed, the bathroom and toilets were disgusting. Nearly cried when I needed to use the loo! Did not bathe and left as soon as it was daylight. I paid £76.21 for this trauma!

Self

2/10

Poor

25 Sep 2023

Wesley

I should be refunded, me and my wife was bitten all over by bed bugs. Now we're worried that we might have taken bugs home. Don't go to this place.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Sep 2023

charlotte

Brilliant staff lovley room

4/10

Poor

13 Aug 2023

Doinita Andreea

Nothing

2/10

Poor

15 Sep 2022

royston

i did not like the BED BUGS IN ROOM 15, i was bitten to within an inch of my life, seriously thought i would have to visit a doctor

Business_and_leisure Self

2/10

Poor

11 Sep 2022

Verified traveler

Best forgotten

I am afraid we found the accommodation lacking in every manner. Infact once we saw the room we decided we'd rather lose our payment than stay in this place, so we left and went to another hotel.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Aug 2022

Verified traveler

Basic

Hotel was a bit grubby, found dark hairs in the bed. Breakfast was good.
Ok if you want somewhere cheap to just get your head down.

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

03 Apr 2022

Andrzej

Hotel was closed.;

Self

4/10

Poor

09 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Saturday Night Disaster

Next door had a Dog Barked all night. No cable for in room. Thin walls or No to bad insulation resulting Couple making Noise moaning at 5am, could be Head clearly YET disgusting’.
There was this Big green cough someone spat near the window. Talking bout windows, broken shade which is off no use!! 100% light coming in. The room explained in a word,
‘MESS’.

Self

4/10

Poor

29 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

More of a flophouse than a hotel!

It’s not a hotel, it is rooms above a pub. There was no blind or curtains on the window. The window/skylight had been left open and so the bed was wet. The smoke detector had been removed despite there being a fridge and electrical items in the room. There was tissue paper shoved into gaps in the skirting boards ( not sure why they did that!). This wasn’t my first choice of place to stay, but due to Hotels.com letting me down on previous booking this was what was available at short notice

Business

8/10

Excellent

06 Aug 2019

Alan

Cheap and chearful

After reading other reviews i was concerned but there was no need i was only staying for one night and it was more than satisfactory for my needs. Room had a fridge a flat screen telly tea and coffee it was small but clean. This is not the hotel if you are in london for a holiday it is not a upmarket hotel but a east end pub with accomodation and as such was good value for money. if i am back next year i will stay there again

Partner

2/10

Poor

21 Jan 2019

syed

They dont even let me check in and so rude

2/10

Poor

03 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Horrendous

Horrendous!! Had to leave hotel as it was filthy, cramped and unsafe. Felt unable to ask for money back as we just needed to get out of there ASAP! Thankfully premier inn were able to accommodate us.. but I still lost the £54

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

Very friendly and helpful staffs. We got in late from international flights. The staffs let us stayed extra hours to sleep next day due to jet lag. Also let us store luggages for 8 hours before we can get into the next accommodation. Upon departure, we have wonderful assistance with warm smiles to load our luggages. It's a wonderful experience to stay at Forest Gate Hotel!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Fine.bar ok.had sky sports.

Cheap for London. Fine enough.bar ok. Sky sports. Not good for takeaways.

2/10

Poor

03 Jul 2018

Richmond

Not good

The place is not fit for a status of hotel

Partner

2/10

Poor

24 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

Worst hotel ever!!!!

Room was untidy, some sort of boiler was making noise the whole night couldn't sleep at all...

4/10

Poor

27 Apr 2017

Mr. A J B

for price not worth this.

as I sent an email at 0745 today the B&B was the worst I've stayed in & to pay £39 was an absolute insult I in future wouldn't recommend this too my worst enemy.

2/10

Poor

03 Apr 2017

UNKNOWN

Worst hotel I've ever been too! Don't go there!

Room was not up to standards. Very dirty, cold and not nice.
Window was broken.
Dirty bed sheets.
Tea and coffee cups were dirty.
People smoking in the hotel! (Not only cigarettes) you could smell it!
Bathroom and toilets were not nice either.
Cleaner randomly walked into the room without even knocking!
Was meant to stay for 2 nights, left later on that same first day! Asked for a refund. Didn't even get half of the money back!
Spoke to manager and he was very rude, he didn't care,and he even had a go with one of his staff members on the phone!
Overall the worst and most terrible hotel I've ever been to, never going back there!

6/10

Pleasant

18 Dec 2016

Ron

It's close and handy for Wanstead Flats

It was ok
Nice staff member
The showers are not very nice
The Breakfast which consists of 1 rasher of bacon, 1 egg, 2 slices of toast and baked beans could be a lot lot better.
There is no other option or choice for breakfast

2/10

Poor

10 Nov 2016

Wayne

Poor

2/10

Poor

03 Sep 2016

Duc

Bad

Very bad hostel

Family

2/10

Poor

29 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

Awful service

we were working nights so went in the afternoon checked in and left our stuff while went to work a night shift .... got back to the hotel early hours of the morning to find other people in our room and to be told there wouldn't be another room ready until the afternoon when we needed to sleep ready for another night shift