The Russell Hotel is a large, imposing, renaissance style hotel located, yup you guessed it, just opposite Russell Square in London (imaginative these hoteliers eh!).
I stayed here on business a couple of weeks ago so I can't say I had much say in the choice, although having been told where ... Read review
Bloomsbury,opposite Russell Square underground station which provides easy access to the city centre and the rest of the city.The hotel is close to the city's main tourist attr...
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Russell Hotel, London
The Russell Hotel is located near the city centre of London in the heart of ... more
Bloomsbury,opposite Russell Square underground station which provides easy access to the city centre and the rest of the city.The hotel is close to the city's main tourist attractions,business district,shops,restaurants and entertainment venues which makes it the perfect choice for both business and leisure travellers.The nearest international airport to the hotel is London Heathrow International Airport,which is located 36km away.The hotel has 373 comfortable and spacious rooms,elegantly decorated with stylish contemporary and traditional English furnishings.Rooms are equipped with a private en suite bathroom,hairdryer,air conditioning,television with cable and satellite TV,internet access,direct dial telephone,pay per view movies,iron and ironing board,radio,coffee and tea making facilities,Sony PlayStation,work desk with lamp and an alarm clock.The Fitzroys Restaurant with original marble Sicilian columns and chandeliers serves a full buffet breakfast every morning offering guests a wide selection of cot and hold dishes,as well as a wide range of English and international cuisine a la carte for dinner.The King's Bar with its leather armchairs and Chesterfield sofas,reminiscent of a Victorian gentlemen's club,provides guests with the perfect place to sit back and relax while enjoying a few drinks after a long day of business or sightseeing.Facilities and services available at the hotel include 24 hour front desk,room service,concierge services,safe deposit boxes at front desk,dry cleaning and laundry services,luggage storage facility,shopping arcade,lounge,multilingual staff,parking facilities,babysitting on request,elevator,tourist information at front desk,ticket reservation service,currency exchange and a wake up service.
The Hotel Russell, London
In the heart of Bloomsbury, The Hotel Russell has a magnificent Victorian facade, a ... more
1-minute walk from Russell Square underground station. Covent Garden and Oxford Street are nearby.Following a £20 million refurbishment, The Hotel Russell offers luxury accommodation and facilities. The hotel's Tempus Bar offers an ideal venue to relax whilst having a pre-dinner drink and guests may enjoy an excellent meal in Fitzroy Doll's.All of the contemporary rooms are stylish and spacious, with en suite facilities and satellite TV.The Hotel Russell is within walking distance of Euston, St. Pancras and Kings Cross mainline railway stations.There are excellent facilities for meetings, conferences and events, including fully equipped function rooms and suites, able to accommodate up to 450 people.
Hotel Russell, London
Location. The Russell Hotel overlooks Bloomsbury's tree lined Russell Square in London, ... more
England. The hotel is located three blocks from the British Museum. Covent Garden and West End theaters are positioned one kilometer from the hotel. Hotel Features. Housed within a grand terracotta building, The Russell Hotel reflects detailed Renaissance architectural influences. The interior claims many original features such as Sicilian marble columns, vaulted ceilings, massive chandeliers, a restored mosaic floor, and a grand marble staircase. Fitzroy Doll's Restaurant features a grand dining room where international cuisine and British favorites are served. Kings Bar offers a relaxed atmosphere and is known as a popular site for pre dinner drinks. The Russell Hotel houses 20 function rooms that accommodate up to 450 guests. Wireless Internet access is available for a fee. The business centre offers two computers equipped with high speed Internet access. Additional property amenities include 24 hour concierge services, laundry facilities and currency exchange. Guestrooms. The Russell Hotel offers 373 air conditioned guestrooms presented in distinct traditional, modern and contemporary styles. Accommodations boast silver chandeliers, two telephones, full length mirrors, laptop compatible, in room safes and beds with headboard mounted reading lamps. Standard rooms include coffeemakers and refrigerators upon request. Rooms are equipped with satellite television. Select rooms boast plasma screen televisions, bedside ceiling hung lights, Egyptian cotton linens and beds with glass headboards. Bathrooms in renovated guestrooms feature multi jet showers, marble counters and raised glass basins. High speed Internet access is available in all accommodations. Expert Tip. Fitzroy Doll's restaurant was named after the famous architect who also designed the Titanic's almost identical restauran
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ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS . WOULD MAKE AN IDEAL GIFT . VICTORIAN SOCIAL HISTORY . The actual date is ususally printed on each page . This print is over 100 years old. And is not a modern copy . There is a fold which sometimes shows as a shadow on the image, this will not show when framed. Check the image for details. . Size of print is approx 12" x 10" (305 X 250)or pro-rata . Approx. Page size = 16" x 11" (410 X 280 . Ready to matt and frame. These old Prints really look great with Matt and Framed. . Note this print is from a periodical and has p rinting on reverse. . Scanned at a low resolution for quick uploading so the actual picture is better than the scanned image. .
