The Z Hotel Holborn
3-star hotel · Holborn, London
Long Weekend score
MixedNo serious reports. in 296 reviews
Guests rate nearly every hotel highly: half the hotels in London are rated 8.2 out of 10 or more. So our score shows how a hotel compares with the rest, not how luxurious it is.
- Rated higher than 42% of London hotels
- 70% of guest comments are praise
- 92% of guest photos show no damage
How this score is made
- Rated higher than 42% of London hotels. Compared with 5,640 hotels in London. Counts for 50% of the score.
- 70% of guest comments are praise. 547 praise, 239 complain. Counts for 30% of the score.
- 92% of guest photos show no damage. 55 of 60 photos. Counts for 20% of the score.
- Serious reports are never counted in. They are flagged beside the score, because one matters even when everything else is good.
- $175 a nighttypical for two, before tax · from $78
- 2 min walkto Holborn station
- 296 guest reviewsfrom the last 2 years
- 60 guest photostheirs, not the hotel's
At a glance
For
- 10 min walk to the British Museum780 m by road
- A station within walking distanceHolborn is 183 m away
- Location210 praise · 0 complain
- Staff123 praise · 12 complain
- Cleanliness104 praise · 17 complain
Against
- On a main road: Kingsway24 m from the building
- Room size132 complain · 5 praise
- Quiet at night18 complain · 10 praise
- Problems in the bathroom28 of 296 guests
- Heating and air conditioning27 of 296 guests
What guests reported
What guests say
296 reviews from the last 2 years. Most praised: location (210 guests). Weakest: room size, where 132 of the 137 who mention it complain.
Location2100Strength
Perfectly located, affordable yet stylish stay!
Booking network, August 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
I don’t think you could find a better location.
Google, June 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Staff12312Strength
I really liked the area, room as well, clean, help when needed, staffs were lovely but I wish I had little light reduction option in restroom and I felt the space to walk was too small for two of us, congested to open the suitcases.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
It’s just important to consider that the rooms are tiny, but the service is fabulous, the location is great and the bed is super comfortable….
Booking network, September 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
Staff were borderline rude.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 5/10 by this guest
Room condition162Strength
The room is extremely small with no windows, but everything is clean and modern.
Google, August 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
The foyer was very modern and pleasant to spend time in.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
clean but deteriorated since we last come a few years ago
Booking network, August 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
Cleanliness10417Strength
Good clean and excellent location.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Convenient location, clean and comfortable.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
300€ euro a night on a business trip and the hotel does’t clean the room every day but only twice a week so if you stay two nights in between cleaning days well you are going to stay in the dirt .
Google, July 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Value3617Mostly good
The room was really quite small, but enough for most purposes, especially given the value pricing.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Very good location and relatively speaking good value for money.
Booking network, June 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
For the money, should have been at least twice as big.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Breakfast1712Split
Breakfast was expensive and didn’t look like there was much choice
Booking network, September 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
Breakfast was poor value , poor quality
Booking network, August 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Enjoyable, professionally & socially
Booking network, June 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Beds2521Split
Exceptionally small, struggled to move about the room and the bed was uncomfortably hard.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
The beds feel like sleeping on a sheet of wood.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
The bed could have been a little more comfortable but we dim slept well.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Quiet at night1018Weak spot
No apology for fire alarm going off in the middle of the night.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
I understand the housekeeping is started when the room is empty, but it very noise since very early in the morning.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Can hear a bit noise through wall and also our sleep got interrupted by an alarm!
Booking network, August 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Views18Weak spot
The window did go to some backyard with big buildings so you really had to look up to see the sky.
Google, July 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Rooms was small and windowles, nights club plays loud music until late so if you plan to go do bed early and are a light sleeper brink earplugs.
Google, September 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
Windowless shoebox room without fridge or a proper desk or chair, but compensated by fast WiFi, infusion water and good cafe style seating in the lobby.
Google, May 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
Room size5132Weak spot
Room was incredibly small but had everything we needed for a few nights in London - most importantly, it was comfortable.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
I liked the shower, but the room was very small and I feel like a spent my night in a box.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 3/10 by this guest
Rooms are small, quality of furnishing is low for the price, but the Air-conditioning is cool enough against the summer heat wave.
Google, August 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Too few mentions to judge: food.
Who stays, and their score out of 10
From every review of the last two years that gives a score and says who travelled, including those with no words.
All 1,492 Google ratings
Problems guests raised
Raised most: problems in the bathroom, in 28 of 296 reviews.
