ibis Styles London Heathrow Airport

3rd time staying here and it’s by far the best airport hotel at Heathrow. It’s bright, clean, excellent value, includes a decent breakfast and is conveniently located 5 minutes from T2/3 by bus (local buses stop right outside and run into the Heathrow Central bus station and T5 - don’t use the overpriced Hotel Hoppa).

Location! City bus access! Fine simple reasonable hotel. This will always be our hotel of choice when we need to stop over a night at Heathrow while traveling to or from other parts of Europe. The Hotel Hoppa bus was a nightmare in the past (expensive and took forever to get to an airport hotel). Now we found we can go to the Heathrow Central Bus station, between terminals 2 and 3, and catch a city bus #105 or 111, 278, 285. Frequent service, just a few minutes ride, and about 2€, credit cards accepted on the bus. The Nene Road bus stop is immediately in front of the hotel. Problem solved! Also, the Three Magpies pub, a very short walk, was great.

Helpful friendly staff. Big quiet room - I think I booked a standard double but it was also wheelchair accessible. Very comfortable bed. Big bathroom. Nice change after all the pub-style old hotels I stayed at on my trip! Perfect location for my early morning flight. The 278 bus to Heathrow from Hayes & Harlington tube station is right across the road from the hotel and this stop has many buses going to the airport central bus station - avoids the high prices of a tube to the terminal (I saved about 6 pounds on tube) and the hotel hopa shuttle (6.50 pounds 1-way). Note the Hotel Hopa shuttle doesn’t stop at Ibis Styles but the standard bus is more regular, seemed quicker and less full!

There was a restaurant on site - though nothing gluten free which was a problem for me - I had the salad with chicken but then discovered the chicken was deep fried with flour so although I tried to remove it all, I inevitably got crumbs and suffered the consequences of having had some gluten. However, they do have complimentary apples and bananas and a hot drinks machine which we appreciated.

Location, facilities, staff, available food.