Stay Inn Farringdon

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : Great location in the center of the city. Close to underground station. Lot of different shops, coffee shops, restaurants and pubs can be found around. Well equipped and clean apartment. There are no keys as you just need to know the code to enter the apartment so you dont have to carry keys with you. We just stayed for one night but it was very comfortable and convenient.
  : The check-in process is pretty long and you have to pay a big amount of security deposit. It was hard to find the door to the apartment as it is right next to a pub and it is small. It can be tricky to find it.

Fair
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : I had to wait outdoors for a couple of hours before gaining access to the property. The property management required a deposit to enter the rented flat, which was unexpected. What's interesting is that the support team offered me the chance to wait indoors while sorting out my case. During this time, two residents entered simultaneously. Later, they contacted me, claiming that I had entered the property with two guests, which was not allowed. I explained that they were residents, but they were skeptical. Finally, after a few hours, I was able to access the room. I've attached some photos of the bathroom and bed, which were not cleaned properly.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : The property was spacious, well presented, clean and tidy!
  : The sound proofing was not the best, but thats to be expected in old London buildings with such high ceilings.

Poor
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : The flat was spacious and clean.
  : There were two main issues. Firstly, about 5 minutes after I arrived someone knocked on the door saying he was an estate agent and needed access to show some people around. He said he had been told that I gave permission for this. This was the first I had heard about it. The guy had no ID and I wouldn't let them in. When I finally got hold of someone, I was told that no permission had been given. So someone was lying about this. As the guy had got into the building I wasn't sure if he had the keycode to get into the flat. He now knew I was a lone woman staying in the flat and I felt uncomfortable going to sleep that night and wasn't sure if I should put something in front of the door. It is unacceptable to allow estate agents to visit when you are paying for the accommodation. The second was related to the booking in experience. I had a phone call on the evening before asking me to complete the booking in process. At this stage, I hadn't received an email asking me to do this. The booking in process was a three step process. As I rarely look at the email, this made for quite a stressful experience as I wasn't sure if I was going to lose the booking.

Very Poor
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The location was fine.
  : Very displeased from the beginning due to their lack of information with the requirement of a deposit of 250 pounds that was invented after confirming of course. You get there and there is no number, dirty carpet with stains, hair on the floor throughout the apartment that you couldn't go in barefoot, old and sagging mattress, horrible to sleep on, sofa broken in several places, the kitchen stove didn't work either. Anyway, I don't know how they dare to ask for bail.

Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Very Poor
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Nothing at all. SCAM. DO NOT BOOK!
  : The property is run by a team of scammers, who are not contactable. After booking what I thought was a room for one night, with no additional charges, it became clear after reading multiple other appalling reviews on other sites - and in tiny small print right at the very bottom of the confirmation Booking.com page - that I would also be asked to provide an unsecured CASH BANK TRANSFER of 350 - 500 PLUS ID consisting of Passport or Driving License. This is NOT normal for any hotel, apartment or room stay in London or anywhere else - and classic SCAM/FRAUD tactics to be able to get your money. Multiple others had not received their cash back after their stay and had to give up trying. There were also multiple mentions of safety and security concerns as the locks on the room were the same as all the other rooms in the same building. Obviously as a single, female traveller I would never take the risk of staying somewhere like this. I tried to call their contact number provided multiple times, but got put through to a random emergency call only Center, who said they couldnt give any further info - and out the phone down on me twice. Unfortunately the cost of the room is NOT refundable if cancelled so I lost 150 by not going ahead with the stay, due to all the serious issues noted above. Booking.com would also not refund me, (frankly appalling when I had been completely misled about the actual costs involved in the booking, beyond the room cost) nor PayPal at this stage, so I want to warn as many people as possible - DO NOT BOOK Farringdon Apartments!!!

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Great location, nicely private as you do not hear people in the other apartments. Great amount of space.
  : Sparsely furnished, not nearly as cosy looking as the photos. No additional soft furnishings and the kitchen had no cups or mugs for tea/ coffee. No wine glasses or tea towels. The cutlery was very cheap.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Good location, great space, clean and easy to get in once they provide the codes
  : The checkin process was weird. Deposit required and zero flexibility with early checkins.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler