Description: The Marriott Kensington Hotel London is located on
the main A4 dual carriageway (but set back), the Cromwell Road, this is the main
route into and out of London with a direct link to the M4 motorway and Heathrow
Airport. Its busy at all times and is almost opposite the private Cromwell
Hospital. This location can be said to be at the gateway into central London.
Earls Court Exhibition centre is just half a mile to the west. Kensington High
Street with a good mix of classic and high brow shopping, bars and cafes is half
a mile to the north. Also just to the North of the Marriott Hotel Kensington is the well known shopping area of
Knightsbridge where you will find the Harrods department store. The swanky and
chic shopping and amenities of South Kensington is 0.6 miles to the east and the
fashionable trend setting Kings Road, Chelsea is just under 1 mile to the south.
The areas immediately either side of the this section of the Cromwell Road are
residential roads. Nearest cafes and shops are along Earls Court Road some 300
yards to the west and major supermarket stores are close by (Tesco's,
Sainsbury's). Nearest places of interest include
Linley
Sambourne House (0.5 miles),
Hyde Park
(0.5 miles),
Natural
History Museum (0.5 miles), Commonwealth Institute (0.6 miles),
Kensington
Palace (0.6 miles) and the
Science Museum
(0.7 miles).
This is a modern and contemporary hotel with a stunning exterior and seven
story high atrium lobby. Offers a combination of superb facilities with
contemporary design creating a relaxing and elegant environment.
Guest rooms at the
Marriott London Kensington Hotel feature air-conditioning, WiFi
internet access, sony video games (fee), phones with voice mail and multiple data
ports, Iron and ironing board, coffee/tea facilities, mini-bar, in-room laptop
size safe, trouser press, satellite TV with web browser and pay-per-view movies.
All bedrooms are en-suite (hairdryer, shower/bath).
Beds are made up with Egyptian cotton linen with down mattress topper.
Executive, Superior rooms and suites are more spacious, have extra amenities
and give access to the Executive lounge (free breakfast, snacks, evening
canapé).
There is a daily maid service. Room service is 24 hours.
Onsite dining options:
Fratellis Grill: open for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Steakhouse and Grill
restaurant with a relaxing ambience. Diners have views of the open kitchen.
Nabuco Bar: An International flavour to this bar open for breakfast,
lunch and dinner. Here you can enjoy cocktails and fine wines along with snacks
and tapas. Serve costa coffee.
9 Meeting rooms where the largest room can handle anything from 2 to 150 delegates.
Onsite is a Solarium, Health club, Whirlpool and
Sauna.
The Marriott Kensington hotel public areas have WIFI internet access available.
Relax in the hotels lounge area where you will find daily newspapers. As you
would expect the hotel has full concierge services, and services provided
include shoe shine, currency exchange and valet dry cleaning.
Express check-out is available as is video bill viewing.
This is a fully no smoking hotel.
Parking: Available onsite (fee) (NCP managed)
Room Numbers: 216 / 7 floors
Check-in: 15.00 (3 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
History: After Marriott took over the hotel
from Swallow Hotels in early 2000 the hotel was totally gutted and reconstructed.
Had been called the Swallow International Hotel until then.