When you’ve book a hotel you never know what to expect, no matter how many photographs you view of the hotel. I have to admit I took a bit of a gamble, because the hotel reviews on Trip Advisor weren’t exactly brilliant, with reports of ladies of the night and a peep show near the hotel.

The City AS Hotel was a good choice though, with no sign of ladies of the night or peep shows and to be honest I couldn’t really imagine anyone wanting to stand around on the streets at night in minus 12 temperatures, but the aim for me was to get somewhere cheap, clean and central.

The hotel reception is located on the 4th floor, and I was greeted at the hotel by a friendly member of staff who checked me in and told me about the hotel and its facilities. The room was small, and had a shared shower and toilet, but the room did have a sink a double wardrobe, bed and television [I won’t mention the free ‘Swedish channel’]

I was impressed that a cheap hotel in one of Europe’s most expensive capital cities had facilities such as free WiFi access and a TV-room and business facilities. The breakfast was including in the price of the room, and included a typical continental breakfast – including fresh bread and meats.

The downside to the hotel was the noise – the walls were thin and I could hear everything that my neighbour got up to, but, I was willing to put up with that considering I only paid £25 a night, and I paid three times this on my last visit to London for an unimpressive hotel.

Sometimes you have to take a gamble, and this one paid off.

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