IC Parklane vs Kimpton in view of transportation
How are you going from London to Amsterdam?
Just listing the options which i think will cause less travel time / more ease in combination with each hotel

By boat & train via Liverpool street station and Harwich Stena line ferry ? > Kimpton
https://booking.stenaline.co.uk/ferr.../rail-and-sail
https://www.stenaline.co.uk/routes/h...ook-of-holland
You are closer to Liverpool street station

By BA/KL via London City Airport LCY ? > Kimpton
https://www.londoncityairport.com/fl...ions/amsterdam
You are closer to LCY

By Eurostar train via St.Pancras? > Kimpton
https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en/train...n-to-amsterdam
You are close to St.Pancras

By BA/KL via Heathrow LHR
https://www.britishairways.com/conte...ands/amsterdam
https://www.klm.co.uk/en-gb/flights-...n-to-amsterdam
- by taxi/blackcab/car :
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/taxis-and-m...?cid=taxifares
closer is IC Parklane
- by tube :
https://tfl.gov.uk/tube/route/piccadilly/
direct connection on the Picadilly line at both locations of IC Parklane / Kimpton
but via IC Parklane
- Hyde Park Corner station has no lifts at all, just escalators and one needs to use the underpass between IC Parklanel and the station
but via Kimpton
- Russel Square station has lifts but still some steps to platform level and is around the corner from the Kimpton
- Lizzie line :
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-l...elizabeth-line
a toss up between IC Parklane / Kimpton


IC Parklane VS Kimpton in award night booking
Points booking will grant you:
IC Parklane : Cosy: unrenovated and interior courtyard facing
This hotel is very temperamental and tends to upgrade into non-renovated rooms, so not into the renovated Mayfair collection rooms
IC Parklane London - the thread
Kimpton : single occupancy : single room : interior courtyard facing
double occupancy : queen room : interior courtyard facing, lower floor, queen bed,
Kimpton can upgrade you from a room facing the interior to the exterior

IC Parklane VS Kimpton in free drinks
IC Parklane has a lounge with free f&b only accessible by £ extra or status or via IHG-1rewards milestone benefit
Kimpton has daily a social hour in the afternoon to all hotel residents where one try complimentary diverse wines, beer and soft drinks


IC Parklane vs Kimpton in view of neighbourhood
IC Parklane : Mayfair : one can smell the fabulous rich, see cars worth a GDP of a small African nation and Arab license plates in the wild, nab your self a sheik here and get all tangled up and put into a harem
Kimpton : Bloomsbury / Fitzrovia : mix of residential / artistic and tourism, more relaxed vibe

Hope this gives you some insight. Good luck and let us know how your experience went.