Staycity Aparthotels, London, Dalston

You're after something with actual breathing room, not another shoebox hotel room. Staycity gives you a full kitchen, separate living area, and proper space to actually live in Dalston rather than just sleep through it. The neighbourhood's already brilliant for independent restaurants and bars—Café Oto, Ridley Road Market, Turkish joints on Kingsland High Street—so having your own place to cook breakfast or stash takeaways makes sense. Especially handy if you're visiting mates in East London and want to base yourself somewhere central without the premium London hotel markup.