Simple, modern rooms, clean and comfortable. Pleasant, polite and helpful staff. The hotel is a few yards down a side street off the Walworth Road, which is not the prettiest thoroughfare in London, but it is busy with pedestrians at all hours, and felt quite safe to me. It is about 5 mins walk from the tube and railway stations, as well as a million buses. Oxford Circus and the City are both less than 15 mins away. Elephant & Castle is unrecognisable from just a few years ago, and redevelopment continues apace. It offers an interesting blend of traditional and ultra modern London, with plenty of amenities minutes away from the hotel.