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London Hotel Recommendations (newer consolidated thread)
#316
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Here there and everywhere
Posts: 6,303
Hello all!
Would really appreciate some advice. We have four nights in London in mid June, and I am entirely conflicted on locations.
Intending to book via Virtuoso - and there are quite a few promotional offers during our stay (e.g. pay 2, get 3; pay 3 get 4).
My partner is quite keen on Lanesborough - but no such promotional offer, so it ends up quite expensive.
Other options for our dates include Browns and Baglioni.
Any thoughts on Browns vs Baglioni; or whether it is perhaps just better to stump up and pay Lanesborough and not use promotional benefits?
Appreciate any guidance as its a big decision for us.
Would really appreciate some advice. We have four nights in London in mid June, and I am entirely conflicted on locations.
Intending to book via Virtuoso - and there are quite a few promotional offers during our stay (e.g. pay 2, get 3; pay 3 get 4).
My partner is quite keen on Lanesborough - but no such promotional offer, so it ends up quite expensive.
Other options for our dates include Browns and Baglioni.
Any thoughts on Browns vs Baglioni; or whether it is perhaps just better to stump up and pay Lanesborough and not use promotional benefits?
Appreciate any guidance as its a big decision for us.
#318
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Berlin
Programs: LH/BA/DL
Posts: 832
Covent Garden Hotel is almost exactly half way between the two, about 5-10 minutes walk to each of the museums. It is not among the top luxury hotels mentioned above, but I like it and it is often recommended here.
https://www.firmdalehotels.com/hotel...-garden-hotel/
https://www.firmdalehotels.com/hotel...-garden-hotel/
#319
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,407
Covent Garden Hotel is almost exactly half way between the two, about 5-10 minutes walk to each of the museums. It is not among the top luxury hotels mentioned above, but I like it and it is often recommended here.
https://www.firmdalehotels.com/hotel...-garden-hotel/
https://www.firmdalehotels.com/hotel...-garden-hotel/
Something that's closer to one or the other would also be good, even if being closer to one would be farther from the other.
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#321
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,642
#322
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: London, Paris
Programs: LH HON, AF Platinum
Posts: 2,000
I didnt like the Covent Garden Hotel when I stayed there. Common spaces felt a bit too intimate.
The Claridges will probably enter tier 1 once the renovations are complete. I understand completion is imminent, although no confirmed completion date for the underground health club.
The Claridges will probably enter tier 1 once the renovations are complete. I understand completion is imminent, although no confirmed completion date for the underground health club.
#323
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Palo Alto, California,USA
Posts: 17,836
All the rooms at the Corinthia from entry level through junior suite are essentially the same only differentiated by having been categorized by size which doesn't vary that much.
The first level where you actually get a different, nicer room layout is deluxe junior suite. Unfortunately, all of these face an undistinguished inner courtyard and, as of the last time I tried one, mobile service from my operator (O2) was non-existent. That's unfortunate since it would have been easily fixable by the hotel by the addition of several inexpensive femto base stations (these retail in the USA for under $250 each).
A suite facing outward may well be the first decent room.
The first level where you actually get a different, nicer room layout is deluxe junior suite. Unfortunately, all of these face an undistinguished inner courtyard and, as of the last time I tried one, mobile service from my operator (O2) was non-existent. That's unfortunate since it would have been easily fixable by the hotel by the addition of several inexpensive femto base stations (these retail in the USA for under $250 each).
A suite facing outward may well be the first decent room.
#324
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,407
The deluxe junior suite would be my choice, although the uninspiring view gives me pause. Next up is a garden suite, also courtyard, and then a Great Scotland Yard view; any idea what that looks like? Above that is a Trafalgar Square and Nelson column view - I wonder if that's as nice as it sounds,
If I have decent wifi I don't care about mobile service, but I understand why lack of mobile service would be a problem for most people, especially if it could easily be fixed.
If I have decent wifi I don't care about mobile service, but I understand why lack of mobile service would be a problem for most people, especially if it could easily be fixed.
#325
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,642
Very few London hotels have great views and those that do, very few rooms or suites have that benefit. Mostly the terrain is flat, the roads are too narrow and the buildings are too uniformly tall (about six floors) to afford nice views. I'm going to name drop here, but I do remember booking the great movie director George Cukor into the 'Katharine Hepburn Suite' at the Connaught which had a tiny terrace from which you could just about make out Big Ben. (George had a much better view from his house on Cordell Drive in LA.)
Some rooms at the Savoy have river views towards the RFH. The Marriott County Hall has stunning views towards the Palace of Westminster (currently under renovation wraps). The Shangri-Shard . . . of course. The Hilton Park Lane looks down on Buckingham Palace. The Lanesborough looks out on a roundabout. And a few facing Hyde Park such as the Dorchester and the MO. But nothing to get excited about from any of them. So not worth shelling out for.
Some rooms at the Savoy have river views towards the RFH. The Marriott County Hall has stunning views towards the Palace of Westminster (currently under renovation wraps). The Shangri-Shard . . . of course. The Hilton Park Lane looks down on Buckingham Palace. The Lanesborough looks out on a roundabout. And a few facing Hyde Park such as the Dorchester and the MO. But nothing to get excited about from any of them. So not worth shelling out for.
Last edited by Pausanias; Feb 18, 2020 at 11:25 pm
#328
Was sydakllon
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SYD
Programs: Virtuoso, Rosewood Elite, FSPP, Bellini, Dorchester, MO Fan Club, Oetker Pearl, etc.
Posts: 709
#330
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: England
Posts: 1,361
Let me give you some: I don't like the rooms; they're far too dark. The Belmond Cadogan rooms have a very Beaumont feel, yet much easier on the eyes and offer much more natural light. If The Beaumont took on their style I'd stay more often. As it is, I currently pick between The Connaught or The Lanesborough.