To think this hotel is a bit silly

[ShuttersAndMirrors]

Looking for somewhere cheap but different to stay in London

Came across this
www.roughluxe.co.uk

Takes the whole shabby chic thing a bit far, don't you think? Some of the rooms look like crime scenes. I particularly like the caption on one of the mirrors!

Off to check tripadvisor reviews

I quite like it!

I would need to be spotlessly clean for that to work though.

Has got some very good reviews (and some less so)
It's a bit spooky for me

How very Nathan Barley... a bit 'Emperors New Clothes' for me...

Many of the rooms have 'day beds' rather than actual beds, so that definitely makes me say no.

I love it. have book marked but suspect it is out of my price range for a girly weekend away.

It does indeed look rough

Not my taste, all a bit too 'ironically tryhard cool' but looks a bit of a mess imo!

I'm from the Wirral, so the notion of a rough hotel on Birkenhead Street made me

It call a the gallery/pictures part 'imagery'. Pretentious tosspots.

And it looks like they couldn't be bothered to decorate. I can see what they were going for but I don't think it works. Too much rough, not enough luxe.

Its a no from me.

love the copper bath but the rest is wanky

:o Me too, CuntWagon

Those bathrooms - blee!

I love it! As Thurlow says though, it would need to be absolutely spotless, plus the very best bed linen in the world ever.

Too try hard for me but I get that they are trying to set themselves apart despite being in a shit area.

I'm not sure why I should care if the picture I glanced at for the one night I stayed there was "by" someone. A little over-impressed by themselves I think.

wtf is that telly?

I prefer clean modern ... When we stay in london we always use travelodge / premier inn type places .. Looking for best deals.

But I guess if your looking for " different" then these are not for you?

Hahaha! Looks like the 'before' pics in my house renovation scrapbook!

I thought it'd be in a 'rough' part of London, that's positively posh. It's a bit too shabby for my tastes sadly.

Very odd bed and breakfast.

It does take shabby chic to a whole new level!

wtf is that telly?

That was my first thought too!

Agreed, if the bed/bedlinen and bathroom fittings were of the highest standard, it would certainly be an interesting place to stay. Yeh it's a bit Barley-tricycle-Sugar Ape but sooner that than dusty pelmets and motheaten bedspreads IMO....

Am I the only one who saw that "This is shit" picture and just thought "Yes, quite dear."

This is what we industry professionals call 'Poncey overpriced bollocks'

£239/night my arse.

It's in Kings Cross FFS, you don't need overpriced pretending-to-be hovels, you just have to walk around for a few minutes and you can find real ones.

All it needs is some 'artful' used needles on the floor, discarded condoms and some actors pretending to sell your drugs, and the wankery would be complete.

Umm, they did a swear ! [Shock]

Crazy name, crazy guys , norty words on a painting

to sell you drugs, even.