Fountain Hotel

I stayed at The Fountain for the SOAD concert at Tottenham Hotspur Spurs on 15th July. Having read the reviews I was quite apprehensive. But I was pleasantly surprised. The bar was lovely, you could tell they'd put some effort into the refurbishment of it and a pint was around £5.40. The stairs to the rooms are steep as others have mentioned and the corridors are narrow. But that wasn't an issue for me. I had one of the refurbished rooms and I was quite pleased. The rooms are larger than most London hotel rooms, very nicely decorated, a comfy bed, a decent shower and there was breakfast cereal and milk provided. Bedsheets clean, towels provided even a floor fan - which was needed in London heat. Negatives would be that it could do with a little more attention to detail on the cleanliness front, but it's not awful. The entrance is in need of tidying up and better presentation, but in know they are working on this. The staff were very helpful, friendly and welcoming felt welcomed. There was no "London" noise overnight, so slept a full 7 hours. The area, as others say, is a little undesirable when walking late at night. But we didn't have any issues.

In severe need of TLC. Appeared to be work ongoing, but poor state for our stay. The room was unbearably hot, mould in the shower and very poor drainage, leading to overflow onto the floor. Not value for money.

Great stay for the price. Free parking, good size room, clean and quiet. Some building work going on in the entrance but nothing to worry about. Would use again

Hallways and stairs were filthy, looked like it had never been mopped. The bedroom floor was the same, so sticky I had to wear flip flops for the entire stay. The curtains were hanging off, holes in walls, splash marks up walls and filthy windowsill and skirting boards. The furniture was tired and no bedside table, so I put a chair where that should be. The bedding was cheap, old and bobbled and didn’t fit the mattress. When I pulled the cover back there were hairs, I them smelt the bedding and was clearly not fresh! I insisted on it being changed, this was done and smelt fresh, but it didn’t improve how I felt about sleeping in the bed. The pillows and mattress had no protectors on them and I wasn’t brave enough to look. The bedding was synthetic and I sweated so much, it wasn’t a comfortable stay. The bathroom was reflective of the bedroom, not really clean, hairs in shower and sink backed up when tap was on. The noise was next level, by far the two most disturbed nights sleep I’ve ever had in a hotel. The acoustics start with the tiled walls and wooden floor through the halls and stairs, nothing soft to dampen the noise. No soft-close on doors, they spring back and bang. Other guests banging doors every few minutes and shouting to eachother until 2am. Someone hoovering at 4am first night! Builders tipping rubble into the skip on the drive at 6:30am in residential area! Why not do this end of day? Free parking and fridge in room only plus side. Expensive loss of sleep!

Affordable, good location - does the job, but do not stay when in a heatwave. No air con or fan and small window in ceiling so it was absolutely sweltering. Room wasn’t overly clean.