The Hoxton Shoreditch, The Apartment

Stayed here 3 nights in mid March. Perfect location in Shoreditch. Great walking proximity to all the great restaurants and pubs in the area. Shoreditch was our favourite area in the city! Lively lobby/lounge which was always bustling with people (either working during the day or dinning and drinking in the evening). Solid room size for London. And found it to be petty affordable for the area. We had a back street facing room, which was not noisy at all. Definitely would recommend to anyone coming to London!

I did a two day weekend stay here. It's a great location with lots of nightlife and easy access to transit. The rooms are chic and trendy, albeit small and without much space to hang clothes. The hotel amenities are nice, although it has no gym which seems like an oversight. My chief issue is with the lobby service. The hotel seems to treat the entire lobby as a restaurant. I had gone on a morning walk and came to the lobby to sit by the fireplace and read my book, and I had a coffee and croissant I'd bought elsewhere with me. I was asked by a staff member if I wanted to order food, and when I said no I was told I couldn't sit in the lobby and had to return to my room. Frankly this is a ridiculous policy. I'm already paying to stay in the hotel, I shouldn't need to pay extra just to sit in the lobby. I would understand if I were sitting at the bar or in the restaurant area, but this was in a lounge chair near reception. Or if it was a busy time with a lot of outside guests, but this was at 10am and very few other people were around. I hope the hotel reconsiders this horrible policy because it makes me reluctant to stay here again, even though otherwise I liked the hotel.