{"id":630,"date":"2016-10-11T13:47:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=630"},"modified":"2016-10-14T21:20:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T21:20:52","slug":"mercure-london-watford-its-ok-certainly-not-the-best-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/mercure-london-watford-its-ok-certainly-not-the-best-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercure London Watford &#8211; \u201cIt&#8217;s ok .. Certainly not the best place\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong but the hotel is dated in some parts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/mercure-london-watford-its-ok-certainly-not-the-best-place\/screen-shot-2016-10-14-at-22-14-56\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56.png\" data-orig-size=\"1410,874\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screen-shot-2016-10-14-at-22-14-56\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56-300x186.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56-1024x635.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-799\" src=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56-1024x635.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-14-at-22-14-56\" width=\"720\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56-1024x635.png 1024w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-22.14.56.png 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our corridor is obviously updated and more modern.<\/p>\n<p>To get to the gym you have to walk past a very different run down looking corridor of rooms. The gym feels remote tired dare I say as if set up as an after thought using disused store room.<\/p>\n<p>The pool area looks quite nice, but again to get to it demonstrates just how disjointed this hotel feels.<\/p>\n<p>The room we are in is an upgrade &#8230; Bed is comfortable but the room is only moderately modern. The bathroom is small but practical but shows sign of age.<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast is again &#8230; Ok&#8230; Nothing not to like neither to rave about either.<\/p>\n<p>So would I stay again? Yes if I had to and this gave the best rates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rating-list\">\n<div class=\"recommend\"><span class=\"recommend-titleInline noRatings\">Stayed November 2014<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong but the hotel is dated in some parts. Our corridor is obviously updated and more modern. To get to the gym you have to walk past a very different run down looking corridor of rooms. 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