Finsbury Serviced Apartments

I booked two nights at Finsbury Serviced Apartments for the first leg of my London trip. It was my first time in London and I didn’t know the area but I decided to take a gamble on Finsbury Park to save some money.
Finsbury Park was a great area and perfectly fine. All you need is access to the tube right? The tube was right around the corner, less than a 5 minute walk. Finsbury Park is a residential neighborhood with tons of people at all hours of the day. It felt safe to me and for all the people on TripAdvisor who say there aren’t many stores or restaurants in this area, it isn’t true. This area is full of restaurants, pubs, and grocery stores.
We arrived at Finsbury Serviced Apartments a little before check in time. Luckily, our room was ready. The lady who checked us in walked us to another building a street away where the apartment actually was. We had reserved a studio type apartment and were pleasantly surprised at the accommodations. The apartment was very cute with a modern bathroom, little kitchen, a side room so that your bed isn’t in front of a stove, and a huge outdoor space that pretty much wrapped around the whole building. I wish I had booked more nights at Finsbury Serviced Apartments. It was a great deal, clean, and very modern. It has that IKEA look.
My only concern would be leaving luggage in storage at the front desk. It’s out in the open and even has a sign that says leave at your own risk.

We stayed in the Finsbury Serviced Apartments for 7 nights at the end of 2014. Here are our highlights and lowlights:
Pros:
Solid, reliable WiFi.
Clean and modern apartment interior with kitchen.
Good cable TV.
2-​minute walk to Finsbury Park tube station.
Central location in London; easy access via tube to all major attractions.
Easy walk to local grocery stores, restaurants, and pubs.
Cons:
Towels, toilet paper, and soap were restocked only once during our stay. We checked in on a Monday and were given our choice of having these items restocked on either the following Wednesday or Saturday. Since we were checking out the following Monday, needless to say we ended up buying our own toilet paper and soap at the local grocery.
The double bed in the apartments could be considered small for two adults.
No elevator, and very steep and narrow stairs made hauling heavy luggage up to the room difficult and could be hard on anyone with fragile knees.
The main office is located a block away from the apartment you’ll be staying in and closes at 5pm. You are given a phone number to call for after-​hours issues, but one night during our stay a guest couldn’t get the key to her door to work so she began knocking on the doors of all the other guests asking if they had an alternate phone number for the management because no one was answering the phone at the after-​hours number we were given.
Thin walls in the apartment; noisy people in apartments next door and above may keep you awake.
Smoking somewhere inside the building will quickly fill your apartment with smell of smoke.