“Hotel or nightclub??”

We booked this hotel as we had a function in Richmond to go to. Its location in Surbiton is great, but it is a strange hotel. The rooms are OK, but very basic. There is no access to the hotel at night, so to speak. In order to get to your room in the evening you have to walk through a nightclub - seriously - past the bar and through a little door in the back. Fine, I guess, if you fancy a drink at the end of the night - a little intimidating for others, though. Breakfast was a bit pathetic - a little bit of cereal in the nighclub bar. Although comfortable and did the job of somewhere to sleep (at least you could not hear the nightclub from the room) it was not value for money. For a similar price you could get a much better hotel experience in the nearby Holiday Inn. We would stay here again, but only if other places were booked up. It tries hard, but it is certainly a long way off from being a 4 star hotel.