Hotel in Detail:
The Villa Kensington Hotel offers traditional hospitality such as free coffee in the lounge.Each bedroom has its own private bathroom facilities. Amenities in-room include LCD TV with digital stations, mini-bar, radio, radio, tea/coffee facilities, work desk, ironing facilities, direct dial telephone and hairdryer. The hotel has a 24 hour service and a lift/elevator. Bathrooms come with supplied toiletries. A range of configurations from singles to twins, doubles, triples and family rooms.
The Villa Kensington serves a breakfast buffet with muffins, breads, fruits, yoghurt, tea/coffee and more. Additionally the hotel has its own private bar.
Free coffee is served in the lounge area.
WiFi is available on the premises as well a computer workstation.
There are secretarial services available business guests along with copy, fax and meeting facilities.
The reception can arrange passes for a nearby gym facility.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Gloucester Road 264 yards (241 metres), Railway Station: West Brompton 0.6 miles (1 km), Motorway: M4 Junction 1 4 miles (6.4 km).The Villa Kensington London is located in west London in a residential area. Just a matter of yards from the major Carriageway of Cromwell Road. This road is part of the A4 and the main road route into central London from the west. Its part of several bus routes and will always have taxis passing along it. It gives a direct link out to Heathrow Airport as it joins with the M4. To the west of the hotel is the area of Earls Court, a popular area for budget range accommodation and with plenty of shops and amenities. The large exhibition centre of the same name, Earls Court Exhibition Centre is 0.6 miles way. However to the east, south and north are far more upmarket areas with places such as Kensington High Street, South Kensington, Fulham Road and Kings Road Chelsea. 200 yards along the Cromwell Road is a large supermarket called Sainsburys. Nearby places of interest include the Natural History Museum (0.4 miles), Hyde Park (0.5 miles), Science Museum (0.5 miles) and the concert venue of the Royal Albert Hall (0.6 miles).
Bedroom Numbers: 40 / 5 Floors
Check-in: 15.00 (3 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 (noon)
This hotel has averaged a score of 3.65 out of 5 by 2669 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 3.6 out of 5 from 2108 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 581 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 3.9 out of 5 from 561 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 73% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 3 star hotels is 72%. Therefore while the hotel is below the overall London average you should note that this hotel is above average for its sector (star rating) .
Milesfaster ranking: 646th from 853 London hotels, and 203rd of 315 three star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar hotel nearby (0.1 miles, 0.2 km) would be the 3 star ibis Styles London Gloucester Road,
where rates start from £81 and which has an 80% guest satisfaction rating. The ibis Styles London Gloucester Road also offers: free WiFi.
If you are looking for something a bit cheaper then take a look at the Garden View Hotel. 0.5 miles
away (0.8 km), gaining a satisfaction rating of 66%
by past guests and the hotels starting rates begin at about £51 (theres free WiFi too). Howabout an alternative hotel that has scores higher in guest reviews? Then the 4 Star Collingham Apartments ticks many of the right boxes. The Collingham Apartments is only 0.1 miles (0.2 km) away. A highly rated hotel with a guest score of 89%.
Local hotels analysed:
The 50 hotels nearest to this location (10-11 Ashburn Gardens, SW7 postcode) that we list cover a 0.4 miles (0.7 km) radius. They include 7 five star hotels (average rating 81%), 28 four star hotels (average rating 80%), 11 three star hotels (average rating 69%) and 4 two star hotels (average rating 72%). Top 3 star hotels are ibis Styles London Gloucester Road and the Premier Inn Kensington Earls Court (both 80%). Of the local hotels the highest rated are Hotel Xenia (4 star), The Kensington London (5 star) and also the Miiro Templeton Garden (4 star) (all joint top with 90%).Base Rates: See a breakdown of the average starting (base) rates for the area. Base rates are a rough guide to starting rates as they do not include special offers and deals.
Of the 50 closest hotels analysed we have base rate data for 43 of them. The average starting rates for the surrounding area are around £120 per night. They range from a low of £44 at easyHotel South Kensington (2 Star, 67%) to a high of £304 at 130 Queens Gate London Apartments (5 Star, 86%). The breakdown by star rating shows the following averages: Five Star average: £161, Four Star average: £112, Three Star average: £52 and Two Star average: £83.
Summary:
We rank hotels based on their guest rating but balanced for their influencing factors and we rank Villa Kensington Hotel 36th (joint) of 50 nearby hotels and 4th (joint) for the 11 three star hotels in the area. Compared to the nearest alternative hotels this hotel is 16th of 43 (6th (joint) of 8 three star hotels.) for base rates. Balancing the hotels rates and user rating we rank the hotel 13th of 43 when judging the balance of price point to user rating (Mornington Hotel London Kensington was top).