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The Gower House Hotel is a pleasant, Bed & Breakfast hotel, offering accommodation in single, double and family rooms. All of them are en-suite rooms with private bathroom equipped with LCD TVs and tea & coffee making facilities. Wireless internet access is available in all rooms. Situated in a terrace of Georgian town houses in Bloomsbury, this listed building is typical of the architectural style of the area. We are directly opposite the famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and just a short walk from the British Museum. The many shops, theatres, cinemas and restaurants of the West End are all within easy reach, as are University College Hospital, several London University college sites, and the newly built British Library.
Advertise as free cancellation but take your money straight away. Don't answer the phone, no facility to leave a message, don't answer emails or messages through booking.com. They don't respond to requests for help either. Still awaiting refund.
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Date of stay: January 2024Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Warning, if you book this hotel with free cancellation, they will take the full amount upon booking. If you subsequently cancel, they will not refund the money. Any attempts to contact them regarding a refund will be ignored. Having to go through other avenues to recover my money
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Date of stay: February 2024
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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DO NOT BOOK THIS HOTEL AS THEY ARE ROBBING B******S! Booked through booking.com but didn’t realise that the hotel would take an immediate payment for the full amount, even though it was free cancellation. Cancelled it two days later when I realised but no refund. Contacted Booking.com told I had to wait 15 days. Contacted the hotel, but no reservations manager or manager of any kind, left multiple messages for somebody to call me back, requesting a refund and nothing. contacted Booking.com again who are also struggling to get in touch with this hotel they simply just don’t answer any communication at all. Currently still battling to get my £500 back for a free cancellation booking. Absolutely diabolical and Booking.com need to take this down from their site.
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Date of stay: February 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Avoid like the plague
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My wife booked this hotel and paid upfront in November. Realised had booked the wrong date and cancelled the booking, received an messagel to confirm that would receive a full refund immediately. This DID NOT happen. Messages, phone calls with NO reply. In the end after a number of phone calls to booking.com and after them trying to contact the hotel still no refund after 6 weeks Booking.com actually refunded us via their policy. Warning, do not pay this hotel up front.. They are scared of using communication devices (telephones and computers)
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Date of stay: January 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We stayed at this hotel on 26/11/23 & unfortunately I left my electric toothbrush which was expensive! I’ve emailed the Gower 4 times & left voicemail. Not even acknowledged. Very poor communication
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Date of stay: November 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Disgusted in this hotel, The first room we was offered was the top floor the bed dipped in the middle the matteress had springs coming through, went and complained and put us in downstairs room she said it was much nicer, felt one side of bed didn't feel any springs , we had already paid and had already had a drink so we had no choice but to stay, the carpet was very worn and had holes, also the bed cover was torn, the pillows were yellow surposed to be white , no security window could be opened from outside, lucky we only stayed one night . Couldn't get sleep , was so tired, the bed made my skin crawl. Had a shower, the tray filled with water, door didn't shut properly, the toilet was to near the sink cupboard so was difficult. Breakfast was a joke , a small roll and 2 baby pastries coffee in a jug on the side, luke warm, people didn't speak, not even good morning. They must know how bad it is, do not book here its awful.…
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Date of stay: November 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Don't book here
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I booked this hotel in October 2023 for a stay in May 2024 for 3 nights with flexible rates which is what I always do. Unfortunately I did not read the reviews before booking but rectified this the next day and because they were so bad I cancelled. I received a reply advising me the booking was cancelled at no cost, I also noted further down there was a comment that part of or all of the amount may have been charged and would be refunded shortly. I only discovered this 6 days after cancelling when I found my account had been charged the full amount, over $500 AUD. Despite many calls, emails and messaging there was no reply and no intention of refunding. This caused me a great deal of stress. I finally had to report this through official channels before my money was returned. You have been warned, the reviews are terrible and this company is dishonest to say the least.…
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Date of stay: November 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Second visit here as it's anIdeal location but we've gone down for breakfast at 8.15 this morning and everything is locked up and the emergency contact number is switched off! There's a few other hotels along Gower Street that we're going to call into to check out rates for our next visit
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Date of stay: November 2023
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Can I just say we stayed in this hotel last night 23rd September & am far from happy.looking at their website & comparing i can only class this as false advertising.i emailed for them to comment before i commit to trip advisor but no response We booked through booking.com & are regular clients of theirs.We have stayed a few times at different accomadation on Gower Street due to its location.last time we stayed at Aaron House which although very similar priced was far far superior to this.We paid £173.92 for 1 night on Saturday 23rd September.The booking was for 2 adults & 1 child (10 years) We were given room number 8.This room has 1 double bed with no provision for the child so we should be reimbursed for the child.we should have complained but thought its for 1 night so we will manage.There was no wardrobe just 2 hangars on the back of the door.....totally unacceptable when we needed to hang clothes as we were attending a West End Show. When we booked it was breakfast included.the breakfast was coffee which was cold,mini quoissants which quite frankly were old & rice crispness not even a provision to have toast. While we were there I read reviews & ours is not an isolated incident the place is atrocious pure & simple…
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Date of stay: September 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Don't go
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I felt sorry for the staff who were aware of the various issues with this hotel. The main one being the broken down air-conditioning which wasn't great during London's warmest spell of the year. Looking back at previous reviews these issues go back at least a year so there is obviously no intent on the part of the owners to make customers feel good about staying there. I was given a standing fan to help cool things but this actually created a fire health and safety risk as the chair that was provided had to block the only exit point of the room. Maybe someone should contact the local council
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Date of stay: September 2023
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Find somewhere else if possible
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C$167 - C$751 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
gower hotel london
LOCATION
United KingdomEnglandLondonBloomsbury
NUMBER OF ROOMS
15
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