Crowne Plaza London - Kings Cross

We stayed 3 nights in the Crowne Plaza at Kings Cross. While we enjoyed our stay (the location is great, close to restaurants and coffee shops) we found the breakfast on the second and third days very disappointing. There appeared to be a shortage of staff. On both days, the fruit salad ran out and was not replaced on the first day even though there was still an hour of breakfast left. There were no bowls for cereal or mugs for coffee and when these were requested only 3 or 4 bowls were brought out and were immediately snapped up. There was a queue to get into the breakfast room on one of the mornings and we had to wait for almost 10 minutes to get a table. There was an extra charge for use of the swimming pool which one would have expected to be part of the hotel facilities. Lifts were slow at breakfast times and as we were on the 4th floor often had to wait for two or three lifts before getting one that wasn't full. There were only two seats in the lobby and no where to sit and read. There was a lounge that had a sign saying it was available for guests but the door to this did not open using room cards so I'm not sure if it was only available to 'members'.

Prefect for a one night stay in London. Courtesy of Tesco vouchers. All great. Though disappointing over priced wine in the bar, my one complaint!

It was good but location of hotel is not convenient for tubes although a lot of buses stop close by. Design of the hotel is not that good because there is very.limited drawers or flat spaces to put anything on. After we hung our clothes up, we were basically living out of our suitcases which was frustrating especially as there was nowhere to put your suitcase our open it pitcher than on n the bed.bed Best part of the room was v the shower which was wonderful. There were a lot of small interesting and outside wonderful.places to eat very.close by and a pub opposite that had excellent food and a very friendly bartender and waiter named hamish and marcus. and Area close by is a very hip area with a local street market and street food, all of which looked totally delicious. If u r looking for a 'local' area but within reach off the tourist areas, this is a great hotel despite lack of drawers.

The area the hotel is in is great. Plenty of places to eat and walk in nice neighborhoods. The train and subway stations are not close but not far at all. Just Google it to make sure you want to walk it.

Please to place for comfort and relax