Spacious family hotel in fashionable Notting Hill

• The hotel, set in five stucco-fronted Victorian villas, is a five minute walk from Portobello Road.
• The 82 traditionally decorated guestrooms have high-speed Internet access.
• Renovated in 2002, this air-conditioned, six-story hotel has an elevator and 24-hour front desk.

GENERAL INFORMATION :
What to expect: Five detached villas have been connected to create this hotel. European and American tourists (both families and couples) who enjoy the atmosphere of Notting Hill stay here along with the occasional business traveler. All guests enjoy larger than average (for London) rooms - most rooms have two-person baths.

Amenity highlights: A snug bar serves alcohol until late. There is high-speed Internet access in the lobby (fee). First floor rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies. All rooms are accessible by lift.

Insider tip: Visitors can walk to the trendy Tom's Deli in Westbourne Grove. The shop is a great place to stock up on goodies for a picnic in Kensington Gardens (a 10 minute walk from the deli).

PROPERTY AMENITIES :
The snug bar serves alcohol from 4pm until late and has two fruit machines, and a 26 inch satellite television. The reception lounge has two flat-screen high-speed Internet terminals (fee), several sofas and armchairs and another large television. The reception desk and bar are marble-topped with light wood-paneling. Wireless high-speed Internet access (surcharge) is available in the hotel lobby and lounge/bar.

ROOMS :
This hotel has 67 spacious guestrooms, spread across five floors and all accessible by lift. All feature tan or dark wood furniture, wall-mounted bedside lights, in-room safes and hair dryers. Color schemes vary. Walls are mostly cream, decorated with 19th-century landscape prints. Patterned-tiled bathrooms are quite large, some have exterior windows and most guestrooms have 2-person baths with shower attachments, shaving plugs and glass vanity shelves. Rooms on the ground and first floors have high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. First-floor, front-facing rooms have balconies. Some have trouser presses.

DINING :
Breakfast Room - The lower ground floor breakfast room has barrel-vaulted ceilings and a capacity of 80. It is decorated with Monet prints and plants. Two buffets are set up 7am-9.30am on Monday to Saturday and 8am-10.30pm on Sunday. Cooked breakfasts are available to order.

The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.

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