Crestfield Hotel

If you want to stay close to King’s cross underground and trainstation, this is the place. Every train goes from here, 2 min walk from hotel. The price is just over 100£ night and the rooms are ok. Cleaning every day and simple breakfast. The decoration is kind of trendy and you can see that they are trying to make things nice. TV, hairdryer but no minibar. Staff also helpful, thumbs up!

While I would love to give The Crestfield Hotel a better review, I simply cannot.
The pros:
— Hotel staff are incredibly friendly and know a good deal about things when asked questions, one even tried to find me a Mexican restaurant, even though they are apparently very hard to come by in London.
— Internet access was good, except for one night it went out completely, but when I went and questioned at the front desk about it I was told sometimes it happens and they just switched the receiver on and off which made it work fine once again.
— The «continental» breakfast was perfectly fine for what I needed during my stay (something quick, light, and fast) and they were even willing to prepare morning meals before breakfast was available for those who had to leave earlier in the morning.
— When my room was cleaned each day they refilled my room with new tea bags which were great to have every night.
— Check in process was easy and quick.
— They have an adorable dog who hangs around the hotel, very friendly, and adds a bit of home feeling.
— You cannot beat the price for such a central location in London. Right down the street is King’s Cross/​St. Pancras Station, making travel incredibly easy.
The cons:
— Boy was the room DISGUSTING. First strange thing I noticed upon entering my room was that the sink was immediately next to the bed, meaning, if I wanted to I could brush my teeth in bed, which is not something I would ever want to do.
— The «shower/​toilette» area was very disgusting as well. The toilette was right underneath the shower, shoved in a small space with a flimsy shower curtain to protect the wooden door to this broom cupboard of a shower, which helped nothing because the two times I dared to shower the water took forever to drain out of the bottom and even when I used the curtain, the wooden door still got soaking wet, causing a nasty moldy smell to occur. Every time I needed to use the toilette I would have to take my socks off and use it, trying my best to not touch much of the floor and then would have to immediately wipe my feet on a towel afterwards (and this was even before I used the shower and the floor wasn’t soaking wet). I would highly suggest bringing flip flops to this hotel, I cringe when I think of how dirty the bathroom was. One morning I alerted the front staff as to how moldy the bathroom smelled, because of my shower the night before, and that I had left the bathroom light on and door open to hopefully free it of the moldy smell (also because I did not want to find some sort of fee on my bill afterwards for «bathroom damage» of some sort) and they told me that my room hadn’t been modified yet, as to weather I believe them or not that this «modification» would ever happen, I cannot say.
— The shower «curtain» in the bathroom was moldy and had a few stains on them, what they were, I was unsure, but it was disgusting none the less.
— My first night was fairly cold so I grabbed the blanket they had in the small cupboard and when I opened it I noticed how much hair was all over it, which disgusted me to no end because it made me feel like they were not washing all the blankets and sheets very well, and the blankets perhaps not very often at all.
— The only «table» in my room was a shelf on the wall which had many stains and burn marks (which I assumed were from the electric water heater for tea), but they none the less were gross.
As to what other reviews say about a noise problem, I never experienced that, perhaps because of where my room was located and also perhaps because I was so exhausted every night from my travels and going arounds that I slept like a log, but perhaps ear plugs would be a good investment for those who have a hard time sleeping with noise around.
I would love to recommend this hotel and give it a better review, but it’s cringe worthy uncleanliness does not allow me to.

Das Zimmer im Crestfield, welches wir hatten, war OK für einen Stadtaufenthalt mit ganztägigen Touritouren in London, bei dem man abends dermaßen vom Asphalttreten geschlaucht ist, daß man die widrigen Umstände unter denen man dieses Zimmer akzeptierte während des wohlverdienten Schlafes der Gerechten völlig vergisst!
Um es kurz zu machen, für einen längeren Aufenthalt und vor allem «richtigen» Urlaub würde ich ein solches Zimmer wohl nicht akzeptieren.
Das Zimmer war uralt, renovierungsbedürftig und winzig klein. Das Doppelbett passte gerade so rein und ansonsten hatte man bei diesem Zimmer in der Dachetage nur noch eine durch eine Tür abgetrennte «Nische» zum Duschen, inkl. Klo (immerhin!). Bis mal lauwarmes Wasser unter dem Dach ankam, verging eine gefühlte halbe Ewigkeit. Duschen war also eine Katastrophe, zumal das halbwegs warme Wasser, war es denn endlich mal oben angekommen, nicht besonders lange vorhielt. Bis ich meinen Luxuskörper eingeseift und abgespült hatte, war der Lauwarmwasservorrat bereits aufgebraucht, sodaß meine Frau auf die Kaltwasserdusche dankend verzichtete.
Frühstück war in Ordnung, aber sehr einfach, sodaß wiir es am zweiten Tag dann vorgezogen, im nahegelegenen Mc Donald zu frühstücken, da weiß man wenigstens was man hat.
Also wir würden trotz zentraler Lage, in Laufweite zu Kings Cross, hier wahrscheinlich beim nächsten Londonbesuch eher nicht mehr absteigen!

