Hotel in Detail:
The Piccadilly London West End offers contemporary fully air-conditioned boutique style accommodation deep in the heart of Londons West End close to Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus. Offering a touch of chic where bedrooms have a sleek modern design and high tech amenities. A full service hotel with its own restaurant, bar, spa and gymnasium. The feel of an urban escape amidst the hustle and bustle of central London.The contemporary style bedrooms all have a plush finish and fresh flowers are provided. Each room enjoys mood lighting, luxury bathroom (free toiletries, hairdryer and fluffy bathrobes), air conditioning, flat screen TV, work desk, safe, ironing facilities, nigh time reading lamp, bathrobe, free toiletries, telephone, radio, tea/coffee maker, minibar and wake up service/alarm clock. All rooms with free wired internet access and also WiFi.
Club Doubles come with additional amenities such as complimentary fruit, mineral water and beverages on arrival, luxurious bathrobes and slippers and a daily local newspaper.
Four Poster Rooms available.
Dining Options:
Restaurant: Unpretentious and popular with local residents and open for breakfast and dinner. Breakfast options include full English or make it a lighter affair with coffee and pastries, and at the end of the day retire to your favourite table for dinner and a glass of wine. The dinner menu is the best of seasonal British dishes.Piccadilly Bar: Open daily from 17.00 and serving a selection of fine wines, spirits and cocktails along with a selection of light bites.
Flexible meeting rooms for up to 10 people are equipped with leading edge AV facilities, complimentary broadband internet and Wi-Fi and benefit from a professional in-house events team to help make every event a resounding success.
Other Piccadilly London West End hotel features include a gym with state-of-the-art machines, the air-conditioned room is complimentary for all guests. The spa includes treatment rooms, steam room, sauna and Jacuzzi.
The hotel has its own ticket agency desk where theatre tickets can be purchased.
The front desk is always open, 24/7 and the hotel provides luggage storage facilities.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Leicester Square 281 yards (256 metres), Railway Station: London Charing Cross 0.5 miles (0.8 km), DLR Station: Tower Gateway 2.5 miles (4.1 km), Motorway: M1 Junction 1 5.9 miles (9.5 km). An amazing 6 underground stations within 0.5 miles (0.8 km) of the hotel.The Shaftesbury Premier London Piccadilly enjoys a great location bang in the heart of London's west end and within the area known as theatreland. The hotel is on Shaftesbury Avenue which is home to the Lyric Theatre, Queens Theatre and Gielgud and Theatre as well as a range of bars and clubs a cinema plex. 100 yards along the road finds what has been voted as London's best cinema, the Curzon Soho Arthouse Cinema. Either side of Shaftesbury Avenue is China Town and Soho . China town is famed for its Chinese population and Chinese shops and restaurants. Soho is one of the premier night time venues in London. A mix of adult entertainment, top class restaurants, clubs and theatres, something for everyone. the 350 yard walk south to the Southern end of Shaftesbury Avenue finds Piccadilly Circus . This part of the west is always busy, day and night and can be thought of as the focal point of central London. Piccadilly Circus itself is where those famous pictures of the neon advertising signs on the surrounding buildings are taken. Home to attractions such as Planet Hollywood , Trocadero Centre, Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum and the Eros Statue and the junction between Regent Street , Piccadilly and Leicester Square. Regent Street being one of premier shopping streets in London and Leicester Square being home to cinemas, restaurants, bars and clubs.
History:
Joined the Park Grand hotels group in 2015 and was re-classified as a 5 star hotel upgraded from its previous 4 star rating. Confusingly for some time in 2015 the hotel was also being advertised as The Piccadilly by Montcalm. In November 2015 the hotel changed its name from the Shaftesbury Premier London Piccadilly. Name changed in January 2015 when Best Western was dropped from the hotel name. Formerly the Best Western Premier Soho (pre-2005). Has also been called the Best Western Shaftesbury and the Shaftesbury Piccadilly in the early 2000's.Bedroom Numbers: 67 / 5 floors
Check-in: 14.00 ( 2 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.55 out of 5 by 4448 past guests
>>>Booking.com (average customer rating 4.3 out of 5 from 2994 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 20 of 1140 for Hotels in London and rated 5 out of 5 from 1454 reviews)
Parking:
No parking available.Internet:
Wired internet is available in the hotel rooms and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.More hotels from this chain
If you prefer to stay with the Park Grand chain these are your closest alternative choices:
Park Grand London Hyde Park: is 2.1 miles (3.3 km) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 78% and rates start from about £78.
Park Grand Paddington Court: is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 82% and base rates begin at about £96.
Park Grand Lancaster Gate: 2.1 miles (3.4 km), rated at 87% and with rates from around £108.
Park Grand Paddington Hotel: 2.1 miles (3.4 km), rated at 77% and with rates from around £90.
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 91% by past guests. The London average is 79% and the average for 4 star hotels is 80%. Therefore this hotel is well above average for its sector (star rating) and for London as a whole.
Park Grand Hotels have an average guest rating of 83%. The The Piccadilly London West End with its rating of 91% is therefore not just well above average for this chain but is our highest rated Park Grand hotel.
Milesfaster ranking: 47th from 865 London hotels, 1st of 7 Park Grand Hotels, and 14th of 333 four star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar hotel nearby (0.1 miles, 0.2 km) would be the 4 star Thistle Piccadilly,
where rates start from £123 and which has an 88% guest satisfaction rating. The Thistle Piccadilly also offers: free WiFi.
As the The Piccadilly London West End is a boutique style of hotel you might also be interested in the Hazlitts Hotel. This is also a boutique hotel and is (0.2 miles, 0.2 km) away. Rates start from around £199 and is rated by guests at 91%. The Hazlitts Hotel has: free WiFi.
For a hotel that offers lower base rates take a look at the Rathbone Hotel. 0.5 miles
away (0.8 km), has been rated at 84%
by past guests and whose lowest rates start at about £124. Prefer something with a higher guest rating? Then the 5 Star Soho Hotel (The) may be one too look at. The Soho Hotel (The) is only 0.1 miles (0.2 km) away. The Soho Hotel (The) has a perfect unblemished customer rating 99%, a truly stunning achievement.
Local hotels analysed:
The 50 hotels nearest to this location (65-73 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 postcode) that we list cover a 0.5 miles (0.9 km) radius. They breakdown as follows: 22 five star hotels (average rating 88%), 21 four star hotels (average rating 87%), 6 three star hotels (average rating 83%) and 1 two star hotel (rated 83%). Top 4 star hotel is The Resident Soho at 98%. Overall the best rated hotels are Soho Hotel (5 star), the Covent Garden Hotel (5 star), the Haymarket Hotel (5 star) and the Corinthia Hotel London (5 star) (all 4 are joint top with 99%).Base Rates: A look at how hotels compare for starting rates (base rates). These published rates are long term rates so do not take account of special deals and offers. The average starting rate looking at all the nearest hotels to this location is £203 per night. The cheapest standard rates begin at £18 at SoHostel (2 Star, 83%) while the highest base rates are £505 at Ritz Hotel London (5 Star, 90%). Averages listed for each individual star sector: Five Star average: £304, Four Star average: £134, Three Star average: £103 and Two Star average: £18.
Summary:
Our in-house ranking based on guest ratings but adjusted for influencing factors ranks The Piccadilly London West End 7th (joint) of the 50 local hotels and 3rd (joint) for the 21 four star hotels in the area. 21st of 50 (15th of 21 four star hotels.) for base rates ranking. Scoring the hotels rates and review score together we rank the hotel 12th of 37 when judging value for money (SoHostel was top).