Kensington Hotel Guide: The Milestone Hotel

Where: 1 Kensington Court, London, United Kingdom, W8 5DL

4/07/2008 at 2:15 PM
Tags: Kensington Hotel Guide, London Hotels, Luxury Hotels, Hyde Park Hotels

On our recent sojourn to London, we hit up the Baglioni Hotel in Hyde Park. While we lurved our hotel, we noticed there were a few other options in the 'hood. And considering that we dug the Kensington/High Street shopping and attractions, we'd be keen to stay in the area again.

The Milestone Hotel looks similar to the Baglioni on the outside and isn't that much different on the inside in terms of offerings and services.

Both are located inside of old Victorian-era buildings across from Hyde Park (about 2 small blocks away from each other) and both are members of the Leading Small Hotels of the World group. The Milestone, however, got the top pick for London on Travel and Leisure's Top 500 list as well as Conde Naste's Gold List for 2008.

Both hotels have eccentric furnishings and decor and at the Milestone Hotel, no two rooms are alike. The Milestone's Cheneston restaurant is probably superior to the Baglioni's Brunello lobby restaurant but the Baglioni was open late night until 2am obliging our orders for more red wine. Not sure if the Milestone will do that.