Problems in the bathroom28 of 2961 in 11 reviews
We didn't like the bathroom being in frosted glass, a walled off bathroom would have felt more private.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Bathroom door had frosted glass and was a sliding door so didn't close properly - if you want privacy don't choose this 😆
Google, October 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Heating and air conditioning27 of 2961 in 11 reviews
The aircon wasn’t effective
Booking network, July 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
With the lack ow windows the room stays really stuffy even with aircon
Booking network, August 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
Something broken in the room12 of 2961 in 25 reviews
Location great , lovely little rooms just right for what we needed , had everything for a short stay , For the 30mins in a morning we watched tv it was very glitchy but not what we went for .
Booking network, September 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
Air con would not turn off from the panel in the room and tv was broken
Booking network, August 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Not as shown or booked11 of 2961 in 27 reviews
Queen room was supposed to be with the window, and we got it with some 20cm wide glass.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Tiny room, supposed to be a double but was smaller than a small
Booking network, August 2026, rated 3/10 by this guest
Unexpected charges and refunds5 of 2961 in 59 reviews
Disgusting to put prices of rooms so high for one night because demands exploded because of a problem at the airport.
Google, September 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
noisy cramped and extortionate
Booking network, June 2026, rated 3/10 by this guest
A booking not honoured4 of 2961 in 74 reviews
Told us it had been repaired at 11pm on return it had not ..
Booking network, August 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
It was handled well by Anker, who moved me to a different room.
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Serious reports
None found in 296 reviews.
Photos, checked
5 of the 60 guest photos we checked show damage or dirt (8%).
Guest photos showing damage or dirt5 of 608%
Of 60 guest photos, 5 show damage or dirt: stains in 3, dirty surfaces in 2 and rust or limescale in 1, and some photos show more than one. Of the hotel's own 40, 0 do.
Guests’ photos confirm: restaurant (7), bar (2).
The hotel says it has no swimming pool, spa, gym or hot tub.
Price, place and rooms
Price
$175 is a typical night, from 298 dates checked in the coming year.
Weekends cost 9% more than weekdays
A typical night, month by month
Cheapest month: Jan 2027, $110Dearest month: Jul 2027, $249
Prices on booking sites, the day we checked
What each seller advertised on the one day we checked, so these sit outside the year-wide figures above and can fall below the typical price.
- Super.com$249
- Vio.com$254
- deals.goseek.com$254
- deals.etrip.net$254
- Booking.com$263
- deals.dealbase.com$268
- amimir.com$276
- bluepillow.co.uk$277
Lowest advertised nightly rate for two adults; taxes and local fees are not included. Shown in US dollars.
Nearby
Holborn station is 183 m away by road, about 2 minutes on foot. There are 14 bars or clubs within 200 metres.
- Nearest main road: Kingsway24 m
- Nearest shop: The Food Centre2 min walk180 m by road
- Nearest station: Holborn2 min walk183 m by road
- The British Museum10 min walk780 m by road
- Big Ben29 min walk2.2 km by road
- Buckingham Palace2.9 km
- Tower Bridge4.1 km
The lines are 5, 10 and 15 minutes on foot.
Distances follow the streets, not straight lines.
Rooms
12 room types, from 9 to 16 m².
- Double Room9 m²Sleeps 2
- Club Queen Room9 m²Sleeps 2
- Z Inside Double (without a window)9 m²Sleeps 2
- Club King Room10 m²Sleeps 2
- Queen Room10 m²Sleeps 2
- Z Inside Queen (without a window)10 m²Sleeps 2
The other 6 room types
- Standard King Room13 m²Sleeps 2
- Z Inside Queen Accessible (without a window)15 m²Sleeps 2
- Queen Room - Disability Access15 m²Sleeps 2
- Family Room16 m²Sleeps 42 Double bed
- Club Family Room16 m²Sleeps 42 Queen bed
- Z Inside Family room ( without a window )16 m²Sleeps 42 Double bed
From the hotel's own room descriptions, checked against each room's photos.
How it compares
How it ranks
Guests who booked rate it 8.1 out of 10. 42% of the 5,640 hotels in London are rated lower, and a typical one is rated 8.2.
Every review site, out of 100
30 Google reviewers ticked "Quiet", yet 18 guests complain about noise, and Kingsway runs 24 m away.
If room size matters to you
Here, 132 of the 137 guests who mention room size complain. These nearby hotels do better on it.
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How we know
296 reviews counted · 100 photos checked · updated 10 October 2026
- We collected this hotel's 881 most recent reviews from Google, Tripadvisor and the Booking network. 296 of them describe a stay in the last 2 years and are the ones counted here; the rest were 157 older, 106 in other languages and 322 with a score but no words.
- The hotel replied to 0 of its 200 newest Google reviews.
- 3 in every 100 reviews thank a staff member by name.
- 12 reviews mention a free upgrade, a cake or a gift.
- We looked at 100 photos: the first 40 of the hotel's own and the 60 newest from guests.
- Every number on this page is counted, not estimated. Anything in quotation marks is a guest's own words.