Bentinck House Hotel, London

Advantages: Accept Group Bookings, Convenient Location, Access to a bar open until 6am, Breakfast is suprisingly edible.
Disadvantages: Building poorly maintained, poorly furnished rooms, poorly maintained furniture, no ensuite, smelly, damp, get laughed at by cab drivers when you tell them where you are staying and breakfast is served in sister hotel 2 minutes walk away

...). The price is also a lot cheaper than the other city centre hotels (obviously) at £19.50 per person per night and £23.50 per person per night en suite (Bentinck only I presume). Summary Do I recommend it? Only just. Its cheap, conveniently located but its not the place to stay for a romantic weekend. However for a stag or hen group its ok as you’ll be accommodated as long as there’s room and who cares where you’re staying for a stag do, well ok some people do as one mate purposely pulled a less than attractive lady just so he could stay in her house overnight (but that’s only one out of sixteen of us).... Read review

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Advantages: Good value, immaculate, 4 Star
Disadvantages: Language problems

...I stayed at the Melia White House hotel in June 2008, on my first trip to London. Finding our way from Heathrow T5 to the hotel, negotiating the underground, was surprisingly easy, as the hotel is situated within 5 minutes walk of Great Portland St underground station, just outside leafy Regents Park. Warren St and Regents Park underground stations are also within 10 minutes walk in either direction. The hotel may not look a lot from the exterior, however step inside and the reception is bright, airy and spacious. The reception area is immaculate and covered in marble, and expensive looking antiques. The hotel has 581 rooms over 8 floors (283 Classic rooms, 158 Superior rooms, 28 Triple rooms, 62 Executive Level rooms, 42 Junior Suites, 2 Master Suites, 1 Residential Suite and 5 Disabled rooms). We were booked into a Classic... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent decor, great Regents Park location - within 2 mins walk of 2 tube stations
Disadvantages: 4 star decor not matched by corresponding room size

...of London. One very good thing about the Melia White House is that it is marked on maps such as the London A to Z. Once you cross the major road from the tube stations it's very heard to miss, there are pedestrian crossings which make this easier. The lobby to the Melia White House instantly says 4 star. Although it has a low roof the decor and panelling is impressive. Checking in you suddenly realize that this hotel has teleported in from Madrid. The entire check in staff is Spanish, illustrating the hotel's ownership (the Spanish Sol Group). Finding a receptionist who speaks good English is a roll of the dice each visit. Generally service is good. We arrived at 1pm on a Saturday and no rooms were ready. When we got a room on our return around 4pm our bags took 20 minutes to follow us up and the porter immediately left without... Read review

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