New Road Hotel

Name: New Road Hotel
Item: New Road Hotel
Rating: 3.25
Author: ellabernie

Premium & All access members get: 25% off food & drink and upgrades

Free workspace – Meeting Room & Event Space – Upgrades available

New Road Hotel is a boutique hotel housed in a former textile factory. The open-plan lobby has plenty of space to work from. Upstairs, the library offers a quiet semi-private space with unlimited vended tea and filter coffee.

Food and drinks are also available from the Marco Pierre White restaurant after 6pm.

No external food and drinks are allowed.

Cancellation policy: Available up to 1 min before your booking

Amenities: Bar Bike storage Cafe Disabled access Filtered water Tea & coffee included Hotel Meetings & Events Space

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Hot Desk – New Road Hotel – E1 1HJ

● Essential member: $0.00

● Premium member: $0.00

● All access member: $0.00

New Road Hotel Meeting Room Product Image

$201.39 – $268.52 Select options

Meeting Rooms – New Road Hotel – E1 1HJ

● 45 - 80 Seats available

● $201.18 - $268.24per hour

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Stompgal87

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I heard about the New Road Hotel’s workspace when I read an article about the best free co-working spaces in London. I decided to give the library in the New Road Hotel a go today for my voluntary work for a neurodivergent recruitment agency.

Here are the pros and cons of my first and last day working at the New Road Hotel library:

Pros

* The hotel library is in a part of London I’m already familiar with because I used to go to university near there.
* The library was small and mostly quiet.
* Electric sockets and USB ports are in the table.
* Wi-fi connection was very good.
* Tea and coffee are unlimited if I book the library workspace.
* There is a vending machine for snacks and drinks in the games room on the first floor.
* There is a local park where I could eat my lunch.
* Whitechapel Station is approximately a 5 minute walk away.

Cons

* The reception staff didn’t seem to understand the details of my booking upon arrival. They must have mistakenly thought I booked co-working space in the lobby bar.
* There is only one big table in the library.
* People, especially housekeeping staff, had the tendency to walk through the library as there is one door on either side.
* One member of the housekeeping team even entered to do the vacuuming, which I found very disturbing.
* There is no water fountain in the library.
* The only decaf coffee that is available is white. The black coffee isn’t decaf.
* Further to travel to than Riley Studios, Archway.
* The lifts can only be operated with a card key from the ground floor. I didn’t have a card key because I didn’t book a hotel room.

Overall, while I enjoyed being the only person working in the library today, my pros and cons were equal. Next time I go to a co-working space outside of my flat, I will return to Riley Studios. It is closer to my home; they have friendlier, more attentive and more helpful reception/management staff; a better working atmosphere; a kitchen tap that dispenses chilled water for my water bottle; breakout spaces to eat my lunch; and even a fridge where I can store coconut milk for my coffee. 3/5.
2 years ago
ellabernie

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The wifi was so bad I had to use hotspot basically the whole time which is obviously not ideal in a workspace!
3 years ago
1. Sarath Prakash
  
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  Hi Ella, Apology for the experience and thank you for letting us know the issue, I have raised this issue to our venue team they will contact the venue and fix this issue ASAP. We have added a membership credit against your renewal for being a superhero and letting us know the issue.
  3 years ago
ettc88

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Great place to co-work in terms of availability of sockets and good wifi and it looking very cool as a location when you’re doing video calls.

Unfortunately their coffee was not good at all – I gave it three goes, twice the coffee tasted metallic. The third they even cleaned the machine just for me but it was tasteless.

Service has generally good but more recently I imagine COVID has meant the staff is under pressure to ensure everyone to buy something irrespective of where they had booked from.
5 years ago
dkazma

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This place has quiet a few different workspaces to choose from with lovely interiors, food and atmosphere.
6 years ago
German

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It’s a great and quiet space to open your laptop and work a bit. Food is also nice and cost effective, and staff is friendly and willing to help.
6 years ago
JR Ach

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Nice and new, helpful staff. More outlets needed if you aren’t working at the work bench. If they could swing it, desk height work station would be idea. Will add it to my rotation.
Not too bad a place if you are fairly local.
7 years ago
purplesime

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The thing that really sets this venue apart from others is the staff. They couldn’t do enough for me when I worked here last week. It’s a safe environment. I do recommend picking a table a little bit away from the coffee shop as they do like to (almost) constantly grind beans, which makes conversation difficult.
7 years ago
Arno

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Awesome venue to work from. The space is bright, service is perfect and the burgers are excellent.
I definitely recommend.
7 years ago
Ben2098

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Cool place to work, great service, shame there wasn’t a vegi burger but had a tasty avacado and eggs instead still on the same package.
7 years ago

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