Hotel in Detail:
Marrable's Farringdon Hotel is a quirky, award-winning boutique hotel located in fashionable Clerkenwell, London. Housed in a converted 19th century warehouse, the hotel boasts 59 uniquely-styled, air conditioned rooms, including 7 rooftop studios, each with private patios. All bathrooms feature a raindance shower and offering products from Verden.
Located on the ground floor, the central Atrium plays host to breakfast and an all-day menu. Ideal for a coffee and a good book as well as a glass of wine at the end of the day. The hotel offers free WiFi throughout. Water drawn from the hotel's own borehole supplies the complimentary bottled still and sparkling water that is offered to all guests.
Farringdon station is a 5-minute walk away and there is a bus stop outside the hotel. The exciting shopping districts of Oxford Street and Regent Street are less than 15 minutes away by Tube.
Highlights: Free WiFi √ Family rooms √ Non-smoking rooms √ Restaurant √ Facilities for disabled guests √ Room service √ Non-smoking rooms √ Private parking √
Breakfast √ 24-hour front desk √ Lift √ Laundry √
Bedrooms come with: Free toiletries, Bathrobe, Bath or shower, Slippers, Hairdryer, Air conditioning, Safety deposit box, Socket near the bed, Desk, TV, Telephone, Ironing facilities, Coffee machine,
Radio, Interconnected rooms available, Heating, Carpeted, Cable channels WiFi, Upper floors accessible by elevator.
Onsite is the Gazette Clerkenwell restaurant. Serves French dishes. Open for Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner.
A uniquely designed boutique hotel located right at the core of London's creative neighbourhood, Clerkenwell.
Creatively designed with plenty of quirky details, you'll love the bedrooms and suites for a quiet and cosy night's sleep.
Your bedroom will feature Personal BOSE/Marshall audio system. A Flat Screen TV, Complimentary Still & Sparkling water, Hypnos Beds, Raindance showers, Umbrellas and In-Room Workstations.
Gazette X Marrable's Hotel restaurant offers one of London's most authentic French dining experiences; expect dishes like beef tartare, chateaubriand, bavette and homemade terrines.
Marrable's Farringdon Hotelfeatures a beautiful bar set in the atrium, a lounge, a cosy restaurant with comfortable banquettes and lots of little corners for perfect intimacy, as well as large tables for those important friends & family reunion.
Room service is available.
Bedrooms are accessed by a striking spiral staircase and by the hotel lift which lead to the stunning five floor Atrium and the hotel bedrooms.
Each bedroom is individually designed with classic and designer furniture with modern artwork and decor and funky chairs. The rooms style can be described as modern-vintage and have pink mood lighting. Amenities include direct dial telephone with voicemail, CD and DVD player, free high speed internet access, interactive flat screen cabletelevision (with internet browser, movies on demand,4000 free music tracks), hot water bottle, safe, books, air conditioning, workstation, supplied books, duck down pillows and duvets, sash windows that open and mist free mirrors. Rooms are en-suite where facilities include a walk-in shower with rain dance shower head and supplied toiletries.
Top floor studios have a 32 inch flat screen TV, kettle, minibar, patio, full height windows and city views.
Studio extras: Private patios with panoramic city views, Sunloungers (Superior and Deluxe Studios only), Wall to ceiling windows, I-pod docking station and speakers, Complimentary slippers, large flat-screen TV, Oak floors, Bedside Tivoli clock radio, Mini bar and kettle, Bath with Raindance shower, Ice and fresh milk brought to your room daily, Laptop sized safe, Iron and ironing boards.
Room service is 24 hours. Fax and printers can be hired for use in-room.
The Marrable's Farringdon Hotel also two private meeting/function/party rooms that can accommodate up to eighty guests cocktail style. These rooms are each air-conditioned and have the latest facilities.
The hotel has vending machines on 4 floors where you can purchase anything from toothpaste to Champagne to cameras. There is also a coffee machine on every floor with different types of coffee including expresso and cappuccino. Public areas have a WiFi internet connection.
The hotel reception has bicycles for hire. In-room spa services can be arranged. Complimentary access to a nearby gymnasium. There is are full concierge services.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube & Railway Station: Farringdon 299 yards (273 metres), DLR Station: Tower Gateway 1.5 miles (2.5 km), Motorway: M1 Junction 1 6.4 miles (10.3 km). Within a 0.5 miles (0.8 km) circle of the hotel are 4 tube stations (underground system).The Zetter Hotel is located between Holborn and the City of London (square mile, financial district) in Clerkenwell (an up and coming area in terms of being fashionable) on the corner of Clerkenwell Road and St Johns Square. Close enough to the heart of the West End for the journey to take a few minutes by taxi while also giving good access to the City itself and out to places like the Docklands and City Airport. The nearby Farringdon Station gives access by train to both Gatwick and Luton airports. Nearest attractions include Museum of London (0.5 miles), Saddlers Wells Theatre (0.5 miles), Barbican centre (0.5 miles), St Paul's Cathedral (0.7 miles), Sir John Soames Museum (0.7 miles) and the Millennium Bridge (0.8 miles). The South bank is where you will find places like the Royal Festival Hall and Shakespeare's Globe theatre and is just 1 mile on the South side of the River Thames (nearest crossing point is Blackfriars Bridge).
Bedroom Numbers: 59 / 5 floors
Check-in: 15.00 (3 pm)
Check-out: 11.00 am
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.3 out of 5 by 2242 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 4.2 out of 5 from 1081 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 215 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.4 out of 5 from 1161 reviews)
Parking:
No parking available.Internet:
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 86% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 4 star hotels is 82%. Therefore this hotel is above average for its sector (star rating) and for London as a whole.
Milesfaster ranking: 236th from 853 London hotels, and 90th of 341 four star rated hotels.
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Local hotels analysed:
The 50 nearest hotels around this area (86-88 Clerkenwell Road, EC1 postcode) which we have have on our website extend out to a 0.9 miles (1.5 km) radius. The numbers by star rating are 9 five star hotels (average rating 85%), 22 four star hotels (average rating 82%), 15 three star hotels (average rating 78%), 3 two star hotels (average rating 74%) and 1 one star hotel (rated 39%). Coming out as the top rated hotel are The Rookery (4 star) and also the Rosewood London Hotel (5 star) (both joint top with 91%).Base Rates: We compare area starting room rates by using base rates. Bear in mind we use the published base rates which do not reflect short term offers and deals. They do however give a decent relative comparison.
For the fifty local hotels we hold base rate data on 48 of them. Looking at all hotels in the area the average base rate is £153 per night. They range from a low of £49 at Comfort Inn St Pancras - Kings Cross (3 Star, 60%) up to £536 at Rosewood London Hotel (5 Star, 91%). Rates break down to the following for each star rating: Five Star average: £244, Four Star average: £159, Three Star average: £92, Two Star average: £69 and One Star average: £57.
Summary:
Using our in-house algorithm we rank hotels based on guest ratings and weighted for related factors. We have a ranking for Marrables Farringdon Hotel 18th of 50 and 8th for the 22 four star hotels in the area. Our base rate rank for the hotel is 26th of 48 (10th (joint) of 22 four star hotels.). We use the base rate ranking and review ranking for the hotel to get an overall ranking of 21st of 48 for sheer value for money (Premier Inn London City (Old Street) was top).