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Bedrooms at the front of the building are larger than those at the rear and include balconies looking across the Thames. Guests are required to sign an indemnity form if they want to use the balconies, not something I have experienced in other hotels and I would have thought of dubious legal value.
Bedroom design is neat and of high quality, although the sharp slope to the desk on plan reduces the otherwise effective working area. Colour is rich and dark but used without fuss and the large windows give an effective blackout.
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Standard workdesk hits all the right notes - switches in the right place, good desk size - but the drawer space is all there is. The wardrobe is the mirror to the left of the desk.
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In both sets of rooms the design is stylish and the prefabricated bathrooms are attractive. However, in some areas the rooms seem unnecessarily compact - for instance the wardrobes are very small and only have enough room for a few hangers. In the larger rooms, which are suitable for use as family room at the weekend, or for longer stays, these wardrobes would seem quite inadequate. Those who use these as business hotels will not be disappointed however, as their needs are well catered for and the room rate includes free fast internet connection, something that not all the competition is prepared to embrace.
"The bathrooms are cleverly designed and the lighting, in particular, stands out as having been well thought through...this adds a touch of theatre"
The bathrooms are cleverly designed and the lighting, in particular, stands out as having been well thought through. This adds a touch of theatre and lifts the rooms from something beyond good to something on a higher plane. Again, the attention to detail lets the rooms down slightly. For example, the shaving mirror has a base that makes it too big to fit on the shelf above the wash hand basin, leaving it sitting to the side over the toilet. This is an irritating fault, easily cured by fixing a similar shaving mirror onto the large mirror above the wash hand basin.
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