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Is the Hotel That Can Do No Wrong Doing Wrong?

Where: 86 88 Clerkenwell Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1M 5RJ

We, and a few other people we know, have been in love with The Zetter in London for a while now, and after glimpsing the recently snapped photo from Stewf (above), we thought it was about time we check in on that love affair.

Now we're still in love with it because it reminds us of a college dorm room (but with a better bed): the multitasking shelving, cramped closet, and color splash on the bed in an otherwise neutrally colored room.

And while the reviews on TripAdvisor are mostly glowing, there have been a few recent dissenters, which leaves us wondering whether this is the beginning of the end of the affair.

One reviewer said that the "industrial style shutters made me feel like I was in a cell," while another explained how a $119 room turned into $140 room. "Bill hikes at check-out don't amuse me, and along with the rip-off pricing of the snacks…I'd prefer to see the hotel to be 'straight' with the customer—charge what they need to charge to run their business profitably with a clear up-front charge and not try these sorts of tactics."

That hurts. Really hurts.

Can someone set the record straight here? Our faith in love has been shaken, and we're just not sure what to believe anymore.

[Photo: Stewf]