Caledonian Studio Flats

Really helpful staff and a great location, a bright and sunny room near to public transport and a great price too: what's not to like?

Very basic accommodations, close to underground and overground stations so getting around was easy. Host was easy to communicate with.

Was very basic but good value for money for London, if you want to be close to Islington and Angel

Nice location with lots of coffee shops and food nearby. Very communicative staff. Room and bed were clean. Booking said the room had AC, and it did have one of the small, portable units that exhaust out the window, but it did not have a proper bracket for the window, nor did the AC ever seem to really work. This wouldn't have been such an issue if our stay wasn't during one of the hottest days in London this summer. Because of this, we ended up avoiding going back to the room until it had cooled off considerably outside. We did bring this to the attention of the staff, and they replaced the AC, but it really didn't make much difference. They did, however, give us an oscillating fan that we were able to set next to the bed, which made sleeping tolerable. The bathroom was a little tight, and the shower curtain was a bit mildewy and smelly. Overall, it was an adequate place to stay and would likely be very comfortable during a cooler time of year.

Read the fine print: they expect you to arrive in a 3-hour window, and charge you 30 pounds extra if you don't. In thirty years of traveling, I've never seen anything like that. The room is a deeply overpriced hovel, even for London. We stayed another night, earlier, in Bloomsbury for half of the price, and in a larger room. The staff are unfriendly and unintelligible. I encourage you to keep looking.