 If you have a standard room as our friends had the rooms can be exceedingly small some of the smallest I have seen even though you could be paying up to 220 pounds a night The prices in the bar and restaurant were high so I would eat and breakfast at one of the places around the corner or take the train from Gloucester road station and go elsewhere As we had a deluxe room we took the option of paying an extra 15 each for breakfast at the hotel restaurant but the breakfast was a bit ordinary for the price so next time we would breakfast at a local cafe 
 On first arrival the reception staff were very helpful and allowed us to access a room early after a very long flight We were very grateful However when we returned after a few days elsewhere the front desk staff were unhelpful about getting any access and a bit officious so message is it depends on who you encounter The building the hotel is in is very beautiful with rooms down narrow winding corridors We had a very nice room both times of decent size and quiet and comfortable but we paid for a deluxe room The location of this hotel is excellent if you want to do the V A museum and natural history museum which is straight up the road 