LSE Bankside House

Location is excellent. Rooms are comfortable and clean with more than expected toiletries. Staff were very helpful and friendly. Overall a great place to stay at a fab price.

Superb location. Very friendly and efficient check-in at reception. It was a very hot weekend and I feared the worse as I knew the room would not have air-con, but I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't too warm. Two large windows which could be opened, and generally a good-sized room helped a lot. The single room I had shared a bathroom with just one other room which was a bonus. (and that room was empty for the night I was there - so even better 😃) The breakfast was great, both in terms of choice and quality.

Rooms at LSE's Bankside House are an amazing value for the rate. Accommodations are definitely on the budget side, but the en suite bathroom, cleanliness, and location cannot be beat. The Tate Modern is just ACROSS THE STREET and my room fee was less than one of my theater tickets. My son was living on one of the dormitory floors of the building while attending LSE, so it made it very easy to meet up for our sightseeing and theater outings. Strongly recommend if you're not super fussy about fancy accommodations.

LSE Bankside served my needs well. I knew that it's a student residence and I was ready to stay in a basic room that's normally meant for students. This is a really great option for London. The accommodation in London is super expensive and one can pay lots for a room in a hotel and be quite disappointed with its quality. I loved the location of LSE Bankside. It's the center of London and we walked to many landmarks. Sometimes we took buses or used the Tube (the stops and stations were close by (10 min walk maximum)). This residence is literally a 4-minute walk away from the Globe theatre and the Thames embankment. We also walked (15 min.) to the National Theatre. LSE Bankside is located essentially in the courtyard/back of Tate Modern, so the noise level is not terrible at all. We slept with our windows open. Of course it's London and one could hear the helicopters patrolling the center of the city even in the middle of the night, but one can hear practically zero traffic noise from this residence. The windows are huge and ceilings are high, so there's plenty of fresh air and light in the room, which is great. The beds were twin but the mattresses were comfortable, the linen was 100% cotton and clean, the bedding is quite good. For what it is -- that is a student residence -- there's nothing to complain about. The desk, wardrobe, dresser, and bedside table were all new or in excellent condition. The reception staff (mostly LSE students) are super nice and helpful. The staff in the restaurant (the breakfast always included enough food choices and it's a buffet style breakfast) is hard-working and friendly. I also appreciated that there was residence security on site 24/7. An option to leave your luggage in a constantly supervised/locked room is a bonus. Even though there're no hairdryers in the rooms, one can borrow a hairdryer from the reception downstairs. I would definitely stay in LSE Bankside again.