This hotel knows its audience. In a city of VERY expensive hotels, the easyHotel is filling a void. The rooms are TINY but the website says as much, and there's no way in a city like London that you're going to spend any time in the hotel room anyway. Our room had its own bathroom - big plus - and a window. "No window" is an option but I wouldn't recommend it; that'd be like sleeping in a stuffy shoebox!

One caution though...the shower doesn't have a "lip" on the bottom to catch water. I nearly flooded our entire hotel room! Don't use the shower full blast.

The easyHotel Paddington is a five-minute walk from Paddington Station where you can catch regional trains (i.e. to Windor Castle) or the Tube to central London and all the touristy sites. London's tube is just the best public transportation system I've ever seen, so you don't even need to worry about the fact that this hotel isn't right in the middle of the action. It's surrounded by cheap little restaurants and pubs, too, so there's plenty of food options.

I would stay here again. It was perfect for a couple of backpackers who wanted to experience London without going broke.

OK - first thing first, my 'real' score for this place is 2.5! I felt a 2 would be unfair, so I've had to bump it up to a somewhat generous 3. It's really a 50/50 call on this place and it depends of course on what your plans are and what you're looking for in your stay.

Yes the hotel is quite close to Paddington - just a few minutes walk.

Yes they will charge you to store luggage, but you probably know that already.

Sure you will pay extra for a TV remote control, more towels, more pillows etc, but it's not like you'll want to spend much (any?) time in your room, apart from sleeping/showering, so the extra costs are not that bad really - just don't do it hey!

Of course the room is small and basic, that's the point. That being said, it's not uncomfortably small - though we did have one of the larger rooms "with window" (overlooking a scuzzy courtyard)! I'm not sure what I would think of the smaller/window-less varieties on offer...

What this place has going for it is that it's simple/straightforward to check-in and check-out, the rooms are clean, tidy and secure. These may sound like odd things to be complementing them on, but the amount of reviews you read for 'budget' London hotels where people say the bathrooms were filthy and mouldy, the window/door locks were broken ("I had to sleep with a chair jammed against the door and one eye open.") etc, and you realise that yes they are very important!

So if you're just looking for a bare-bones, but clean and tidy, place to sleep, shower and that's about it, then this could be your place.

I notice that a lot of easyHotel critical reviews cite the wide range of "better places for the same money in the area" - but who knows what these places are...if anyone does, please let me know!

PS, the room's not THAT orange...

I stayed in room 110 for one night and came away with over 100 bed bug bites. Bed bugs are highly mobile and a building can become infested extremely quickly. I informed the management of the hotel so the room could be cleaned and other rooms could be checked for infestation but I have yet to receive a response. Very dissapointing for what is meant to be a world class brand operating in a world class city.

We stayed in this hotel last year in summer and we paid £109 for the same room..... this time we only paid £59 ..
Some facilities were missing and there were some extra charges but we are happy and will be coming again in next summer.
As before excellent staff, great location and just 20 mins to heathrow airport.
We will highly recommend this hotel to everyone for short stay in London as we find this hotel safe and good location with always ready to help staff..