Thanet Hotel Annex

2.5 star property

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Property entrance
Reception
Reception
Family Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets
Front of property

Reviews

4.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk

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9-10 Bedford Place, London, England, WC1B 5JA
  • Place, The British Museum
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Russell Square
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Piccadilly Circus
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Airport, London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪47 min drive‬

Room options

Basic Single Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

Basic Double Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Basic Triple Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

Triple Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

Basic Twin Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Family Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

Family Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Thanet Hotel Annex

Hotel with a 24-hour front desk, 5-minute walk to The British Museum
This smoke-free hotel features a 24-hour front desk. Housekeeping is available once per stay.
Thanet Hotel Annex offers 41 accommodations. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. An iron/ironing board and hairdryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided once per stay.
Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Thanet Hotel Annex. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from The British Museum.
  • Services include luggage storage
  • Guests have great things to say about the location and the helpful staff
  • Just a 5-minute walk from The British Museum and a 4-minute drive from Trafalgar Square
Thanet Hotel Annex offers its guests room service (during limited hours). The front desk is open around the clock.

This London hotel is smoke free.

Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping on request

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • No plastic coffee stirrers
  • No plastic drinking straws
  • No plastic soft drink bottles
  • No plastic water bottles
  • Reusable cups
  • Reusable tableware
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 17

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Guests arriving after midnight must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Property is also known as

Hotel Lonsdale
Lonsdale Hotel
Lonsdale Hotel London
The Lonsdale Hotel London, England
Lonsdale Hotel
Thanet Hotel Annex Hotel
Thanet Hotel Annex London
Thanet Hotel Annex Hotel London

Thanet Hotel Annex Reviews

Reviews

4.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 450 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 50 out of 450 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 80 out of 450 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 93 out of 450 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 180 out of 450 reviews

4.2/10

Cleanliness

6.2/10

Staff & service

4.2/10

Amenities

3.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Michael

Tt
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Leslie

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Like a flop house. Bed just wire spring with mattress. Husband slept on the floor. Floors soft and rotting with thin carpeting. Could not open window or adjust temperature. Shower and sink in room smelled like swamp. Had to take paper with us to the toilet down the hall. The staff were pleasant and helpful. But we did not complete the 3 night reservation we had paid in advance.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Thomas J. R.

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You get what you pay for. The price was good by London standards and the neighborhood, right by the British Museum, is fine. But the hotel is shabby. My room had a dirty bathroom with a chipped, stained sink, no bathroom amenities except a nearly empty bottle of soap, one bath towel per person (no hand towels or washcloths), no drinking glass, no wastebasket or anything else. Hot water began flowing in the shower about 3-4 minutes after I turned it on. One light bulb was burned out in the ceiling fixture and there was no lamp for the beaten-up desk (I had to move rooms to get a desk at all). A sagging bed, iron clothes rack directly over the head of one bed, spotty internet (front desk said the system is new and still being adjusted), tiny TV with no sign of a remote control, windows that stuck, flimsy door lock (I don't think a woman would be comfortable with that). The people at the desk were kind. At my request, they got me a drinking glass (a glass champagne flute, of all things), more liquid soap, and a wastebasket. I imagine they could have rustled up a TV remote if I'd wanted it. For a single person doing business on a budget in London I guess it's OK (assuming the internet improves). Anyone looking for real comfort, or on a pleasure trip where they'll spend any amount of time in the room, won't find much pleasure here.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

danielle

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
DO NOT BOOK HERE- There was black mould EVERYWHERE I couldn’t stop dry heaving. The hotel didn’t care and Expedia also didn’t care to do anything about it. I had to leave and they both refused to refund even tho this hotel is a literal health hazard.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jermaine

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I think the two guys at the reception who kept changing shifts are pretty good and i highly commend them for the good work done. I will come again
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Michèle Amy

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Ok

Hotel ideal location, staff great,room could do with a redecoration and new furniture as old and broken but not that i used it as only there to sleep,tv was ok but the viewing angle was no good
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Lee

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Satrio Nindyo

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Tenzin

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room needs some air fresher and air sprayed the floors look moldy. The rest are alright.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The room had a damp smell, the rug is dirty, the toilet roll were not fresh, they had been used by the last person, the bed squeaky, no shower gel. There was no hot water this morning.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Rapheal

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Property needs a major refurb. Bathtub was dirty. Although, the bedroom was clean. It still requires some investment to make it look nicer. I only needed the room for 5 hours because I was getting a Eurostar train in the morning. The room served its purpose, but I highly wouldn’t recommend.
The bathtub
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Dee

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nasty
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ben

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No toilet paper in the room Towels both had large stains on them Room, especially the plastic, caravan-style ensuite smelt of damn and was mouldy. Only plug sockets were on the other side of the room to the bed Shade on the lights above the bed was missing so was incredibly bright Main light in the room was very dim Room was generally very grimy The pillows were like rocks
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Vaikkun

Business traveller
Disliked: Amenities
Convenient hotel to get to near the British museum. The double room and bathroom was quite spacious. Check-in and check-out was very quick. There could have been amenities for coffee or toiletries.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Michelle

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avoid this hotel was horrible

The beds had hairs in , the shower had tape around it could not use bathroom dirty so had to use shared bathroom there was pubic hair everywhere used condom . Carpet was disgusting the room was not clean. Check in the staff member was looking at me as if I didn’t book the hotel and also asked for my passport number. Yet I have stayed I. Other hotels in London and they have never asked this as I like in uk . I would like a refund for this stay as we wher four women that stayed and did not feel safe staying in this hotel and the quality was nasty not worth the amount we paid for one nigh it was horrible as one of the girls said she wouldn’t offer it to a rat. That was what she expressed. Will not stay again
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Aaron

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
No WiFi no tv no breakfast as we payed for. Terrible room. Uncomfortable. Windows wouldn’t lock on basement floor. Unsafe. Staff were nice but unapologetic over no WiFi or tv. We were told a drunk guy broke it a few nights before. No compensation offer. We would like a refund please.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vera

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Md Atikur

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bad experiences Bathroom is very tiny and both sink not working. Shower tape not working. Nothing working is fine.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

mahdiya

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Mark

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good and bad

Good points: Twin room with a shared toilet and bathroom - perfect for 2 people who aren't a couple. Room was clean and door lock was secure. Staff member on 24/7 reception desk was polite and helpful - just limited by the hotels lack of facilities. Fairly cheap by London standards, fantastic central location a block away from the British Museum. Walking distance from King's Cross and St Pancras train stations. Bad points : No place to refill water bottles in hotel - a cheap easy improvement to make? Towel rail in room falling off wall. Shower room was out of order so had to use shared bathroom on different floor - this was clean but would of benefited from limescale being removed. Shared toilets were tiny - toilet seat not fully secured to toilet. Very thin walls with no sound proofing, heard people watching videos on their phone, talking, doors closing etc. Corridors and room could all do with new paint. Presumably most of the above problems are related to it being a cheap hotel and the owners therefore having little capital to make improvements
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Mohammad

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025