The Melita Hotel London

We were in London as part of a large European vacation September 22 23 and 24...

we booked The Melita knowing what to expect and were satisfied with our choice, The Melita is a 10 minute walk to Victoria Station and 15 to The Victoria coach station, in fact our hop on hop off tour stopped at 7pm and we were in Piccadilly Circus at the time, it was a 2.2 km walk back to our hotel and at no time did we feel unsafe....the location was perfect,even better than we thought as we could walk to a lot of the major attractions, ..... I also agree with anyone who has stated this is a small room, in 40 years of travel it is the smallest room we have ever had...BUT it did the job...we did not need more room as we were out all day and when we came in at night it was basically straight to sleep....unfortunately the rooms do not block out noise from neighbours but nothing our iphone app white noise did not take care of, the mattress was comfy ...the bed is small but needed to be to fit in the room....We did though find our third floor room VERY hot even though it was not so bad outside....i think one of the problems is the small fridge is in a cabinet and man open that cabinet and its like a blast furnace....even though the window was wide open there is no air movement, ...thank you trip advisor as I started to read if others had the hot room problem and I read where Al from the hotel told people they were given a fan...it was 9:45 pm and i went straight down to the desk to ask for one and the lady (Joanna I think) immediately found one for us...that was great...a suggestion to management...just leave the fan in the room...we understand AC cannot be installed due to codes but the fan was a life saver...plus please install a small shelf in the bathrooms...The stairs are VERY narrow and steep so ensure you can carry your luggage up before you book...Joanna offered to help my wife up the stairs with her suitcase but we were fine....we had a early tour on day one so we did not get to try the breakfast as it started at 7:30 and we had to be at the Victoria coach station at that time...but the other two days we did have the breakfast and it was fine...two girls served the meal and coffee..very nice people....I suggest if you are looking for a hotel in a great location at a very fair price look into the Melita, I will post a small youtube video on the hotel sometime soon....finally there are many choices of general grocery stores and pubs / restaurants within the immediate area...again very handy