This is a list of budget accommodation that receives at least 4 out of 5 rating on Trip Advisor and costing no more than £125 for a double/twin type room.
Chain hotels have not been included. However, most of the central London Premier Inns are well rated; check their website for prices.
Note: The list will be updated as often as possible, but you should independently confirm that the ratings and prices are still valid.
Note: "tripl" means triple room (usually a double bed and a single bed). "(3s)" means a triple room with three single beds (although some of the hotels designated with "(3s)" below also offer a triple room with a double bed and a single bed). Some hotels with triple rooms listed below do not designate the number of beds on their websites, best to contact them directly for that information.
KING’S CROSS AREA:
Alhambra Hotel [tripl, quad]
Avonmore Hotel [tripl (3s), quad]
Crescent Hotel [tripl (3s), quad]
George Hotel [tripl, quad]
Harrison Gastro Pub [tripl]
Jesmond Dene Hotel [tripl (3s), quad, quint, studio, apartment, a/c in some rooms]
MacDonald Hotel [tripl, quad]
Studios 2 Let [studios]
BLOOMSBURY AREA:
Arosfa Hotel [tripl, quad]
Bedford HotelJesmond Hotel [tripl, quad, quint]
Morgan Hotel [tripl, apartments, a/c in rooms only]
Ridgemont Hotel [tripl, quad, quint]
Thanet Hotel [tripl (3s), quad, quint]
PADDINGTON AREA:
Falcon Hotel [tripl (3s), quad, 2 room family suite]
Hyde Park Radnor Hotel [tripl, quad]
Hyde Park Rooms Hotel [family room]
Mandalay Picton House Hotel [tripl, quad]
Rhodes Hotel [tripl, quad, quint, frig, a/c]
Tudor Court Hotel [tripl, quad]
Winrose Hotel [tripl, family?]
LANCASTER GATE/BAYSWATER AREA:
Caring Hotel [tripl, quad]
London House Hotel [tripl, quad, 2 room family suite, frig, a/c]
Kensington Gardens Hotel [tripl]
Royal Court Apartments [apartments]
202 Apartments [apartments]
The Cleveland [kitchenette, a/c]
[Note: minimum 2 night stay, enter your dates in the reservation page to see the rental rates.]
Space Apart Hotel [kitchenette]
Vancouver Studios [kitchenette]
MARBLE ARCH AREA:
Parkwood Hotel [tripl, 2 room family suite]
Lincoln House Hotel [tripl (3s), tripl (2 rooms), quad, frig, a/c in some rooms]
EARL’S COURT AREA:
Amsterdam Hotel [tripl, quad, apartments]
Base 2 Stay [tripl, family rooms, kitchenette, a/c
VICTORIA STATION AREA:
Cherry Court Hotel [tripl, quad, quint, a/c]
Luna Simone Hotel [tripl (3s?), quad]
Melbourne House Hotel [tripl, two room family suite]
Cartref House [tripl, quad]
Vandon House [tripl, quad, one bedroom apartment]
OTHER AREAS:
Castleton House Apartments [apartments]
Marlyn Lodge [apartments]
Fleet River Bakery Rooms [studios]
Griffin House [apartments]
90 Old Church Street, Chelsea [B&B]
Captain Bligh House [studio, apartment]
Apartment 17 [apartments]
Dalmacia Hotel [inexpensive two bedroom apartments in Shepherds Bush Market area]
Barclay House [B&B]
Hamlet UK [apartments]
Southside House Family size (3 bedroom) house for rent in Lambeth
OTHER OPTIONS:
These are mostly apartments (some are just en suite rooms) that are available year round through the London School of Economics. Not to be confused with the dormitory accommodations offered only during the summer.
(1). At Bankside House, Grosvenor House, High Holborn Hall and Northumberland House the accommodation is located on the top floors and has full step free access via lift.
At Carr-Saunders, the apartment is on the top floor and can be accessed by lift. However, there are seven steps to the main door and two steps into the apartment itself.
The apartments at The Anchorage, George IV and Passfield Hall are only accessible by stairs.
(2). If I'm staying in student halls during term time, won't it be noisy?
By and large students are very well behaved. Silence hours are in operation in all halls to prevent disturbance and security personnel and and on call staff help to make sure these rules are followed.
Please note that the Anchorage & George IV apartments are located adjacent or above bars where late-night events are held. Guests should consider the possibility of some inconvenience from noise.