H10 London Waterloo

So this reviews slightly different from the others. It's a review of the beautiful hotel Aaron booked us to stay in last weeked in London, and believe me when I say that beautiful is a complete understatement! It'll also be followed up with a "what I wore" post, so keep your eyes peeled boys and girls.

The Hotel H10 company started out in early 1980 and operated in Spain's main holiday destinations, and now has over 40 hotels in 16 destinations, one of them being London. So as you can see from the photos, we stayed in the four star Hotel H10 London Waterloo, which boasts 177 rooms including double rooms, deluxe rooms and single rooms, has free Wi-Fi, a Despacio spa, mini bars, bars, restaurants, ipod docks in all the rooms, plasma screen TV's... need I go on?

 So here's me :) The only downside to the weekend was that Aaron had to work. Usually he comes home on weekends but with him having to work he paid for me to get the Grand Central train down to London and we stayed in Waterloo. I buised myself reading magazines and sleeping while he was working so it wasn't all too bad!

We stayed in 616 and the room was literally breath taking. The bed was so comfortable! The hotel has only been built around three years so it was ultra sleek and modern. Each bed was against a feature wall, ours was backed with stripes which made the room feel larger, we also had three large windows with a good view of the London Eye. The bathroom was seperated by a sliding pannel of frosted glass and the shower and bath were lovely. We had complimentary tea and coffee, decaf coffee and green tea, along with cups and a kettle, an ipod dock and clock in our room and a phone, as well as a sliding wardrobe, laundry service and an umbrella for our use during our stay. The staff were also incredibly friendly and very attentive!

 

 (Excuse Aaron's feet!) Each room came equipped with a mini bar and I must say it really was expensive (£3 for crisps.. no thanks) but then again that's what I suppose you get in the capital and certainly what you would expect to pay for mini bar services. The same can be said for room service, which included a £4 surcharge for actually ordering it on top of what you were already paying for your food. Needless to say, we didn't use either and opted instead to go to the shop and stock up on snacks!

 

What I did like was the complimentary toiletries. With a wide range of toothbrushes, razors, shampoos, conditioners, soaps, body washes, sewing kits, shower caps and combs, anything you may have forgotten was certainly catered for. The shower wash, shampoo and conditioner had a lovely scent of green tea which was really refreshing and relaxing.

Saturday we spent relaxing in the hotel and on Sunday we went to play at being tourist with a trip to London Aquarium and a walk along Westminster Bridge. The weather, like most places around the UK, was cold and snowy, and I will admit London does look beautiful in the snow, however once you're outside plodding about in it, it's not as pleasant! I ruined a pair of shoes (Primark shoes so I should have expected it, really) and they let the snow in through the soles leading to my feet being freezing, so I had to go out and buy a pair of (beautiful) new boots which I will be showing off in a later post. The weather could also be responsible for the fact I've been poorly since arriving back home last night and ended up staying off work today and spending most of it in bed trying to sort myself out ready to return to work tomorrow.

Overall, we both really enjoyed our stay at the Hotel H10 London Waterloo and we would go back again in a heartbeat! I'm not entirely sure how much Aaron paid for our room for the two nights but I know it's not exactly a cheap place to stay. If you're looking for comfort and to be left to your own devices, this is most certainly the hotel for you.

The Hotel H10 company have hotels around the world, and you can visit their website here.

Alley x