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A review by paule23 on Russell Hotel, London September 17th, 2007
Author's product rating:
Advantages:
Large room, exfoliating shower, work area
Disadvantages:
Exorbitant internet costs, no gym
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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The Russell Hotel is a large, imposing, renaissance style hotel located, yup you guessed it, just opposite Russell Square in London (imaginative these hoteliers eh!).
I stayed here on business a couple of weeks ago so I can't say I had much say in the choice, although having been told where I was staying and had a good browse around the website, I must say I was quite pleased with the choice, the only question was would the hotel live up to expectations (and price!)
First impressions were definitely good. The hotel is absolutely huge, and looks very impressive on the way in. You go up several steps, past the doorman into a fabulous foyer/lobby/entrance hall (please let me know what these things are supposed to be called, I'm so confused!). There is lots of marble, lots of plants, lots of gold (or gold paint...) and most surprising of all, lots of staff. I've stayed in quite a few hotels recently, and it never ceases to amaze me how few people are actually manning reception at the busiest time of the day, around 6pm when grumpy, tired people arriving on business trips check in. I've had some nightmares where it's taken over 30 minutes of queuing just to get to speak to a receptionist, let alone argue about whether you have a reservation and finally get a key to your room. On this occasion, check-in was pretty flawless, no queue, friendly, pleasant staff, and they even found my reservation details, no mean feat when compared to some other hotels I can assure you.
So, check-in complete, off to check out my home for the next four nights. As I was on the fourth floor and carrying an epic suitcase (how do people manage to pack for a week in a flight bag? I always turn up with a trunk full, what am I doing wrong? but I digress...) so despite my lack of recent exercise, I spurned a perfect opportunity to work my thighs a little and took the lift up.
I was then pleasantly surprised not once but twice in the space of a few seconds, and I don't normally surprise easily. Not only did I have a room within 10 metres of the lift, the sign posts for room numbers were actually clear to follow, so I didn't take an unplanned tour of the hotel, including kitchens (don't laugh, it has been known on my travels) and managed to reach my room without incident.
Then roll on surprise number three, the room was massive. The last time I stayed in London I had stayed at the Euston Hilton, just up the road, where the room was about 1ft bigger than the bed and the bathroom didn't have room to swing a dwarf mouse, let alone a cat. This room was very impressive, with a 6ft bed (is that super-king?, I think so), plenty of room between the foot of the bed and the TV, more space between the bed and the window (you could have fit another bed in there) and even an annex with a desk. The bathroom, although not massive, was definitely respectable. Now I can't say if all the rooms were like this (there are 373 bedrooms in this monster and I was only staying for a week) but this one definitely ticked the boxes on first impressions.
The room had all the conveniences you would expect from a 4- star hotel, safe, iron, trouser press, TV, high speed internet (more of that later!), loads of toiletries to restock my home bathroom, air con and the essential Gideon bible. The room was clean, well decorated (all dark wood and reds, a bit glum for my tastes but a good change from the beige, beige beige at home!) and most importantly of all, smelt OK (you might think this is not worth commenting on, but I stayed at a hotel in Blackpool recently where, when you flushed the toilet, you could see water bubbling up through the bottom of the shower, and the smell reflected where I though that water might have been coming from, yuck!)
