Thistle Barbican Shoreditch

3.0 star property
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Indoor pool
Check-in/check-out kiosk
Junior Suite, 1 Double Bed with Sofa bed
2 bars/lounges
Breakfast and dinner served

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Parking available
  • Gym
  • Spa

Explore the area

Map
Central Street, Clerkenwell, London, England, EC1V 8DS
  • Barbican Arts Centre
    12 min walk
  • The Corner Bar
    1 min walk
  • Old Street Station
    10 min walk
  • London (LHR-Heathrow)
    56 min drive

Room options

Family Room for 3

  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

Junior Suite, 1 Double Bed with Sofa bed

  • 34 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

Executive Double Room, 1 King Bed

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Double Room

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Single Room

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Standard Twin Room

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

London

With a stay at Thistle Barbican Shoreditch in London (London City Centre), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of St. Paul's Cathedral and Liverpool Street. .This spa hotel is 1.9 mi (3 km) from The British Museum and 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from London Bridge.

What's nearby

  • Liverpool Street - 20 min walk
  • St. Paul's Cathedral - 4 min drive
  • The British Museum - 6 min drive
  • London Bridge - 6 min drive
  • Tower Bridge - 7 min drive

Getting around

  • Old Street Station - 10 min walk
  • Old Street Underground Station - 10 min walk
  • London City Airport (LCY) - 31 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Eagle - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Monohon - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪The Rugged Bunch - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Royal Star - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Goswell Road Coffee - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Thistle Barbican Shoreditch

Hotel with a full-service spa, near St. Paul's Cathedral
Thistle Barbican Shoreditch offers 463 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Business-friendly amenities include desks, desk chairs, and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and portable fans. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include facials, body wraps, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room. The spa is open daily.
Stay in one of 463 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Digital television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers body treatments and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Satisfy your appetite for dinner at the hotel's restaurant, 120 Central Brasserie, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Need to unwind? Take a break with a tasty beverage at one of the 2 bars/lounges. Full breakfasts are served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 10 AM and on weekends from 7 AM to 11 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 10 AM and on weekends between 7 AM and 11 AM.
120 Central Brasserie - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.

Languages

Dutch, English, Greek, Italian, Korean, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Self parking on site (GBP 30 per night)
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee 6:30 AM–10 AM on weekdays and 7 AM–11 AM on weekends: GBP 15 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • 120 Central Brasserie

Things to do

  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Indoor pool
  • Sauna
  • A hot tub
  • Steam room

Family friendly

  • Indoor pool

Conveniences

  • Lift

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Luggage storage
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Spa

  • Body treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily
  • Steam room

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices available
  • Braille signage
  • Lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Portable fan

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Digital channels
  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Phone
  • Restaurant dining guide
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 30.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 15 per person
  • Self parking fee: GBP 30 per night
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 30.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
The property’s pool is closed on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30 AM to noon.

We should mention

Pool access available from 8 AM to 8:00 PM

Property is also known as

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Thistle Barbican Shoreditch Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

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Rating 8 - Good. 401 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 210 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 87 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 60 out of 1001 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Richard

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Closed hotel
The hotel was closed. We had not been told. There were mice running around the reception! We were moved hotel and where we went was lovely but the main reason we booked this hotel was for the swimming pool for our children and the hotel we moved to didn’t have one.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It would have been better to have been able to stay in the hotel that I had selected or, as this turned out to be unavailable a week before the booking, to have been relocated to another that offers equivalent facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

2/10 Terrible

Elizabeth

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value but pool and sauna is a joke
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Liam

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dated and unclean especially the spa, the room did not live up to the description on the web site even after a complimentary upgrade
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Chelsea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
very tired hotel
Hotel very tired looking. Bathroom poor Location further from tube than stated.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

tracy

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Abigail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Ok but not great.
It was clear that the room had not had an update in quite a while, other than the decorating. There was a trouser press with a broken ironing board (it wouldn't stay up), an ironing board in the wardrobe that would only go to half height, no outlets in the room to speak of, a hair dryer from the 80s on the wall in the bathroom that didn't work, a towel warming rack on the wall in the bathroom that didn't work, and the cabinet labeled 'Mini Bar' was entirely empty. My husband ended up ironing his shirt while sitting on the bed with the ironing board between the bed and the wall (a space about a foot and a half wide) because that was the only plug we could find. While not devastating, it was certainly irritating for a hotel we were paying £120/nt for. And before you ask, we didn't have time to call the desk and ask for another board, we had a show to get to. Over all, the hotel was alright but nothing special and I would have expected to pay about half what we did. The rooms need a serious update to charge more.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Ms CA Lewis

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Ruth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
recommend
Quiet room, comfortable bed, good shower. Friendly staff. Suited our needs for a place to stay while in London.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I do not like anything, the stay is not recommended
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Chris, Barrow upon Humber

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thought it was very welcoming and really enjoyed my stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed at this property for two days. I was unaware that the property had two buildings. One building had the pretty pictures where the reception and pool are, the other building was old, had the bedrooms which were old, not too clean. Pictures are very misleading. Not that close to transportation.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location near the Russian visitor centre
Super clean ,fab food ,rooms with windows u could open for fresh air !
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Deborah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Tambu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

James

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location but think twice.
It is a hotel in desperate need for maintenance, upgrading as well as housekeeping/cleaning. It does not deserve
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice enough hotel with pool
Great location. Staff lovely. Food good. My room had broken windows that would not close. Banged open & close all night😢😢 but I reported it & staff were very apologetic.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020