Hotel 55 has everything you need to have a nice stay in London. After searching over and over online I came across this hotel. It is a small family like hotel with 3 floors. It's nice, clean and modern. The rooms aren't fancy but are modern and have everything you need to make your stay pleasant. Coffee machine, tea kettle, iron, hair dryer, ironing board, and refrigerator. They give you free water daily and teas. The room I stayed in was small but fine for the 3 of us. If you need a bigger room they are available. We booked the day before and didn't have other options. However, we were hardly at the hotel anyway. The reception was fantastic too. They were all young gentlemen and they were very attentive and a delight to help with whatever we needed. We booked our hotel online which includes a continental breakfast. The spread is great. Different juices, coffee, teas, yogurt, fresh cut fruit, toast, croissants, pastries and cereal. The dinning areas is quite nice looking out into a quiet garden. The hotel moreover has a great location. The metro is literally in your backyard... Right behind the hotel. A min walk if that. There is also a small store to buy any snacks if you want, a pharmacy, Indian restaurant, pub and Italian restaurant right by the metro. We ate once at the pub but preferred the Italian restaurant. Portions are huge so share. The best way to travel throughout London is buying an Oyster card and pay as you go. Kids are free. And older kids pay a cheaper fare but you have to have the metro workers set up the Oyster card for the older kids. Transportation to the hotel from gatwick is further then Heathrow which is a lot closer. From gatwick you can buy a day pass off peak that will cost around 13pounds and you can take the gatwick express from the airport to the Victoria metro station. You then catch the blue line toward ealing broadway to north ealing stop. It's super easy. Cabs can also be arranged from the hotel. It was 56 pounds for a taxi to Gatwick early in the morning. Anyways I hope this helps. Hotel 55 I give a 10 for location and hospitality. Also look into the London pass... Saved a ton for sightseeing.