London hotels near Kensington Palace

Pros: Bed is very comfy, location good and staff very helpful and friendly

Cons: Room was a little small

Pros: We visited just before lockdown and had a great stay . The view was fantastic , one morning we walked across the road and walked through Hyde Park to the Saatchi Gallery. Will definitely be our future London hotel

Pros: Great hotel - good restaurant and very friendly and helpful staff.

Cons: We were only there for a function and one night so didn't get to appreciate the surrounding area.

Pros: Lovely location and the staff were polite and attentive

Cons: The cooked breakfast was quite poor. The rest of the breakfast available was very nice, but the bacon was hard, and the scrambled eggs just too sloppy!

Pros: I find the facilities & staff are most welcoming, friendly & always available. I have been using this London Hotel for many years, in fact when it was called The Royal Lancaster Hotel. I do hope it will revert to that title in the future. Thank you to all for making me feel " @ home" while enjoying my stay.

Pros: The staff was extremely friendly

Pros: Very professional hotel - a very business feel. Staff great, all good.

Cons: I don't know why English hotels do stays without breakfast ! Look at how the Irish hotels do it. Adding breakfast at 30 pounds is a real turn off ! No buffet breakfast in the world could cost that to supply? Maybe look at this to be a little different.

Pros: Location was convenient and staff were really nice.

Cons: Free Wi-Fi was really non-existent; at least in our room. Also, TV had only three channels, which we were not informed of on check-in. However the staff was apologetic and offered complimentary full breakfast for the inconvenience.

Pros: Location was perfect for us. The onsight eating facilties were very good. All the staff members were courteous and helpful. The rooms were gery comfortable and well tended to.

Cons: Just like most of the rest of the world, there's too much fast moving traffic everywhere.

Pros: Being right above a tube stop and short walk to Hyde park, shops; staff incredibly helpful; room very clean, large, comfortable

Pros: Staff very friendly

Cons: Staff at reception extremely slow with check in. Breakfast took 20 mins to arrive after ordering

Pros: The room was really good and was always cleaned with everything used constantly replaced. The restaurant in the hotel was great with lots of options to choose from. The staff were outstanding especially the concierge as they all went out of their way to help out in any way they can. The location is perfect as it's only a minute's walk from Lancaster station

Cons: The room rate did not include breakfast which is something that I feel was unfair but can't complain to be honest

Pros: My room was spotless, and cleaned to a high standard, all the staff was friendly and the restaurant was exceptional : )

Cons: Breakfast was cold when delivered to my room, other than it being cold the variety was very good

Pros: Very attentive staff, breakfast with a lot of variety, great location

Cons: They stole my phone device

Pros: Accommodation was good and staff were very helpful.

Pros: The staff were very helpful and courteous!

Cons: The beds weren't very comfortable and the air conditioning noise was annoying.

Pros: Location

Pros: Room, breakfast and lication

Cons: Tea at breakfast was cold and there was a lot of road noise during the night.

Pros: Convenience to the Gloucester Tube station and all the amenities. Concierge,  was very helpful during our 4 night stay.

Cons: No.

Pros: The hotel location was the best! It was close to restaurants, grocery stores, and the underground.

Cons: The hotel is on a very busy street and sometimes we would hear street noise during the night.

Pros: Everything! I

Cons: No

Pros: The heating and location.

Cons: It took so long for my bags to reach my room.

Cons: Our room seemed to be above the kitchen and if the window was open we had a food smell in the room

Pros: Good location.

Cons: When booking, the booking.com site states that the hotel has an airport shuttle to the hotel. When contacting the hotel we were quoted £90 ($180) for a taxi. We paid for a Superior room, and were told on checkout that we were given a standard room, no refund. When we checked in the the front of staff mentioned that we had booked a superior room but proceeded to allocate us a standard room. The room was tiny with no fridge. The hotel is definitely not 4 star, 3 star at best.

Pros: Staff was friendly, restaurant was okay, but location is the prime positive factor here.

Cons: Bed had someone else’s hair in it, sink had ants, room was in a weird location. Cleanliness left me feeling not relaxed or comfortable.

Pros: Great hotel by price/quality rate! The breakfast could be better and various but all another was perfect for this price! Next time I will stay here again))

Pros: Very friendly staff good facilities and in a nice location with 2 tube stations just a 10 minute walk away from the hotel one central line and one district and circle line

Cons: Booked a standard room was a bit on the little side but it did the job what I needed it for.

Pros: Good location, 9 min walk to Paddington, Queensway and Bayswater. Nice and friendly staff.

Cons: Rooms quite small and not enough space for our baggage, but for what I paid is very ok considering prices of other places near by.

Pros: Great staff Excellent location to bayswater stn. Beautiful modern hotel with ancient artifacts adorning the walls. Great breakfast Rooms comfortable and well appointed. Bathrooms modern, a bit small. Really like the hotel.

Cons: Bathroom tight, tiny sink. Room Woodwork a bit scuffed up, could use a bit of touch up Great for a short stay.

Pros: Staff was super friendly and accommodating. They took pity on a weary, soggy traveler and let me check in ahead of time.

