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Park Lane Hotel: No Joy For Joi In London

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  Site Where: Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7BX
June 8, 2004 at 12:33 PM | by | Comments (0)

The esteemed Joi Ito is in the midst of a rough outing across the pond.  The Park Lane Hotel on Piccadilly is billed as a five star hotel, but here is the short list of what Joi found broken in his room:

  • Fax Machine
  • Room Safe
  • Door Lock

Throw in a legendary London plumbing problem (a drippy faucet in this case), and our least favorite wireless option (a spotty T-Mobile connection) and you have, as the Brits might say, "knackered digs".

With an average nightly rate of over £300 (that's over $550 a night!)  We expect more for that kind of scratch. Can you blame us?

Here is a quote from the disappointed guest:

The room is much better than many places I've stayed, but it would be SO MUCH better if they just had their shit together a bit more. (Maybe it's because I'm using mileage to pay for the room...) Anyway, I expected much better from a "five star" London hotel. What a pity. I'm never going to stay at this hotel again.

Don't worry, not all hotels in London are getting scathing reviews, HotelChatter dug up a London hotel that a guest found heavenly.  We'll post the property later today or tomorrow morning.

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