DoubleTree by Hilton London Kensington

Good location for sightseeing

The hotel has a great location next to the Tube. It has the Secret Garden which are beautiful tea spots. We got the mini suite which had a first entry with a desk, mini fridge, tv, console under the TV for clothes to be put in and a round breakfast table with 2 chairs. A wooden stair case wraps up to the second floor which also has an entry. Note- no privacy walls (it’s a loft). And the bathroom is located upstairs. Upstairs features a closet with 3 tiny shelves. There is a wall mounted TV upstairs and no console/cabinet/dresser to put clothes in. We found this very challenging. The bathroom hooks don’t hold your towels. They constantly fall which meant water conservation was an issue. Literally no other place to hang her damp towels. Staff was bringing new towels daily. If you wear contact lenses, the safest place I found to put them on was sitting in bed. The sink has zero ledge. There is a large shelf behind the toilet which would mean straddling the toilet to put your contacts in and hoping you don’t drop them on around the toilet area. Water pressure and shower were fantastic. Instant hot water.

We arrived early and could not check in but they held out bags while we explored. When we finally checked in, we were giving an accessible room which gave us more space but didn't have much in terms of seating or areas to unpack. The room was fine, not too noisy but not cleaned super often in terms of new glassware, tissues, trash emptied. Convenient location, nice enough staff at the bar and front desk, we didn't utilize the gym but it had ok equipment. Overall, a decent place to stay if on a budget and want to be in a quiet area near the tube and restaurants.

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À bit rusty needs some refurbishing really nice garden and quiet room size OK for London