Hotel in Detail:
With a superb central location between Piccadilly and Regent Street, this historical central hotel features spacious, elegant rooms provide everything you need for a stay in the city center. Stylishly furnished, the spacious rooms at The Dilly feature private bathrooms with bathrobes and cosy slippers. Guests can enjoy free newspapers, as well as a refrigerator and 24-hour room service. The Dilly is just 10 minutes walk from the shops of Oxford Street and Bond Street, while Piccadilly Circus is less than a 5-minute walk. Leicester Square and Covent Garden can both be reached in 10 minutes on foot. The Health Club at The Dilly has a steam room, and guests can exercise in the state-of-the-art gym and squash courts. The Dilly also features a dance studio available for private hire or dance lessons. Terrace at The Dilly restaurant has an outdoor terrace overlooking Piccadilly. Afternoon tea is also served here with child-friendly menus for the whole family to enjoy. Experience the flavours of India at Madhu's restaurant located in the hotel's Oak Room. The Dilly has seven meeting rooms and event spaces.
The Dilly is a five star luxury hotel that first opened all the way back in May 1908 (as the Piccadilly Hotel) and is situated right in the heart of London's West End. An ideal location for both business and leisure guests. The Hotel offers 266 luxurious guestrooms on nine floors. The interior is a mix of Edwardian features and contemporary design. Inside you will find marble floors and dark ash furniture. The decor includes original artwork.
Bedrooms:
Classic bedrooms have a traditional English style while the Deluxe bedrooms have an elegant Edwardian style. Deluxe rooms have a sitting area and are 25 square metres in size.
Club rooms offer something of a contrast being contemporary in style with a chic feel. They come with marble bathrooms and complimentary internet access along with several other amenities only found in the club rooms. They also provide access to the club lounge where a continental breakfast is served. The lounge also provides WiFi, workstations and serves drinks and canapé in the evenings.
Top of the range rooms are the Junior suites with its modern style and separate living room. 40 square metres with marble bathrooms.
Amenities in most of The Dilly hotel rooms include en-suite bathroom with shower over bath, air conditioning, bathrobe and slippers, toiletries, direct dial telephone with voicemail, hairdryer, minibar, high speed internet access, coffee and tea maker, safe, iron and ironing board, trouser press, CD Player/Radio, television with cable channels and pay movies, printer. Several of the bedrooms enjoy wonderfully scenic views out over the city.
Room service is available 24 hours. Room configurations include singles, doubles, twins, executive and deluxe rooms. All rooms are no-smoking. Evening turndown service.
Dining:
The Terrace Grill and bar: features a glass atrium. The restaurant features natural sunlight captured in the shadows of the stone pillars. Afternoon tea is accompanied by live piano music. Under elegant arches and slanting glass ceilings sits our vibrant restaurant, Terrace at The Dilly. A welcome pause from the fast London pace. Open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea or drinks.
Madhu's Synonymous with quality, dedication, creativity and flair, the Madhus brand boasts more than 40 years in the business. Enjoy the vibrant flavours and spices of North Indian and Kenyan cuisine in our spectacular Grade II listed Oak Room. Madhus has an unrivalled reputation for the highest standards in fine dining and hospitality. Hotel guests can indulge in Madhu's cuisine from the comfort of their room with our new room service menu.
Downstairs at The Dilly Whether you're joining for a pre-theatre drink before hitting the West End or an intimate date, you will enjoy the chic atmosphere of our piano bar, Downstairs at The Dilly. Open daily from 4:00pm Live pianist on Friday and Saturday from 7:00pm
More:
The facilities and service at The Dilly are dedicated to meeting customer needs. Consequently many innovative enhancements have been introduced to redefine the high standards of five star hospitality.
Conference and banqueting suites are well suited for either business use or for family celebrations.
There are 9 meeting rooms which can host up to 250 guests and offer state-of-the-art support facilities.
The hotel also offers The Dilly Health Club on the lower ground floor. Measuring some 40,000 square feet and finished in marble it offers a peaceful retreat. There's also with a swimming pool, squash courts, dance studio and multi gym with cardio equipment and free weights, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. Additionally a range of rooms offer many beauty treatments.
The hotel has an atmosphere of quiet luxury and comfort, providing quick, efficient and unobtrusive service.
As you would expect the front reception is staffed 24 hours a day and concierge service's are also offered 24 hours. Other hotel services include luggage storage, currency exchange and laundry. Wireless internet access can be picked up both in the lobby area and the dedicated business centre of The Dilly Piccadilly Hotel. (charges apply).
No smoking throughout the hotel.
