CityStay Hotel

2.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Exterior
Private kitchen
Exterior
Desk, soundproofing, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
94 Bow Road, London, England, E3 3AA
  • ABBA Arena
    15 min walk
  • The Little Driver
    1 min walk
  • Bow Church DLR Station
    1 min walk
  • London (LCY-London City)
    20 min drive

Room options

Economy Triple Room, 1 Bedroom, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Single Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

London

With a stay at CityStay Hotel in London (Tower Hamlets), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of London Stadium and Westfield Stratford City. .This guesthouse is 3.1 mi (4.9 km) from Tower of London and 3.2 mi (5.2 km) from Tower Bridge.

What's nearby

  • ABBA Arena - 15 min walk
  • London Stadium - 3 min drive
  • Westfield Stratford City - 4 min drive
  • Tower Bridge - 8 min drive
  • O2 Arena - 9 min drive

Getting around

  • Bow Church DLR Station - 1 min walk
  • Stratford Station - 3 min drive
  • London City Airport (LCY) - 20 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's Bow - Payne Road - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Original Taste - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪The Coborn Arms - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪The Little Driver - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Perfect Fried Chicken - ‬10 min walk

About this property

CityStay Hotel

Guesthouse with a 24-hour front desk, near London Stadium
CityStay Hotel offers 20 accommodations with portable fans. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Stay in one of 20 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include desks and portable fans, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and luggage storage. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.

Languages

English, Hindi, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Self parking on site (GBP 10 per night)

Family friendly

  • Soundproofed rooms

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Luggage storage

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating
  • Portable fan

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Contactless check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 4 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 10.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are available for GBP 10.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: GBP 10 per night
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 10.0 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 10.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

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, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

CityStay Hotel
CityStay Hotel London
CityStay London
Hotel CityStay
CityStay Hotel London, England
CityStay
CityStay Hotel London
CityStay Hotel Guesthouse
CityStay Hotel Guesthouse London

CityStay Hotel Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 386 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 86 out of 386 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 140 out of 386 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 69 out of 386 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 63 out of 386 reviews" "

6.4/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

MRS C A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just want a good place to lay your head? Read on!
My husband has been going up to London for Merchant Navy Day for a number of years now, and has always stayed at City Stay for at least the past 12 of them. Classed as a budget hotel it is more than adequate for his needs. 2 minutes from the tube to Kings Cross Station it is ideally situated. The rooms are clean and the bathroom is a reasonable size, but being an older building the stairs to the upper floors are not the widest! There is a small friendly lively pub nearby with tables outside if you prefer something quieter. There is a garage opposite with an onsite co-op shop and a Sainsburys store a short walk away to purchase your own food. The kitchen is situated downstairs and is stocked with basics, bread, milk, serials etc, as well as cooking facilities. Obviously the state of the kitchen is dictated by the guests who use it but always starts off very clean daily. There is also a small lounge with tv for socialising. If you are visiting London for sightseeing then you save a lot on normal accommodation prices. You can pay at the hotel and they do have a 24hr cancellation policy.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jack

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would not return
The mattress was saggy, the toilet was literally black at the bottom. There was black mold in the shower. The skirting board was full of grime. The room stunk. The bedding was crisp and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Chris

Business traveller
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

T

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

seynabou

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location near the Underground. The room smelled foisty and the bathroom mouldy.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Wilson

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Not a luxury hotel by any means, but better than expected for the price. Some parts could do with a little update and repair but overall not bad
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

laura

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Tracy

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was satisfactory but the dining area for breakfast boone was thede and askex and was told we we're to make our own we was under the impression that we get a cooked breakfast and served by them we had no tea or coffee at all so not happy and wouldn't stay there again
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Kerry

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money. Staff friendly, close to cafes and bars
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Jemima

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What can say? Awful
Hotel ‘room’ was out the back and up 3 flights of fire escape stairs. Bed was broken so any slight move made a noise. ‘Breakfast included’ was non existent. No evidence of any dining area or breakfast and no mention of breakfast by hotel staff. Daily housekeeping was clean towels left in a bag out side the room on one occasion. Carpets in room and flooring in kitchenette and bathroom disgusting. Food left in kitchen cupboards from previous stayers. Rat/mouse traps visible next to fridge. Used face mask left in top of wardrobe. Curtains hanging off the railing and overall decor was sub standard. No drawers to put clothing. Only one small bedside with 2 drawers and a wardrobe with no hangers provided. Towel rail in bathroom was not fixed to the wall so kept coming away. Not at all soundproof, woken throughout the night by various stayers walking past outside the window on the fire escape landing talking. Doors banged when closing, could even hear the extractor fan from the bathroom next door in our ‘room’. If the room was not ‘non refundable’ I would have cancelled this hotel and found somewhere else to stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Peter

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Megan

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The room was dirty there was stains and empty beer cans the shower was yellow and I got bed bug bites. The man at the desk was nice though.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Larry

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My bedsheet was not changed on my in date.
My bedsheet was not changed. They kept for me an already used one with stains on it and they deliberately laid the bed with the other side of the bedsheets just for me not to recognise it meanwhile l gave them prior notice of my checking time. The kitchen and fridge also is very unkept. The fridge is very old and atleast needs to be kept neat. Bad customer sevice
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Ray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good value if you don't need frills
Great value but lots of stairs. Helpful front desk about local businesses. No AC and sometime no hot water.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

KONSTANTINOS

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was inhospitable, had to leave after one night as didn’t get any sleep (was meant to stay for 4), checked out the next day and was still charged for the first 2 nights.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hotel was quite run down and dirty (everything except the beds). The cleaning staff could have been more polite and friendly. They also called me out before checkout time, which I didn‘t appreciate at all. The walls are also very thin, which makes you hear all kinds of crazy noises from people around you. The one positive is the location, as it‘s very near to the Bow Arch underground station.

4/10 Poor

Martin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Dean

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Peter Chidozie

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Linda

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not bad.
The hotel is fine for the money. The room was out the back and up fire exit stairs and it was small but clean. Parts of the hotel are very tired but again everything is clean. In the kitchen area you can help yourself to a variety of foods.The location is excellent, handy for tube and DLR however Bow is not the nicest area. I would use again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019