Deluxe

• Sanderson
• 50 Berners Street, W1T 3NG

• London may be drowning in design hotels, but this Schrager and Stark creation still thrills. The theatrical lobby resembles a surreal film set,... MORE»

Expensive

• myhotel bloomsbury
• 11-13 Bayley Street, WC1B 3HD

• Back in 1999 this sleek Conran-designed hotel introduced London to Asian fusion decor and feng shui principles. But with the backlash against... MORE»

• Charlotte Street Hotel
• 15-17 Charlotte Street, W1T 1RJ

• Designer Kit Kemp, the doyenne of London boutique hotels, pioneered the ‘modern English’ decorative style currently sweeping London.... MORE»

• Montague on the Gardens
• 15 Montague Street, WC1B 5BJ

• The Montague is a flamboyant tribute to Victorian England. The doormen are dressed in top hats and tails, and the sitting room is decked out... MORE»

Moderate

• Academy Hotel
• 21 Gower Street, WC1E 6HG

• If Laura Ashley opened a townhouse hotel, it might look a bit like the Academy. But the traditional country house decor is not oppressive: the... MORE»

• Harlingford Hotel
• 61-63 Cartwright Gardens, WC1H 9EL

• Formerly a dowdy London B&B, the Harlingford got the mother of all makeovers last year. Down came the flock wallpaper, up went the white... MORE»

• Jenkins Hotel
• 45 Cartwright Gardens, WC1H 9EH

• On the same sweeping crescent as the Harlingford, the Jenkins is a more traditionally English B&B: an episode of Poirot was filmed here.... MORE»

• Morgan Hotel
• 24 Bloomsbury Street, WC1B 3QJ

• Imagine EastEnders transplanted to Bloomsbury: this cheap and cheerful family-run hotel could easily stand in for the Queen Vic. Its... MORE»

Cheap

• Arosfa
• 83 Gower Street, WC1E 6HJ

• Arosfa means ‘place to stay’ in Welsh. And, until recently, that about summed this place up: a bed, a roof over your head, and... MORE»

• Ashlee House
• 261-265 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8QT

• Ashlee House is a rare beast: a youth hostel with a bit of style. The funky lobby is decorated with London Underground wallpaper and sheepskin-... MORE»

• Generator
• 37 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9SE

• In the cafeteria of the Generator, there are posters advertising drinking contests, breakfast menus entitled ‘the Big Hangover Cure’... MORE»

• St Margaret’s Hotel
• 26 Bedford Place, WC1B 5JL

• This bustling townhouse hotel is enormous - there are 64 rooms - but it retains a homely ambience. The friendly feel is down to the Marazzi... MORE»