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Kensington Hotel Guide
Kensington Hotel Guide: The Royal Garden Hotel
April 14, 2008 at 11:26 AM | 0 Comments
While the neighboring Baglioni Hotel and the Milestone Hotel in Kensington are rather small hotels, the Royal Garden Hotel is enormous, boasting 396 rooms over 10 floors.
The hotel is located just diagonal from the Milestone and on the edge of Hyde Park. It's even closer to all those shops and restaurants that we told you about. But it definitely doesn't have the charm of the smaller hotels.
Still reviewers consistently like this hotel which probably has something to do with its location on the park and the killer views it offers. However, quite a few complained of extremely small bathrooms and bland guest room furniture, furthering our perception that it's more of a big-box hotel.
As for what's onsite, there's a Soma Centre spa, the Park Terrace restaurant and a landmark bar, Berties. You could even pop into the Connoisseur Casino which is located in the hotel but is not an official part of the hotel. The place is open from 12pm to 6am everyday.
Right now, the hotel is offering a "Spring 3 for 2 Escape" which is three nights for the price of two. A standard room (single occupancy only) starts at £170, a deluxe room with park view at £200, and the Park Suite at £350. The deal includes full English breakfast and VAT which is a pretty decent deal. It's available from now through April 30, May 2-5, and May 23-26.
Kensington Hotel Guide
Kensington Hotel Guide: The Milestone Hotel
April 7, 2008 at 2:15 PM | 1 Comment
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.