Cons: Room was miniscule, not enough places to store things, very hard, tiny bed. Bare, cold floor.

Pros: The staff were extra friendly and helpful. Answered every question and helped with every enquiry.

Pros: Friendly staff that went above and beyond despite the current situation. Great Location Clean and Tidy rooms Fantastic service

Pros: Location is great. Hotel is clean and reception staff is great.

Cons: Bad WiFi Room Keys stopped working a few times Room service staff could be more flexible (we told them to come back in an hour, they simply skipped our room that day). Elevator is funky. While going down it won't stop at ground floor.

Cons: There was a odor coming from the shower drain. It was too warm in the room and we could not cool it off without opening windows

Cons: It was very noisy for most of my 5 day stay as they had repairs and redecorations.

Pros: The Blakemore is an incredible hotel. It is extremely clean, beautiful in every way. Although the rooms and location were perfect- it's greatest asset is ira incredible staff- who were competent, polite, well-versed in their jobs, -and incredibly customer focused. It is a great hotel.

Pros: I was only here for one night as I tried to get back to the US, "pandemic" just having been declared! Because I was there so short a time I can't address a lot of things, but the room was VERY comfortable and up-to-date, the staff was incredibly helpful (especially at a stressful time), and the location is very good. It is half only about a block from 2 tube stations, a 10-minute walk to Paddington Station, a block from Hyde Park, and very near lots of restaurants and small markets. The room was clean, which meant more than ever to me given what was going on in the world at this time!

Cons: Unsafe place my luggages have been stolen and hotel mgmt refuses to view CCTV and send it to the police. I believe they try to conceal the identity of the thief as he/she is one of the staff. This is the only reason for their procrastination given that their employees claimed that they don't have CCTV in the begining of my discussion. Staff are very rude, unfriendly and incompetent.

Pros: Location.

Cons: Asked for 'wake up' call that did not materialize but still got to airport on time. Not a major issue for me because they were a 'backup' to iPhone alarm. Would stay there again!!

Pros: close to places we wanted to see

Pros: Very helpful, friendly staff.

Pros: Great location.

Cons: Softer beds

Pros: location and breakfast was good.

Cons: the room number 4094 was exceptionally small, the bathroom was so tiny to move about. The bed was very small and hard and pillows not great. There was no where to put any toiletaries in the bathroom, with a silly sliding mirrored door. We couldn't see the tv very well without laying at a weird angle because of the size of the room. It was very disappointing, we didnt expect the room to be of that size. It was more like a hub size room. All other aspects of hotel were good expect the room.

Pros: The best thing about this hotel is the location to most things in the center of London. There are many restaurants and stores in the area also. The tube stop is down the street.

Cons: We stayed for 5 nights. We left a note after the first night asking for a couple of maintenance related things (light in bathroom was out and tub and sink was slighlt clogged). We also requested some wash cloths. Good for 3 days, not for 2.

Pros: good clean rooms, excellent vibrabrant locations with lots of options for eating out and hyde park literally next door. staff were also very friendly and helpful.

Cons: That I had to pay 5 GBP per peron to use the pool (considering that its usual included in the upfront fee) and on top of that the steam room was not working and you had to pay extra for bath robes. Also the food was pricey.

Pros: Location maybe?

Cons: Mis-advertised room. The confirmation said king size bed and it was not even close. Double bed at most. We wanted a king size bed and that's why we reserved it only to find out that it was not at all correct. The room was very small.

Pros: Would have rated this property much higher had I not been overcharged as most of the staff were lovely, the rooms are decently sized and the location is excellent.

Cons: I pre-paid in full on booking.com. I informed the receptionist of this at check in. She insisted that she still needed to charge my card as the payment was only a “pre-authorization” plus she needed to charge a £50 fee for “incidentals”. I gave it to her and paid room rate + the £50. Upon entering my room I checked my bank account and realized that I had actually been charged twice. Once to booking.com, 131.09 Euro and once to Holiday Inn Kensington, 186.61 Euro. I went back to reception to query this and spoke to another woman who rudely asked “why did you not show my colleague this?” When I showed her the confirmation stating I paid from booking.com. That is NOT my job. I told her colleague that I had paid and she insisted I pay again anyway. This woman then made a call and informed me she’d told the bank to “release the payment for booking.com” so I won’t be charged it. She was not apologetic for her colleagues mistake at all and I left feeling like the staff were implying it was my fault, which is an unacceptable way to treat a guest. Not only that, but I’ve checked my bank account today only to discover the 131.09 Euro to booking.com has moved from a “pending” transaction to a completed transaction meaning your staff have lied to me as the money is gone, meaning your hotel has received it. The other charge of 186.61 euro is still there also. I expect a member of management to contact me regarding this immediately. I was clearly lied to by your reception staff since they specifically said that the booking.com payment would be released which it was NOT. Absolutely ridiculous having to go through all this hassle for what should have been a simple one night stay.

Pros: Good location

Cons: Room was very very small

Cons: Service

Pros: Location.

Cons: The room was very small the hotel interiors look a bit tired.