Stayed at the Zetter in a deluxe room for one night in December on the way back from Bruges. It is a lovely boutique hotel and reasonably priced compared to other London hotels. I would not rate this hotel as a 5 star establishment but if you need a hotel in easy vicinity to Kings Cross or Liverpool street stations then this could be the hotel for you. The rooms are very modern and all have the facilities, ours was very small but fine for one nights stay. There is free tea and coffee available next to the vending machines on each floor and the hotel bar has a nice ambience and good cocktail list. The cooked breakfast is nice but extremely overpriced as is the continental which is nowhere near as good as a genuine continental you would get abroad (a small table with various cereals and yoghurts on). Overall a great little hotel with friendly staff.

Stayed Saturday night after staying Friday night at the Hoxton (which was full on Saturday).

Arrived about 7.30pm - easy unrestricted parking directly opposite in St John Square. Simple check in.

Room facing Clerkenwell road, bit of city noise but we're used to it - even like it!

Room pretty small, but rather nice bathroom. Microscopic wardrobe space. Nice bathrobes provided. Lighting nice & very configurable after you find all the switches. Rather small lcd tv.

Free internet access, wired (cable too short - bring your own!) or wireless (signal rather poor). Several other providers with good signals.

Rip-off prices for anything from the snacks tray in the room, £2 for a small packet of Burts crisps. No kettle in room, but free tea & coffee making facilities by the lift - but shoehorned into too small a space.

Bed very comfortable with down quilt and pillows, current issue of Time-Out, Wallpaper and Blueprint in the room, along with some secondhand books - nice touch.

As an ex-Londoner I know what to expect of Clerkenwell and it's a charming "villagey" area - especially at weekends - an easy wander-about peacfulness and very close to some very historic areas (wander down St Johns Lane - under the stone archway in the square opposite the hotel, and down towards Smithfield). Yes - the location is a quite a big plus.

Check-out equally easy. But - I paid £85 with hotels.com, and then found out at checkout that with vat the actual bill was £100. Bill hikes at check-out don't amuse me, and along with the rip-off pricing of the snacks (and phone, £1/minute for national calls - though I didn't use this, it rather underlines the "opportunistic" pricing) - I'd prefer to see the hotel to be "straight" with the customer - charge what they need to charge to run their business profitably with a clear up-front charge and not try these sorts of tactics.

On the whole, I felt that as the Hoxton offered better value, transparent pricing and "extras" at shop prices - the Zetter had let itself down by comparison. It's a very nice hotel though.

The smaller room size is an acceptable compromise for a cool location *if* all other things were equal. The Zetter could fix all this up with a "new deal with customers" - someting we're all looking for in the credit crunch!

We stayed at the Zetter as a stop off on our honeymoon on the way to Marrakech, and arrived in London before the earliest check in time, but the staff helpfully checked us in anyway. We were shown up to our fabulous corner room, which was stylishly decorated and extremely comfortable, with quirky furnishings and huge sash windows. Everything worked perfectly, was spotlessly clean and the entertainment system was easy to use.

We had planned to go out for lunch, but liked the look of the Zetter's restaurant so much that instead we decided to stay there to eat. The staff in the restaurant were lots of fun, making us feel very welcome, supplying first class pizza and puddings and then plying us with enough alcohol to make our short walk to Farringdon tube a truly hilarious experience.

After a sobering afternoon's shopping (spending most of our honeymoon budget on the King's Road), we arrived back at the hotel to get ready to go out for dinner, and this was possibly the best part of our stay. We took full advantage of the small but extremely relaxing shower room, entertainment system and ambient lighting.

We dined at Konstam (quintessentially quirky and fabulous, the best chicken and duck's liver we've ever eaten) and walked back to the Zetter, contemplating going out for the evening, but the bed was too comfortable and we decided on an early night ;o)

The next day we had a leisurely start, a fantastic breakfast then checked out and were able to leave our bags at the hotel whilst we went for a wander down to St. Paul's before embarking on the epic tube ride to Heathrow.

We will definitely be back, we plan to spend a weekend there for our anniversary and make the most of it, and if we could we'd move in.

Oh dear - I booked this through Tablet and whilst it looks good on the site it isn't as good in the flesh. The lobby and and atrium are impressive but our room was a bit dreary. It has really annoying shutters opening onto Clerkenwell Road that don't close properly, the decor was not that cool, a bit sludgy, the bed was way too small and it was £230 a night.

The Modern Pantry and Cicada around the corner are very good for beakfast and dinner resepctively.