The Dilly has its own golf simulator and indoor swimming pool.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Piccadilly Circus 228 yards (208 metres), Railway Station: London Charing Cross 0.6 miles (1 km), DLR Station: Tower Gateway 2.7 miles (4.4 km), Motorway: M1 Junction 1 5.9 miles (9.5 km). You know you are looking a truly central London hotel when there are 4 tube stations in a half mile radius (0.8 km).There is no grey area to the location of the Le Meridien Piccadilly, its slap bang in the very heart of central London, amongst the vibrant and bustling shopping and nightlife areas that are the main destination for visitors to London. The hotel is just yards from Piccadilly Circus which is a gyratory system at the southern end of Regent Street and famous for its neon advertising signs and a statue of Eros which is a favourite photo opportunity among tourists. It is also home to the Trocadero Centre and Ripleys Believe it or not Museum. Its part of the Theatre district and there are more bars, nightclubs and restaurants in this part of London than you could ever actually visit. Transport links are fantastic with this being a central hub for taxis, buses and even the controversial London pedicabs. There are 5 tube stations within half a mile including Piccadilly Circus which is almost on your doorstep. You are literally walking distance from some of the best known London attractions such as Leicester Square 492 yards, (449 metres) St James's Palace 0.35 miles (0.6 km), National Gallery 0.35 miles (0.6 km), Trafalgar Square 0.37 miles (0.6 km), Buckingham Palace 0.5 miles (0.8 km), Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum 0.6 miles (1.0 km) and Cleopatras Needle 0.7 miles (1.1 km).
Bedroom Numbers: 266 / 9 floors
Check-in: 15.00 (3 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.25 out of 5 by 12919 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 4.2 out of 5 from 11582 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 174 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.5 out of 5 from 1337 reviews)
Parking:
No parking available.Internet:
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are allowed. Charges may be applicable.Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 85% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 5 star hotels is 90%. Therefore although the hotel is above average for London as a whole this hotel is below average for its sector (star rating) .
Milesfaster ranking: 284th from 853 London hotels, and 110th of 138 five star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar hotel nearby (0.1 miles, 0.1 km) would be the 5 star Cafe Royal Hotel London,
where rates start from £560 and which has a 99% guest satisfaction rating. The Cafe Royal Hotel London also offers: free WiFi.
For somewhere with lower starting rates try the Montcalm Piccadilly Townhouse London West End. 0.3 miles
from the The Dilly (0.5 km), gaining a satisfaction rating of 86%
from its past guests and the hotels starting rates begin at about £179 (theres free WiFi too). Looking for something near by with a solid past guest score? In that case the 5 Star Rocco Forte Brown's Hotel seems like it might fit the bill. The Rocco Forte Brown's Hotel is only 0.2 miles (0.4 km) away. The Rocco Forte Brown's Hotel has a perfect unblemished customer rating 100%, a truly stunning achievement.
Local hotels analysed:
The 50 hotels nearest to this location (21 Piccadilly, W1 postcode) that we list cover a 0.6 miles (1.0 km) radius. They breakdown as follows: 30 five star hotels (average rating 88%), 15 four star hotels (average rating 86%) and 5 three star hotels (average rating 82%). Overall the best rated hotel are Cafe Royal Hotel London (5 star), the Rocco Forte Brown's Hotel (5 star), the Soho Hotel (5 star), the Covent Garden Hotel (5 star), the Connaught Hotel (5 star) and the Corinthia Hotel London (5 star) (all 6 are joint top with 96%).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.
Of the nearest fifty hotels we have base rates for 49 of them. The average starting rate looking at all the nearest hotels to this location is £351 per night. The cheapest standard rates begin at £49 at St Regis London (5 Star, 80%) while the highest base rates are £990 at Claridge's Hotel (5 Star, 94%). Averages listed for each individual star sector: Five Star average: £443, Four Star average: £211 and Three Star average: £147.
Summary:
Using our in-house algorithm we rank hotels based on guest ratings and weighted for related factors. We have a ranking for The Dilly 31st (joint) of 50 and 21st (joint) for the 30 five star hotels in the area. Our base rate rank for the hotel is 17th of 49 (4th of 30 five star hotels.). We use the base rate ranking and review ranking for the hotel to get an overall ranking of 23rd of 49 for sheer value for money (Z Hotel Piccadilly was top).
History:
Owned by the Fattal Group,Was called the le Meridien Piccadilly until 2020.
Guests and staff had to evacuate the hotel after a small basement fire 27th march 2017.
Sold to American investor "Host Hotels and Resorts" for £64 million pounds in July 2010.