The RE London Shoreditch

I stayed here on night (Wednesday) for business.
For some reason on the night I wanted to stay, the price of hotels were extortionate, and all the usual places I’d normally stay in were priced above and beyond what my company will pay, so I ended up looking at the ‘Secret Hotel’ deals to get a better price — so before it was booked I had no idea where I was staying.
There are a lot of compaints that despite being called ‘Shoreditch’ the hotel is not actually in Shoreditch. This is true. However a cursory glance at the postcode on Google maps would tell you that the hotel is, in fact, in Bethnal Green. That’s not a big deal.
The nearest tube station is Bethnal Green and it took me 8 minutes to walk to the hotel from there. I was walking at a normal pace, wearing heels at the time and went by the most direct route (as opposed to the shortest) — I see comments saying that it took some people 15 minutes to walk it, so I’m not sure what happened to them, maybe they got lost!
I got checked in without any issues and found the room comfortable and well equipped. I was in a room facing Hackney Road and from other comments I note that people had issues with noise from the road, but I’d like to state that this was not an issue for me at all.
I stayed on one of the hottest days of the year so far, and the aircon and complimentary bottled water in the room were a Godsend!
The only niggles I had that prevented me giving ⁵⁄₅:
— 50 security deposit cannot be reserved on the card used to book the room, it must be done then and there at reception which is a hassle which most other hotels I’ve stayed in have been able to mitigate.
— Menu in the restaurant isn’t great. I’m a solo traveller and there wasn’t much by way of restaurants in the area, so a better selection would be good.
— The quality of food I got from room service was poor
Other than this I would be happy to recommend the hotel to anyone who had reason to stay in the area.

We stayed for 3 days and had a great time. Hotel is about 20 min from all Landmark in Cab or
Über. There were great little restaurant within walking distance. If you are in town check out Buon Ayre restaurant

This is the worst overall experience I have staying at a hotel. My friends checked at an area hostel and they had a much better stay.
The problem does not lie solely in the hotel itself which is relatively average in most respects (other than a stinky room with windows which wouldn’t open and no fan so that we felt suffocated by the stale air) but in the terrible staff and lack of concern for their guests.
The second biggest problem was that internet was down most of my trip. This was a business trip and, as such, broken internet was a huge concern. The front desk was unhelpful and explained to me that as wifi was «complimentary», I should not expect it to work. I explained the idea of «complimentary» being built into the price and how I would have stayed at a better, more expensive hotel with working wifi for the same price as I spent on data plans and wifi café expenses without them seeming to understand. This is just one way they nickel and dime you — I was sent up to my room to make a paid local call rather than be allowed to use the phone in the lobby to check on the arrival time of my cab.
The biggest problem however was just that, a hotel staff that ranged from clueless to rude depending on with whom you spoke. They had no answer for the complaints I had (mostly regarding the wifi and the broken window) nor for the other customers who I saw downstairs complaining about other issues. They weren’t even able to offer much more than handing me a map of the area when I asked questions about local transportation or ways around town. A concierge is not necessary but some guidance as to where to find the closest tube station would have been nice.
The hotel bar was average. The food was tasty but did leave me with a stomach ache the two times I ate it (tried one breakfast and one dinner — same problem both times). The 24 hour desk staff was elusive.
If you need simply a place to crash at night, this is an acceptable hotel. If you are looking for anything more, there are far better options in the area… even including a hostel!

This is kind of like a Best Western with a better bed…
Look, The RE London isn’t going to be winning any hotel awards any time soon. It’s pretty generic, down to the little lobby bar and the beige/​brown décor in the rooms. It’s the paint by numbers of any budget hotel you’ve ever stayed in.
However, it’s clean, the staff are friendly, the wifi is free and the beds are really really comfortable… for £120 a night in London, you really can’t ask for much more.

Internet was broken in my room. I literally had to restart my wifi over 300 times so I can load pages and called the management 15 times to fix it. If you rely on internet to do work do NOT stay here. I just cancelled the rest of my stay here because they couldn’t resolve the problem and didn’t seem to care to try. I will not be staying here again.

The hotel was friendly and it was located near the bus line. Be sure to get an Oyster card so you can catch the bus to more touristy areas. The hotel is also near some great foodie places.
The room was clean and the hotel was well maintained. They provided nice linens and toiletries.

