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Kensington Hotel Guide: easyHotel South Kensington

Where: 14 Lexham Gardens, London, United Kingdom, W8 5JE

5/19/2008 at 4:16 PM
Tags: Kensington Hotel Guide, easyhotels, Kensington-Hotel-Guide, Budget Hotels, London Hotels

The easyHotel South Kensington (damn you, annoying lower-cased brand names) is not close to the shops we adore at Kensington and Hight Street.

In fact, it's a ways off (about 15 minutes) and we say only attempt the walk when the weather's nice in London.

We actually had a chance to go by this hotel and while rooms are cheap at 25 GBP a night, this is still a budget hotel and rooms are notoriously small.

However, the easyHotel gets pretty solid reviews on TripAdvisor. It seems most guests know what they are in for before they arrive.

A few tips: Guests said that rooms with windows are smaller than the ones without. Internet is £5 an hour and watching the telly will cost you another £10 a day. If you want housekeeping, that's £10 per room and extra towels are £1 a piece. So we really wouldn't recommend booking this place for more than two nights.

On the other hand, skimping on the hotel room does leave you more money for shopping in Kensington.

Hotel Reviews:
Easyhotel South Kensington

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Comments on Kensington Hotel Guide: easyHotel South Kensington

DanielR
HotelChatter Member

easycloset.com? (none / 0)

When I stayed here back in December 2006 I was wildly claustrophobic every second I was in my room. Most closets are bigger than the standard room here. The only thing that could rival the size of the room are those Japanese pod hotels. However, the bathroom was really nice. I spent most of my down time in there reading next to the modern fixtures, and good, nice sized shower. Everything in there was spotless.

If you're going to pay 10 pounds to watch tele, it's best if it isn't 30 centimeters from your skull. The location is nice and you're in a safe neighborhood a short walking distance to the tube. Overall, if I was traveling alone, I'd go back.

by DanielR on 5/19/2008 at 5:29 PM

juliana
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Re: Kensington Hotel Guide: easyHotel South Kensin (none / 0)

easyHotel sounds like such a great idea in theory. like, "omg so cheap, it's just two nights, i'll totally stay there." then you get there and you're like, "why??????"

by juliana on 5/20/2008 at 12:00 PM