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Stay again, not likely

Advantages: Hyde Park conferences
Disadvantages: cost decor rooms and services

The Royal Lancaster is a Hotel that overlooks Hyde Park and is a common venue for conferences and the like. At a basic rate of about £250 a night it certainly can only be the conference centre for very major players in the business world. I recently had the displeasure of staying there and I am only glad that someone else footed the bill. I had a basic room with twin beds and a television, a small bathroom and a minibar. There were no tea or coffee ...
...I thought never mind, after a few bevies I would be OK, but even several drinks could not numb the discomfort of both the beds in my room, and the shower was cool at 3 am when I finally staggered into my room. The meal we had as a conference meal was pleasant enough but breakfast was a little stingy in portions and the fresh fruit had seen better days. The hotel has three restaurants each serving a speciality meal and we had the Thai in the Nipa ...

cabletow 07.11.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Royal Lancaster, London

Overall a lovely stay

Advantages: Beautiful viiews, great location, lovely food
Disadvantages: At full price it would seem a lot -look for deals

The hotel has a good website, with pictures and lots of details, which I found useful when choosing it. I was able to make a booking over a last minute site, which meant the price for a double room was £130. This was fine, but had I paid the full rate I wouldn't have thought it worth it. The hotel is about 10 minutes walk from High Street Ken station. The hotel has an impressive facade and a beautiful lobby area. We found staff to be attentive and ...
...Hyde Park, which is right next to the hotel. Perfect for a stroll. Equally the hotel is also close to a bust shopping area, including high street names such as Monsoon, Marks and Spencers etc. Harrods is also walking distance away, as are several of the museums. So the hotel is a great base. The room itself was lovely and all the touches of luxury that you hope for at this cost. We had lunch in the restaurant downstairs. There was an excellent wine ...

Kateb8 31.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Royal Garden, London

Not impressed.

Advantages: Fantastic location, very impressive looking
Disadvantages: renovation work being carried out

I have just arrived back from a long weekend in London and I was not impressed with this hotel. The pictures depict this hotel as being very grand, but I'm not entirely sure these pictures are of this hotel. Disadvantages: renovation work is being carried out at the moment, and although it definitely needs it, I wasn't informed of this at the time of my booking. Our first room was extremely small and was not 4* material. I was grateful that the cold ...
...change rooms. The second room was much bigger and we had a lovely view of the air conditioning system, which ironically, didn't actually work in our room. With the mini-bar not being restocked daily and the terrible room service menu - there was a very limited choice available - take my advice and stock up on drinks and food. Advantages: the staff are all extremely helpful and the celebrity chef, Brian Turner, has his own restaurant in this hotel. ...

claireseaston 04.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Millennium Britannia Mayfair, London

Hilton Gatwick - well worth every penny

Advantages: in the airport, very high level of service,
Disadvantages: expensive, all ways booked up!

...you flights. Gatwick Hilton is by far one ofthe best airport hotels uin the UK. It has actually won many awards for its high level of services. if you are looking for a little luxury to begin or finish off your holiday it comes highly recomended from me. I used to work at Gatwick and we always used to send all of our customers to the Hilton if they needed a place to stay, as soon as you walk through the doors you forget you are surrounded by a bustling ...
...compared to other hotels in the area. they are always clean and of a high standard. it is an expense and there are much cheaper hotels around but it is worth thinking about the costs you are saving on taxis as the Hilton is in the airport itself. ...

xClairebarnesx 02.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hilton London Gatwick Airport, London

A very nice hotel - Hilton's London Metropole

Advantages: A really nice good quality hotel
Disadvantages: Room could be updated a little

My boyfriend booked two nights in this hotel for me as a Christmas present. On arrival by tube it was very easy to find. The hotel is serviced by Edgware Road station on the Bakerloo, Distirct and Circle lines and so has excellent connections. It's impossible to miss the hotel on exiting the staion. Although we didn't use the buses there was a constant stream of them up and down Edgware Road. First impressions on walking into the hotel were brilliant. ...
...marble and luxury. The check-in service was excellent, and in spite of there being a queue we were sorted quickly and directed to the lifts to find our room. This hotel is huge, but the rooms and lifts well signed and easy to find. The room was lovely, with a massive comfortable bed and nice bathroom, usual hospitality tray etc. The view out of the window was nothing great, of a police station but in central London I have found very few hotels can ...

laukez88 27.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hilton London Metropole, London


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