Now for the most important two bits, the bed and the shower. As I've mentioned, the bed was a 6ft monster and I have to say was exceedingly comfortable, although I always feel a little lost in these huge beds and don't think I used more then 3ft of it throughout my entire stay, so I can't be sure it was ALL comfy but there's only so much I can tell you, you'll just have to find some things out for yourselves! The bed is obviously important as I spend a lot of time there when away from home, the shower may not seem as important, but after a fully expensed dinner including the odd glass or six of wine, a decent power shower that doesn't alternately freeze you to death or scold you to a nice lobster red is all important to ensure I can get to work looking vaguely human. This shower was actually very good, powerful enough to exfoliate at least three layers every morning, and controllable to ensure I didn't re-enact several thousand years of freeze-thaw action in one session.
So, the room and showers are OK, what about the rest. Let's start with the next most important thing on any stay, food. The Russell suffers in the same way that all city centre hotels suffer, and that is price. I mean £22 for an English breakfast, not even Turpin himself got away with such robbery. I know my company is paying, but it's still absolutely disgraceful that a hotel will charge such exorbitant prices for what is essentially a hot buffet. As it happens, these aren't always even hot, although in the Russell's case this was true. So, breakfast was as you would expect, lots of it, normally hot, but not exactly cordon bleu, let's face it, how far wrong can you go with bacon and eggs? Staff were pretty attentive so overall not bad. I'd like to comment on the restaurant for evening meals, but I normally find hotel food mediocre and overpriced and could not bring myself to sample the Russell's fare. For what it's worth, the menu looked tempting but at £8 for a starter and £17 for a main, I wasn't going to get many glasses of wine from my expense budget, so I took myself somewhere cheaper each night. Again, you'll just have to try for yourself and see if you like it. I know this is a review but you can't expect me to find out everything for you, oh you do, erm, oh bug^&r.
Right then, onto service. Good overall, as I've said, check-in was smooth, staff were pleasant at breakfast, concierge was good at recommending local restaurants, rooms was clean and tidy upon my return everyday, (no mean feat considering the mess I manage to make in 12 hours!) and check-out went OK, although the queue was a bit longer than when I arrived, at least there were no nasty surprises on my bill. This was mainly because I chose not accept their kind invitation to spend 50p a minute, or £25 a night on their high speed internet. £25, who are they trying to kid? I know the installation costs aren't cheap, but really, £25! No way Hose, Alice, John or whoever.
Location is pretty good, you're about 10 minutes walk from Euston, 20 minutes from the Strand, and there is a tube station right around the corner. You're not in the middle of touristville or the City, but both are within reasonably easy reach.
Cost, now here we come to the crux of the matter. I got a discounted rate, and it still came to £150 a night. £150! Good grief. I know this is London but please! Add on breakfast and internet, maybe an evening meal and a kitkat from the mini bar and I might have to sell a kidney! The rack rate for the room I was in was £215, that's two kidneys! Now as you've probably gathered, the stay was quite pleasant, but for £215 standard rate, give me a break.
Anything else? Well, there's no gym which is a bit of a disappointment, but in compensation there is a very pleasant, gentleman's club style bar, lots of leather seats and cognac. Very easy to while away a few late evening hours on the odd nightcap, no wonder I need those showers in the morning.
So, overall, pretty good, large rooms, friendly staff only let down by the price (rooms, food and internet). Definitely recommended.
Advantages: Location, good special deal room rate, large rooms, high standard accommodation, guest services Disadvantages: F&B may be a little expensive
...situated along one side of Russell Square in the Bloomsbury area of the city was to be my home for my recent short break in the capital. Being in the hotel industry myself, I don't like to pay a fortune for hotels and I booked the hotel about two months prior to our arrival and managed to secure two double/twin rooms at the rate of £85 per room per night, through a contact. However this special rate was also available on the website, and so is achievable. ... ...block at the side of Russell Square and is one of the most imposing hotels within this location. This purpose built building dates from around the turn of the 20th century and its architecture is renaissance in style, with stunning terracotta brickwork. The hotel is large in size, with almost 400 rooms, and many overlook the square, including ours. The original floor to ceiling window frames do open out onto a small balcony area, if you want to absorb ...
