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Kensington Hotel Guide: The Kensington Close Hotel

Where: Wrights Lane, London, United Kingdom, W8 5SP

The Kensington Close Hotel is a lesser-known tucked away on Wrights Lane but it's still merely steps away from all the window shopping of Kensington Street and the tube stop.

Inside the hotel has 550 guestrooms (book a Club Room for free internet service), the Oasis health spa and fitness center (charge of £5), the Blue Smoke steakhouse and the Lions sports bar and grill.

The reviews on the hotel are, at first, all really good. Most guests recognize the place is old but say the staff and the location are two points that would make them return for another stay.

Digging a little deeper, guests complain about the quality of the rooms and the small room sizes. Here's an example of that:

My friend and I booked a room for 6 nights. The first room they gave us was so small that we both kept laughing at the fact that we could reach over and poke each other in the arm from our respective beds. The beds seemed smaller than average twins, my feet hung over the end. (I'm 5'11)

Still, the hotel is not charging those scary London prices. We found a standard double on May 9th for £109 ($217) a night. A single room was available for £99 ($197) a night.