Expensive hotels in London |
- South Kensington & Knightsbridge
- Bentley Kempinksi
- Harrington Gardens, South Kensington, SW7 4JX
Although it isn’t large, the Bentley’s style is on a grand scale: Louis XV-style furniture, gilt mirrors, gleaming marble –... MORE»
- South Kensington & Knightsbridge
- Cadogan
- 75 Sloane Street, SW1X 9SG
Time has rather caught up with this terribly British hotel. Beautiful wood panels and mosaic flooring at both entrances, plus an old-fashioned... MORE»
- Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia
- Charlotte Street Hotel
- 15-17 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, W1T 1RJ
This gorgeous hotel is a fine exponent of Kit Kemp’s trademark style, fusing trad English furnishings with avant-garde art. The huge beds... MORE»
- Marylebone
- Cumberland
- Great Cumberland Place, off Oxford Street, W1H 7DL
Perfectly located by Marble Arch tube (turn the right way and you’re there in seconds), the Cumberland is a bit of a monster. There are... MORE»
- West London
- Earl’s Court
- 38 Bolton Gardens, SW5 0AQ
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- South Kensington & Knightsbridge
- Gore
- 189 Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, SW7 5EX
Recently refurbished and now under new management, the Gore retains a special atmosphere. It’s a fin-de-siècle period piece founded... MORE»
- West London
- Guesthouse West
- 163-165 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, W11 2RS
Set in an impressive three-floor, cream-coloured building, Guesthouse West is a stylish, affordable antidote to exorbitant hotels. It keeps... MORE»
- Soho & Chinatown
- Hazlitt’s
- 6 Frith Street, Soho, W1D 3JA
Three Georgian townhouses comprise this charming place, named after William Hazlitt, the spirited 18th-century essayist, critic and philosopher... MORE»
- West London
- High Road House
- 162 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, W4 1PR
This addition to Nick Jones’s Soho House group opened on Chiswick High Road in 2006, generously sparing west London’s media crowd... MORE»
- Marylebone
- Mandeville
- Mandeville Place, Marylebone, W1U 2BE
Seeking to transform an unremarkable traditional hotel into something more appropriate to the area, the Mandeville’s owners gave interior... MORE»
- West London
- Miller’s Residence
- 111A Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, W2 4UW
This gloriously atmospheric pad, hidden behind an unmarked door in an unprepossessing side street, is a cross between a baronial family pile and... MORE»
- Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia
- 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»
- Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia
- myhotel bloomsbury
- 11-13 Bayley Street, WC1B 3HD
It was back in 1999 that this sleek Conran-designed hotel first combined Asian fusion decor and feng shui – now the chain is to open a... MORE»
- South Kensington & Knightsbridge
- myhotel chelsea
- 35 Ixworth Place, SW3 3QX
The Chelsea myhotel feels a world away from its sleekly modern Bloomsbury sister, feeling softer, more feminine – precious certainly,... MORE»
- West London
- New Linden
- 59 Leinster Square, Bayswater, W2 4PS
Part of the excellent group comprising the Mayflower Hotel and Twenty Nevern Square, the New Linden had nearly completed renovations (with just... MORE»
- Mayfair & St James’s
- No.5 Maddox Street
- 5 Maddox Street, Mayfair, W1S 2QD
The PR material has it: an inner-city sanctuary. This bolthole just off Regent Street is perfect for visiting film directors looking to be... MORE»
- South Kensington & Knightsbridge
- Number Sixteen
- 16 Sumner Place, South Kensington, SW7 3EG
There’s no slacking in style at Kit Kemp’s most affordable hotel. Bedrooms are generously sized, bright and very light.
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- West London
- Portobello Hotel
- 22 Stanley Gardens, Notting Hill, W11 2NG
Now equipped with a lift to help guests scale the four floors after taking advantage of the 24hr bar, this decadent Notting Hill mansion has... MORE»
- West London
- Rockwell
- 181 Cromwell Road, Earl’s Court, SW5 0SF
Housed in a restored Victorian terrace, Rockwell isn’t your average London four-star. For a start, it’s independently owned, meaning... MORE»
- Holborn & Clerkenwell
- Rookery
- 12 Peter’s Lane, Cowcross Street, Clerkenwell, EC1M 6DS
Hidden away down a tiny alley linking Cowcross Street with St John’s Lane, the Rookery is a kind of Dickensian Tardis. You’d never... MORE»
- Soho & Chinatown
- Soho Hotel
- 4 Richmond Mews, Soho, W1D 3DH
Kemp’s 2004 shot at urban hip is still her most edgy creation. It’s all very cool, but also wonderfully quiet and comfortable.
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- The City
- Threadneedles
- 5 Threadneedle Street, EC2R 8AY
Occupying a Victorian banking hall, the former HQ of the Midland Bank, its lobby and bar area centrepieced by a magnificent atrium,... MORE»