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Advantages: Glorious building, great location, great breakfast Disadvantages: poor service , few staff, Not very organized
Stayed here late July 2008, In fact my room 2 nd octagonal room bay and balony to the left from the bottom of this picture. Was booked into a family room with my family good rate £85 including breakfast fro all of us. Breakfast excellent choice all well cooked and probably on of the redeming features of the hotel, communal area fantastically ornate, and the squre opposite delightful, well positioned hotel, with air conditioning which is as well as ... ...roomy and adequate. What lets this place down is the service, staff are few and far between, the reception staff won't help with queries they consider the concierge job, even though the conceige may be missing for 10 minutes e.g.Have you got a local telephone directory please... Would not help told me only the conceige would help. Mixed up my room, because an item was broken they moved us to a different room, went to the new room only to find they ...
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Advantages: Friendly, good atmosphere. Disadvantages: The bar could be bigger.
The Hotel Russell has recently gone through a grand internal transformation. The ads for it state that £10m has been spent on refurbishment, and in my eyes it is money that has been truely well spent. You can now rest up after a hard days work/sightseeing/partying, in Benjamins Bar, or have a light snack or a meal in Virginia Wolfes Restaurant. Take a room for the night and you will find that the staff will be constantly on hand to meet your every ... ...sociable, most hailing from a nearby firm of Financial Consultants, who will be happy to entertain, and socialise with newcomers to the area.
Out of 10, on a scale rating areas of pleasant drinking, you would be hard pushed to find any better in the Russell Square area of London........ ...
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Advantages: Good location Disadvantages: Cack hotel
...When we recently had a team meeting in London, a friend of mine was given the task of arranging somewhere to eat and I was tasked with finding somewhere to sleep. This was good news because I got to choose a hotel that was convenient for me. Selfish, aren?t I? Oh well.
WHY I CHOSE LE MERIDIEN RUSSELL
Although I do occasionally venture out further, I tend to book hotels that are close to Euston or King?s Cross railway stations because this is where most of my team arrive by train and because all our company buildings are that side of town. The last time I was in town, I stayed in the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, which certainly isn?t bad after its refit, but I was unable to get seven rooms for the date I had in mind. Over on www.laterooms.com I spotted a discount in Le Meridien, Russell Square from £220 per night to £89. This...
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Advantages: Central, discounted rate Disadvantages: Dingy dump of a room, poor service
...The last time I went to London was 12 years ago. I stayed in a grubby student flat with my brother who was sharing with about six other people. It was so cramped we spent the whole visit on the tube and in the pub, only coming back for a few uncomfortable hours sleep.
So it was considerable enthusiasm that I recently set about booking a proper hotel for a night's stay in London. Yes, glamorous jet-setters that we are, as a birthday treat the Boyfriend and I were flying down from Glasgow early on Saturday (read: 6am on bargain BMI flight) for two action packed days and one night. Being somewhat better off than I was in the old studenty days, I didn't want someplace scummy, but was nonetheless was conscious that we didn't want to be shelling out big money for a room we'd have the use of for approximately 10 hours.
I spent some...
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Advantages: Central and nice staff Disadvantages: None
...Lovely hotel in prime location in London. Perfect if you wish to be central to pretty much everything. Grt Russell street is light off the most hectic streets so acts as a bit of a retreat from the hussel and bussel.
Wonderful service at the hotel and really try to look after their guests.
On my first stay to the Jurys, i booked online, and through no fault of the hotel the booking had an error. So the General Manager kindly offered us a better hotel within their chain in Kensington. What can I say for service.
we also recieved a free up grade to an executive suite, which i have to say.
Little details and touches make this a really nice place to stay. such as speaker in the bathroom from the TV and Radio system. NOthing nicer to have a soak in the bath with a little bit of music...
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