The Curtain

The hotel is beautiful and in a great location with most of the things to do in Shoreditch within a short walk. If you're into street food definitely check out Dinerama over the road. The Lido bar is lovely, amazing staff, reasonable prices for a 5* hotel in London and the view/decor is amazing. The Green Room is also great. The rooms are well equipped, the shower even doubles up as a steam room and there's a DIY cocktail station on the minibar! Overall a lovely stay and the staff were fantastic! There were some lovely little touches (like a cake and prosecco) which made our birthday stay extra special. It’s just a shame 1 or 2 things let it down and meant it didn't really feel like great value for money.

If you're a light sleeper then see if you can request a room that is not facing out on the same side as Red Rooster/the Members Bar, especially if there is an event on. We didn’t complain as it’s not the hotel’s fault, but it really affected our stay as I hardly slept so I thought it was worth mentioning here for future visitors as I wish I’d known! Only other criticism is that we were told by reception that we could use the members bar which does 'great food and cocktails' so we cancelled our reservation at a nearby bar.... only to be told by a very rude bouncer that we weren't allowed in because they were shut, even though there were clearly people in there!! Felt a little like they focus more on being 'instagrammable' than looking after people in some parts of the hotel. However, we then went up to the Lido and were very welcomed and looked after in the end :)