Ein bisschen verwöhnt bin ich ja schon in Sachen Hotels, das gebe ich zu. Daher ist meine Bewertung sicherlich auch von meinen anderen Erfahrungen in London und Edinburgh beeinflusst. 10 Tage Hotelhopping hinterlassen eben seine Spuren.
Aber nun zum Thema: in East London gelegen, ist das RE Hotel ein hervorragender Ausgangspunkt für Erkundungstouren durch Shoreditch, Hoxton, Bethnal Green und Co. Die Brick Lane ist einen gemütlichen Spaziergang weit entfernt. Sonst hält auch die Buslinie 55 vor der Tür, die einen bis zur Oxford Street bringt. Auch im Dunkeln habe ich mich hier nicht unwohl gefühlt.
Das Hotel selbst erfüllt alle Anforderungen. Saubere, geräumige Zimmer, meines war vergleichsweise ruhig trotz Ausblick zur Hauptstraße. Dusche top, die Betten etwas durch für meinen Geschmack. Alles in allem hatte ich einen angenehmen Aufenthalt hier, zu einem wirklich angebrachten Preis für Londoner Verhältnisse (3 Nächte für rund 280 Pfund). Weder nach unten noch nach oben ein Ausreißer, dafür aber alles, was man braucht. Ich würde wieder kommen!

J’ai découvert cet hotel via «lastminute» en souscrivant à une offre spéciale. Je dois dire que je n’ai pas été déçue ! J’ai adoré le quartier dans lequel l’hotel se trouve: jeune, alternatif et très «vintage». L’accés est plutôt bon avec un métro à 10min de marche. Concernant la chambre rien à dire de special, elle était propre, moderne et le lit PARFAIT ! J’ai dormi comme jamais ! Petit bémol tout de même quant à l’épaisseur des murs entre les chambres…

I did not stay in this hotel rather came in from the street for dinner. Was very quite therefore there was no ambience. We ordered the chicken satay and the duck from the specials menu. The food was nice but nothing spectacular. I don’t feel it was worth what we paid.

Averageness!
Clean enough hotel, kind enough reception staff. The beds are big but the towels can easily scrape the first layer of skin if you’re not careful. The English breakfast is great, but the wireless internet in the rooms is awful.
the RE is still in 2005 with regard to WiFi with the printed tickets allowing for a certain number of hours. Since these never work the lobby and common areas outside elevators always had a couple of guests trying to take advantage of this modern technology.
The location is good, so if you don’t need much more than a bed, this place can get it done, as it is at the very least clean.

Muy mala experiencia con la recepcionista Andrea. Muy mal educada. Se negó, de malas maneras, a solicitarnos un taxi con pago con tarjeta de crédito. El hotel es correcto. La cama muy incómoda. La decoración sencilla, fea y funcional. Mala iluminación. Gym pequeño pero correcto. WIfi gratis pero malo en las habitaciones. Muy bien situado en el barrio más hipster de Londres. A menos de 500 metros del Regents Canal y de Broadway Market. Lástima de la mala experiencia con la Sra. Andrea que nos hizo perder el vuelo. No volveremos jamás.

Cute place in a good location, clean rooms, great water pressure & comfortable beds. Nighttime noise level was great, no problems there at all, quiet neighborhood & we slept well (though we were really knackered after flying in and being awake nearly 32 hours!) Kettle in room with teas, biscuits, and instant coffees. Extra towels and toiletries on request were promptly delivered. Desk service was polite enough but could have been a little warmer in some instances — not unfriendly, but not exactly what I’d call friendly and welcoming, either (efficient and helpful when necessary though). Lovely little bar and lounge in lobby, along with restaurant. Bar service was good, didn’t try restaurant as we had other plans. Pic shown is view from our room overlooking Shoreditch & Bethnal Green area, a 10 minute walk that yields several nice pubs, including gastro pub Carpenter’s Arms (we dined there for dinner, see my coming review). If you don’t have a car like we did and need an Oyster card for the bus, the nearby cornerstore/​newsstand sells them and is open until 2am. Parking is 20£ daily in a below ground car park accessible by car elevator, which is pricey at first glance but actually cheaper than the public car parks. Paid curbside parking in front of hotel for check-​in, but do NOT park on any zig-​zag road pattern as doing so blocks motorist views of pedestrian crossings and will buy you an instant ticket (we didn’t get ticketed because I was driving round the block while my hub checked us in, but this is good info I got from a very nice parking enforcement officer who educated me about where and where not to park). Interesting highlight: local musicians sometimes go down into the car park to practice because the acoustics are so good there — we were lucky enough to run across one whilst waiting on our room to be readied, he was quite good and we enjoyed hearing him play & sing quite by chance!

