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    Holiday Inn Express London-Swiss Cottage

    1,266 reviews
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    152-156 Finchley Road, London NW3 5HS England
    +1 877-859-5095
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    Experience the enjoyment of a warm welcome & benefit from convenient location at the Holiday Inn Express London-Swiss Cottage – 7 minutes from central London.This newly renovated, contemporary hotel, has excellent transport links being adjacent to Finchley Road Tube station. Finchley Road & Frognal overground station is also only 3 mins walk from the Holiday Inn Express London-Swiss Cottage. National Express coaches serving Stansted & Luton stop directly outside the hotel. Enjoy sightseeing & the culture London has to offer by hopping on an 82, 113 or 13 Routemaster bus.Attentive, friendly & multi-lingual staff are waiting to welcome you 24 hours a day to make you feel comfortable and at home by providing you with information about the local area & beyond.Begin & end your day in friendly, sociable surroundings - Start your day with our compliments with free Continental Breakfast & a selection of hot items from the buffet.Relax & unwind after a day’s business or sightseeing in our Cocktail Lounge by enjoying a leisurely drink or one of our speciality hot beverages.42" plasma screens keep you up to date with current affairs and sporting events.Holiday Inn Express London-Swiss Cottage has one naturally lit, fully air-conditioned meeting perfect for business meetings for up to 25 people. Our lobby area with wireless internet serves as a break out area for lunches and offers secluded areas suitable for private meetings.The Holiday Inn Express London-Swiss Cottage is two train stops from Lord’s Cricket Ground, 4 stops from the West End, Theatreland & central London. It is one train stop from Wembley and with excellent transport links, Westfield (White City & Stratford), Earls Court, Heathrow Airport, Hampstead, Camden Market, Kings Cross St Pancras (Eurostar) and Euston are all in easy reach.When travelling by car, the Holiday Inn Express London-Swiss Cottage is conveniently located outside the congestion zone. Our hotel has limited on site parking.
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    Needs a serious refurb
    I used to stay at this hotel reasonably often a few years ago and found it decent, well located next to finchley road tube, plenty of shops and restaurants nearby, bus stop to luton airport across the road. But now the standard of the accommodation is grim. I stay in many holiday inn express hotels and this one is the first time ive seen an old style express in some time. Meanwhile plenty of other expresses have been through the design stage with the black bathrooms and on to the next style. This place needs serious work - lump beds that squeak with any movement - room like an oven because of such poor heating / air con - smelly and dirty corridors - really bad water pressure in the bathroom that has seen no refurb probably since the place was built. The staff were still as pleasant and helpful as I recall previously but for the rates charged this hotel simply isnt up to scratch and I probably wont return until its done up unless im really desperate.…
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    Date of stay: August 2019
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    Well placed, clean and tidy hotel with very polite and friendly staff who couldn't do enough for us during our stay
    We needed a hotel with close proximity to central London and good access to/from the M1. We also required parking as we were doing Ride London. I'm glad to say we chose Holiday Inn Express Lonson-Swiss Cottage. The staff were delightful and simply couldn't do enough for us during our stay, even catching up with us to see how our day went. The parking is very limited (5 spaces and some garages) and we booked many months in advance. We checked spaces were available by phone before booking online, the parking cost being £20 for 24 hours. The nearest tube station is Finchley Road on the Metropolitan line, only 5 minutes walk away as well as a main street and some shops including a Waitrose and Sainsburys. Accessibility is good from up North via the M1, not too much traffic and queueing. We received a courtesy call the day before to ensure everything was OK with the booking and to ask whether anything had changed or needed any additional requirements. The twin room we had was clean, tidy and did the job for an overnighter, easily accommodating 2 road bikes and all our associated stuff.…
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    Date of stay: August 2019
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    Friendly comfortable no frills hotel
    I stayed at the Holiday Inn Swiss Cottage on and off since May for business. The hotel is located in Finchley Road across from the O2 centre. Easy travel into central London from bus stop outside and the tube station a few minutes walk along the road. The staff were friendly and happy to help each time I stayed. Breakfast was good with plenty of selection of hot and cold items. Breakfast could be busy at peak times. Hotel tended to be quiet in the evening and they do have a evening meal menu available if you didn’t want to venture out plus a bar area. But tends to be food items which could be heated up rather than freshly prepared. Although there is a good selection of restaurants over in the O2 centre or within walking distance. Plus local shops and Sainsburys within the centre too. I stayed in numerous rooms, front and back, and didn’t notice the traffic noise after rush hour. Rooms were always clean although missed touches like having sockets next to the bed. Beds were average for comfort and all room had freeview TV. What did mark the hotel down was poor Wi-fi being a business user. This was rather poor and unusable most evenings or on the days I worked from the hotel. Depending on where you were located in the hotel the mobile signal fluctuated too which didn’t help with hot spot connectivity. Air con was controlled from reception rather than the room. You could turn it on and off from the room but changes to temperature involved speaking to reception. Decent comfortable and convenient functional hotel if you are visiting the area for business or an event but don’t expect luxury touches, modern decor, or lots of space in rooms.…
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    Date of stay: July 2019Trip type: Traveled on business
    Very hot rooms
    This hotel is in an excellent position for tube and bus routes.Good restaurants near by. Staff very good,friendly and professional.Room a good size and well maintained.Breakfast buffet very good. Only problem was the very hot rooms. Will stay again when visiting Lords or London.
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    Date of stay: July 2019Trip type: Traveled solo
    Response from Alpa P, Sales & Reservations Manager at Holiday Inn Express London-Swiss Cottage
    Responded Jul 29, 2019
    Dear DevonDumpling2015, First of all, thank you for choosing our hotel and sharing your recent stay with us. We hope your overall experience with us was positive, and we are happy to know that you found our staff friendly and enjoyed your allocated room, hotel location and Breakfast. Your feedback in regards to very hot room is highly appreciated, and will be indeed shared with the Management Team for future improvements. I hope we will have the honour to serve you again next time you visit London. Kind Regards.
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    Reasonable cost, convenient location
    Stayed here for three nights. First huge plus was the air-conditioning. London hotels can be poor for this normally, and we stayed during heatwave. AC worked superbly.. 2nd, shower pressure was strong. Hotel clean and a basic breakfast was included. 3 minutes walk from London underground, on many bus routes and across the road are supermarkets and some nice places to eat. Rooms quite small and no drawers for clothing storage. My wife thought bed a bit soft but I thought was OK. We booked it so we could go to Lords and it was perfect for this - 2 stops on tube or a20 minute walk. Long and short.... We would stay here again.... Especially if London was hot 🔥…
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    Date of stay: July 2019Trip type: Traveled as a couple
    Response from Alpa P, Sales & Reservations Manager at Holiday Inn Express London-Swiss Cottage
    Responded Jul 29, 2019
    Dear antonb871, Thank you very much for choosing us. We are glad to read you that enjoyed your room,location and were very impressed with the service delivered.Your happiness and comfort is our priority, and it is good to know you we met your expectations. Thank you for bringing to our attention your experience with our Bed. Your comments will definitely be shared with the Management Team to make sure it does not happen again. Once again, we highly appreciate your feedback and we really hope to welcome you back in a future occasion. Kind Regards,
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