Marlin Waterloo

Overall a decent hotel. The staff is relatively helpful and nice. The breakfast is NOT free, which is fine but I didn’t know. The walls of the hotel hallways and my room were extremely marked up with black/dark markings which is not pleasing to the eye. The towels feel like sandpaper, and I almost was tempted to go buy my own they were so awful. Bed was not very comfy overall. They don’t do a fitted sheet and then another sheet and then the comforter like in the US which is standard. They just have a loose sheet fitted over the mattress and the comforter, which I really disliked. Personally it is not worth the $150-$200 a night. Location was nice and quiet right next to the Lambeth North station. Overall I would give 4 stars to cleanliness, 2 stars for overall quality of hotel (towels, markings, sheets), 3.5 stars to breakfast, 5 stars to service, 4 stars for location. So a solid 3 stars

Perfect location. Close to 2 train stations, gooooodd food, and neat graffiti. London eye is .4 miles away. Right down the road is a top rated Korean and Cuban restaurant.

Very convenient to the tube station.The rooms were comfortable and spacious. Our room has a view of the railroad track that does not produce any sound when windows are shut that is. There's a PRET and convenience store next door which is excellent especially when we needed snacks. The only recommendations I have is I wish there is a laundry facility on-site. Overall, a great first time stay in London.

I checked in after a very long day & to my surprise when i pulled the bed cover away to relax were several little black hairs on the sheets. I asked to be changed out & they did do the right thing & upgrade me to a larger room with a view as the only room they had remaining. The first room although good sized for London and similar to the upgraded room with a kitchenette, had a concrete wall outside my window so a definite improvement in location. I had expected a handiphone in the room based on their website to use to call back home on my solo trip & was one of the reasons i picked this hotel but was told from the front desk that they just got rid of them a few weeks ago for whatever reason as what they said made no sense. I also asked them to contact a taxi & their response after attempting a call was that their system was not connecting properly. Overall pretty poor hotel for 4 stars. My background is hospitality & I generally find value in what i book anywhere throughout the world as i am picky about the hotels i choose but would not recommend this place. There are much better hotels for a similar price within the Waterloo area.

New and clean. Staff is very friendly. Surrounding area at night can be a little sketchy. It is near a hostel and train station, lots of homeless congregate on the block. A few blocks walk from the London eye, which is great, but again having to walk under tunnels at night to get to and from town is a little unsettling. TONS of food vendors set up on the streets down the block during the day time. Chose to Uber home at night in the dark. Staff are a little slow when needing anything brought to your room like toiletries, extra towels, coffee for coffee machine, etc.

Location is great. Nice boutique hotel. Excellent......................

We enjoyed our stay. The room was spacious and well appointed. Great location with a deli, a grocery and coffee place right next door. The kitchenette was great and the shower never ran out of hot water. Sadly, we didn’t enjoy the mattress, it was awful the painful squeaky springs. We also couldn’t get the air conditioning to stay on. We kept waking up sweating 😓. OH YA! The underground station is across the street!

Excellent location and staff. The room was really clean and had a great view.

American-sized rooms in London! (Though our room was not as big as the one I'm seeing right now.) Not the more typical broom closet with half a bed in it that seems to be London-standard. Everything about the hotel itself was excellent. The location turned out to be disappointing. Yes, it's only 2 blocks or so TO Waterloo Station, but it's another 1/2 mile to the nearest entrance INTO the station.

Centrally located and walking distance to Waterloo train station. Having a Kitchenette provided a nice cost-savings for our time there. The hotel rooms are recently renovated, spacious and modern. It is also very close to many London attractions

Be prepared to defend your reservation and fight to not be charged for each extra towel, pillow, etc. We chose this hotel because of it's flexible layout, included kitchen, and great location - and were pleased by all. However, despite our reservation paid for 6 in 2 rooms we were told we couldn't have additional towels or pillows, etc. "because the room is for 2." Ultimately the manager "overrode" us not having to pay a fee, but for what we paid having anything less than 'happy to get that for you" was frustrating and caused delays.

Very clean hotel. We enjoyed our stay. Plan on staying here again in the future.

The room was spacious and clean. Water bottles and dish can be replenished or clean consistently.

We had a hiccup when we arrived at 3:00 a.m. when they were overbooked and did not have a hotel room for us. After a long, drawn-out process they put us up in their "sister" hotel 30 minutes away and we had to wait 45 minutes for a cab driver to come to take us there. It was not exactly the image of how I was expecting my arrival for the first time in London. Fortunately the manager took care of it first thing in the morning and got us a ride back and a room right away so we were able to unpack and go about our day of touring the city. We loved the location being near several train stations and even just walked to the majority of our destinations. We chose this property for the convenience of the kitchen in the room and the king size bed. Definitely worth having the extra space. Outside of the mishap that happened on arrival, our stay was wonderful here.