I disagree with the other reviewer who said this hotel is close to the Central line. Three quarters of a mile, when you’re walking about 20 miles every day, makes the walk from the Central line back to this hotel, unnecessarily lengthy. In addition, being named «shoreditch» makes you believe you’re in the adorable neighborhood everyone raves about, when really, you’re probably right on the edge of a not so great area. As a woman walking alone after dark, I would likely find myself in trouble. For that, I’d give this hotel two stars, because unfortunately due to location, I would not stay here again. That being said, it is fairly affordable for London. The rooms were quite nice, clean, newly renovated. They didn’t quite make the leap into making the rooms quiet. My partying neighbors woke me up two days in a row at 3am, not the hotel’s fault save for the extremely thin walls. I was able to get an early check-​in for a fee, which was a perk. The bus stop was right outside, if you can figure out the bus system and you’re walking distance from the best breakfast in London, the Breakfast Club.

This has become my hotel of choice when I travel to London for business. It’s in a quieter area, only a 20 minute walk or 10 minute bus ride from Old Street, rooms are always clean, affordable, and has good food when you want to stay in. The staff is always cheerful and helpful making you feel welcome.
I do wish there was some sort of workout facility or partnership with the gym on the corner of Hackney Road & Cambridge Heath Road. Fitness4Less is the gym — nothing fancy but they do offer a drop-​in fee to get some exercise.
Wifi is included and the speed of the service has gotten better over the times I’ve stayed here.
There are three other hotels closer to my office but I will continue to stay at the RE until something makes me want to look elsewhere. Don’t see that happening.

Das Hotel liegt nicht gerade in der feinsten Gegend von London. Die Anfahrt mit der Bahn wird man bereuen es sei denn, man steht auf einen langen Spaziergang. Hier ist einmal wirklich der Bus angesagt. Und der ist auch einer der klaren Vorteile des Hotels. Innernhalb weniger Minuten ist man direkt im Bankenviertel von London an der Station Bank.
Von außen grenzt sich das Hotel auch klar von den vielen kleinen Hotels im Westen der Stadt ab. Neu und modern. Der Eingangsbereich spricht auch Bände. Die Zimmer sind groß und geräumig eingerichtet. Kostenloses WLAN ist auch hier erhältlich.
Das Frühstück war soweit OK, es musste aber extra bestellt werden. Für ein paar Pfund mehr wäre es auch warm gegangen. Dann wären (inklusive Blutwurst!) alle Bestandteile eine Full English Breakfast verfügbar gewesen. Mache ich das nächste mal.
Das Person war extem freundlich.
Fazit: Hier komme ich wieder her. Zumal in der Seitenstraße des Hotels ein paar nette Lokale sein sollen.

We had a super deal on this hotel, that didn’t disappoint. We loved the area. the hotel is just a 5 minute walk from 2 super cool area’s (hipster alert!) with a sort of San Francisco feel about it, with lots of super nice restaurants, bars, and little shops (vintage!!!). We were so happy to come back here after a visit to the city center. Beds are a bit on the hard side and the shower wasn’t good. but I would go here again for sure. I actually thought this hotel was 4 stars and not 3. (I heard they are in the process of upgrading to 4) Special compliment to the Polish guy at the reception who (after upgrading us to a big room!) was super nice and gave us some great tips.

In 10 min. in der City von Londodn. Ich glaube es ist sogar noch knapp in der Zone 2. Schon von Aussen hätte es auch ein Mercure oder Etap sein können. Super gut zu erreichen. Von Innen wohl mehr ein Mercure. Sauber, neu, modern (überall riesiege TFT’s) und viel Platz. Die Zimmer alle gleich sogar mit Stromsparlampen und kostenlosem Transfair Tee und Kaffee mit Keks ;-). Frühstück war sehr gut, wenn man English Brekfast wählte gabs einen englischen Warmanteil dazu. Das Hotelrestaurant war eigentlich zu gute für eine Hotelküche. Wir haben dann wirklich zwei Mal hintereinander dort gegessen, weil es sehr lecker war.

The Days Inn is located on Hackney Road in Shoreditch, It seems rather out of place in the area — it’s a fresh, new, quite luxurious looking hotel in a rather run down area. From the outside, it’s not hugely impressive, just a rectangular brick building. On entering into the reception area though, it’s a much different story. It’s very modern, very clean and fresh. The floor is shiny and the lighting is excellent. The rooms are large with very comfortable beds and nice bathrooms. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the room and the hotel has it’s own bar and restaurant, Smiths. Breakfast is included in the room rate (continental) or full English is available at an extra charge. There is a bus stop right opposite the hotel, alternatively it’s about a 15 – 20 minute walk to the nearest tube stop.