London Gatwick Inn

We stayed for one night as were visiting family. This hotel is clean but sadly no one at reception to check inn and although there was a phone number to call for help, this was impossible constantly. This was very annoying as after a long drive from Reading we just wanted to freshen up and meet up with family, it took another person staying there to explain what we had to do. Sadly for this reason we would not book here again.

Good hotel for an overnight stop before flying out from Gatwick

Easy access and a very good location.

It's well placed for the airport, on a good public transport route, and has everything you need, with a good food pub just down the road and a grocery store opposite.

On 1st impressions when driving up to the Inn was good, however once pulling into what was an overgrown gravel car park, entering the building was easy as the property’s entrance doors were unlocked! As it was late (12:45am) we knew nobody was on the reception desk and we had our code to get into our room via the excellent locking device! This however was 1 of 2 good things about our room, the other was a comfortable mattress. The room clearly hadn’t been decorated in years or had any maintenance done either! The wife instantly said that the room smelt damp and evidence proved it as there was mould spores growing on the side of the single soft chair. The bathroom was dirty, with black mould in the bath sealant, window sealant and in the tile grouting, which was also disgustingly bad too with a lot of grout missing allowing dirt/grime to build up. There seamed to be some sort of plug sitting on the edge of the bath which also had not been cleaned in a lifetime. Shower head needed a descale too! As you can guess we refrained from using the bath/shower at all costs! braving the toilet & sink as no choice due to the time we had arrived. Going to bed we felt that the sheets were clean but they just clung to your body while trying to sleep. The duvet was not the perfect size either but made do. When wakening I could see more evidence of why the room smelt so damp after opening the large heavy curtains. Large amounts of black mould growing up the walls/windows behind the curtains.