This place is very cheap for London, and you get what you pay for. I don’t think most Americans will be expecting just how bad it is for the price you pay. The room we got, after several trips up and down stairs, was right below the lounge area, and there was no air conditioning, so one had to listen to people party and chatter until early morning. The sheets were damp every day, as if they had not been dried all the way, and one day had lipstick on them. The shower was a separate room that tilted and didn’t drain very quickly, so one would have to stand in the left-​over water of the person who showered before you. And they don’t seem to trust their guests too much — one is required to leave the room key with them when one goes out. All in all, had I realized it would be this bad, I would have paid more to stay somewhere else.

Die beiden vorigen Beiträge beschreibem das Hotel sehr gut. Wir hatten ein Doppelzimmer im Keller gelegen. Das Zimmer ist etwas grôßer, Fenster schließt schlecht, im Bad kommt die Farbe von der Wand. Sowas gibts halt nur in London für diesen Preis. Die Lage ist einfach super. Es gibt noch viele ähnliche Hotels in der Gegend. Seit gestern gibts gratis Wifi!

Crestfield Hotel is a good price for a convenient location — but you don’t get cleanliness or comfort…
The good:
The location — Crestfield is steps away from St. Pancras station — a key port onto the Eurostar for trips into Paris, Belgium, Germany, as well as the London Underground.
Free Internet — a must in my opinion — worked well here.
Front desk people seem to be friendly enough.
The patio between their 2 buildings was nice as well.
This is about where the good new stops…
This is the first hotel I’ve been to where my first impression of the room was «I can actually clean this place better than the cleaning service». This is because there was…
Mold on the shower heads, mold all over the shower floor (which incidentally is the same floor as the rest of the bathroom — no separation between toilet and shower aside from a dirty curtain.
All you need to do is to use a little cleaner, soak the shower head, etc — and voila — you can clean this place up!
There is no AC, so for a building with ~5 floors (I was on the top floor), it gets EXTREMELY hot. Additionally — one of the windows was broken and would not open. This made for an extremely uncomfortable night.
Finally — power went out for the wonderful top floor during our stay. Apparently this is a common occurrence, as when I told the front desk — she got up and flipped the breaker right away.

Sehr günstiges, ruhiges und sauberes Hotel in einer Seitenstraße direkt an King’s Cross — von wo man mit der Tube fast überall hinkommt.
Eingänge und Fenster im EG sind Kamera-​überwacht.
Die Rezeption und Bar sind 24h besetzt (man wird aufgefordert seinen Schlüssel bei Verlassen des Hotels immer dort zu lassen).
Zum Frühstück gibts Kaffee oder Tee, Toasts mit Marmelade (3 Sorten), 4 Sorten Cornflakes mit Milch und O-​Saft.
Kein 5-​Sterne-​Frühstück — aber für ein paar Tage reichts!
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A small, cheap hotel near King’s Cross station. Everything in the hotel is very small, the rooms, the doors, the corridors etc and the rooms have walls thin as paper. But the rooms are clean, fresh towels and bedclothes are provided. We had rooms with ensuite (room with private bathroom) and breakfast included for approx. 70 pounds per room per night, which is really low priced for london. The breakfast wasn’t that great, but there are enough possibilites in london to find a snack. I’ll recommand this hotel to everybody who is looking for a cheap but clean accommodation, which is perfectly reachable by public transport.

I stayed here for two nights and initially picked the hotel due to its small cozy look and low rates. The hotel has no elevator and of course ended up on the last room at the top floor. Both nights we were left with a leaking shower that we had to constantly keep an eye on throughout the night to make sure it did not reach our baggage which completely sucked.
The mornings were pleasant with an endless supply of warm toast and other light breakfast items such as dry cereals, milk, juice and canned fruit.
I wish I had more time to enjoy the courtyard separating the main building and the rooms because it was so quaint and loved bumping into the hotel’s Scottie dog :)
Overall, the place is in a prime location next to a tube station and perfect for an early train departure due to it’s close proximity to King’s Cross.
Also, several places to eat nearby such as burger king, Chinese and of course fish&chips

Honestly, I’m in between 2 and 3 stars for this place. It’s really really super close to King’s Cross St. Pancras, which is incredibly convenient. There’s always someone at the front desk, and each person who was there was friendly. But, the walls are NOT soundproofed. There were people in the room above us who I swear were either wrestling or moving heavy machinery. We thought at first that they were fighting, but we didn’t hear any shouting. I just think the walls and floors/​ceilings are really thin. They serve a light breakfast in the morning — cereal, toast, canned fruit, orange juice, and tea or coffee. If you’re in London for a quick stay, this place is okay. But I probably wouldn’t stay there again. I need to sleep.
We were in a double room with a shower. I don’t know if all the rooms are like this, but I suspect they are. The shower shares the same floor with the rest of the bathroom. There’s just a drain in the shower area. So bring some thongs or sandals with you because once someone takes a shower, the entire floor gets wet.
By the way, when I checked room prices, I got a better deal by going directly to the hotel’s website. But check around at different sites before you book.

This is another good bet if you are after a budget hotel in the Kings Cross Euston area. I’ve stayed here a few times and never been dissapointed. Dont expect 5 star luxury, but hell, if you’ve paid half the price of what most chain hotels charge (travel lodges etc) then you shouldn’t expect the earth. The rooms i’ve stayed in have always been clean, with a tv, and ensuite. Think i remember that there is also tea and coffee facilities too. Towels are provided. Bed comfortable. I think breakfast is provided, but if you dont fancy it you can wander up to the McDonalds nearby. You can’t go wrong really. Its in a good location too right near the main station — kings cross.