Albany Hotel

Absolutely disgusting!! Avoid!

Liked: It was cheap.
Disliked: The hotel smelt of smoke and alcohol apon arrival, then we were escorted to our room, the hotel appeared super outdated, alot of stuff was broken, including the bed we slept in, the bathrooms were mouldy, it has perminant residents who spent the night on the phone until 1am screaming and shouting, lots of banging and also smoking cannibis inside their room, we ended up calling the manager around 130am. The overall stay was terrible, never again! Duvets and pillows were stained and discoloured.

Very good

Liked: Staff was quick to respond to requests and very helpful when one of the family members was ill.
Disliked: While in a great location, the rooms themselves are a little old.

Good location, worth the money

Liked: Was clean, good location, nice, helpfull owner, he gave us a fan and let to leave luggage in the building before and after check-in
Disliked: Building is old and unrenovated, people walking and talking in the building disturbed our sleep, was hot and stuffy in a room, you can't open a window for the night because there were only a balcony doors opening onto the street

Cheap, old, dirty and Good...

Liked: I loved itIt was everything I could Wish for: good location and cheap!And you get what you pay for... That is what every person with a brain should understand. The Bed was a death trap. Room old and dirty. But: cheap and Good location was what I wanted and Thats what I got. Stayed 2 nights.
Disliked: You must check in before 23.30, or they charge 20 GBP extra. Was a bit stressful for me.

Poor

Disliked: Was waiting outside of the hotel for less than an hour, before we were finally let in. Eventually we were let in, we told him the name the booking was under and he said there were no more double rooms. So we were taken to a room with 2 twin beds where we had to join the beds together, which was quite inconvenient. The bathroom was shared per floor and it was clean for the most part except the uncleaned skid marks in the toilet.

Clean beds and towels, great...

Liked: Clean beds and towels, great location, helpful stuff.

Passable

Good value, old vibes

Liked: Location is great, check in was super easy - we got pre-checked in and got our luggage early, which was later sent to our room when it was ready. Communication was easy.
Disliked: Have in consideration the building is old, so there are some things that can be really changed without a serious reconstruction (to be fair, based on comments of other reviews). There are wooden floors and old style walls that are wavy and cranky. Others could use some quick upgrade - especially replacing stuff that is broken, fixing tiles, walls, etc. If you just want a central place to sleep, you can't really beat this place for the price, though.

Comfy beds, friendly staff, great...

Liked: The staff were very friendly from the get go. The beds were also incredibly comfortable.
Disliked: The shared bathroom, the mouldy wall at the end of the bed and the decor was quite outdated and in poor state of repair.